Harry Passmore

Henry (Harry) was the son of George and Elizabeth Passmore (née Rowbottom/Rowbotham).

His father George was born in 1863 in Chard, Somerset ,and his mother Elizabeth Rowbotham was born in 1865 in Nottingham. They were married at Nottingham St Ann on 26 October 1884; both signed the marriage register with their mark, as did one of their two witnesses. They had five children; George Edward b. Jan. 1887, John (Jack) birth reg. 1890 (JFM) and Henry b. 1895 (JAS) who were born in Nottingham, and Hilda b. 1902 and Ida b. 1903 who were born in Colwick.

In 1891 George, a lace maker, and Elizabeth, a hosiery worker, were living at 1 Broad Oak Terrace, Nottingham, with their two sons, George and John, and Elizabeth's widowed mother, Jane Rowbottom.

The couple had moved to 9 Woodland Grove, Colwick, by 1901. George was still working as a lace maker (plain net) and his eldest son, George, was working in a furniture store; the two youngest sons, John and Harry, were school age. Also in the household were two male boarders. George's mother-in-law, Jane, was a visitor in the Nottingham home of William Lilley, a fish merchant, and his wife Harriet (née Rowbotham).

George and Elizabeth were still living at 9 Woodland Grove in 1911 although George was now a woodcutting machinist (furniture) and his youngest son, Henry, was a French polisher (furniture). Hilda and Ida were school age. Also in the home on the night of the Census were a male boarder who was a woodcutting machinist (furniture) and Jane Rowbotham who died in December the same year aged 87.

George Edward had married Sarah Harrison in 1907 and in 1911 they were living at 23 Garnett Street, Netherfield, with their son Leonard (2); George was a railway fireman.

The only likely census record for a John Passmore in 1911 was a Private John Passmore, 1st Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers, age 20 born St Ann's Nottingham, who was serving with the Battalion at West Ridge, Rawalpindi, India.

George snr. completed a form for the Army in May 1919 listing his son Harry's surviving blood relatives: Father and Mother; George Pasmore (sic) and Elizabeth Pasmore, 11 Beck Street, Nottingham. Brothers; George Edward (32), 14 London North Western Terrace, Netherfield, Jack (29), 50 Broad Oak Street, Nottingham. Sisters: Hilda (17) and Ida (15), 11 Beck Street, Nottingham. George signed the form with his mark.

In 1921 George, a fish fryer (employer, at home) and his wife were living at 11 Beck Street, Nottingham. Only their two daughters were still living at home. Hilda was a hosiery hand and Ida was working for her father as a fish fryer.

George snr. died on 13 March 1932 and his widow Elizabeth on 25 March 1937; both were buried in Nottingham General Cemetery.

Of their four surviving children:

George Edward, a railway engine driver, was living with his wife Sarah on Rushworth Avenue, West Bridgford, in 1939 when the England & Wales Register was compiled. He died at the Cedars Hospital, Nottingham, on 21 February 1956 after he broke his leg slipping on ice in Wilford Lane, West Bridgford. (Nottingham Evening Post, 23 February 1956)

John married Juanita Cockcroft in 1918 and their son Harry Clifford was born later that year. In 1921, John, a clerk in the Civil Service (Ministry of Pensions), and his wife and son were living at 50 Broad Oak Street, Nottingham. Neither John nor his wife have yet been traced on the 1939 Register, but their son was married (Alice Stanfield, 1939) and living on Hardstaff Road, Nottingham. However, there is a record of the marriage of a Juanita Passmore to Lionel LJ Smith in 1959 (reg. JFM Nottingham).

Hilda married Reginald Harry Lawrence in 1926; her husband had served in the war in the Somerset Light Infantry (29663 Private). In 1939 they were living in Carlton with their children; Reginald was a motor omnibus inspecor and Hilda a hosiery machinist. Hilda died in 1996 (reg. August) aged 94; her husband predeceased her (March 1977).

Ida married Joseph Vickers in 1928 and they had a son Joseph three years later. In 1939 the family was living on Hardstaff Road, Nottingham; Joseph snr. was a milk roundsman and Ida a morning help (domestic). Ida died in 1966 (reg. June) aged 92; her husband predeceased her (1970).