Mr Samuel Charles Ely

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Samuel was born on May 23rd, 1891 in Joyce Grove Cottage no.2 Nettlebed.

• Birth Notes

  Born at: Nettlebed, Oxfordshire
  Joyce Grove Cottagen no.2 (source: 1901 census), age 10

Samuel's father was Mr Samuel Ely and his mother was Mrs Eliza Ellen Rutledge .  His paternal grandparents were Mr Samuel Ely and Mrs Hannah Rush; his maternal grandparents were Mr Joseph Rutledge and <Unknown>. He had three brothers and six sisters, named Harold, Ernest, Eric, Ethel, May, Violet, Daisy, Rose and Jessie.  He was the fourth oldest of the ten children.  He died from cancer at the age of 73 on February 5th, 1965.

• Death Notes

  Bowel Cancer

• General Notes

  Born at: Nettlebed, Oxfordshire
  
  On the 1911 census he was working as a gardener at Irwin Water, Welwyn, Herts for sir Otto Beit with 3 other gardeners.
  
  Married at:  Leatherhead Parish Church
  
  On:  16 August 1913
  
  When he married at the age of 23, he was a florist. Edith, his first wife was a dairy assistant. He did not fight in WW1, and worked in an ammunition factory. Later, he worked for Lyons as a buyer. He would buy greengroceries at Covent Garden to supply the restaurants owned by Lyons. He later owned a greengrocery in W.Byfleet. He retired in 1956. Kenneth took over. On his death Certificate, he was described as a master Greengrocer.
  Was widowed.
  His second wife was Kathleen Bristow. The bureau which we have belonged to her. He died aged 74at st. Peter's hospital, Chertsey. His ashes are buried at St. John's Church, W.Byfleet, the garden of remembrance
  

Details of Samuel's family with Mrs Kathleen Bristow

Details of Samuel's family with Edith Anne Roffe