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Tilbury, Carton, Turner
Ethel Jane Pearce's Three Marriages

Sources: India Office Records, family mythology

Update: 14 July 2015

Henry Augustus Tilbury
m. Ethel Jane Pearce

Including family history from Yvette Wall in Australia
(See Guestbook message of August 2010)

Note:
- No birth or baptismal registrations have been found for the children named CARTON.
- That area of what became Burma and which was then under British administration, was assimilated into Bengal.

Alexander Saunders TILBURY b. 1826 (Surgeon & Apothecary, military)
m. Mary Ann (Annie etc.) Elizabeth [--]

2 - Henry Augustus TILBURY b. 1871 Kasanli (father Alexander Sau____) (from military record);
d. 31 January 1936 age 65 (heart failure) (Trader)
bu. 2 February, Bhamo, Bengal, by T. G. CALDICOTT, Riverine Chaplain
 
   - Henry Augustus TILBURY, Bachelor age 27, Guard E.I.Ry., resident at Tundla (father Alexander Samuel TILBURY)
m. by Banns Ethel Jane PEARCE, Spinster age 18, resident at Saharanpur (father Robert Boyce PEARCE) 19 December 1899 Saharanpur, Bengal, Diocese of Calcutta
Witnesses: V. BAXTER, B. R. PEARCE; Chaplain: C. B. WESTERHOUT
Ethel Jane PEARCE b. 17 December 1881, Chr. 31 January 1882 St. James' Church, Delhi (father Robert PEARCE, Guard, S.P.&W.Ry., mother Jane; resident in Saharunpore), by W. A. DUKE, Chaplain
Parish register, Archive ref. N-1-179, Fo. 21, Bengal Presidency
From research by descendant YW: Ethel Jane's mother was Jane LINDSAY SMITH
 
3 - Victor Edgar TILBUARY CARTON* **, age 36 [b. c.1900]
m. Noreen Jessie ROWE, age 18, 1936 Shahjahanpur, Bengal Presidency
Parish Rregister transcript, Archive ref. N-1-575, Fo. 138
British India Office marriages
Noreen Jessie ROWE b./Chr. 1919 Bhatinda, Bengal Presidency
Parish register transcript, Archive ref. N-1-434, Fo. 68
   - Victor Edgar TILBURY-CARTON d. 22 August 1980 Langford, Western Australia
 
3 - Clarence Leonard CARTON* **, age 29 [b. c.1902]
m. Vivienne Aline SCOTT, age 19, 1931 Calcutta, Bengal Presidency
Parish register transcript, Archive ref. N-1-531, Fo. 17
British India Office marriages
Vivienne Aline GODFREY b. 23 February, Chr. 23 March, 1911 Lucknow (father William Power GODFREY, Accountant O.I.Ry., mother Adela Grace), by Fr. ANGELO O.E., Catholic Chaplain
Parish register
William Power GODFREY b. 28 August, Chr. 16 September, 1884 Simla, Bengal (father John GODFREY, Accountant P. Dept., mother Alice), by Fr. PATRICK, O.E., Roman Catholic Chapel
Archive ref. N-1-190 Fo. 373
Parish register, British India Office births & baptisms
William Power GODFREY, Bachelor age 25, Acctt. Public Works, resident at [Kakraoda] (father John GODFREY)
m. by Banns, Adela POWELL, Spinster age 17, resident at [Barakur] (father Edwin George POWELL) 4 January 1909 Asansol, Bengal
Witnesses: Charles POWELL, Edwin POWELL
by the Rev. L. PHILIPPART, S.J., Catholic Church, Asansol
Parish register, Archive ref. N-1-355 Fo. 32, British India Office marriages
 
William Power GODFREY d. pre-1931
Adele GODFREY, age 39
m. 1931 William Bairnsfather SCOTT, age 39, Calcutta
Archive ref. N-1-537 Fo. 63
British India Office, Bengal Presidency
   - Clarence Leonard CARTON d. 7 January 1985 Guildford, Western Australia
 
3 - Phyllis May TILBURY b. 28 December 1903, privately Chr. 19 January 1904
St. Thomas's Church, Howrah, Archdeaconry & Diocese of Calcutta
(father Henry Augustus TILBURY, Guard E.I.R., mother Ethel Jane),
by C. R. THOROLD WINCKLEY, Chaplain
d. 21 January 1904 (Pneumonia), age 25 days (father Henry A. TILBURY, mother Ethel)
bu. 22 January Bantra Cemetery, Howrah, Church of England,
by C. R. THOROLD WINCKLEY, Chaplain
 
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*   Father Henry Augustus TILBURY, mother Ethel Jane: boys grew up as sons of Lionel CARTON
** Descendants in Australia

Ethel Jane [Pearce] Tilbury
m. Lionel Albert Carton

Family mythology: Henry Augustus disappeared to the mines in Burma
 

About 1904, Ethel and Henry Augustus separated; no record of a divorce has been discovered (to 5 July 2015), which does not mean that there was not one. On remarrying Ethel describes herself as a widow - but might that have been for reasons of respectability? Or did she wait for the required number of years, then declare Henry Augustus as dead?

