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Florence May Whiting (Tomlinson,Byatt) 1887-1964? |
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Lisas 2nd Great Aunt |
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Birth: |
4 MAY 1887 Little Bowden, Northamptonshire |
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Death: |
Poss 1964 Poss. Bromley, Kent |
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Spouse: |
Rowland Charles Tomlinson (b.1886) |
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Spouse |
Albert Byatt (b.1884) |
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1887 4 May 1887 - Birth of Florence May Whiting
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1891 5th April 1891 - 1891 Census for '12, Buckley Square, Ardwick, Lancs'
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Name |
Relationship |
Age |
Est YOB |
Gender |
Birth County |
Occupation |
William Whiting |
Head |
29 |
1862 |
Male |
Boltoph Claydon, Bucks |
Foreman Stay Maker |
Hannah Whiting |
Wife |
29 |
1862 |
Female |
Wallbrook, Staffs |
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William Whiting |
Son |
8 |
1883 |
Male |
Great Bowden, Leics |
Scholar |
Elizabeth Whiting |
Daughter |
6 |
1885 |
Female |
Great Bowden, Leics |
Scholar |
Florence Whiting |
Daughter |
3 |
1888 |
Female |
Little Bowden, Northants |
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Frederick Whiting |
Son |
1 |
1890 |
Male |
Little Bowden, Northants |
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By 1891, the family had moved to Ardwick, in Lancashire. Their address on the census is 12, Buckley Square. Hannahs husband William, 29, was a Foreman Stay Maker in the Corset Factory.
1901
31st March 1901 - 1901 Census for '18, The Green, Great Bowden'
Name |
Relationship |
Age |
Est YOB |
Gender |
Birth County |
Occupation |
William Whiting |
Head |
38 |
1863 |
Male |
Claydon, Berkshire |
Foreman in Corset Stay Factory |
Hannah Whiting |
Wife |
38 |
1863 |
Female |
Hallbrook, Staffs |
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Elizabeth A Whiting |
Daughter |
16 |
1885 |
Female |
Great Bowden, Leics |
Eyeletter in Corset Stay Factory |
Florence M Whiting |
Daughter |
13 |
1888 |
Female |
Little Bowden, Leics |
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Harold Whiting |
Son |
9 |
1892 |
Male |
Timperley, Cheshire |
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Arthur E M Whiting |
Son |
4 |
1897 |
Male |
Great Bowden, Leics |
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Dorothy Whiting |
Daughter |
2 |
1899 |
Female |
Great Bowden, Leics |
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Ernest Whiting |
Son |
2 |
1899 |
Male |
Great Bowden, Leics |
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Hilda E Whiting |
Daughter |
3 mths |
1901 |
Female |
Great Bowden, Leics |
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1903
1903 Death of brother, Ernest
1906
1st March 1906 - Marriage to Rowland Charles Tomlinson
March 1906 to September 1907
Florence and Rowland live at various addresses in Rotherham including 73, Pembroke Street and 63 , Pembroke Street
September 1907
Florence and Rowland move to 90 High Street Barrow in Furness where Rowland commences a business as a Green Grocer.
January 3rd 1908 - The couple seperate
Rowlands business failed and on 3rd January 1908 he returned to Rotherham but Florence refused to join him and the couple seperated. We believe she returned to her parents home in Great Bowden.
In March 1912, Rowland filed for divorce on the grounds of adultery by Florence with Albert Byatt, although the couple were already seperated and were estranged
before she began a relationship with Albert .
The divorce papers tell us that Rowland was a Wagon Builder and lived at 45 Pembroke Street, Rotherham in February 1912.
It gives us an account of their relationship after they married :
'That after the said marriage your petitioner (Rowland) lived and co-habited with his said wife (Florence) at 73 Pembroke Street,
Rotherham, aforesaid Wilton Lane, Rotherham, aforesaid, 63 Pembroke Street, Rotherham aforesaid, and 90 High Street, Barrow in Furness, and there is no issue of the said marriage.
That in or about the month of September
1907 your petitioner and his said wife went to Barrow in Furness and there your partitioner commenced business at 90 High Street as a Green Grocer which business failed, and on January 3rd 1908 your petitioner returned to
Rotherham aforesaid to obtain employment but his said wife refused to return with him, and your petitioner has not seen her since, and was unable to trace her whereabouts until the month of February 1912.
