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Family of Charles Webster Rede Gell-Woolley and Edith Blanche Attfield

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 1:

  • 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.

  • Note 2:

  • GELL-WOOLLEY Charles Webster Rede of 3 Pavilion Parade Brighton died 6 April 1943 at Antye Farm Wivelsfield Sussex. Probate Lewes 17 June to Alfred Saunders Gunn solicitor and John Ferrier solicitors managing clerk. Effects £14987 14s. 4d.

  • 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.)

  • Occupation (1):

  • 1939 (age 74-75)

  • Solicitor, Antye Farme, Chailey, Sussex

  • Residence (2):

  • 1943 (age 78-79)

  • 3 Pavilion Parade, Brighton (on will)

  • Occupation (2):

  •  

  • 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 Farm, 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)

  • Note:

  • GELL-WOOLLEY Edith Blanche of Jenner Cottage Wivelsfield Green near Haywards Heath Sussex widow died 14 March 1955 at Brooklands Nursing Home Haywards Heath. Probate Lewes 26 April to John Ferrier solicitors managing clerk and Gwendoline Attfield Gell-Woolley spinster. Effects £7556 6s. 8d.

  • 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

  • Residence (1):

  • 1939 (age 69-70)

  • Antye Farme, Chailey, Sussex

  • 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 (2):

  • 1955 (age 85-86)

  • Jenner Cottage, Wivelsfield Green, Sussex

  • 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

  • Note:

  • WOOLLEY, Gwendolen Attfield GELL- of 5 Nettlesworth 76 Wickham Hill Hassocks Sussex last seen alive 18 May 1979 dead body found 19 May 1979. Probate Brighton 23 July £12505.

  • 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

  • Occupation (1):

  • 1939 (age 43-44)

  • No occupation, living with parents

  • Fact1:

  • 1955 (age 59-60)

  • Executor to mother's will

  • Death fact:

  • 1979 (age 83-84)

  • 1979 Jun Qtr, Cuckfield, 18/1936

  • Occupation (2):

  • 1979 (age 83-84)

  • Physiotherapist (retired)

  • Death:

  • 19 May 1979 (age 84)

  • Flat 5, Nettlesworth, Wickham Hill, Hurstpierpoint, W.Sussex

  • Probate:

  • 23 Jul 1979

  • 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

  • Occupation (1):

  • 1939 (age 36-37)

  • Exhibition dancer & teacher of dance, 26A Pond Place, Chelsea, London

  • 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 (2):

  • 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

  • Probate Brighton (£12326)

Note on Husband: Charles Webster Rede Gell-Woolley (1)

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.

Note on Husband: Charles Webster Rede Gell-Woolley (2)

GELL-WOOLLEY Charles Webster Rede of 3 Pavilion Parade Brighton died 6 April 1943 at Antye Farm Wivelsfield Sussex. Probate Lewes 17 June to Alfred Saunders Gunn solicitor and John Ferrier solicitors managing clerk. Effects £14987 14s. 4d.

Note on Wife: Edith Blanche Attfield

GELL-WOOLLEY Edith Blanche of Jenner Cottage Wivelsfield Green near Haywards Heath Sussex widow died 14 March 1955 at Brooklands Nursing Home Haywards Heath. Probate Lewes 26 April to John Ferrier solicitors managing clerk and Gwendoline Attfield Gell-Woolley spinster. Effects £7556 6s. 8d.

Note on Child 1: Gwendolen Attfield Gell-Woolley

WOOLLEY, Gwendolen Attfield GELL- of 5 Nettlesworth 76 Wickham Hill Hassocks Sussex last seen alive 18 May 1979 dead body found 19 May 1979. Probate Brighton 23 July £12505.