1916-2005

[carlton23]

Walter Ivor Seth Homer, Died in Tetford, I would like some information please if poss. TIA

[dotty.]

ok hang on

[dotty.]

Name: Walter S Homer
Death Registration Month/Year: 1946
Age at death (estimated): 72
Registration district: Rowley Regis
Inferred County: Staffordshire
Volume: 6b
Page: 839

[dotty.]

Name: Walter S Homer
Age: 27
Estimated birth year: abt 1874
Relation: Head
Spouse's name: Edith L Homer
Gender: Male
Where born: Dudley, Worcestershire, England

Civil Parish: Rowley Regis
Ecclesiastical parish: St Luke
County/Island: Staffordshire
Country: England

Street address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Education:

Employment status:

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Registration district: Dudley
Sub-registration district: Rowley Regis
ED, institution, or vessel: 25
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 110
Household Members:
Name Age
Walter S Homer 27
Edith L Homer 27
Harold Homer 6
Blanche M Homer 4
Ada Homer 2

Source Citation: Class: RG13; Piece: 2733; Folio: 13; Page: 18.

[dotty.]

or, did he?
Name: Walter Ivor S Homer
Birth Date: 4 Oct 1904
Death Registration Month/Year: 1983
Registration district: Bury St Edmunds
Inferred County: Suffolk
Volume: 10
Page: 2161

[carlton23]

Sorry, I made an error, he died in Thetford some 15-20 years ago

[carlton23]

Ah, that last one sounds correct dotty, thankyou.

[dotty.]

no probs, Thetford used to be in Norfolk I think but maybe he lived there but died in a hospital in Suffolk

[carlton23]

Anymore info available dotty please?

[dotty.]

he married Blossie A Jordan in Bournmouth in 1929

[dotty.]

and then someone with the surname Parr in 1958 in middlesex

[carlton23]

She was my mum, sob.

[dotty.]

he was born in hampshire
Name: Walter Ivor S Homer
Year of Registration: 1904
Quarter of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec
District: Christchurch (1837-1925)
County: Hampshire
Volume: 2b
Page: 628

[carlton23]

You`re brilliant dotty, thanks a lot.

[dotty.]

on the 1911 census he is still living in Christchurch Hampshire and so Craft could look him up for you to get his Mum and Dad

[carlton23]

It`s past my bedtime, so perhaps I`ll get on to craft later to-day. g`night dot.

[Rose Maybud]

1911 Census 25 Rosebert Road, Christchurch, Hampshire

HOMER, Robert Husband Married 15 years M 37 1874 Printer Piece Work Holtwood Dorset
HOMER, Kate Wife Married F 38 1873 Bournemouth Hants
HOMER, Henry Robert William Son M 14 1897 Apprentice Shoemaker Bournemouth Hants
HOMER, Emily Harriet Daughter F 11 1900 School Bournemouth Hants
HOMER, Frederick Charles Son M 9 1902 School Bournemouth Hants
HOMER, Walter Ivor Seth Son M 6 1905 School Bournemouth Hants
HOMER, Albert Edward Son M 3 1908 School Bournemouth Hants

Robert and Kate had produced five offspring, all alive in 1911 as you can see :)

[Rose Maybud]

Sorry, should be Rosebery. Cold fingers - just cleared the car of snow for the OH.

[dotty.]

oooo there's interesting, Robert Homer may have been illegitimate and brought up by his step-father Seth Steel
Name: Robert Homer
Age: 6
Estimated birth year: abt 1875
Relation: Son in Law
Gender: Male
Where born: Holt

Civil Parish: Hampreston
County/Island: Dorset
Country: England

Street address: Ringwood Road New Buildings
Education:

Employment status:

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Occupation: Scholar

Registration district: Wimborne
Sub-registration district: Witchampton
ED, institution, or vessel: 5
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
Seth Steel 24
Emily Steel 28
Robert Homer 6
Edith E. Steel 1

Yes he was a lodger in 1891:
Name: Robert Homer
Age: 16
Estimated birth year: abt 1875
Relation: Lodger
Gender: Male
Where born: Holtwood Wimborne, Dorset, England

Civil Parish: Holdenhurst
Ecclesiastical parish: Holy Trinity
Town: Bournemouth
County/Island: Hampshire
Country: England

Street address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Education:

Employment status:

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Registration district: Christchurch
Sub-registration district: Christchurch
ED, institution, or vessel: 21b
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
Edmond Roffey 72
Susannah Roffey 60
Henry Roffey 20
Thomas Roffey 15
Emma Roffey 17
James Bancroft 22
Robert Homer 16

Source Citation: Class: RG12; Piece: 904; Folio 169; Page 31; GSU roll: 6096014.
Emily Steele formerley Homer (not 100% that's her maiden name)

[redcrx]

Thetford is in Norfolk, but the local hospital would be in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk

[dotty.]

Walters ,mother was Kate Randall, she married Robert Homer in Christchurch in the 2nd Q of 1896. Her father was Henry Randall born Upton Cum Chaley, Buckinghamshire, 1832.
This is his marriae to Kate's mother:
Name: Harriet Purser
Spouse Name: Henry Randall
Spouse Age: Full Age
Record Type: Marriage
Marriage Date: 21 Nov 1858
Parish: St Mary, Whitechapel
County: Middlesex
Borough: Tower Hamlets
Father Name: John Horwood Purser
Spouse Father Name: John Randall