Person:Lavina Barnwell (1)

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Name Lavina Barnwell
Gender Female
Birth[1][4] 26 Feb 1896 Coventry, Warwickshire, England
Christening[2] 18 Mar 1896 Coventry, Warwickshire, EnglandAll Saints
Census[3] 31 Mar 1901 Coventry, Warwickshire, England22 White Friars Lane
Marriage 1929 Coventry, Warwickshire, Englandto Alfred Thomas Mitchell
Death[4] 1996 Coventry, Warwickshire, England
Lavina with husband Alfred, his brother George and three of George's sons, about 1929
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Lavina with husband Alfred, his brother George and three of George's sons, about 1929

Lavina Barnwell was born on 26th February 1896 at Coventry in Warwickshire, daughter of an iron moulder named John Barnwell and his wife Annie. The 1901 census finds Lavina living with her parents and siblings at 22 White Friars Lane in Coventry, to the south-east of the city centre.

Lavina, who was known as Dolly, was married in 1929, aged 33 to a man named Alfred Thomas Mitchell. They do not appear to have had any children.

Alfred died in 1955, aged 66. They had been married for 25 years. Dolly outlived Alfred by over 40 years. She lived to be 100 years old, dying a couple of months after her hundredth birthday in 1996.

References
  1. Births index, in General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration. (London: General Register Office).

    b. Lavina BARNWELL, June Quarter 1896, Coventry Registration District, Vol. 6d, page 518

  2. Baptisms register, in Church of England. Parish registers of All Saints, Coventry, 1869-1912. (Warwick: Warwickshire County Record Office).
    BAPTISMS solemnized in the Parish of All Saints, Coventry in the Counties of Coventry & Warwick in the Year 1896
    No.When BaptizedChild's Christian NameParent's NameAbodeQuality, Trade, or ProfessionBy whom the Ceremony was performed
    ChristianSurname
    4911896 March 18LaviniaJohn & AnnieBarnwellC.5, H.7, Gosford St.Iron moulderJ.C. Robinson
  3. England. England. 1901 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (
    Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
    The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
    Class RG13; Piece 2906; Folio 93; Page 6, 31 Mar 1901.

    Address: No. 22 White Friars Lane, Coventry, Warwickshire
    Five or more rooms occupied
    John Barnwell, head, married, male, 35 [1865/6], Brass Founder, Employer, b. Coventry, Warwickshire
    Annie Barnwell, wife, married, female, 34 [1866/7], b. Coventry, Warwickshire
    Lilly Barnwell, daughter, single, female, 16 [1884/5], Dressmaker, worker, b. Coventry, Warwickshire
    Annie Barnwell, daughter, single, female, 12 [1888/9], School, b. Coventry, Warwickshire
    John Barnwell, son, single, male, 10 [1890/1], School, b. Coventry, Warwickshire
    Frank Barnwell, son, single, male, 8 [1892/3], School, b. Coventry, Warwickshire
    Livine Barnwell, daughter, single, female, 5 [1895/6], School, b. Coventry, Warwickshire
    James Barnwell, son, single, male, 2 [1898/9], b. Coventry, Warwickshire
    Maria Rason, mother, widow, female, 68 [1832/3], Kept by Son in Law, b. Coventry, Warwickshire

  4. 4.0 4.1 Deaths index, in General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration. (London: General Register Office).

    d. Lavina MITCHELL, May 1996, Coventry Registration District, Register C57A, District 0631C, Entry 297, born 26 Feb 1896