George Samuel Gaunt Richardson

George Samuel Gaunt was born in Belper, Derbyshire, in 1883 (reg. JFM), the son of Sarah Gaunt (b. 1864, reg. Belper). He was baptised at Belper St Peter on 21 February 1883.

Sarah Gaunt and John Richardson (b. abt 1862, Wilford, Nottingham) were married in 1886 (JAS Nottingham) and on subsequent census Sarah's son was recorded as 'Richardson' and described as John's son.

John and Sarah had at least eight chldren who were born in Nottingham: Albert b. December 1886 (reg. 1887 JFM), Ethel b. 1888 (OND), Elizabeth b. 1890 (AMJ), Mabel birth reg. 1892 (JFM), John b. December 1893 (reg. 1894 JFM), Sydney [Sidney] b. 1896 (AMJ), Rose b. 1897 (OND) and Thomas b. 1900 (AMJ).

With the exception of Ethel, Rose and Thomas, the children were baptised at Nottingham St Bartholomew: Albert, Elizabeth, Mabel and John on 17 September 1895 and Sydney on 23 August 1896. The baptismal registers gave their parents' address as 79 St Matthias Road, Nottingham.

The family had also been recorded at 79 Matthias Road on the 1891 Census: John, a blacksmith, Sarah, George (8), Albert (4), Ethel (2) and Elizabeth (1). Also in the household were three lodgers, John Barber (21) and his wife and son.

John, a wheelwright's smith, and his wife Sarah were still at the same address in 1901. Also in the household were the nine children George, a lace warehouseman, Albert, a hosiery stamper, Ethel, Elizabeth, Mabel, John and Sydney who were school age and Rose (3) and Thomas (1).

George Samuel married Sarah Annie Mount (b. April 1883) in 1907 and their son, George Kenneth, was born on 6 March 1910. They were living at 63 Victory Road, Beeston, in 1911 but later moved to 46 Victory Road; the address also given on George's CWGC record.

Albert married Mabel Crinage in 1908 (OND) and probably had nine children: Edna May (1909), John (1910), Gladys (1911), Florence (1912), Doris (1919), Leslie (1921), Muriel (1924), Evelyn (1925) and Albert G. (1930).

John snr. probably died in about 1906 and by 1911 his widow Sarah and her seven unmarried children were living at 25 Flewitt Street, Nottingham: Ethel and Lizzie [Elizabeth] who were lace net menders, Mabel (19) a sewing machinist, Jack [John] (17) apprentice mechanic, Sidney (15) apprentice printer, Rose (13) errand girl (blouse manufacturer) and Tom (11) who was at school.

Ethel married Samuel Perkins (21) at Nottingham St Bartholomew on 29 October 1911. At the time of their marriage both were living at 25 Flewitt Street. They had three children: Leonard S. b. 1912, Rose Mary. b.1915 and Dorothy b. 1918 (JAS). Ethel died at the age of 30 on 1 December 1918, less than six weeks after the death in France of her brother George.

Samuel Perkins, a house painter/paper hanger (own account), and his three children were living at 25 Flewitt Street with his mother-in-law, Sarah Richardson, in 1921. Also in the household were four of Sarah's surviving seven children, Mabel a blouse machinist, Sidney a printer (Derry & Sons), Rose a net mender and Tom a loco fitter (Midland Railway) although the entry was annotated 'out of work'.

Samuel Perkins married Alice Skelton in 1925 and in 1939 when the England & Wales Register was compiled they were living at 39 Highfield Road with Samuel's daughter, Dorothy, and their son, William J (b. 1926). Samuel's two other children by his first marriage were now married, Leonard to Lily Culley in 1933 and Rose to Thomas Westby in 1936. Leonard died in 1947 aged 34. Samuel Perkins died in 1952; he was survived by his wife, Alice.

George's mother, Sarah Richardson, died in 1934 (JFM) aged about 68.

Of George's seven surviving siblings:

Albert, a book keeper (Royal Ordnance Factory), and his wife Mabel (b. 1885) were living at 7 Holley Gardens, Nottingham, in 1939. Also in the household were their five children, Doris (b. 1919) a hosiery ironer, Leslie (b. 1921) a builder's joiner, Murial (b. 1924) a machinist (bedstead manufacturer) and Evelyn (b. 1925) and Albert (b. 1930) who were school age. Albert probably died in 1964.

Elizabeth has not yet been traced after 1911 when she was living with her widowed mother at 25 Flewitt Street.

Mabel, a robe machinist, was unmarried and living at 75 Pym Street, Nottingham, in 1939. She probably died in 1954.

John married Edith Sulley (b. 1895) in 1917 (JFM); they had two children, George W. (b. 1923) and Mavis (b. 1927). In 1939 John (b. 23 September 1893), a grocer (own account), and Edith were living at 43 Flewitt Street, Nottingham, with their son George (b. 1923), an apprentice elctrician. The record of one other member of the household remains closed but was probably that of their daughter Mavis (b. 1927). John's death was recorded in 1979 (JFM).

Sydney had served in the Royal Garrision Artillery in the Great War (see 'Extra information'). He married Daisy Brooks (25, b. 1900), a tobacco stripper, at Nottingham St Bartholomew on 11 June 1925; his two siblings, John and Mabel, were witnesses to the marriage. In 1939 Sydney, a tobacco sprayer and Daisy were living at 27 Harmston Rise, Nottingham with their son Sydney (b. June 1939). The record of one other member of the household remains closed but was probably that of their daughter, Ethel Beryl (b. 1927). Sydney died in 1978 (AMJ) and his widow Daisy in 1993.

Rose married Richard Henry Garton (b. 1897) in 1921 (JAS). In 1939 she and Richard, a silk hose knitter, were living at 5 Elstree Drive, Nottingham; the record of one other member of the household remains closed but was probably that of their daughter, Jean M. (b. 1925). Richard died in August 1971 and Rose the following year (1972 OND).

Thomas served in the Great War (see 'Extra information'). He probably married in 1927 and in 1939 was living at 33 Beauchamp Street, Nottingham, with his wife Maude (b. Jan. 1902). Thomas was a gear cutting machinist and his wife a hosiery cutter. Maude died in 1969 and John's death was registered in 1979 (JFM).