Family Card - Person Sheet
Family Card - Person Sheet
NameGeorge Harold GRAINGER, 2C2R
Birth10 Feb 1887, Leeds, Yorkshire, England
Baptism27 Apr 1887, St. Stephen, Burmantofts, Yorkshire
Death4 May 1934, Leeds, Yorkshire, England
FatherWilliam GRAINGER (1856-1908)
MotherSarah Ellen MITCHELL (1860-)
Spouses
Marriage8 Nov 1913, Durrington, Wiltshire
Notes for George Harold GRAINGER
Parish Records St. Stephen, Burmantoffs, West Yorkshire
Born February 10 1887, baptism April 27, 1887, George Harold Grainger parents William Grainger and Sarah Ellen Grainger, abode 16 Nippet Street, father is a farmer, ceremony performed by P. O. Williams, vicar.
In the 1891 census 4 Forres Street, Northwest Leeds, Leeds, Yorkshire.
Head William Grainger, age 35, Oyer’s Carrier, born East Rigton, Yorkshire.
Wife Sarah E. Grainger, age 30, born Stamford, Lincolnshire.
Son George H. Grainger, age 4, born Leeds.
Daughter Fanny B. Grainger, age 2, born Leeds.
Daughter Ethel M. Grainger, age 2 months, born Leeds.
In the 1901 census 13 Heddon St., Headingley cum Burley, Yorkshire.
Head William Granger, married, age 44, [can’t decipher the occupation], worker, born Rigton, Yorkshire.
Wife Nellie Grainger, age 39, born Stamford, Lincolnshire.
Son Harold Grainger, age 14, cloth? warehouse, born Leeds.
Daughter Beatrice Grainger, age 12, born Leeds.
Son Reginald Grainger, age 7, born Leeds.
In the 1911 census 20 Clarence Street, Chapeltown Road, Leeds, Yorkshire
Head Sarah Ellen Belt, age 51, widow, married 26 years, 4 children born alive 3 still living, born Stamford, Lincolnshire
Son George Harold Belt, age 24, single, soldier, born Leeds, Yorkshire.
Daughter Fanny Beatrice Belt, age 22, single, draper’s assistant, worker, born Leeds
Son Edward Reginald Belt, age 17, single, pork butcher, born Leeds.
The house has 4 rooms.
Signed S. E. Belt
[The last name on this is not expected. All the other information seems to match the Graingers. Interestingly Fanny will marry a Belt 1 year later. Sarah is unlikely to have remarried as her husband died less than 3 years before. She would have had to remarry and become a widow for a second time. In her son’s military records they list their mother as Sarah Grainger.]
Parish Records Durrington, Wiltshire
Marriage November 8, 1913 George Harold Grainger, age 26, bachelor, bomadier Royal Field Artillery, residence Bulford, father william Grainger (deceased), father’s occupation Horsekeeper and
Florence Tillotson, age 25, spinster, residence Durrington, father James Tillotson, engineer
after banns by A. G. Ruddle, incumbent
signed George Harold Grainger and Florence Tillotson
in the presence of Henry Leager?, E. Goodheart and Beryl Burling
UK Service and Award Medals
Regimental Number 49470 Sergeant George Harold Grainger Royal Field Artillery, Victory and British War Medal.
Medal Rolls Index Cards
George Harold Grainger, Regimental Number 49470, 40th Brigade Royal Field Artillary
Rank Gunner then Sergeant
Victory Medal, 14 Star
National Probate Calendar
George Harold Grainger of Hollygarth Poultry Farm Linton-on-Wharfe Yorkshire died 4 May 1934 at the General Infirmary Leeds Probate London 13 July 1934 to Florence Grainger widdow. Effects 1185 pounds
from http://www.wartimememoriesproject.com
August 4 1914 mobilise at Bulford Camp
August 17 1914 sail for France comprising of the 6th, 23rd and 49th Batteries and served with the 3rd Division
[Bulford Camp near the town of Amesbury is a large British Army base on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire.]
Born February 10 1887, baptism April 27, 1887, George Harold Grainger parents William Grainger and Sarah Ellen Grainger, abode 16 Nippet Street, father is a farmer, ceremony performed by P. O. Williams, vicar.
In the 1891 census 4 Forres Street, Northwest Leeds, Leeds, Yorkshire.
Head William Grainger, age 35, Oyer’s Carrier, born East Rigton, Yorkshire.
Wife Sarah E. Grainger, age 30, born Stamford, Lincolnshire.
Son George H. Grainger, age 4, born Leeds.
Daughter Fanny B. Grainger, age 2, born Leeds.
Daughter Ethel M. Grainger, age 2 months, born Leeds.
In the 1901 census 13 Heddon St., Headingley cum Burley, Yorkshire.
Head William Granger, married, age 44, [can’t decipher the occupation], worker, born Rigton, Yorkshire.
Wife Nellie Grainger, age 39, born Stamford, Lincolnshire.
Son Harold Grainger, age 14, cloth? warehouse, born Leeds.
Daughter Beatrice Grainger, age 12, born Leeds.
Son Reginald Grainger, age 7, born Leeds.
In the 1911 census 20 Clarence Street, Chapeltown Road, Leeds, Yorkshire
Head Sarah Ellen Belt, age 51, widow, married 26 years, 4 children born alive 3 still living, born Stamford, Lincolnshire
Son George Harold Belt, age 24, single, soldier, born Leeds, Yorkshire.
Daughter Fanny Beatrice Belt, age 22, single, draper’s assistant, worker, born Leeds
Son Edward Reginald Belt, age 17, single, pork butcher, born Leeds.
The house has 4 rooms.
Signed S. E. Belt
[The last name on this is not expected. All the other information seems to match the Graingers. Interestingly Fanny will marry a Belt 1 year later. Sarah is unlikely to have remarried as her husband died less than 3 years before. She would have had to remarry and become a widow for a second time. In her son’s military records they list their mother as Sarah Grainger.]
Parish Records Durrington, Wiltshire
Marriage November 8, 1913 George Harold Grainger, age 26, bachelor, bomadier Royal Field Artillery, residence Bulford, father william Grainger (deceased), father’s occupation Horsekeeper and
Florence Tillotson, age 25, spinster, residence Durrington, father James Tillotson, engineer
after banns by A. G. Ruddle, incumbent
signed George Harold Grainger and Florence Tillotson
in the presence of Henry Leager?, E. Goodheart and Beryl Burling
UK Service and Award Medals
Regimental Number 49470 Sergeant George Harold Grainger Royal Field Artillery, Victory and British War Medal.
Medal Rolls Index Cards
George Harold Grainger, Regimental Number 49470, 40th Brigade Royal Field Artillary
Rank Gunner then Sergeant
Victory Medal, 14 Star
National Probate Calendar
George Harold Grainger of Hollygarth Poultry Farm Linton-on-Wharfe Yorkshire died 4 May 1934 at the General Infirmary Leeds Probate London 13 July 1934 to Florence Grainger widdow. Effects 1185 pounds
from http://www.wartimememoriesproject.com
August 4 1914 mobilise at Bulford Camp
August 17 1914 sail for France comprising of the 6th, 23rd and 49th Batteries and served with the 3rd Division
[Bulford Camp near the town of Amesbury is a large British Army base on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire.]