GARRETT Family Tree

with links to British India

info from Ken Garrett  kenandchris@iprimus.com.au

?? GARRETT married ??, children:

  1. Arthur Ernest Garrett (1878-1966 Madras, India)

Next Generation

Arthur Ernest GARRETT (1878-1966 Madras, India) married Alice Maude BRUNTON had 21 children - only know of 6 (all deceased).-

  1. Joe Garrett
  2. Albert Garrett ,
  3. Merlin Garrett ,
  4. Doris Garrett ,
  5. Bertie Garrett
  6. Harold Anthony Osmond Garrett (Born: 1921 Perambur, Madras India - Died: 2000 Melbourne, Australia)

Next Generation

Harold Anthony Osmond GARRETT (Born: 1921 Perambur, Madras India - Died: 2000 Melbourne, Australia).  Married Cynthia Mary LUXA. Has 3 children:

  1. Kenneth Joseph Anthony Garrett (b. 1966 - Calcutta, India)
  2. Dean Joseph Garrett (b. 1968),
  3. Michelle Mary Garrett (b. 1969)

Next Generation
Kenneth Joseph Anthony GARRETT (b. 1966 - Calcutta, India), married Christobel Alice Ann COTTE - have 2 children:

  1. Tyler Anthony Garrett (b. 1996)
  2. Liam James Garrett (b. 2002) - Melbourne, Australia.

 

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info from Eric Harold Garrett sg006d2485@blueyonder.co.uk

We left India In 1945, and came to England. I had four brothers and one sister, The eldest brother Sydney, the second eldest  Is my sister Audrey, the next Is brother William, Douglas was two years older than me he got run over and was killed In Gillingham In kent when he was only 28years older, then of course there Is me. All my brothers and sister are step brothers and sister, as my Mother was married to William MAYERS first but he died In India then she met and married my father.

My Father was In India before 1939, he met my mother and got married In India In 1931. I have copies of the birth of William Mayers ( the Father of my brothers and sister  he was born In India also the marriage certificate of his marriage to my Mother. so you would have another generation of Mayers going back If you want It. My father was once Gandhi's private jailer when my father died he was given a military funeral and they wrote a bit in the paper which I have you could have a copy If you wish, my fathers side were quite Interesting, the Garrett's own one of If not the biggest stores In woolwich, It closed in 1957 I have documentation  of that as well. My Dad's mother's side were quite a family to they had one relation who was decorated In the Boar War  and I have traced them back to the 1700, My grandmother (Dad's  Mum) was born In India so was her mother, so the family seemed to like the mother land.

Samuel GARRETT married Caroline ?, children:

  1. William Henry GARRETT

 Next Generation

William Henry GARRETT (b 21/8/1832, Chudliegh, Devon, died 15/1/1880, Woolwich, Sussex) married Harriet STEPHENS (b 23/4/183? In Eastbourne, died 1/12/1901 Woolwich), children:

  1. William I GARRETT (b1857, Woolwich, Kent)
  2. Rosina GARRETT (b 1859, Stepney then Middlesex.
  3. Emma R GARRETT (b 1861 Stepney then Middlesex, died 18/8/1929, burried Plumstead cemetry)
  4. Eliza G GARRETT (b 1864 Stepney then Middlesex.)
  5. Alfred G GARRETT (b 1867, Stepney then Middlesex.)
  6. Edward Henry GARRETT (b 17/1/1870 Woolwich, Kent)
  7. Samuel GARRETT (b 13/3/1874 Woolwich, Kent )

Sergeant Edward Henry Garrett

(info obtained and submitted by Eric Harold Garrett sg006d2485@blueyonder.co.uk )

2nd Battalion Royal West Kent Regiment Nos.3146 and 2783

Information provided was that Edward Henry Garrett was a Corporal in the Royal West Kent Regiment when he married Mary Agnes (Nellie) Harold at Woolwich, Kent on 4 January 1897.  However, he was known to be out of the army when his first son Stanley Edward William was born in December 1905.

As Edward served in the final years of the 19th Century and possibly the early years of the 20th Century the archives of Soldier’s Documents for the periods 1883-1900 and 1900-1913 were searched but, unexpectedly, his papers were not found in either.  The possibility existed that he later returned to the army to serve in World War 1 when his papers from his previous service would have been carried over to those records.  When the WW1 Medal Roll Card Index was examined a soldier named Edward Henry Garrett who served in the Royal West Kent Regiment was found.  In the hope that he was the man sought a search was made in the WW1 Soldier’s Documents archive.

Ironically, the man in the medal roll proved not to be the man sought but the papers for the correct Edward Henry Garrett were found.  He did not appear in the Medal Rolls because he did not serve abroad during WW1, presumably as a result of his age.  He spent the entire war serving in the army at Home.  The following is an organised compilation of his periods in the army extracted from his papers and other related items.

Edward enlisted in October 1891 stating that he was born in Woolwich, Kent.  He gave his age as 21 years 10 months that, if correct, would place his birth in November or December 1869.  His physical description was 5ft 7½ins in height, weighing 140lbs with a fresh complexion, grey eyes and dark brown hair.  He was a Labourer in a Telegraph Works by trade and his religious denomination was Church of England.

As he was unmarried he gave his mother, Harriett living at 1, Godfrey Street, Woolwich, Kent as his next-of-kin since his father was already dead at that time.  He also gave the name of his sister, Mrs Ife, living at the same address.  The record of his Discharge Proceeding when he left the army in 1907 records that he subsequently married Nellie Alberta Mary Agnes and that his ’Intended Place of Residence’ was to be 9, Agnes Street, Silvertown in the east end of London.  He was considered to be suited for future occupation as a telegraphist.

