Charlotte and Charles Pomeroy

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Charles Pomeroy and his family was are no longer living at 6 Beaconsfield Terrace, Fulwell Road, Teddington. Another move. He has retired as a Police Constable, now aged 56. His wife Charlotte was now 54.

Charles and Charlotte had four children living with them on 2 April 1911. Compared to the last census in 1901, William, a Groom, than aged 16, now 26 and Albert, then aged 10, now 20, have moved out or were not there on the day of the census.

Edward, aged 24, single a Groundsman at the Golf Club (Baptised Edward on 6th February 1887)
Ellen, aged 18, single, a general domestic servant (Baptised Emily Ellen Gertrude on 3rd March 1893)
Ethel, aged 14 (Baptised Ethel Mary on 11 November 1896)
Evelyn, aged 13, (Baptised Evelyn Harriet on 26 January 1898)

According to the census record, Charles and Charlotte had 12 children born alive, with 6 still living and 6 who had died.

Again, according to the census, Charles and Charlotte had been married 32 years, which equates to 1879. They were married on 15th December 1878 at Maiden Newton, Dorset, England.

Both children and marriage correlate to information already established.

This census is the first one that is not completed by an Enumerator, but by the occupants themselves. This is most probably the hand writing of Charles Pomeroy, as the head of the family.

The property a 6 Beaconsfield Terrace appears externally to be a two up two down, which would mean all six children occupying the same bedroom, and their parents the other bedroom.

According to the 1911 Census for 48 Fulwell Road, Teddington, the dwelling has 5 rooms, which includes the kitchen, hence confirming it as two reception rooms plus kitchen, downstairs and two bedrooms upstairs. Closet and Bathroom are not counted and are not necessarily indoors or in existence. The new home, Prince Albert, Colham Green, Uxbridge, Middlesex, has 6 rooms, one more, with two less adult children.

Colham Green in 1895, with the marker indicating the row of houses which were to become the Prince Albert, Charles Pomeroy and his families' home in the 1911 Census above.

The Uxbridge Union Workhouse, became a hospital, which was not at all unusual at the time. In 1963 construction of a new Hillingdon Hospital commenced on the Furze or Heath just across the road, in its current location.

The Prince Albert 1910/1911 to 1912/1913

This free house was built for the now defunct Isleworth brewery and was still with the original stained glass windows. Demolished in December 2014.

Also at PubWiki

Google Streetview image in 2014, before demolition.

A then and now using Google Streetview timeline. With the current Hillingdon Hospital tower block in the background.

Demolished in 2014 and the pub car park extended to include the area of the buildings. The whole site became a carpark with newly laid blacktop and white lines in August 2015.

Work had started on construction on the next Google Streetview pass of the Camera Car in August 2016.

Building completed by 2017. Prince Albert Public House becomes Prince Albert Court, Pield Heath Road, Colham Green, Hillingdon, Uxbridge.

Using the Register of Voters, which generally provides information once a year as opposed to the every ten years of the Census, the Charles Pomeroy did not stay at The Prince Albert very long. From the Supporting Data associated with this page, Charles Pomeroy was at The Prince Albert Public House, Colham Green between 1910/1911 to 1912/1913. The dates have a range because the entry in a Register of Voters is not a precise date. It is published, and comes into force on a specific date, but the entitlement to be included and the collation of the register occurs some time before the date upon which it becomes current. Another slight problem with using the Register of Voters is that it is some time before the Registers include women, so it is a trail for Charles Pomeroy, but just an assumption for Charlotte Elizabeth Pomeroy. That is until she appears in them in her own right, in 1918.

In the 1910 Register of Voters, Charles Pomeroy was at 17 Princes Road and his eldest Son William Henry Pomery (Pomeroy) was at White Cottage Wellington Road Teddington (Hampton Hill postal), just a few minutes walk apart. Both men, both recorded. Another son, Edward Pomeroy, had managed to get on the Electoral Roll by renting a second floor furnished room from his father at 17 Princes Road.

One has to assume the younger members of the family follow the trail of records for Charles Pomeroy unless they appear somewhere else.

3 Stewkley Terrace, Heath Road, Hillingdon, Middlesex

3 Stewkley Terrace, 38 Heath Road, Hillingdon, Uxbridge 1912/1913 to 1930/1931

After Charles and Charlotte Elizabeth Pomeroy's time at The Prince Albert they moved to 3 Stewkley Terrace in Hillingdon Heath.

As an update;

Edward, aged 24, single a Groundsman at the Golf Club (Baptised Edward on 6th February 1887)
Ellen, aged 18, single, a general domestic servant (Baptised Emily Ellen Gertrude on 3rd March 1893)
Ethel, aged 14 (Baptised Ethel Mary on 11 November 1896)
Evelyn, aged 13, (Baptised Evelyn Harriet on 26 January 1898)

Add about two years to each of the ages when they moved to Heath Road.

They saw out the Great War here, and their family changed. It was a time of loss.

By the 1919 Register of Voters, ie 1918, Charles and Charlotte Elizabeth Pomeroy were still living at 3 Stewkley Terrace, Heath Road, Hillingdon, (Division 1) together with their surviving son, Albert Pomeroy (Division 2). Florence Pomeroy, of Ash's Cottages, Colham Green, may be the widow of Edward Pomeroy, a Groundsman at the Golf Club before the war.

