Individual Details

Amos KING

(Abt Oct 1876 - Abt Dec 1941)

Events

BirthAbt Oct 1876Chalgrove, Oxfordshire, England
Census1881Scholar - Chalgrove, Oxfordshire, England
Census1891Ag Lab - Chalgrove, Oxfordshire, England
Marriage31 Dec 1898Registry Office, Wallingford, Berkshire, England - Sarah "Sally" GARDNER
Census1901Carter on Farm - Thame Road, Warborough, Oxfordshire, England
Census1911Farm Labourer - Warborough, Oxfordshire, England
MilitaryBet 2 Oct 1916 and 11 Mar 1919Royal Army Medical Corps, British Army
DeathAbt Dec 1941(Registration District), Ploughley, Oxfordshire, England

Families

SpouseSarah "Sally" GARDNER (1857 - 1917)
ChildLouis Amos ELDRIDGE (1898 - )
ChildReginald George KING (1901 - )
FatherAmos KING (1847 - 1876)
MotherEmily "Amelia" SMITH (1850 - )
SiblingIsaiah KING (1868 - 1923)
SiblingCharles KING (1873 - )
SiblingArthur KING (1874 - 1947)

Notes

Census

Listed as a son-in-law in the household of George Brown

Census

Listed as a step-son in the household of George Brown

Marriage

In 1911 census say married 12 years

Census

At the same address his step-children: Albert, Rosa, Herbert and Lewis Eldridge (although Lewis may be his son) - plus:

May Elizabeth Gardner - Step Grand daughter - 4 - - born: Warborough, Oxon

Military

Extracts from service records - Enrollment Papers:No: 84978Corps: Royal Army Medical Corps
Address: Warborough, Near Wallingford
British subject: Yes
Age: 40 years
Trade: Munition Worker
Married: Yes
Served before: Yes V.T.C.
Any preference: Yes - A.S.C.
Dated: 11 Oct 1916
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Descriptive report -
Age: 40 Years - Height: 5 feet 5¼ inches - Chest fully expanded: 39 inches - Expansion: 4½ inches
Next of Kin: Sarah King - Warborough Wallingford - Relationship: Wife (Note crossed out underneath is: Emily Coles - Cuxham Wallingford).

Particulars of Marriage: woman to whom married: Sarah Gardener (spinster) - Date married: 31 Dec 1898, Registry Office, Wallingford - Present address: Warborough, Wallingford.
Particulars of Children: Louis Amos - born: 25 Aug 1898 - Shillingford
Reginald - born: 1 June 1901 - Warborough
May Elizabeth Gardener - (rest too faint to read)

Military Service:

Campaigns - Home: 2 Oct 1916 to 11 March 1919

Endnotes

1. GRO (England & Wales) Birth Registrations Index, 1876 Oct/Dec - Thame - Vol: 3a Page: 623.

2. 1881 Census of England and Wales, Class: RG11; Piece: 1492; Folio: 8; Page: 7.

3. 1891 Census of England and Wales, Class: RG12; Piece: 1160; Folio: 8; Page: 10.

4. British Army WWI Service Records, 1914-1920, King, Amos.

5. GRO (England & Wales) Marriage Registration Index , 1898 Oct/Dec - Wallingford - Vol: 2c Page: 794.

6. 1901 Census of England and Wales , Class: RG13; Piece: 1140; Folio: 12; Page: 14.

7. 1911 Census of England and Wales, Class: RG14; Piece: 6529; Schedule Number: 142.

8. British Army WWI Service Records, 1914-1920, King, Amos.

9. GRO (England & Wales) Death Registrations, 1941 Dec - Ploughley - Vol: 3a Page: 2258.