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Betsy Alice HOWARD(Alice FLETCHER)

1891 – 1951 · 254 Hart Street, Southport, Lancashire
👶Birth
12/07/1891
🏛️ Free elementary education
254 Hart Street, Southport, Lancashire 📍 1901 Census
Aged 9
Birth Certificate
📎 Birth

Her age at marriage in 1908 is given as 20. However, according to her age at burial she was 61. Therefore there is a two year discrepancy. The 1939 NHS Register states birth as 23/11/1889 but this cannot be correct as her birth records on GRO website is:

Name: Mother's Maiden Surname:
HOWARD, BETSY ALICE EDMONDSON
GRO Reference: 1891 S Quarter in ORMSKIRK Volume 08B Page 795

🏠Lived (10)
1901
🏛️ Second Boer War
137 Hart Street, Southport, Lancashire 📍 1901 Census 📎 Census
💒Marriage (17)
27/07/1908
🏛️ Old Age Pensions introduced
Arthur FLETCHER
St Luke's Church, St Luke's Road, Southport, Lancashire 📍 Find My Past
Ref: Ormskirk 8b 1411
Marriage Certificate
📎 Marriage

The witnesses were John and Susannah Cairies

🏠Lived (17)
1908
137 Hart Street, Southport, Lancashire 📍
with Arthur FLETCHER Marriage Certificate
🏠Lived (19)
1910
🏛️ George V accedes to the throne
199 Upper Aughton Road, Birkdale, Southport, Lancashire 📍
with Arthur FLETCHER Birth Certificate
of Rachael
🏠Lived (20)
1911
🏛️ National Insurance Act
52 Banastre Road, Southport, Lancashire 📍
with Arthur FLETCHER 1911 Census 📎 Census
🏠Lived (22)
1913
141a Hart Street, Southport, Lancashire 📍 Birth Certificate
🏠Lived (24)
1915
🏛️ First World War
158 Hampton Road, Southport, Lancashire 📍
with Arthur FLETCHER Birth Certificate
of son Robert
🏠Lived (27)
1918
🏛️ Women over 30 gain the vote
141a Hart Street, Southport, Lancashire 📍 Death Certificate
🏠Lived (28)
1919
🏛️ Treaty of Versailles
141a Hart Street, Southport, Lancashire 📍
with Arthur FLETCHER Army Records
🏠Lived (29)
1920
🏛️ League of Nations established
21 Hargreaves Street, Southport, Lancashire 📍
with Arthur FLETCHER Birth Certificate
of son Arthur
🏠Lived (29)
19/10/1920
1 Hargreaves Street, Southport, Lancashire 📍
with Arthur FLETCHER Birth Certificate
🏠Lived (30)
1921
🏛️ Irish Free State established
20 Compton (Chatham) Road, Birkdale, Southport, Lancashire 📍
with Arthur FLETCHER 1921 Census 📎 Census
🏠Lived (42)
1933
🏛️ Great Depression
61 Banastre Road, Southport, Lancashire 📍
with Arthur FLETCHER Electoral Roll
🏠Lived (48)
1939
🏛️ Second World War
61 Banastre Road, Southport, Lancashire 📍
with Arthur FLETCHER 1939 NHS Register 📎 1939 Register
🏠Lived (49)
1940
🏛️ Battle of Britain
61 Banastre Road, Southport, Lancashire 📍
with Arthur FLETCHER Electoral Roll
Street Index
Fletcher, J Corp Emp 61 Banastre Road
🏠Lived (60)
1951
🏛️ Festival of Britain
61 Banastre Road, Southport, Lancashire 📍
with Arthur FLETCHER Death Certificate
of Elizabeth
✝️Death (60)
19/06/1951
Southport Infirmary, Scarisbrick New Road, Southport, Lancashire 📍
1 (a) Septicaemia and toxaemia (b) Septic Bedsores and vulval ulceration Death Civil Registration Index
Ref: 10f 568 Southport
Death Certificate
📎 Death

Aged 61 years of 61 Banastre Road, Southport. Wife of Arthur Fletcher, retired Labourer (Corporation Highways)
Informant: R. Fletcher, Son, 46 Banastre Road, Southport
Registered: 20th June 1951

🪦Burial
22/06/1951
Duke Street Cemetery, Dukes Street, Southport, Lancashire 📍
Section 8, Grave 277 Burial Records 📎 Image 📎 Grave

Burial is in the public section and is not marked with any headstone.

Children with Arthur FLETCHER
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b. 1909, 199 Upper Aughton Road, Birkdale, Southport, Lancashire · d. 1910, 199 Upper Aughton Road, Birkdale, Southport, Lancashire
F
b. 1910, 199 Upper Aughton Road, Birkdale, Southport, Lancashire · d. 1975, Promenade Hospital, Southport, Lancashire
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b. 1913, 141a Hart Street, Southport, Lancashire · d. 1913, 141a Hart Street, Southport, Lancashire
Robert FLETCHER
b. 1915, 158 Hampton Road, Southport, Lancashire · d. 1969, 34 Portland Street, Southport, Lancashire · m. 1937 Ethel Mary BEAGAN
F
b. 1917, 141a Hart Street, Southport, Lancashire · d. 1918, 141a Hart Street, Southport, Lancashire
M
b. 1920, 21 Hargreaves Street, Southport, Lancashire · d. 1992, Fleetwood Hall Nursing Home, Fleetwood Road, Southport, Lancashire
Notes

According to George Robert Fletcher she played the organ at Boundary Street Mission located on the corner with Fernley Road, Southport.

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Witness of her Death: Robert FLETCHER
Witness of her Birth: Thomas HOWARD
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