George Charles Edward COURT

1892 - 1948  (55 years)

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• Name	George Charles Edward COURT
  Relationship	with Teresa Ann GOATHAM
  Born	7 May 1892	Brentford, Middlesex, England
  	GRO ref: Court, George Charles E q2 1892 Brentford RD 3a 97; GRO online index shows 3rd Christian name as Edward and mother's maiden name as Tew Baptism register gives actual date - month not totally clear but is also in the 1939 register where clear.
  Baptised	24 Jul 1892	St. Paul’s Church, Brentford, Middlesex, England
  	PR entry shows son of George Charles and Emma Court, abode 8 Louisa Cottage, Enfield Rd., father a gardener
  Gender	Male
  Military Service	In regular army including WW1
  	I was told that George was in the regular army by his first cousin, by Great Aunt Ivy (Stainton nee HAMBLING), who knew her Court cousins personally. The 1911 census confirms this and shows that  George was in the Middlesex Regiment, in 1911 based at Headley nr Alton, Hampshire in 1911. He was a Drummer when saved by a Prayer Book during WW1. The Prayer Book was in his breast pocket and the bullet went into the Prayer Book rather than into George. It was on display in St. George's Church, Old Brentford. I wondered if it still was on display but discovered that this church has been redundant for some years. I enquired whether it was in the church of the parish now covering the area - it isn't, and reading about St. George's Church in notes at the London Metropolitan Archives I discovered it was badly damaged in WW2, so I expect the Prayer Book was lost then.
  Died	Mar Q 1948	Sodbury Reg Dist, Gloucestershire, England
  	GRO ref: Court, George C E q1 1948 aged 55 Sodbury RD 7b 536
  Siblings	2 brothers
  + 1. George Charles Edward COURT,   b. 7 May 1892, Brentford, Middlesex, England ,   d. Mar Q 1948, Sodbury Reg Dist, Gloucestershire, England  (Age 55 years) ▻ Rose SMITH,  m. 21 Apr 1919 + 2. Sidney Tew COURT,   b. 19 Mar 1894, Brentford, Middlesex, England ,   d. 1959, Gosport Reg Dist, Hampshire, England  (Age 64 years) ▻ Dora A. WHITMARSH,  m. Dec Q 1922   3. Albert Edward COURT,   b. 31 Jul 1897, Brentford Reg Dist, Middlesex, England ,   d. Jun Q 1900  (Age 2 years)
  Half-siblings	2 half brothers and 2 half sisters (family of George Charles COURT and Ada Ellen KING)
  1. Richard George COURT,   b. 3 Jul 1911, Brentford Reg Dist, Middlesex, England ,   d. Sep Q 1985, Torbay Reg Dist, Devon, England  (Age 73 years) + 2. Henry Samuel COURT,   b. 26 Feb 1913, Brentford Reg Dist, Middlesex, England ,   d. Yes, date unknown ▻ Adeline Felice Maria ARCARI,  m. Jun Q 1935 3. Peggy Elizabeth COURT,   b. 9 Oct 1916, Brentford Reg Dist, Middlesex, England ,   d. Nov 2006, Chiltern Reg Dist, Buckinghamshire, England  (Age 90 years)   4. Living
  Origins
  Patriarch & Matriarch	John COURT,   b. 22 May 1654, Chiddingfold, Surrey, England ,   d. Yes, date unknown  (6 x Great Grandfather)  Emma TEW,   b. Mar Q 1868, Westminster, London, England ,   d. Sep Q 1910, Brentford, Middlesex, England  (Age ~ 42 years)  (Mother)
  Person ID	I2198	All | The descendants of Charles Court and Frances née Tapner
  Last Modified	23 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	George Charles COURT,   b. 12 May 1866, Chichester, Sussex, England ,   d. 10 Jul 1928, Brentford Reg Dist, Middlesex, England  (Age 62 years) Other Partners: Ada Ellen KING  m. Sep Q 1910
  Mother	Emma TEW,   b. Mar Q 1868, Westminster, London, England ,   d. Sep Q 1910, Brentford, Middlesex, England  (Age ~ 42 years)
  Married	26 Dec 1889	St. Paul’s Church, Brentford, Middlesex, England
  	Date from family Bible; also now have copy of PR entry (image on Ancestry) GRO ref: Brentford RD 3A 105 Bach and sp, marr by banns, George a gardener, both of 26 Avenue Road (this was George's mother's address at the time of the 1891 census), both signed. Witnesses Harry Court (presumably George's bro) and Ada ?(Hauexoil) Two sons by his second marriage according to his niece, my great Aunt Ivy; I guess she didn't know about the one who died in infancy (before Auntie Ivy was born).
  		Court Family Bible A record of the death of George Court, the marriage and death of his eldest son and the death of his only daughter to survive infancy and her husband.
  Family ID	F117	Family Group Page  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Rose SMITH,   b. 14 Nov 1894,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	21 Apr 1919	St. Werburgh’s Church, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England
  	GRO ref: Court, George C E to Smith, Rose q2 1919 Bristol RD 6a 185 Details from PR entry (image on Ancestry, viewed 23 Apr 2024)
  Children	+ 1. Phyllis Edna Rose COURT,   b. 17 Feb 1920, Bristol Reg Dist, Gloucestershire, England ,   d. 2 Mar 1994, Bristol Reg Dist, Gloucestershire, England  (Age 74 years) ▻ William Albert STILES  m. Sep Q 1939
  Last Modified	23 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F1689	Family Group Page  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

  George Court in Stonehouse I know of no connection between George Court and Stonehouse, but it looks to me like the same person as in the signed photo of George.