Family Card - Person Sheet
Family Card - Person Sheet
NameHarold C. HONESS
Spouses
1Betty SMITH, 2C1R
Birth6 Nov 1919, Hampstead, London, England
Baptism16 Jan 1920, Camden, London, England
Death2006, Lewisham, London, England
OccupationActress (Theatrical)
FatherCecil Frederick SMITH (1889-1941)
MotherAugusta Barbara SYMONDSON (1891-1941)
Marriage1947
Notes for Harold C. HONESS
Name from Alina D’Wonnik.
Notes for Betty (Spouse 1)
From Alina D’Wonnik Betty and her husband performed under the name the Mayfairs.
In the 1919 birth index Betty Smith, Hampstead district , London, mother’s maiden name Symondson, volume 1a, page 1069
Parish Records St. James, West Hampstead, Camden, London
Born November 6 1919, baptism January 16 1920 Betty Smith, father Cecil Frederick Smith, mother Barbara Augusta Smith, abode 49 Sherriff Road, father is a commercial traveller
In the 1921 census 3 Gladstone Park Gardens, Cricklewood, London NW2
Head Cecil Frederick Smith, age 31 years 9 months, born Wandsworth, London, commercial traveller (Drapery) - Copestake & Crampton Co., 5 Bow Churchyard, London EC2
Wife Barbara Augusta Smith, age 29 years 8 months, born Hounslow, London, home duties
Son Norman Cecil Smith, age 7 years 9 months, born Wimbledon, London, at school whole time.
Daughter Betty Smith, age 1 year 7 months, born West Hampstead, London
In the 1939 England and Wales Register
47 The Drive, Hendon, Middlesex
1. Barbara A. Smith, born October 17 1891, married, unpaid domestic duties
2. Cecil F. Smith, born September 29 1889, married, traveler (textile)
3. Norman C. Smith, born September 11 1913, single, salesman, wholesale textile
4. Betty Smith, born November 6 1919, single, actress (theatrical)
5. Patricia B. Smith, born March 24 1932
from Laughter in the Air by Georgina Morgan (nee Symondson)
One night during the London Blitz, the house of another sister of my father [Augusta Barbara] received a direct hit. For safety, the three youngest children still living at home - Garnet, Ernest and Patrica - had been placed underneath the stairs and were unharmed. But the rest of the house was destroyed, and the bodies of my aunt and uncle were blown to bits. The following morning, Ernest, aged about twelve or thirteen discovered his father’s leg in the rubble. The older sister [Betty] was in Canada, and their older brother, who was also called Norman, was abroad in the army. Recalled on compassionate leave, he was at a loss to know what to do with the three orphaned children. Auntie Connie offered to look after them and they moved into her house on Vicarage Road [Willesden]
In the July to September 1947 marriage index Betty Smith (or Peters) and Harold C. Honess, Kensington, volume 5c, page 3192
London Electoral Registers 1948
12 Mornington Crescent NW, Holborn & St. Pancras, Camden, London
Betty Honess
Harold C. Honess
London Electoral Registers 1958
5 West Cromwell Road, SW5, Kensington
Harold C. Honess-Mayfair
Kay B. Honess-Mayfair
London Electoral Registers 1964
4 Chichele Road, Brent, Willesden
Nellie Doust
Harold C. Honess
Kay B. Honess
From Alina D’Wonnik
Betty (Elizabeth), (b. Nov 9, 1919), married a man called Harold Honess . She was a dancer and actress (and a member of Equity) and he played the organ/piano, I think. They had a double act, performing as "The Mayfairs" for a time. From what I was able to piece together, they divorced at some point in the 1960s and he remarried in 1971. I didn't find any children from the union and she died in Lewisham in July 2006.
In the 1919 birth index Betty Smith, Hampstead district , London, mother’s maiden name Symondson, volume 1a, page 1069
Parish Records St. James, West Hampstead, Camden, London
Born November 6 1919, baptism January 16 1920 Betty Smith, father Cecil Frederick Smith, mother Barbara Augusta Smith, abode 49 Sherriff Road, father is a commercial traveller
In the 1921 census 3 Gladstone Park Gardens, Cricklewood, London NW2
Head Cecil Frederick Smith, age 31 years 9 months, born Wandsworth, London, commercial traveller (Drapery) - Copestake & Crampton Co., 5 Bow Churchyard, London EC2
Wife Barbara Augusta Smith, age 29 years 8 months, born Hounslow, London, home duties
Son Norman Cecil Smith, age 7 years 9 months, born Wimbledon, London, at school whole time.
Daughter Betty Smith, age 1 year 7 months, born West Hampstead, London
In the 1939 England and Wales Register
47 The Drive, Hendon, Middlesex
1. Barbara A. Smith, born October 17 1891, married, unpaid domestic duties
2. Cecil F. Smith, born September 29 1889, married, traveler (textile)
3. Norman C. Smith, born September 11 1913, single, salesman, wholesale textile
4. Betty Smith, born November 6 1919, single, actress (theatrical)
5. Patricia B. Smith, born March 24 1932
from Laughter in the Air by Georgina Morgan (nee Symondson)
One night during the London Blitz, the house of another sister of my father [Augusta Barbara] received a direct hit. For safety, the three youngest children still living at home - Garnet, Ernest and Patrica - had been placed underneath the stairs and were unharmed. But the rest of the house was destroyed, and the bodies of my aunt and uncle were blown to bits. The following morning, Ernest, aged about twelve or thirteen discovered his father’s leg in the rubble. The older sister [Betty] was in Canada, and their older brother, who was also called Norman, was abroad in the army. Recalled on compassionate leave, he was at a loss to know what to do with the three orphaned children. Auntie Connie offered to look after them and they moved into her house on Vicarage Road [Willesden]
In the July to September 1947 marriage index Betty Smith (or Peters) and Harold C. Honess, Kensington, volume 5c, page 3192
London Electoral Registers 1948
12 Mornington Crescent NW, Holborn & St. Pancras, Camden, London
Betty Honess
Harold C. Honess
London Electoral Registers 1958
5 West Cromwell Road, SW5, Kensington
Harold C. Honess-Mayfair
Kay B. Honess-Mayfair
London Electoral Registers 1964
4 Chichele Road, Brent, Willesden
Nellie Doust
Harold C. Honess
Kay B. Honess
From Alina D’Wonnik
Betty (Elizabeth), (b. Nov 9, 1919), married a man called Harold Honess . She was a dancer and actress (and a member of Equity) and he played the organ/piano, I think. They had a double act, performing as "The Mayfairs" for a time. From what I was able to piece together, they divorced at some point in the 1960s and he remarried in 1971. I didn't find any children from the union and she died in Lewisham in July 2006.