Percy Edwin West 1866 - 1929
Born Hastings . Assurance Agent, timekeeper, stationers clerk
"Assemblyorder" Ancestry Family tree- 120000 people!! - for him- does not go further back!
1866. Percy E L West was born Hastings Dec 1866 to parents George Evill West & Emma Le Richeux
1869-1871 . His parents leave Hastings and settle in Lambeth
1871C. Percy E West, 4, is living Burgoynne Place, Lambeth with his parents and 2 siblings. His father a Clarinet Teacher
G E | West | Head | - | Male | 30 | 1841 | - | Bath Somerset, England | |
Emma | West | Wife | - | Female | 35 | 1836 | - | Hoxton Middlesex, England | |
George H | West | Son | - | Male | 6 | 1865 | - | Holloway Middlesex, England | |
Percy E | West | Son | - | Male | 4 | 1867 | - | Hastings Sussex, England | |
Kate A | West | Daughter | - | Female | 2 | 1869 | - | Hastings Sussex, England |
1880. Percy Edwin West, parent Lericheux, b. 12/9/1866, address 25 Chesterfield Grove, was admitted to Jessop Road School, Lambeth on 8/10/1880, left 21/12/1880 , his last school being private, 9 years school - Ancestry School Admissions & Discharges
1881C. Percy E Le Richeux West, 14, clerk's stationer, is living with his parents, father now a mathematical tutor, and 4 siblings at St Andrews Villa, 3 Underhill Road, Camberwell
George Evill | West | Head | Married | Male | 40 | 1841 | Mathmatical Tutor | Bath, Somerset, England | |
Emma | West | Wife | Married | Female | 45 | 1836 | - | Middlesex, England | |
George Harry | West | Son | Single | Male | 16 | 1865 | Clerk War Office | Middlesex, England | |
P E Le Richeux | West | Son | Single | Male | 14 | 1867 | Clerk Stationers | Hastings, Sussex, England | |
Kate A M | West | Daughter | Single | Female | 12 | 1869 | Scholar | Hastings, Sussex, England | |
Maude L | West | Daughter | Single | Female | 7 | 1874 | Scholar | Brixton, Surrey, England | |
Dora Ethel W | West | Daughter | Single | Female | 5 | 1876 | Scholar | Brixton, Surrey, England | |
Fred Geo | Aldwell | Boarder | Single | Male | 19 | 1862 | Clerk Government | Brighton, Sussex, England |
Kate A M West marries their boarder, Fred. Geo Aldwell, in 1888
1884. Percy Edwin West, 18, b. Silver Hill Sussex, joins the 2nd Dragoon Guards, reg. number 2638- FMP: cannot actually see his Chelsea pensioners Record , that is on Fold3, another subscription site!. Cannot decipher his trade. He is 18 yrs, 6 mths, almost 5ft 8 in, weighs 126 lb- just 9stone, brown hair, hazel eyes, C of E . Was discharged 30/12/1890 .During this tine frudently enlisted in the Yorkshire Regiment!. Was imprisoned and lost pay due to this. Then was in India March 1887-end of 1890 FMP
1891C. Percy E West is not living with his parents in Camberwell : he is a Porter,one of at least 20, aged 25, b. Hastings , Newington Causeway- pages and pages in the census here connected with Drapery . Almost looks as though his family have abandoned him, even before he makes a seemingly lowly marriage
1895. Percy Edwin West married Mary Ann Martin St Saviour Southwark Dec 1895- not on Ancestry London marriages- thus in a register Office or in a Catholic Church . On 2/10/1895 in St Saviour Southwark Register Office - familysearch tree- Rosalie
1898. Percy Edwin West, grocer's assistant, of 160, Ferndale Rd Ballham, was sentenced to 21 days imprisonment for embezzling on 23/11/1898 - London Evening Standard report . The infant in arms would have been 2 yr old Maude Winifred West
1901C. Percy Edwin West, 33, Gate & Time keeper, is living Waterloo Square, Camberwell, with his wife and 3 children
Percy Edwin | West | Head | Married | Male | 33 | 1868 | Gate & Timekeeper Engineering Works | Hastings, Warwickshire, England | |
Mary Ann | West | Wife | Married | Female | 26 | 1875 | - | Walworth, Surrey, England | |
Maude Winifred | West | Daughter | - | Female | 4 | 1897 | - | Lee | |
Herbert James | West | Son | - | Male | 2 | 1899 | - | Brixton, Surrey, England | |
Mabel Gertrude | West | Daughter | - | Female | 0 | 1901 | - | Camberwell, Surrey, England |
1905. Marguerite West is born 28/12/1905 , Camberwell, to parents Percy & Mary . No baptism on Ancestry London Baptisms 1813-1906!
