| 3rd March 1918 |
Birth |
| Name: |
Ada Elizabeth Howell |
| Mother's Maiden Surname: |
Wood |
| Date of Registration: |
Apr-May-Jun 1918 |
| Registration district: |
Wolverhampton |
| Inferred County: |
Staffordshire |
| Volume Number: |
6b |
| Page Number: |
1042 |
Ada was probably born in Ladymoor Bilston.
Her father owned a smallholding and collier's cottage: 39 Parkfield Colliery, Parkfields, Coseley, Staffordshire and she spent most of her childhood there.
She was the oldest child. |
| 1930 |
Death of her mother |
Ada was only 12 when her mother died in childbirth. Helping to look after her siblings (five years or more, her junior) and helping with the chores around the house and smallholding fell to her as she was the eldest. Although her father arranged for his sister Christiana's sister-in-law to come in and help. |
| 1934 |
Photo at Jeromes of Wolverhampton |
 |
1937
age 19 |
Marriage
Groom was 18 |
| Bride: |
Ada Elizabeth Howell |
| Groom: |
Thomas Evans (d.o.b. 31/07/1918) |
| Date of Registration: |
Jul-Aug-Sep 1937 |
| Registration district: |
Bilston |
| Inferred County: |
West Midlands |
| Volume Number: |
6b |
| Page Number: |
1494 |
Ada's marriage coincided with her father marrying for a second time. She is perported not to have got on very well with the new wife. |
June 1983
Age 65 |
Husband died |
| Name: |
Thomas Evans |
| Birth Date: |
31 Jul 1918 |
| Date of Registration: |
Jun 1983 |
| Age at Death: |
64 |
| Registration district: |
Wolverhampton |
| Inferred County: |
West Midlands |
| Volume: |
34 |
| Page: |
0571 |
|
1986
Age 68 |
Death |
| Name: |
Ada Elizabeth Evans |
| Birth Date: |
3 Mar 1918 |
| Date of Registration: |
Dec 1986 |
| Age at Death: |
68 |
| Registration district: |
Wolverhampton |
| Inferred County: |
West Midlands |
| Volume: |
34 |
| Page: |
779 |
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