Gertrude Elizabeth FREEBODY (1867-1935)

Name:	Gertrude Elizabeth FREEBODY
Sex:	Female
Father:	Warwick FREEBODY (1844-1902)
Mother:	Julia Ann MCAVOY (1846-1926)

Individual Events and Attributes

Birth	21 Apr 1867	Walton on Thames
Christening
Death	16 Jan 1935 (age 67)	Portsmouth, Hampshire.

Marriage

Spouse	William John EVANS (1866- )
Children	Ethel Gertrude EVANS (1903-1916)
Marriage	13 Dec 1894 (age 27)	Portsea, Portsmouth

Individual Note

Married (Register 2b 966), Death (Register 2b 811).

On familysearch.org there is an entry: birth: 21 Apr 1867, christening: 08 Sep 1867 - WALTON ON THAMES, SURREY, ENGLAND. On viewing the original entry it can be seen that the birth is at Hampton Court Barracks presumably where her father Warwick was stationed whilst serving with the 3rd Hussars. However a 'Birth' entry in the PRO BMD indexes cannot be found. Various census records are obviously incorrect regarding her birthplace e.g Hampton Court, Hampshire Court. One line of research is that Gertrude was registered under a different name, and brought up as a Freebody.

 

 

1871 Census: Common Side, Walton Upon Thames. Staying with her paternal grandparents.

 

1881 Census: Marine House School, St Margaret At Cliffe. Gertrude has been recorded incorrectly on the actual census as "Freebags", and she gave her birthplace as Hampton Court, Surrey. She was a general servant.

 

1891 Census: 3, Gloucester Terrace, Portsea, Portsmouth.

 

1901 Census: 10, Pennar Military Road, Pembroke St Mary staying with her Mother and Father in Law. She is shown as a widow.

 

1911 Census:5 Alexandra Road Landport Portsmouth.

 

Misc

 

Main Sources of Information: Marriage Certificate, Gravestone, BMD Indexes, Census Returns, and close family member.

Gertrude died in Portsmouth and is buried in Kingston cemetery in the same plot as her father, and mother. The cemetery records give her date of death.