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Family of Charles Webster Rede Gell-Woolley and Edith Blanche Attfield
| Husband: | Charles Webster Rede Gell-Woolley (1864-1943) | |
| Wife: | Edith Blanche Attfield (1869-1955) | |
| Children: | Gwendolen Attfield Gell-Woolley (1895-1979) | |
| Charles Attfield Gell-Woolley (1899-1931) | ||
| Michael Attfield Gell-Woolley (1902-1972) | ||
| Marriage | 7 Apr 1894 | St Nicholas Church, Brighton, Sussex |
Husband: Charles Webster Rede Gell-Woolley
| Name: | Charles Webster Rede Gell-Woolley | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Father: | Charles Alfred Woolley (1831-1910) | |
| Mother: | Louisa Gell (1822-1897) | |
| Note (shared): | A well-known Brighton solicitor, Charles Webster Rede Gell-Woolley was for over
half a century a member of the firm of Messrs FitzHugh, Woolley, Baines &
Co, solicitors. He formerly served in the 1st Sussex Volunteer Artillery, being
a lieutenant in June 1883, then lieutenant colonel and honorary colonel
commanding in 1906. On the formation of the Territorial Army he transferred to
the 1st Home Counties Royal Field Artillery as officer commanding. He retired in
1911 but gave further service during the 1914-18 War.
Colonel Gell-Woolley was son of the late Mr Charles Alfred Woolley, and was born at Geelong, Victoria, Australia. In 1894 he married Miss Edith Blanche Attfield, daughter of the late Mr G.C. Attfield, of Hove. The funeral took place quietly on Friday April 9th, 1943. Source: an article in an unnamed Brighton newspaper, from Edith's Birthday Book. | |
| Birth | 24 Aug 1864 | Geelong, Victoria, Australia |
| Census (1) | 1891 (age 26-27) | Solicitor, living with parents |
| Census (2) | 1901 (age 36-37) | Solicitor, 3 Dyke Road, Brighton, Sussex (in father's household) |
| Residence (1) | 16 Jan 1925 (age 60) | 3 Pavilion Parade, Brighton (on George Cooke Attfield's death cert.) |
| Residence (2) | 1943 (age 78-79) | 3 Pavilion Parade, Brighton (on will) |
| Occupation | Solicitor, of Messrs FitzHugh, Woolley, Baines & Co, Brighton | |
| Death fact | 1943 (age 78-79) | 1943 Jun Qtr, Lewes, 2b/215 (aged 78) |
| Death | 6 Apr 1943 (age 78) | Antye Farme, Burgess Hill, Sussex |
| Will | 17 Jun 1943 (age 78) | Probate Lewes (£14987) |
Wife: Edith Blanche Attfield
| Name: | Edith Blanche Attfield | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Father: | George Cooke Attfield (1826-1925) | |
| Mother: | Alice Maude Roe (1845-1925) | |
| Birth | 1 Aug 1869 | Fremantle, Western Australia |
| Birth fact | 1869 (age 0) | Birth Reg., W.Australia, Fremantle, 11684/1869 |
| Census | 1901 (age 31-32) | 3 Dyke Road, Brighton |
| Death fact (1) | 1955 (age 85-86) | 1955 Mar Qtr, Cuckfield, 5h/257 (aged 86) |
| Death fact (2) | 14 Mar 1955 (age 85) | Cause of death: acute heart failure, chronic myocardial degeneration, old age |
| Residence | 1955 (age 85-86) | Janner Cottage, Wivelsfield Green |
| Death | 14 Mar 1955 (age 85) | Brooklands Nursing Home, Haywards Heath, Sussex |
| Will | 26 Apr 1955 (age 85) | Probate Lewes to Gwendolen Attfield Gell-Woolley (£7556) |
Child 1: Gwendolen Attfield Gell-Woolley
| Name: | Gwendolen Attfield Gell-Woolley | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Birth | 27 Feb 1895 | Brighton, Sussex |
| Birth fact | 1895 (age 0) | 1895 Mar Qtr, Brighton, 2b/251 |
| Census (1) | 1901 (age 5-6) | Living with parents |
| Census (2) | 1911 (age 15-16) | Scholar, Tolmers, Newgate St, Hatfield, Herts |
| Fact1 | 1955 (age 59-60) | Executor to mother's will |
| Death fact | 1979 (age 83-84) | 1979 Jun Qtr, Cuckfield, 18/1936 |
| Occupation | 1979 (age 83-84) | -; Physiotherapist (retired) |
| Death | 19 May 1979 (age 84) | Flat 5, Nettlesworth, Wickham Hill, Hurstpierpoint, W.Sussex |
| Probate | 23 Jul 1979 (age 84) | Probate Brighton (£12505) |
Child 2: Charles Attfield Gell-Woolley
| Name: | Charles Attfield Gell-Woolley | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Birth | 16 Mar 1899 | Brighton, Sussex |
| Birth fact | 1899 (age 0) | 1899 Jun Qtr, Brighton, 2b/240 |
| Census (1) | 1901 (age 1-2) | Living with parents |
| Census (2) | 1911 (age 11-12) | Pupil, Windlesham House School for Boys, Windlesham Road, Brighton |
| Death fact | 13 Jan 1931 (age 31) | Died after an operation for appendicitis |
| Death | 13 Jan 1931 (age 31) | Fort Portal, Uganda |
Child 3: Michael Attfield Gell-Woolley
| Name: | Michael Attfield Gell-Woolley | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Birth | 29 Sep 1902 | Brighton, Sussex |
| Birth fact | 1902 (age 0) | 1902 Dec Qtr, Brighton, 2b/228 |
| Residence (1) | 1940 (age 37-38) | 26a Pond Place, London S.W.3 (London Phone Directory) |
| Residence (2) | 1955 (age 52-53) | 15 Herbert Crescent, London SW1 (informant at death of mother Edith Gell-Woolley) |
| Death fact (1) | 1972 (age 69-70) | 1972 Sep Qtr, Fulham, 5b/672 |
| Death fact (2) | 10 Sep 1972 (age 69) | Informant: Gladys Lydia Dorothy Strange, "causing the body to be cremated" |
| Occupation | 10 Sep 1972 (age 69) | -; Private means, 6 Matheson Road, Fulham, Hammersmith |
| Death | 10 Sep 1972 (age 69) | 6 Matheson Road, Fulham |
| Probate | 4 Oct 1972 (age 70) | Probate Brighton (£12326) |