Henry Robert Wear
1889–11 Sep 1969
Derrick's grandfather. Born in Bermondsey, a fatherless boy at Watford, a printer's assistant at Letchworth, a soldier in 1914, and a machine minder who sailed for the Cape in April 1939.
Family
Each person is marked by where that line came from, in words as well as colour.
On the individual lines:
- Albert J. Hull (sibling): half-brother
- Edith M. Hull (sibling): half-sister
What the record says
Documented A record was read for every step of his life from birth to burial.
Born Q3 1889, St Olave, Bermondsey
Died 11 September 1969, Johannesburg· At the time: South Africa per the Record Atlas
| When | What | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q3 1889 | Born at St Olave, Bermondsey | Birth registered at vol 1D p230. Mother's maiden name Hawkins: son of Robert Wear and Emma Hawkins. | Documented |
| Q1 1890 | His father dies | Robert Wear, aged 31 (St Olave Southwark, vol 1D p141), about six months after his son's birth. The boy never knew him. | Documented |
| 1891 | At Watford | Aged one, with his widowed mother inside his uncle John Hawkins's household at 44 Ebury Road (RG12 piece 1120, folio 37). | Documented |
| 1901 | A stepson at St Albans | Step-son of John Hull, a railway labourer, at 22 Mount Pleasant, aged 11 (RG13 piece 1312). | Documented |
| 1911 | A printer's assistant at Letchworth | A boarder at 9 Ridge Road, aged 21 (RG14/7576/0009). | Documented |
| 31 Oct 1914 | Marries Martha Maud Castle | At the Congregational Church, Baldock. Two papers reported it and one prints him as 'Harry Ware'. He was in uniform, on furlough from Bury St Edmunds, and his battalion landed in France on 6 November. | Documented |
| 1914–1918 | Hertfordshire Regiment | 1st Battalion, service number 3010 (WO 363). | Documented |
| 1917–1936 | Six children, registered at Hitchin | The eldest, Leonard, has his own page. The others are not named here. | Documented |
| 5 Apr 1939 | Sails for the Cape | The Durban Castle, London to the Cape, occupation machine minder (transcribed 'machine minister'). Martha Maud followed on the Dunvegan Castle on 10 August with four of the children. | Documented |
| 11 Sep 1969 | Dies at Johannesburg | Aged 80. Buried at West Park Cemetery on 13 September in grave 56045, which his son Leonard bought that day (Private Graves Register, folio W 8). | Documented |
Where this comes from
Each line of the table above names the record it rests on in its third column, and the grade at the top says how well the whole is evidenced. What is not established is said under its own heading below. How the grades and the labels on the chart are decided, and every source this archive holds.
What is not established
- His Master of the High Court estate file, MHG 10245/69, has been asked for and has not been seen.
- The line from his son Leonard to Derrick rests on DNA and inference, not on a document. See the DNA page.