Vera Manford (buried 1976)

At a glance

At a glance
Surname: 
Manford
First name: 
Vera
Other Christian names: 
Constance
Gender: 
Female
Children: 
No
Burial number: 
1955
Born: 
30/11/1889
Died: 
27/02/1976
Buried: 
27/02/1976
Occupation: 
Wife of John Stanley Manford
Heene Hallmark: 
No
Commonwealth War Grave: 
No

The Grave

The grave
Cemetery area: 
Unknown
Burial remains: 
Unknown
The headstone
Headstone description: 
None Found
Headstone inscription: 
None Found

Life story

Life story

In January 1937, Vera married John Stanley Manford, a Lieutenant Colonel in the Royal Medical Corps. He was about 20 years older and had been married twice before. She was the daughter of George Lewis Woodward, a dairyman and Mary Ellen nee Bennett. Vera was born in Worthing and baptised on 2nd February 1890 at Holy Trinity church. When Vera was a year old, the family were living at 4 Brunswick Road but by 1901, they had moved to 33 Rowlands Road. Vera's father was a serious rival to the other local dairy businesses of Leal and Fuente. In 1938, Vera and her husband lived at "Jesmond" Petworth Road, Haslemere, Surrey. Jesmond was the name of the parish in Northumberland where John Manford was born. John died at the end of 1945. In 1948, Vera was living in Stanhope Gardens, Kensington. For a time in 1976, Vera lived at Flat 1, 11 Third Avenue, Hove but by the time of her death she was living at 1 Manor Road, Brighton. She left the sum of £54892.

Burial researcher: 
Angela Levy

Further information

Birth
Date born: 
30/11/1889
Marriage
Maiden name: 
Woodward
Marriage 1
Spouse one first names: 
John Stanley
Spouse one last name: 
Manford
Marriage one date: 
00/00/1937
Marriage one address: 
Kensington, Middlesex, England

Death

Death (details)
Date of death: 
27/02/1976
Age (at time of death): 
86
Cause of death: 
Unknown
Address at time of death: 
1 Manor Road, Brighton, Sussex, England
Personal effects
Probate pounds: 
£54,892

Census and miscellaneous information

Census information
1891 census: 

4 Brunswick Road, Heene, Worthing.

Lewis aged 30, dairyman. Mary E aged 26, assisting husband. Harold aged 4. Nina aged 2. Vera aged 1.

1901 census: 

33 Rowlands Road, Worthing.

Lewis aged 43, dairy milk employer. Ellen (Mary) aged 36. Vera aged 11. Alice Stock aged 49, aunt, own means. Wallace Gove aged 17, milkman. Ralph Elsey aged 20, milkman.

1939 register: 

"Jesmond" Petworth Road, Haslemere, Surrey.

John Stanley Manford-Medical Practitioner, retired. Vera Manford-Private means. Plus a cook.