Lionel Charles Sydney Wymer RN (1880 - 1894)

Born 1880 in Kensington, London, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Died 10 Nov 1894 at about age 14 in At Sea

Biography

Lionel Wymer RN was born in England.

Lionel Wymer RN died young.

Lionel was born about 1880^[1]. He was the son of George Wymer and Florence Bright Smith.

He was baptised on 9 March 1880 at St Mary Magdalene, Paddington, Westminster, England. His father was a Captain RA, of 53 Victoria Road, Kensington.

In the UK Census of 1881 Lionel (aged 1) was living with his parents George (aged 41) and Florence (37), along with his three siblings George (5), Hubert (2) and Dorothy (0) at 33 The Common, Woolwich, Kent, England. Also in the household were five household staff.

England and Wales Census, 1891: Recorded with his mother Florence at Cambridge Gardens, Richmond, Surrey, England. He was by now 11 and a scholar. Also in the household were his three siblings Hubert (12), Dorothy (10) and Basil (7), and two household staff.

He joined the Royal Navy as a Cadet.

Sadly Lionel died in 1894, drowned while boating at Dartmouth.

Obituary

Army and Navy Gazette, 8 December 1894:

NAVY

Cadet Lionel Charles Sydney Wymer, R.N., third son of Major G. B. Wymer, late Royal Artillery, was unfortunately drowned while boating at Dartmouth on Nov. 10. The deceased officer, who had but recently passed into the Britannia, was 14 years of age.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2XJJ-TTB : accessed 7 March 2016), Lionel Charles S Wymer, 1880; from "England & Wales Births, 1837-2006,"
2. ↑ Army and Navy Gazette 08 December 1894, Page 8, https://search.findmypast.co.uk/ (requires subscription).

• http://ghgraham.org/georgewymer1839.html

Census Records

• "England and Wales Census, 1881," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK6B-NXJ4 : accessed 7 March 2016), Lionel Wymer in household of George Wymer, Woolwich, London,Kent, England; from "1881 England, Scotland and Wales census,"

• "England and Wales Census, 1891," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QNRC-2ZM : 22 February 2021), Louise Wymer in household of Florence Wymer, Richmond, Surrey, England, United Kingdom; from "1891 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 12, Surrey county, subdistrict, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.