Bertie HELPS

1886 - 1945  (59 years)

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• Name	Bertie HELPS
  Relationship	with Teresa Ann GOATHAM
  Born	9 Jun 1886	Leicester Reg Dist, Leicestershire, England
  	Date from 1939 register GRO ref: Helps, Bertie q3 1886 Leicester RD 7a 196; GRO online index shows mother's maiden name as Gibbins
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1901
  	Carpenter
  War Service	1939	Leicester, Leicestershire, England
  	ARP Warden
  	Shown as ARP Warden 695 (VOL) Leicester
  Residence	From 1939 to 1945	45, Colwell Road, Leicester, Leicestershire, England
  	At the address by the time of the 1939 register, when with his wife and 2 others, his step-son-in-law Howard Ward and step-grandson. Still at the address when he died; when he wrote his will his other step-daughter Dorothy (and presumably her husband, though he could have been away in the forces) were living with him and his wife. (1939 register ref: RG101/5998I/015/9 Letter Code: REBD)
  Occupation	1939
  	Postman
  	According to the 1939 register
  Will	6 May 1944
  	Written
  Died	16 Jun 1945	45, Colwell Road, Leicester, Leicestershire, England
  	GRO ref: Helps, Bertie q2 1945 aged 59 Leicester RD 7a 158 Actual date and place from probate calendar entry
  Probate	22 Aug 1945	Llandudno, Clwyd, Wales
  	Calendar entry
  	"Helps Bertie of 45 Colwell-road Leicester died 16 June 1945 Probate Llandudno 22 August to Ellen Maria Helps and Dorothy Jane Davies (wife of Harry Davies) Effects £1262 2s. 2d."
  Siblings	1 brother and 2 sisters
  1. Alice HELPS,   b. Jun Q 1881, Leicester Reg Dist, Leicestershire, England ,   d. Dec Q 1882, Leicester Reg Dist, Leicestershire, England  (Age ~ 1 years)   2. Walter HELPS,   b. 8 Sep 1882, Leicester Reg Dist, Leicestershire, England ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Edith HELPS,   b. Sep Q 1884, Leicester Reg Dist, Leicestershire, England ,   d. Yes, date unknown 4. Bertie HELPS,   b. 9 Jun 1886, Leicester Reg Dist, Leicestershire, England ,   d. 16 Jun 1945, 45, Colwell Road, Leicester, Leicestershire, England  (Age 59 years) ▻ Annie “Ellen” (“Nellie”) COOPER,  m. 2 Apr 1925 ;   Ellen Maria BIRCH,  m. Jun Q 1933
  Half-siblings	2 half brothers and 2 half sisters (family of John HELPS and Sarah CARTER)
  1. Elizabeth HELPS,   b. Sep Q 1870, Leicester Reg Dist, Leicestershire, England ,   d. Yes, date unknown ▻ William VANN,  m. 22 Nov 1890 2. John William HELPS,   b. Dec Q 1872, Leicester Reg Dist, Leicestershire, England ,   d. Yes, date unknown ▻ Sarah Ann LUDLAM,  m. 21 Nov 1891 3. Sarah Ann HELPS,   b. Jun Q 1876, Leicester Reg Dist, Leicestershire, England ,   d. Yes, date unknown ▻ George Henry ELLIOTT,  m. 6 Aug 1900   4. Arthur Henry HELPS,   b. 5 Jan 1879, Leicester Reg Dist, Leicestershire, England ,   d. Mar Q 1927, Leicester Reg Dist, Leicestershire, England  (Age 47 years)
  Half-siblings	1 half brother and 2 half sisters (family of Samuel SMITH and Louisa Elizabeth GIBBINS)
  1. Eliza Ann SMITH,   b. Sep Q 1867, Leicester Reg Dist, Leicestershire, England ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Albert Edward SMITH,   b. Dec Q 1868, Leicester Reg Dist, Leicestershire, England ,   d. Mar Q 1870, Leicester Reg Dist, Leicestershire, England  (Age ~ 2 years)   3. Sarah Ann SMITH,   b. Jun Q 1870, Leicester Reg Dist, Leicestershire, England
  Origins
  Patriarch & Matriarch	John HELPS,   b. Abt 1845,   d. Mar Q 1888, Leicester Reg Dist, Leicestershire, England  (Age ~ 43 years)  (Father)  Louisa,   b. Abt 1826, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England ,   d. Jun Q 1883, Leicester Reg Dist, Leicestershire, England  (Age ~ 57 years)  (Grandmother)
  Person ID	I22581	All | England: Kent Group (in Go(a)tham One-Name Study), All in the Goatham / Gotham One-Name Study
  Last Modified	29 May 2023

  
  

  Father	John HELPS,   b. Abt 1845,   d. Mar Q 1888, Leicester Reg Dist, Leicestershire, England  (Age ~ 43 years) Other Partners: Sarah CARTER  m. 16 May 1869
  Mother	Louisa Elizabeth GIBBINS,   b. Sep Q 1847, Leicester Reg Dist, Leicestershire, England ,   d. Sep Q 1887, Leicester Reg Dist, Leicestershire, England  (Age ~ 40 years) Other Partners: Samuel SMITH  m. Mar Q 1867;   Robert STANHOPE  m. Jun Q 1875
  Married	Dec Q 1880	Leicester Reg Dist, Leicestershire, England
  	GRO ref: HELPS, John to Stanhope, Louisa Elizabeth q4 1880 Leicester RD 7a 497
  Family ID	F9035	Family Group Page  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Annie “Ellen” (“Nellie”) COOPER,   b. Dec Q 1865, King’s Caple, Herefordshire, England ,   d. 19 Mar 1932, Leicester Royal Infirmary, Leicester, Leicestershire, England  (Age ~ 67 years)  Other Partners: Ernest Charles GOATHAM  m. Jun Q 1892
  Married	2 Apr 1925	St. Leonard’s Church, Leicester, Leicestershire, England
  	GRO ref: Goatham, Ellen to Helps, Bertie q2 1925 Leicester RD 7a 557 Details from PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 17 Jan 2017)
  Last Modified	29 May 2023
  Family ID	F8894	Family Group Page  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Ellen Maria BIRCH,   b. 30 Jan 1882, Nonington, Kent, England ,   d. 14 Dec 1959, 45, Colwell Road, Leicester, Leicestershire, England  (Age 77 years)  Other Partners: William JOHNSON  m. Abt 1908
  Married	Jun Q 1933	Rochford Reg Dist, Essex, England
  	GRO ref: Helps, Bertie to Johnson, Ellen M q2 1933 Rochford RD 4a 1711
  Last Modified	29 Aug 2020
  Family ID	F9034	Family Group Page  |  Family Chart

  
  

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