Ancestors of Mandy Willard

Harry Samuel CATT (1860-1937)

and Amelia Eliza CALLOW (1872-1937)

Harry Samuel Catt and Amelia Eliza Callow married on 19 November 1895 in Bexley, Kent.  (They were not my direct ancestors.)

Harry Samuel Catt was born on 8 September 1860 at Winchelsea Station SER(?) Brede, Sussex.  He was the son of Edward Catt (1825-1902) and Mercy Ann Foster (1831-1888).  At the time of the 1861 census he was 7 months old and living with his parents at No. 2 Ferry, Winchelsea.  When the 1871 census was recorded he was a 10 year old scholar, living with his parents and siblings in Cooks Street, Winchelsea.  His father was then a shepherd.  In 1881, he was a 21 year old gardener and the eldest of his siblings living at home with his parents at Friars Road in Winchelsea.  So far I have not been able to identify him in the 1891 census.  He died aged 76 years on 9 June 1937 in Bexley.

Amelia Eliza Callow was born on 19 November 1872 in Wimbledon, Surrey.  She was the daughter of William Callow (1846-1899) and Amelia Jane Bellingham (1846-?).  She died aged 64 years on 18 April 1937 in Bexley.

When the 1901 census was recorded the couple and 3 children were living at 107 High Street, Bexley, Kent.  Harry was then a 40 year old general labourer and Amelia was 28 years old.

Harry Catt and Amelia Callow had the following known children:

1. Harry William Catt was born on 8 December 1896 in Bexley.  He died on 25 September 1980 in Sidcup, Kent.  He was 4 years old at the time of the 1901 census.  He served in the First World War in the trenches and was very brave.

2. Margaret Annie Catt was born in the fourth quarter of 1898 in Bexley.  She died in 1986.  She was 2 years old in 1901.  She worked at an accountants in London.  She left a legacy in her will towards the restoration of St. Mary's, Bexley.

3. Katherine A. Catt was born in the third quarter of 1900 in Bexley.  At the time of the 1901 census she was 7 months old.  She worked as a sister in the Darenth Park nursing home.

   Katherine married Harry Foster in the second quarter of 1931 in the Dartford registration district.  They lived in Bean near Dartford.

   Harry had is own haulage company with a fleet of lorries.  The couple were quite comfortable until the business got into some kind of financial trouble and he committed suicide.  Katherine found him hanged in the loft of their home, however, his death may not have been recorded as suicide.

4. Milly Catt may have been in the fourth quarter of 1904 and her birth registered as Amelia Jane Catt.  Millie worked as a secretary for Borough and Welcome in Darford (similar to the Boots chain).  She left a legacy in her will towards the restoration of St. Mary's, Bexley.

5. Richard Catt was born in the second quarter of 1906 and his birth was registered in the Dartford registration district.

   Richard married Bertha L. Jeffery in the second quarter of 1933 in the Dartford registration district.

   Richard was a churchwarden at St. Mary's church in Bexley.

6. Doris Mary Catt was born on 15 March 1908 in Bexley.  She died on 25 December 1982 in Crawley, Sussex.

   Doris married Ronald Herbert Ernest Laurie (1904-1981) on 22 May 1832 in Bexley.

   Ronald served in the navy.

7. Eddie Catt may have been born in the third quarter of 1910 and her birth registered as Edith J. B. Catt.

CALLOW          CATT