Name |
George James SILVER |
_MILT |
1915-16 |
28th Battalion, The London Regiment, Territorial Forces, British Army |
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Birth |
Abt 1897 |
Grenada, West Indies |
- As per 1911 census record.
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Gender |
Male |
Census |
1911 |
Dasherhead, Gargunnock, Stirling, Scotland, UK |
- GROS Census 1911 481/0A 001/00 004
Dasherhead, Gargunnock, Stirling.
Margaret Silver, widow, aged 69, living on private means, born Portlethen, Kincardine
George J. Silver, grandson, aged 13, school, born Grenada, West Indies, British born by parentage.
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_MILT |
8 May 1916 |
Entered Quetta Cadet College |
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Burial |
1937 |
St Andrews Church, Bredfield, Suffolk, England, UK |
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Death |
23 May 1937 |
Melton, Suffolk, England, UK |
- Berwickshire News and General Advertiser 01 June 1937, page 3:
SILVER.-Foxbro' Farm, Melton, Woodbridge, Suffolk. May 23, George James Silver, captain 2nd Bengal Lancers, Indian Army, retired, son of late Rev David Silver, M.A., Westruther and of Mrs Silver, 21 Inverleith Place, Edinburgh.
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Probate |
19 Aug 1937 |
Ipswich, Suffolk, England, UK |
- SILVER George James of Foxborough Hall Farm Melton near Woodbridge Suffolk died 23 May 1937 Administration Ipswich 19 August to Nora Adair Silver widow. Effects 564 pounds 11 shillings and 5 pence.
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_MILT |
Captain, 2nd Bengal Lancers, Indian Army |
Notes |
- Some ancestry trees have him born in Suffolk 14 Nov 1897 but on 1911 Scotland census he is staying with his grandmother and his birthplace is given as Grenada, West Indies which fits with the fact that his parents were missionaries there. The 1911 census for his parents reveals that George's three siblings were dead. There is only a record for his sister Loveday born and died within hours in Scotland. Presumably the two others passed away in Grenada.
In October 1928, his wife Nora and their nine-month old son Ian were on board the ship Ranchi that sailed from London to Bombay. Presumably this was to join George who was stationed in India with the 2nd Lancers.
There is a stone in the Westruther Churchyard which reads: "In loving memory of the Rev David SILVER MA for 18 years Parish Minister of Westruther died 30 Nov 1921 and of his wife Georgina died 1941 buried in Edinburgh And their son George James 2nd Lancers Indian Army died 1937 buried in Melton, Suffolk"
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Person ID |
I8424 |
Warren Nunn's family tree |
Last Modified |
26 Aug 2015 |
Father |
David SILVER, b. 7 Apr 1864, Banchory Devenick, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK d. 30 Nov 1921, Westruther Manse, Westruther, Berwick, Scotland, UK (Age 57 years) |
Mother |
Georgina STEPHEN, b. 19 Apr 1865, Lochgilphead, Argyllshire, Scotland, UK d. 1941, Newington, Midlothian, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK (Age 75 years) |
Marriage |
16 Feb 1897 |
Stotfield Hotel, Drainie, Moray, Scotland, UK |
- 1897 marriages in the Parish of Drainie in the County of Elgin. 130/00 0002
No 2, 1897 16th February at The Stotfield Hotel, Lossiemouth, after banns according to the forms of the Church of Scotland. David Silver, minister of the Church of Scotland (bachelor) aged 32, of Struan, Blair-Atholl, son of David Silver, schoolmaster, and Margaret Silver M.S.Allan and Georgina Stephen, spinster, aged 30, of Lossiemouth, Drainie, dau of George Stephen, commission agent, deceased, and Eliza Stephen, M.S.Thom, Witnesses: Wm Silver, Helen T. McLay.
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Family ID |
F229 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |