Brown,
Wilfred Ernest
1903 – 1985

 

Father:

Brown,

George Hamuel

1876-1919

 

 

Mother:

Boniface,

Phyllis Mary

1874-1962

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Birth date

Birth place

Registered

County

District

Sub-district

GRO ref.

Christening

Place

Borough

17 Mar 1903

Greyabbey

24 Apr 1903

Co Down, NI

Newtownards

Greyabbey

 

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-

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Death date

Death place

Registered

County

District

Sub-district

GRO ref.

Cause

 

5 Sep 1985

Brighton Gen. Hos.

6 Sep 1985

East Sussex

Brighton

Brighton

 

Carcinoma of colon

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Woolgar,
Catherine

(Kathleen)

Lewes

1900-1995-

Marriage

 

 

 

 

 

Date

26 Dec 1925

 

 

 

 

 

Place

St Nicolas, Portslade

 

 

 

 

 

District

Steyning

 

 

 

 

 

County

Sussex

 

 

 

 

 

GRO ref.

Vol 2b, p 723

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Children

Birth date

Birth place

 

 

 

 

 

 

Phyllis Kathleen Brown

27 Dec 1926

Shoreham

 

 

 

 

 

 

Geoffrey Ernest Brown

1 Nov 1929

Shoreham

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Records

 

 

 

Date

Source

Residence

Occupation

 

 

 

24 Apr 1903

Birth registration

Greyabbey, Co. Down, Northern Ireland

 

 

 

 

2 Apr 1911

1911 England Census

18 South Street, Portslade, Sussex

scholar

 

 

 

19 Jun 1921

1921 England Census

66 Western Road, Brighton

Provision assistant

 

 

 

26 Dec 1925

Marriage Certificate

18 South Street, Portslade, Sussex

Shop assistant

 

 

 

19 Jan 1927

Phyllis’ birth registration

18 South Street, Portslade, Sussex

Grocer’s shop assistant

 

 

 

1935

1935 Electoral Register

2 Manor Close, Southwick, Sussex

 

 

 

 

29 Sep 1939

1939 Register

2 Manor Close, Southwick, Sussex

Baker’s roundsman

 

 

 

6 Sep 1985

Death Certificate

2 Manor Close, Southwick, W. Sussex

Grocer (retired)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Additional Information

 

 

 

The Rev Ronald Philpott, minister of Southern Cross Evangelical Church, Portslade, wrote a tribute to Wilfred after his death in 1985.

Wilfred and Catherine (Kathleen) are buried in Southwick Cemetery, Downsway, Southwick. In November 2021 the ashes of their daughter Phyllis and her husband Kenneth Bennett were also interred in the same grave plot.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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