NB: Ethel Jane didn't marry CARTON until 1913. Thus, supposing she bore children to CARTON at the usual two-yearly interval, except perhaps for Mavis, their family name should have been TILBURY, unless there were CARTON adoption papers?

m.(2)
Ethel Jane TILBURY, Widow age 31 of Lucknow (father Robert Burns PEARCE)
 + Lionel Albert CARTON***, Bachelor age 44 (Station Master Lal Bagh) (father John CARTON)
8 May 1913 Lal Bagh Methodist Church, Lucknow, Bengal
J. WASKOM-PICKETT, Minister Methodist Episcopal Church
Witnesses: Elizabeth HAYE, W. S. MEEK
No. 634 [pg. 37] Countersigned by:
[illegible], Registrar General, Births, Deaths & Marriages, United Provinces (India_)
[A. W. HORDE] C.S., District Magistrate & Senior Registrar, Lucknow, 15/5/13
Stamped by Office of Deputy Commissioner, Lucknow, Recd. 12 May 1913
 
   - Lionel Albert CARTON d. 27 November 1915 Lucknow, India
 
3 - Cyril CARTON b. c.1905
 
   - Cyril Oswald CARTON, age 27
m. 1932 Sheilagh May O'NEILL, age 20, Moradabad
Parish register transcript, Bengal Presidency:
Archive ref. N-1-543 Fo. 125
 
3 - Lionel Arthur CARTON b. c.1910
 
   - Lionel Arthur CARTON, age 26
m. Florene Evelyn GIBBINS, age 21, 1936 Bareilly
Parish register transcript, Bengal Presidency
Archive ref. N-1-577 Fo. 178
British India Office marriages
 
3 - Mildred Florence CARTON b. c.1912
d. 4 August 1974 Nollamara, Western Australia; bu. Karrakatta Cemetery
 
3 - Edna Mavis CARTON b. 27 December 1914, Chr. 1915 Christ Church, Lucknow
father: CARTON
Parish register transcript, Bengal Presidency:
Archive ref. N-1-406 Fo. 44
 
   - Mavis Edna CARTON, age 21
m.(1) 1936 Allan James ROWE, age 22, Shahjahanpur
Parish register transcript, Bengal Presidency:
Archive ref. N-1-575, Fo. 138, British India Office marriages
 
   - Mavis Edna ROWE
m.(2) Hugh KEATINGS 1948, Cambuslang, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
————
For Lionel Albert CARTON's parents and siblings, see below

Ethel Jane [Pearce] [Tilbury] Carton
m. Melvyn Turner

m.(3)
Ethel Jane [PEARCE] [TILBURY] CARTON, widow age 35, resident at Delhi, (father Robert Burns PEARCE), m. by Banns
 + Melvyn Frederick Charles TURNER, Bachelor age 28, Guard O.&R. Railway, resident at Moradabad (father Charles Austen Wilson TURNER), 25 April 1917 St. Paul's, Moradabad, Diocese of Calcutta
Witnesses: Harold Aitkin TURNER, T. J. BISHOP
Ceremony performed by D. HOWARD, S.P.G. Missionary
Parish register transcript, Archive ref. N-1-421, Fo. 382, Bengal Presidency
British India Office marriages
 
   - Melvyn Frederick Charles TURNER b. c.1889 Quetta, India; d. 2 September 1964 Rivervale, Western Australia
 
3 - Horace Melvyn TURNER (father TURNER) b./Chr. 1918 St Paul's, Moradabad, Bengal Presidency
Parish register transcript, Archive ref. N-1-428 Fo. 239
m. Jessie [--]
d. 1 May 2006 Success, Western Australia
 
3 - Iona Avis Madelien TURNER b. c.1920, India
d. 18 November 2009 Perth, Western Australia
m. Larry SHANAHAN, India
 
3 - Cecil Ronald Weldon TURNER b. c.1923, India
m. Wendy [--]
 
Ethel Jane TURNER d. 18 June 1966 Tuart Hill, Western Australia; bu. Karrakatta Cemetery

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EJ m. LC 1913, age 31 = b. c.1882
EJ m. HAT 1899, c. age 17 (normal for India then)
A woman's child-bearing was usually to about 44 yrs old, sometimes 48, = 1926-30

The Carton Family in India

From the marriage certificate, Lionel Albert CARTON's parents were John & Charlotte Amelia.

Burials at Chinsurrah:
Charlotte Amelia CARTON, widow of J. CARTON (Telegraph Master), mother-in-law of A. BRIGGS (Traffic Dept. E.I.R. Bandel), d. 22 September 1918, age 78 (Paralysis); bu. 23 September by Mr. THOMAS (Yard Master E.I.R., Bandel), at Chinsurah Cemetery (Church of England)
'N.B. The columns "When died" and "Rites according to which solemnized" are not in the register in which the above entry was made. That register has since been closed.'