Service Details

Edward attested as a Private in the Royal West Kent Regiment at the Regimental Depot on 22 October 1891.  His service commitment was 7 years with the Colours and 5 years in the Reserve.  He was promoted to Lance Corporal in March 1893 and after two years service was awarded his first Good Conduct pay of an additional penny a day.  In March 1894 he was promoted to Corporal and in September of that year was appointed Orderly Room Clerk.  In July 1894 he was further promoted to Lance Sergeant but seven weeks later apparently chose to revert to Corporal in order to remain as Orderly Room Clerk.

On 10 March 1897 he apparently exercised an option to prematurely transfer to the Army Reserve before completing 7 years with the Colours.  It is possible to speculate that this was motivated by his marriage two months earlier.  However, with the onset of the Boer War he was recalled from the Reserve to his Regiment and rejoined as a Corporal on 26 December 1899.  He served in the campaign from March 1900 until a few months after its conclusion, returning home in September 1902.  On 6 May 1903 he was retransferred back to the Army Reserve and was finally discharged on 21 October 1907 having completed exactly 16 years of service

During the course of the Boer War he was promoted firstly to Lance Sergeant and later to full Sergeant.  For his service in the war he was awarded the Queen’s South Africa Medal with three clasps for Cape Colony, Orange Free State and Transvaal.  He was also later awarded the King’s South Africa Medal with 1901 and 1902 Clasps.

On 23 October 1914 at the outbreak of World War 1 and at the age of 44 years Edward volunteered a second time when he enlisted as a Private in the 24th Battalion of the City of London Regiment, a Territorial unit.  He was immediately promoted to Colour Sergeant but was reduced to Sergeant in September 1915 after returning drunk to Barracks in Chingford.  At the same time he was transferred to the 7th Battalion of the City of London Regiment.

The following year, in April 1916 he was again transferred, this time to his old regiment, the Royal West Kent and served at Home for the duration of the war.  In November 1918 at the end of the war he was briefly posted as Orderly Room Clerk at the camp for repatriated prisoners of war at Old Park, Canterbury.  However, this only lasted for a month until he was confined awaiting trial from 25 December 1918 to 13 January 1919 for absenting himself without leave on Christmas Day morning.  His sentence was to take rank and precedence as if his appointment as Sergeant only took effect from 19 December 1915.  This probably had the effect of a reduction in the pension he was eventually awarded.

He was finally discharged on 31 May 1919 when his home address was 75 Leyes Road Custom House in East London.

Harold Family Details

In order to check that no children had been born prior to 1901, the Population Census Returns were checked for that year and Mary Agnes Garrett was found to be Ellen M A Garret born in Hackney, the 29 years old married daughter living with her parents, Jesse & Ellen Harold.

The 1891 the Population Census Return showed that Jesse and Ellen Harold had 6 children, namely Harley E 17, Ellen M A 19, Jesse E 13, Ernest E 11, Stanley G 7 and Ruby E aged 6 months.  Also with the family was his mother in law, Mary E Harley aged 63 years.

The 1881 the Population Census Return showed that Jesse Harold was not only a Clerk but also an Army Pensioner aged 41 years born in Suffolk.

A check on the 1871 Population Census Return showed that Jesse Harrold (sic) was living at Aldershot with wife Ellen.  They were living at the Infantry Barracks for the 94th and 45th Regiments of Foot. An error with the imaging of the census prevented further information being obtained.

 

Next Generation

Edward Henry GARRETT married in Woolwich on 4/1/1897, Mary Agnes (Nellie) HAROLD (b 1873), children:

  1. Stanley Edward William GARRETT (b 13/12/1905 Stafford)
  2. Harold Leslie GARRETT (b 25/8/1907 West Ham , d 18/1/1976 Gillingham, Kent)
  3. Eric GARRETT (b 29/12/1910)

 Next Generation

Harold Leslie GARRETT, a soldier In the Royal Artillery, serving In India from 1939 to 1945 (b 25/8/1907 West Ham , d 18/1/1976 Gillingham, Kent) married Doris D’CUNHA (born in 1908 in India) on 15 May 1931 in St Ignatius Church, Kirkee, India, children:

  1. Eric Harold GARRETT (born 1932, studied in Lucknow)

 Next Generation

Eric Harold GARRETT (born 1932, studied in Lucknow) married Sylvia Rebecca COWARD (b 10/10/1938 Greenwich) on 29/3/1958 Gillingham, children:

  1. Sharon GARRETT (b 27/3/1959 Chatam)
  2. Doreen GARRETT (28/8/1961 Chatham)
  3. Lorraine GARRETT (2/8/1963 Strood, Kent)
  4. Lee GARRETT (b 21/3/1971)

 Next Generation

Sharon GARRETT (b 27/3/1959 Chatam) married on 24/4/1982 to Peter WARD (b 16/1/1959 Ramsgate) , children:

  1. Sarah WARD (b 27/4/1990 Stanmore, Middlesex)

  2. Adam WARD (b 28/9/1991 Stanmore, Middlesex)

Lorraine GARRETT (2/8/1963 Strood, Kent) married on 7/4/1984 at Strood in Kent, Nigel TROWEL (b 12/3/1964 Halling, Kent), children:

  1. Thomas TROWEL (b 26/1/1985, Gillingham, Kent)
  2. Lucy TROWEL (b 13/3/1988 Halling, Kent)

Lee GARRETT (b 21/3/1971) married Itzelt Olguin CAVELLO (b 8/1/1976 Mexico) on 29/8/2001 at Chatham.

 

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