Person:Bertram May (1)

Bertram Stanley May was born on 9th February 1895 at Plymouth in Devon, son of Louisa Kate May, formerly Harry, and her husband William May, a compositor printer. Bertram appears in both the 1901 and 1911 censuses living with his parents and siblings at Pear Tree Cottage, 21 John Street, Plymouth. By 1911 he was working as a printer's errand boy. Bertram's father died in 1911, when Bertram was 16 years old.

After the First World Ward, in 1920 Bertram married Nellie Frances Dorothy, who was from Exeter. They married in the Exeter area but then returned to Plymouth, where they had two children during the 1920s. At the outbreak of the Second World War, Bertram was living at 7 Longfield Place in Plymouth and working as a solicitor's clerk.

Bertram died in 1975, aged 80. Nellie outlived him by eleven years.

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

   b. Bertram Stanley MAY, March Quarter 1895, Plymouth Registration District, Vol. 5b, page 249

2. ↑ 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 2103; Folio 11; Page 13, 31 Mar 1901.

   Address: Pear Tree Cott[age], 21 John Street, Plymouth, Devon
   4 rooms occupied
   William May, head, married, male, 40 [1860/1], Letterpress Printer, worker, b. Devonport, Devon
   Louisa May, wife, married, female, 43 [1857/8], Dartmouth, Devon
   Winifred May, daughter, female, 15 [1885/6], General Servant (Domestic), worker, b. Plymouth, Devon
   Louisa May, daughter, female, 14 [1886/7], General Servant Domestic, worker, b. Plymouth, Devon
   Frank May, son, male, 11 [1889/90], b. Plymouth, Devon
   Alice May, daughter, female, 13 [1887/8], b. Plymouth, Devon
   Harry May, son, male, 10 [1890/1], b. Plymouth, Devon
   William May, son, male, 9 [1891/2], b. Plymouth, Devon
   Bertram May, son, male, 6 [1894/5], b. Plymouth, Devon

3. ↑ England. 1911 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 RG14; Piece 13001; Schedule 450, 2 Apr 1911.

   Address: 1 Pear Tree Cottages, 21 John Street, Plymouth, Devon
   4 rooms occupied
   William May, head, male, 50 [1860/1], married, Invalid, b. Devonport, Devon
   Louisa May, wife, female, 53 [1857/8], married 27 years, 8 children born to marriage, 7 children still living, b. Dartmouth, Devon
   Louisa Rimmer, daughter, female, 24 [1886/7], married 1 year, 0 children, b. Plymouth, Devon
   Alice May, daughter, female, 23 [1887/8], single, b. Plymouth, Devon
   Harry May, son, male, 20 [1890/1], single, Domestic R.N., worker, b. Plymouth, Devon
   Bertram May, son, male, 16 [1894/5], single, Errand Boy (Printer's), worker, b. Plymouth, Devon

4. ↑ General Register Office. 1939 Register
   Plymouth County Borough, 29 Sep 1939.

   Address: 7 Longfield Place, Plymouth, Devon
   May, Bertram S. / male / 9 Feb 1894 / married / Solicitors Clerk
   May, Nellie F. / female / 18 Oct 1895 / married / Unpaid Domestic Duties
   [one record closed]
   May, Stanley / male / 13 Jul 1922 / single / Motor Mechanics Apprentice

5. ↑ Deaths index, in General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration. (London: General Register Office).

   d. Bertram Stanley MAY, June Quarter 1975, Plymouth Registration District, Vol. 21, page 1716, born 9 Feb 1895