Marriages solemnized at Hyderabad Residency (pg. 322)
John CARTON, age 25, Bachelor, out of employ (father John CARTON)
m. by Licence, Charlotte Amelia FUSSELL, Widow (father Thomas CHILLINGSWORTH) 26 November 1862 Secunderabad Trichinopoly, Madras; both of Chudderghaut
Witnesses: Alfred David & Mary Ann ROWBOTHAM; Chaplain: H. I. JAMES
Archive ref.N-2-43 Fo. 302
British India Office marriages

2 - Agnes Mary CARTON b. 1859; d. 15 November 1872 age 13 yrs. 4 mths. 6 days (Disease of the heart) (father John CARTON Signaller Tele. Depart.), bu. 15 November Seetabuldee by Frank J. LAVILLE, Church Warden

Was Charlotte Amelia the mother of Agnes Mary? No indication in the Parish register.

2 - Constance Adelaide CARTON b. 17 October 1863, Chr. 18 December Cuddalore Madras(father John CARTON, Clerk in the Telegraph Department, mother Charlotte Amelia, resident at Chudderghaut), by C. RHENUIS, St. Chaplain
Archive ref. N-2-44 Fo. 258
Parish register transcripts Madras Presidency, British India Office births & baptisms
   - Constance Adelaide CARTON age 19 (father John CARTON)
m. by Banns Elijah William DAVIES, of full age, Widower, Head Master, Agra High School, resident at Agra (father William DAVIES) 12 July 1883 Nimach, Bombay
Witnesses: A. P. MOCHAD, N. I. WILSON, Chaplain I. F. FORBES
Parish register transcripts, Bombay Presidency; Archive ref.N-3-57, Fo. 222
British India Office marriages
 
2 - Cecilia Charlotte CARTON b. 17 September 1866, Chr. 4 November (Privately) Chudderghaut, Cochin (father John CARTON, Signaller Government Telegraph Department, mother Charlotte Amelia) by C. W. S. TAUNTON, St. Chaplain
d. 5 November 1866 age 1 mth. 20 days (Atrophy), bu. 5 November Cannanore, Madras Presidency, by C. W. S. TAUNTON, St. Chaplain
Archive ref. N-2-47 pg. 270
 
2 - Baptisms solemnized at All Saints' Church, Seetabuldee
Lionel Albert CARTON b. 14 Feburary 1872, Chr. 14 May Seetalbuldee (father John CLAYTON, Telegraph Dept., mother Charlotte Amelia)
Godparents: William HUGHES, William George MARCHANT, Dora Eliza HUGHES
G. T. CARRUTHERS, M.A., Chaplain of Seetabuldee
 
2 - Ada Beatrice CARTON b. 10 December 1876, Chr. 6 May 1877 St. Matthias, Igatpuri, Bombay (father John CARTON, Signaller Govt. Telegraph Dept., mother Charlotte Amelia, resident at Bhusawal) by I. DIAGO, S.P.G.
   - m. 1893 Agra, India (pg. 195)
Augustus George C. BRIGGS m. 1893 Agra, India (pg. 195)
GRO Index: Army Marriages (1881-1955) (British Nationals)
 
Children of Ada Beatrice [CARTON] & Augustus George Campbell BRIGGS:
 
3 - Leopold Alfred Campbell BRIGGS b. 5 April 1894, Chr. 17 May St. George's Church, Agra, (Father's occupation: Sergeant 2nd Kings Own York L. Infantry); Offg. Min: J. M. CHALLIS (pg. 38)
   - Leopold Alfred Campbell BRIGGS d. 24 March 1896 age 1 yr. 11 mths. 9 days (bronchitis) (father late of Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, now of no occupation); bu. 24 March Cantonment Cemetery, Agra, by Walter KITCHIN, Chaplain
 
3 - George Albert Campbell BRIGGS b. 16 November 1895, (Private) Chr. 22 January 1896 St. Paul's Church, Agra, (Father: of no occupation); by H. W. V. BIRNEY, C.M.S.Agra (pg. 210)
(Campbell - "was intended but not given at the time of baptism")
 
3 - Robert Campbell BRIGGS b. 8 July 1898, Chr. 29 October St. George's Church, Agra, (Father's occupation: none at present); Chaplain: Charles A. MASON (pg. 119)
 
3 - Harold Augustus Campbell BRIGGS b. 13 November 1900, Chr. 27 January 1901 St. George's Church, Agra, (Father's occupation: Fireman, E.I.Ry.); Chaplain: Charles A. MASON (pg. 81)
   - Harold Augustus Campbell BRIGGS, Bachelor age 26 (Shunter), resident at Moghal Serai, (father Augustus George Campbell BRIGGS)
m. Edith Helen May DAVIN, Spinster age 25, resident at Rampur Hart (father Arthur Edward DAVIN), 14 February 1927, by Banns, at Rampur Hart
Witnesses: A. E. BASSIT, L. L. & P. SAVIN
Chaplain: E. W. G. HUDGELL
 
2 - Aileen May CARTON b. 12 May 1880, Chr. 22 July St. Paul's Church, Agra (father John CARTON, Telegraph Dept., mother Charlotte Amelia) by Wm. David COWLEY D.D., Chaplain

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