Gertrude Billett

Gertrude Billett 

Born: 25 September 1880, Peterborough 

Father: Francis William Billett (b. 1857)

Mother: Kate Billett (b. 1858)

Brothers: Frederick Broughton Billett (b. 1886), Tom Glanville Billett (b. 1888)

Sisters: Bertha Billett (b. 1883), Dorothy Mary Billett (b. 1896)

Marriage:        24 April 1911, Brampton 

Husband:         John Henry Gunnell

                        b. 1881

                        Solicitors Managing Clerk

In 1881 – 

She is at Tooley Street, Gainsborough. Gertrude and her mother are unlisted.

In 1891 –

She is at Tooley Street, Gainsboorugh. Her father is listed as ‘Steam Engine Fitter’. Gertrude, her mother and siblings (Bertha, Frederick and Tom) are unlisted. Her aunt, Minnie Broughton (b. 1866), is listed as ‘Confectioners Assistant’.

In 10/98 – 

PT at S. John's, Gainsborough. 

In 10/00 – 

Appointed to Chesterfield Board, Assistant.

In 1901 –

She is at 24 Valley Road, Chesterfield. Her father is listed as ‘Engine Fitter and Erector’. Gertrude is listed as ‘Board School Teacher’. Her brother, Frederick, is listed as ‘Railway Clerk’. Her sister, Bertha, is listed as ‘Dressmaker’. Her mother and siblings (Tom and Dorothy) are unlisted.

In 10/04 – 

Address is 24 Valley Road, Spital, Chesterfield.

In 1911 – 

She is listed as 23 Lee Crescent, Edgbaston, Birmingham as a boarder. John Richard King (b. 1865) is listed as ‘Press toolmaker’. Doris Maud King (b. 1892) is listed as ‘Warehouse Girl’. Leslie John King (b. 1895) is listed as ‘Stock Keeper’. Laura Jane King (b. 1871), Olive Bayliss King (b. 1900) and Godfrey George King (b. 1903) are unlisted. Gertrude is listed as boarder and ‘Private Means’. David Mort (b. 1860) is listed as boarder and ‘Book Seller’. John Henry Gunnell (b. 1881), Gertrude’s future husband, is listed as boarder and ‘Solicitors Managing Clerk’. 

In 1921 –

She is at 20 Eastwood Road, Smethwick. Her husband is listed as ‘Solicitor Articled Clerk’. Gertrude is unlisted.

d.         3 December 1964, Birmingham

GUNNELL, Gertrude of 19 Ellesborough Road, Harborne, Birmingham died 3 December 1964 at Selly Oak Hospital, Birmingham. Probate Birmingham 29 January to Gerald Ernest Foster, solicitor and Rosamund Mary Borman, married woman. £27,215.