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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => England => Kent => Topic started by: Smokey807 on Saturday 13 February 21 20:14 GMT (UK)
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In the 1911 census taken at High View,Victoria Hill Road, Hextable,Swanley Junction, Kent Edwin was a nurseryman in partnership with Claude Fowler Camburn (a nurseryman) with two domestic servants. Edwin later married Nora Susan Jex(1881-1969) and with her had the following deceased children (1) Thomas Ingham Pitts(1916-1996) and (2) Crena Pitts.
Im interested in the following;
1) any photos of Edwin
2) Edwin's place of residence and occupation from the 1901 census
3) Edwins place of residence and occupation for any year after 1911
4) Any military record for Edwin
5) any information or photos about the Pitts/Camburn nursery in Hextable,Swanley Junction
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Hi 1901 with parents
Merlewood Sanderstead Surrey.
Occupation horticultural student.
Tazzie
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address when he died...
Dene Hill Swanley Village Kent.
Tazzie
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Just to note the housekeeper from 1911 is actually his maternal aunt. She's with the family in 1881 & 1891
The other gentleman in the household in 1911 is not a servant but a boarder, occupation articled clerk
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On his marriage in 1915 he was a fruit grower address Hextable Swanley Kent.
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Probate entry in 1939 has address Dene Hill Swanley Village Kent.
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Note down as Ingman Pitts in 1922 trade directory as nurseryman.
Actually probate entry is also Ingman not Ingham and the marriage.
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Thank you all for the great information you provided. Does the probate record for Edwin say what his occupation was and the value of his estate?
I would think because of Edwin's age at the start of WW1 that there should be a military record for him as I did find military records (medal index card)for Claude F. Camburn (his partner) who was the same age as Edwin.
From the 1922 directory you gave Edwin as a nurseryman- where was he living at that time- in Hextable, Swanley?
Can you find any directory listings for Claude Fowler Camburn (1875-1945). In 1911 census he was with Edwin as a nurseryman in Hextable, Swanley Junction and when he enlisted in the army in 1916 he was listed as a market grower and entered the Royal Army Veterinary Corps. He married in 1926 Maude Evelyn Doyle (1876-1941) in Yorkshire (where his wife lived at the time of the marriage). In 1941 he and his wife were living at Hull,98 Firehall Road, Hawley (near Dartford, Kent). Claude died Oct 26,1945 at the Torbay Hospital, Torquay Devon but his residence was given in probate records as 98 Firehall Rd, Hawley.
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Thank you all for the great information you provided. Does the probate record for Edwin say what his occupation was and the value of his estate?
No occupation
Effects: £3242 11s 3d
Executors are an accountant and a solicitor
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He wasn't in the military when he married - occupation fruit grower
He may have been in a reserved occupation - or given permission not to go as his partner had signed up and someone needed to run the company and produce food
Or he may not have been deemed fit to serve - my grandfather wasn't (and lived to 79!)
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Can you find any directory listings for Claude Fowler Camburn (1875-1945).
1930 & 1934 - Hawley Dartford under the heading nurserymen and seedsmen
1922 - Hawley nurseryman
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Thank you very much for answering my inquiry.
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You could try the Hextable Historical Society www.hextable-heritage.co.U.K.
That should be lower case u k at the end but my iPad insists on changing it every time which is infuriating!