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Family of Charles John KIRKBY and Ellen Theresa O'GORMAN

Husband: Charles John KIRKBY

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Charles John KIRKBY

  • Name:

  • Charles John KIRKBY

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • John KIRKBY (1831- )

  • Mother:

  • Elizabeth Craig (1830- )

  • Birth:

  • Feb 1861

  • Hyde Park, Leeds, Yorkshire

  • Occupation:

  • 21 Sep 1881 (age 20)

  • Sgt. 2nd Battallion. Middlesex Rgt

  • Occupation:

  • 28 Nov 1885 (age 24)

  • Staff Sgt.

  • Occupation:

  • 12 Apr 1890 (age 29)

  • Sergeant Major

  • Occupation:

  • 19 Feb 1893 (age 31-32)

  • Sgt. Major Niligiri Rifles

  • Residence:

  • "April 1871" (age 9)

  • District Middle Class Public School

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  • Address: Kempston, Bedfordshire

    C.J. was obviously sent away to school. Question......Why? How? Why this one?

  • Death:

  • 4 Jun 1904 (age 43)

  • Wellington Cantonment, Ootacamund

Wife: Ellen Theresa O'GORMAN

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Ellen Theresa O'GORMAN

Child 1: John Michael KIRKBY

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Son: John Michael KIRKBY

  • Name:

  • John Michael KIRKBY

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Spouse:

  • Janet Ermyntrude DOUGHTY (1885- )

  • Birth:

  • 17 May 1883

  • Rangoon, Burma

  • Occupation:

  • 20 Jan 1899 (age 16)

  • Soldier

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  • Ordinance Dept

  • Occupation:

  • 26 Jun 1907 (age 24)

  • Staff Sergeant, Ordinance Dept; Ootacamund

  • Occupation:

  • 9 Dec 1923 (age 40)

  • Foreman, Cordite Factory

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  • Factory still there. One of the largest in India

  • Death:

  • 2 Oct 1927 (age 44)

  • Aruvankadu, South India

Child 2: Elizabeth Ellen KIRKBY

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Daughter: Elizabeth Ellen KIRKBY

  • Name:

  • Elizabeth Ellen KIRKBY

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Nickname:

  • Nancy

  • Birth:

  • 28 Nov 1885

  • Coimbatore, Madras

  • Death:

  • 15 Jul 1903 (age 17)

  • Ootacamund

Child 3: Florence KIRKBY

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Daughter: Florence KIRKBY

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Spouse: Frederick MITTON

  • Name:

  • Florence KIRKBY

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Spouse:

  • Frederick MITTON (1879-1956)

  • Birth:

  • 30 Jan 1888

  • Ootacamund

  • Death:

  • 30 Jan 1969 (age 81)

  • Seaford, Sussex

Child 4: William KIRKBY

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Son: William KIRKBY

  • Name:

  • William KIRKBY

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Birth:

  • 12 Apr 1890

  • Ootacamund

  • Occupation:

  • 1911 (age 20-21)

  • Lance Corporal, 2nd Cheshire Rgt.

  • Occupation:

  • 25 Jan 1917 (age 26 yrs 9 mns)

  • Commission to Machine Gun Corps 2Lt.

  • Occupation:

  • 26 Jul 1918 (age 28 yrs 3 mns)

  • Promotion to Lt. MGC

  • Death:

  • 1 Nov 1918 (age 28 yrs 6 mns)

  • Cambrai, France

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  • Serving as a Capt Machine Gun Corps at time of death.

Child 5: Jessie KIRKBY

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Daughter: Jessie KIRKBY

  • Name:

  • Jessie KIRKBY

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Birth:

  • 19 Feb 1893

  • Ootacamund

  • Occupation:

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  • 1911. Milliners Apprentice, Sanderstead.

  • Residence:

  • 1911 (age 17-18)

  • Sanderstead, Surrey

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  • Address: Roundhay, 50 Mayfield Road South Croydon, Sanderstead

    This is the home of her Uncle William. Her fathers younger brother.

Note on Husband: Charles John KIRKBY

Died from self inflicted gunshot wound, temporary insanity

Note on Wife: Ellen Theresa O'GORMAN (1) - shared note

Married Port Blair, Andaman Islands 1881. (Ref GRO INDEX ARMY MARRIAGES (1881 to 1955) 1881 - 1885 Rangoon 1881 Page 269)

Note on Wife: Ellen Theresa O'GORMAN (2)

Understood to be living with daughter, Florence Mitton, in Ashford, Middlesex, in December 1927.

Note on Wife: Ellen Theresa O'GORMAN (3)

1939 Register - living with husband, thomas Hirst at 138 High St. Egham,. Surrey.

Note on Wife: Ellen Theresa O'GORMAN (4)

Living at 195 Stanwell Rd. Ashford. Staines in 1949, before her death.