Known as Maidie.

In the July to September 1917 birth index, Phyllis M. Barge, mother’s maiden name Symondson, Willesden district, Middlesex, volume 3a, page 335.

Parish Records St. Mary, Willesden, Brent, London
Born May 26 1917, baptism September 3 1917, Phyllis Madie Barge, father William Robert Barge, mother Constance Barge, of 89 Vicarage Road, father is a manager


1939 England and Wales Register
89 - 91 Vicarage Road, Willesden, Middlesex
1. Amy B. H. Symondson [later changed to Castagnoli], born May 5 1901, married, variety artist
2. Alfred V. Symondson, born February 20 1897, married, variety artist
3. Constance W. Barge, born May 28 1887, widow, manageress of licence
4. Phyllis M. Barge [later changed to Thornton], born May 26 1917, single, clerical work ????? [later the ???? replaced with typist]
5. Frederick Thornton, born June 5 1913, single, electrical engineer
[Constance is Alfred’s sister, Phyllis is his niece and Frederick is Phyllis’ future husband]

Also in the July to September 1940 marriage index Phyllis M. Barge and Frederick Thornton, Willesden, Middlesex, volume 3a, page 1612.

London Electoral Registers 1946
89 Vicarage Road, Willesden
Ernest W. Arnley [this is his stage name, Alfred’s brother]
Constance W. Barge [Alfred’s sister]
Garnet L. Smith [Alfred’s nephew, son of sister Augusta]
Amy B. H. Symondson
Alfred V. Symondson
Frederick Thornton [Constance’s son in law]
Phyllis M. Thornton [Constance’s daughter]

London Electoral Registers 1950 and 1954
26 Seymour Court, Willesden East, Willesden
Frederick Thornton
Phyllis M. Thornton

In the November 1995 death index Phyllis Maidie Thornton, born September 27 1917, Swindon, Wiltshire, register C46B, district 7961C

In the December 2001 death index Frederick Thornton, born June 5 1913, died age 88, Swindon, Wiltshire, register C59B, district 7961C