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)
Frank Avis of Wadhurst
(1888-1970)

 

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Spouses/Children:
Lucy Elizabeth Groves

  • Thomas George Avis
  • Eric Frank Avis

Frank Avis of Wadhurst

  • Born: 28 May 1888, Wadhurst, Sussex, England
  • Christened: 29 Jul 1888, Wadhurst, Sussex, England 1
  • Married: On or shortly after 19 Nov 1922, Tonbridge District, Kent, England 2 3
  • Died: 15 Mar 1970, Hawkenbury Hospital, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England 4

  Research Notes:

Frank son of George James Avis of Wadhurst, gardener, and Susan (baptismal record)

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At the time of the 1911 England Census Frank Avis, age 22, born in Wadhurst Sussex, gardener, was with his father in The Lodge, Dewhurst Lodge, Wadhurst Sussex.

In Aug 1912 Frank Avis was present at the marriage of his sister Edith Mary Avis to William Thomas Ashford in Wadhurst Sussex.

In the 1939 Register Frank Avis (b. 28 May 1888), jobbing gardener, and wife Lucy E Avis (b. 7 Sep 1888), unpaid domestic duties, were living at 3 Manor Bank, Wadhurst, Sussex. At the same address were [sons] Thomas G Avis (b. 18 Nov 1923), at school, and [one record officially closed].

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AVIS.—On March 15th at Hawkenbury Hospital, Tunbridge Wells, Frank Avis, of 3 Manor Bank, Cockmount Lane, Wadhurst, aged 81.

Sevenoaks Chronicle and Kentish Advertiser, 20 March 1970, p. 20

  Marriage Information:

Frank married Lucy Elizabeth Groves, daughter of Thomas Groves and Elizabeth Ann Brown, on or shortly after 19 Nov 1922 in the Tonbridge District, Kent, England. (Lucy Elizabeth Groves was born on 7 Sep 1888 in Long Acre, Cuckfield, Sussex, England, christened on 7 Oct 1888 in Cuckfield, Sussex, England, and died on 3 May 1976 in Furze House, Flimwell, Sussex, England.)

  Marriage Notes:

Banns of marriage between Frank Avis of this parish [of Wadhurst], bachelor, and Lucy Elizabeth Groves of the parish of St. John's Groombridge, were published on Nov 5, Nov 12, and Nov 19, 1922

Sources


1 Wadhurst Sussex Parish Registers, Baptisms, p. 48, no. 380.

2 Ibid., Marriage Banns, no. 321.

3 England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005, Tonbridge district, 4th Quarter, vol. 2a, p. 1794.

4 England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007, Tonbridge district, 1st Quarter, vol. 5f, p. 2575 (date of birth recorded as 7 May 1888).


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