George Avis of Mayfield
(1824-1881)
Elizabeth Bryant
(Abt 1825-1854)
John Groves
(-)
Ann Carpenter
(-)
George James Avis of Wadhurst
(1850-1921)
Susan Groves
(1854-1900)
Percy John Avis of Wadhurst
(1879-1965)

 

Family Links

Spouses/Children:
1. Harriet Minnie Warnett

  • Gladys Mary Avis
2. Dorothy Marie Gerstenberger

Percy John Avis of Wadhurst

  • Born: 9 Oct 1879, Wadhurst, Sussex, England
  • Christened: 9 Nov 1879, Wadhurst, Sussex, England 1
  • Married (1): 22 Sep 1909, Wadhurst, Sussex, England 2
  • Married (2): 1948, Wandsworth District, Surrey, England 3
  • Buried: 13 Feb 1965, Wadhurst, Sussex, England 4

  Research Notes:

Percy John son of George Avis of Wadhurst, gardener, and Susan (baptismal record)

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At the time of the 1901 England Census Percy J Avis, age 21, born in Wadhurst Sussex, blind, agent for Blind Tea Agency, was with his widowed father in Dewhurst, Wadhurst Sussex.

At the time of the 1911 England Census Percy J Avis, age 31, born in Wadhurst Sussex, totally blind [since] 17 years old, tea agent, and wife of 1 year Harriet, age 24, born in Danehill Sussex (mother of 1 child), were living at 7 Dewhurst Cottages, Wadhurst Sussex. With them was daughter Gladys (8 months) of Wadhurst.

In the 1939 Register Percy J Avis (b. 8 Oct 1879), blind tea agent, and wife Harriet M Avis (b. 20 Dec 1886), unpaid domestic duties, were living at 7 Dewhurst Cottages, Wadhurst Sussex.

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Percy John Avis of Dewhurst Cottages Wadhurst died aged 85 years (burial record).

  Marriage Information:

Percy married Harriet Minnie Warnett, daughter of Walter Warnett and Sophia King, on 22 Sep 1909 in Wadhurst, Sussex, England. (Harriet Minnie Warnett was born on 20 Dec 1886 in Danehill, Sussex, England, was christened there on 27 Feb 1887, and was buried on 11 May 1942 in Wadhurst, Sussex, England, aged 55 years.)

  Marriage Notes:

Percy John Avis, age 29, bachelor, tea agent, resident of Wadhurst, son of George James Avis, gardener, and
Harriett Minnie Warnett, age 22, spinster, daughter of Walter Warnett, sawyer

Married after Banns

Witnesses: Walter Warnett, Caroline Alice Avis

  Marriage Information:

Percy also married Dorothy Marie Gerstenberger in 1948 in the Wandsworth District, Surrey, England. (Dorothy Marie Gerstenberger was born about 1895 and died on 16 Jul 1966 in Eastbourne, Sussex, England, aged 71 years.)

Sources


1 Wadhurst Sussex Parish Registers, Baptisms, p. 1, no. 5.

2 Ibid., Marriages, p. 84, no. 167.

3 England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005, Wandsworth district, 3rd Quarter, vol. 5d, p. 2223.

4 Wadhurst Sussex Parish Registers, Burials, p. 69, no. 545.


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