1902-1905. Percy Edwin West is living 62 Waterloo Square, Camberwell - FS, Electoral Register
1906-1907. Percy Edwin West is living 88a Rodney Place Walworth- FS, Electoral Register
Cannot find him in the Electoral Register after this . Leyton was in Essex, mabe Stratford too, so not covered in the London Electoral Registers
1911C. Percy Edwin West, 43, Assurance Agent, is living in 3 rooms at 125 Amity Road, West Ham with his wife and 7 children. Married 16 years, 7 children, all still alive
Percy Edwin | West | Head | Married | Male | Assurance Agent | 43 | 1868 | Sussex Hastings | |
Mary | West | Wife | Married | Female | - | 36 | 1875 | Surrey Nalwak | |
Maude Winifred | West | Daughter | - | Female | Cigarette Packer | 14 | 1897 | Kent Lee | |
Herbert James | West | Son | - | Male | - | 12 | 1899 | Surrey Buxton | |
Mable Gertrude | West | Daughter | - | Female | - | 10 | 1901 | Surrey Camberwell | |
Jessie Ethel | West | Daughter | - | Female | - | 7 | 1904 | Surrey Camberwell | |
Margurite | West | Daughter | - | Female | - | 5 | 1906 | Surrey Camberwell | |
Frank Harold | West | Son | - | Male | - | 3 | 1908 | Surrey Camberwell | |
Phyllis May | West | Daughter | - | Female | - | 1 | 1910 | Essex Stratford |
He seemed to have earnt a decent professional income?. His daughter, Marguerite, always admired and defended her father and said how well-spoken he was.
1914. His wife's address is given as 56 Carpenters Road, Stratford on his Army record when he joins up in 1914.
1914-1918. Seemed to have been in the army, but was actually 48 when war broke out! Several pages exist for Percy Edwin West , Crpl 13292 , on Ancestry WW1 Pension Records. His wife given as living 56, Carpenters Rd Stratford. Was on the Essex Reg up till 1916, then in the Royal Defence Corps
1919. His discharge papers show him as living at 80 Tyndall Road in 1919, with his wife and the 6 children, listed with their dates of birth, born 1903-1918 . He had been in the army 4 yrs and 278 days, discharged medically unfit . H received a pension of 28s per week for Emphysema, for just 9 months. The army reckoned this was aggravated slightly due to his servivce but was maily due to him being extremely obese He does not seem to have been a good soldier! - hearsay, but from some records I think
Thus at least 7 children, & then 5 more - his daughter Marguerite implied that his wife left him- at some undefined date - to live with Charlie ( James C J] Beat, who she indeed married after Percy's death in 1929. But it is not known where he might have lived- were this to have been true. And he would rather have left her, as the family were living with Charlie's family at 8 Tyndall Road from as far back as 1919
Children of Percy E West & Mary Ann Martin
1. Maude Winifred West Lewisham Dec 1896 -1924, died in childbirth
2. Herbert James West Lambeth Dec 1898-1977
3. Mabel Gertrude West Camberwell Mar 1901[1900] - 1994
4. Jessie Ethel West Camberwell Dec 1904 - 1974
5. Marguerite West 28/12/1905 Southwark Jan 1906[1905] -1987. Known as Madge
6. Frank Harold West Camberwell Jun 1907 - 1995
7. Phyllis Mary West West Ham Dec 1909 -~2000
8. George C D West 1912-1979
9. Constance B West 1914-1989 - child of Charlie Beat , this from her b.c. . But in fact 2 b.cs. seem to exist! , one as Beat, one as West
10. Mary E D West 1916-1989
11. Rose H West 1918-~2000
12. Donald A West 1921-1996, father of Paul
Lots of these must have married and had children, first cousins of Barbara & Susan- can you contact them: they might know more and have PHOTOS!!
1929. Percy E West, 63, dies West Ham Dec 1929 - no probate