Living

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• GRO Birth Index: Sep 1909; King's Norton 6c - 368
• GRO Death Index: Aug 1991; Birmingham 32 - 1110

Ernest married Eunice Annie Wotherspoon in 1939 in Birmingham, : Registration District, England. Eunice was born on 6 Jul 1911; died in Dec 1989 in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• GRO Death Index: Dec 1989; Birmingham 32 - 116

Other Events and Attributes:

• GRO Birth Index: Jun 1884; Aston 6d - 373
• Residence: Between 1911 and 1917, 42, Ripple Rd, Stirchley, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England
• Occupation: 1911; Tramway Motor Man
• Occupation: 1915; Electric Car Driver
• Miltary Service: Between 1916 and 1917; 661st H.T. Company, Army Service Corps
• Service Number: Between 1916 and 1917; Driver T - 309253
• GRO Death Index: Jun 1917; Brentford 3a - 226 Age 34

Notes:

1911 Census
BOLSTRIDGE, James Head Married M 27 1884 Tramway Motor Man Saltey Rd Birmingham
BOLSTRIDGE, Emily Wife Married 3 years F 25 1886 Birmingham
2 Children Born Both Living **** Not Shown Here yet to be found)
COLLETT, William Boarder Single M 23 1888 Cycle Labourer Birmingham
STIFF, Alice Boarder Single F 18 1893 Tablet Maker Chocolate Cremes Tewkesbury Gloucestershire
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Soldiers who died in the Great War (extract)
In Memory of
JAMES BOLSTRIDGE
Driver
T/309253
661st H.T. Coy., Army Service Corps
who died on
Friday, 4th May 1917. Age 32.
Additional Information: Husband of Emily Bolstridge, of 42, Ripple Rd., Stirchley, Birmingham.
Cemetery: KING'S NORTON (St. NICHOLAS) CHURCHYARD, Warwickshire, United Kingdom
Grave Reference/
Panel Number: North Extension. 2013.
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Only two pages of James' service record have survived
These State :
He enlisted on 8/5/1915 at Birmingham Age 31 years 11 Months
His occupation was that of an " Electric Car Driver "
Address 42 Ripple Road Stirchley
Maried Emily Collett spinster on July 25 1908 at the Parish Church King's Norton
two children both born at King's Norton
Ernest James born June 21 1909 and Josephine Emily born Mar 15 1911
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Birth:
1911 Census states Saltley Road Birmingham

Occupation:
(Birmingham Mid Tramway Car Worker)

James married Emily Collett on 25 Jul 1908 in Saint Nicholas, King's Norton, Worcestershire, England. Emily (daughter of John Collett and Harriet UNKNOWN) was born on 12 Apr 1885; died in 1972 in Birmingham, : Registration District, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• GRO Death Index: Sep 1972; Birmingham 9c - 596