That during
the months of May, June and July 1909 the said Florence May Tomlinson committed adultery with Albert Byatt at Great Bowden near Market Harbourough.
That on 13th day of March 1910 the said Florence May Tomlinson gave
birth to a female child of which Albert Byatt is the putative father and he is contributing to its support.'
The decree nisi was granted on 15th October 1912 and became absolute on 16th June 1913.
In 1909 Florence began a relationship with future husband Albert Byatt.
1910
13th March 1910 - Birth of daughter Kathleen Dorothy
1911
2 April 1911 - 1911 Census for '18, The Green, Great Bowden'
Name |
Relationship |
Age |
Est YOB |
Gender |
Birth County |
Occupation |
William Charles Whiting |
Head |
49 |
1862 |
Male |
Boltoph Claydon, Bucks |
Labourer at Rubber Works |
Hannah Whiting |
Wife |
49 |
1862 |
Female |
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Florence May Tomlinson |
Daughter |
24 |
1887 |
Female |
Little Bowden |
Laundress |
Frederick Charles Whiting |
Son |
21 |
1890 |
Male |
Little Bowden |
Co-operative Asst in Shop |
Harold Whiting |
Son |
19 |
1892 |
Male |
Timperley, Cheshire |
Painter |
Arthur Edward Whiting |
Son |
14 |
1897 |
Male |
Great Bowden |
Stay Hand in Corset Factory |
Dorothy Whiting |
Daughter |
12 |
1899 |
Female |
Great Bowden |
School |
Hilda Whiting |
Daughter |
10 |
1901 |
Female |
Great Bowden |
School |
Kathleen Dorothy Thomlinson |
Granddaughter |
1 |
1910 |
Female |
Great Bowden |
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1913
27th March 1913 - Birth of daughter Violet Byatt .
1913 - 16th June - Florence's divorce becomes absolute.
1914
27th March 1914 - Birth of daughter, Violet Byatt in Market Harborough, Leicestershire.
S: England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008 / 1939 Registry
1915
10th December 1915 - Albert gets called up for Active Duty
From his service records we know that Albert got attestested to the army at the end of 1915. His profession is listed as Chaffeur, he is 31 years old.
Their address is Main Street, Kirby Muxloe,
Leicestershire.
19th October 1916 - Albert is on Expeditionary force at Salonika (Macedonian Front)
1916 - 24th December - Florence & Albert marry.
1917
15 July 1917 - Baptism of daughter Kathleen Byatt, at Little Easton, Essex.
Albert Byatts occupation is Chaffeur.
The familys residence is Kirby Muxloe, Leicestershire.
S:Essex Baptisms
15 July 1917 - Baptism of daughter Violet Byatt, age 3, at Little Easton, Essex.
Albert Byatts occupation is Chaffeur.
The familys residence is Kirby Muxloe, Leicestershire.
S:Essex Baptisms
1919 -11th November 1919
Alberts ID Certifcate tells us he was a private in the RASC No: 222947. He was granted 28 days furlough on the 11/11/1919 exactly a year after it was declared that Germany had surrendered.
By 1939 Albert & Florence had moved to Cromer in Norfolk and had bought and were running a boarding house near the coast.
Albert was also a member of the RAF Observer Corps. Kathleen and Violet were
both schoolteachers. There were five guests staying at the boarding house including Llewelyn Phillips, an electrical engineer, a retired lady Elizabeth Ann Goulder, Mary Victoria Danks and Minnie Kathleen Allen,
both school teachers, and Arthur William Collis, a bank clerk and also a volunteer for the RAF Observers.
1939
29 September 1939 - '1939 Registry for Shaftsbury, Cabell Road, Cromer, Norfolk'
Name |
Gender |
DOB |
Status |
Occupation |
Albert Byatt |
Male |
20/04/1884 |
Married |
Boarding House Prop |
Florence May Byatt |
Female |
04/05/1887 |
Married |
Boarding House Prop |
Kathleen Dorothy Byatt |
Female |
13/03/1910 |
Single |
School Teacher |
Violet Byatt |
Female |
27/03/1914 |
Single |
School Teacher |
We are still unsure of Florences death. There is a record for 1964 registered in Bromley, Kent which could be Florence but we cannot verify it.