Individual Details

Esther Matthews

(28 Jun 1914 - 12 Oct 2002)

Esther had 2 sisters and one brother. Only know of Ida and Don. Paul's dad had one sister, Madge. Madge's  husband Jack, a lovely man. they had five children. Pauleen, Terry, Theresa, Bernadette and Peter. There was another boy, who died in childhood, from infected, severe eczema. all of Auntie Madge's children had eczema and asthma But that boy suffered. Paul Adams remembered him. Paul was the oldest of eight. Auntie Madge died just two days before Paul's dad. She was 91 and he was 93. Jack used to smoke, but he gave it up because of all the asthma in his children and his wife. 10 years later when he was dying of cancer, he started smoking again and smoked until he died.

Events

Birth Registration1914Tamworth, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom
Birth28 Jun 1914Tamworth, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom
Marriage Registration1939Tamworth, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom
Marriage1 Jul 1939Saint John's Roman Catholic Church, Tamworth, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom - Herbert Leslie "Les" Adams
Death12 Oct 2002Stroke - Walsgrave Hospital, Coventry, Warwickshire, England

Families

SpouseHerbert Leslie "Les" Adams (1912 - 2006)
ChildChristopher Adams ( - )
ChildPaul Damian Adams (1940 - 2010)
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ChildPeter Stephen Adams (1950 - 2015)
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FatherJohn Matthews (1880 - 1956)
MotherLizzie Laura Clifton (1884 - 1962)
SiblingIrene Matthews (1908 - )
SiblingLaura Matthews (1909 - 1910)
SiblingIda Matthews (1911 - 2004)
SiblingMarjorie Matthews (1913 - 1915)

Endnotes

1. "England and Wales, Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2FR4-VTW : 1 October 2014), Esther Matthews, 1914; from "England & Wales Births, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Birth Registration, Tamworth, Staffordshire, England, citing General Register Office, Southport, England..

2. "England, Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:CJBM-2VN2 : 4 February 2023), Esther Matthews, 1914..

3. "England and Wales, Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV8V-8LS1 : 8 October 2014), Herbert L Adams and null, 1939; from "England & Wales Marriages, 1837-2005," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing 1939, quarter 3, vol. 6B, p. 1277, Tamworth, Staffordshire, England, General Register Office, Southport, England. .

4. "England and Wales, Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV8V-8LS1 : 8 October 2014), Herbert L Adams and null, 1939; from "England & Wales Marriages, 1837-2005," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing 1939, quarter 3, vol. 6B, p. 1277, Tamworth, Staffordshire, England, General Register Office, Southport, England. .