Albert was still at 3 Stewkley Terrace from the Registers of Voters in 1920, 21, 22, 23, as was Florence Pomeroy, at Ash's Cottages. Florence Pomeroy at Ash's Cottages is most probably the Widow of Edward as this is where they lived before the War, where their children were living when they were Baptised. I tried to find where Florence moved to after she ceased to appear adjacent to Charles and Charlotte Elizabeth Pomeroy in the Registers of Voters. That did not prove conclusive, so I started searching for her son Charles Edward Pomeroy and found a record the seemed to be possible at 18 Yew Avenue, Yiewsley, West Drayton, Middlesex, England. Charles Edward Pomeroy consistently lived at that address for a number of years in the 40's and 50's, and always with Arthur George Nicholls and Florence Nicholls. In 1947 another name appeared on the Register, Arthur H Nicholls. The Representation of the People Act 1969 lowered the voting age from 21 to 18, with effect from 1970, so in 1947 the voting age would have still been 21. He did not have a Y in front of his name, which would have restricted when he could vote that year, or perhaps that convention was not in place at that time, but nor did he appear in the 1946 Register. 1947 less 21 would give an approximate date of birth of 1926.

Another search for a wedding between a Florence Pomeroy and Arthur George Nicholls found a record for the same names in 1919, at Uxbridge Middlesex. In addition to that a record was found for the birth of Arthur H Nicholls in 1925, and the Mother's maiden name was Davis. This suggests fairly strongly, that Florence Pomeroy nee Davis, widow of Edward Pomeroy, who was killed in action, during the Great War, in 1917, married Arthur George Nicholls and lived with him and her son, Charles Edward Pomeroy at various addresses, including 18 Yew Avenue, Yiewsley, West Drayton, Middlesex, England. Charles Edward Pomeroy was born in 1912 and achieved his Voting at 1933.

This conjecture does however raise concerns over Florence Pomeroy still being of that name and being at Ash's Cottages until the Register of Voters 1923.

47 Marlbrough Road, Hillingdon, Uxbridge 1930/1931 to 1931/1932

Evelyn Harriet Pomeroy was the youngest daughter of Charles and Charlotte Elizabeth Pomeroy. She married Reginald Samuel Notley on 26 September 1917 in Hillingdon, Middlesex.

Evelyn Harriet Pomeroy or Evalyn was a 19 year old Spinster at the time of here wedding. She would have had to get permission form her father to get married under 'Full Age'. Charles Pomeroy is recorded as her father, an Ex-Police Constable and signed as a witness. Frequently, the Brides occupation was left blank, but in this case Evelyn was a nurse. Perhaps still living with her parents, as in 1917, at 3 Stewkley Terrace, 38 Heath Road, Hillingdon, which is in Hillingdon Heath. Charles Pomeroy was coming up to his 63rd birthday when they got married. In the Register of Voters 1921, Reginald Notley was living at 3 Stewkley Terrace, which would be with his in-laws, as he was in 1922.

Charles and Charlotte Elizabeth Pomeroy had moved from 3 Stewkley Terrace, presumably in 1931 and appeared in the following year's Register of Voters, at 47 Marlborough Road with the Notley family. The Notley family entitled to vote were recorded as being, Evelyn Harriet, Frederick Josiah, and Reginald Samuel, all Notley, with the former coded as a woman, and the latter as the Occupier. Frederick Josiah Notley would have to have been over 21 years of age to appear in the Registers of Voters. 1917 to 1931 is 14 years, so seven more to find. I don't think Evelyn was pregnant when she was 12, so Frederick Josiah Notley is not their son, possibly a brother of Reginald Samuel.

Charles and Charlotte Elizabeth Pomeroy had moved in with their youngest daughter and her husband. Charles would have been around 76/77 years of age when he moved in, and Charlotte Elizabeth 2 years younger.

47 Marlborough Road was part of a newly built council estate, constructed in the late 1920's early 1930's. Evelyn Harriet, Frederick Josiah, and Reginald Samuel Notley had already been living on the same estate, at 15 Pole Hill Road, a mere 4 minutes walk from 47 Marlborough Road, according to the Register of Voters for 1923, and 1924.

The 1926 Registers of Voters for the Pole Hill Road. Note, the West Side is all the new buildings, Council Houses. The East Side has the older, named properties. 15 Pole Hill Road is no longer occupied by Reginald Notley as he has moved to 11A Pole Hill Road.

In the 1933 Register of Voters The Notley family remain in their council house, 47 Marlborough Road, but the Pomeroy family have moved back to Heath Road, this time at 4 Virginia Cottages, with Phyllis Selina Edgington.

I don't know why Charles and Charlotte Elizabeth Pomeroy moved in with their daughter and son-in-law for about a year. Perhaps they had become infirm and needed help, which presumably may have been provided by Phyllis Selina Edgington once they had moved back to Heath Road. Perhaps something happened with their property 3 Stewkley Terrace, 38 Heath Road, or perhaps regarding the landlord.

Interestingly, another daughter E M Bower at the time, was living at 1 Pole Hill Road in April 1940.