Person:Douglas Rice (1)

Douglas James Rice was born on 11th February 1904 at Erith in Kent, son of Catharine Eleanor Rice, formerly Amor, and her husband Joseph Rice, a constable in the Metropolitan Police. Douglas was the youngest of three children, with two older sisters. The 1911 census finds the family living in the police quarters on Harrow Manor Way in the Abbey Wood area of Erith.

In 1928 Douglas married Dorothy Gwendoline Richardson. She was from Warwickshire, but they married at Barnet. They appear to have had at least one son.

Dorothy died in June 1990 in Bristol. Douglas died the following month, aged 86.

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

   b. Douglas James RICE, March Quarter 1904, Dartford Registration District, Volume 2a, page 614

2. ↑ 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 3761; Schedule 9999, 2 Apr 1911.

   Address: Police Quarters (Govt Magazine Barracks), Harrow Manor Way, Abbey Wood, Erith, Kent
   Joseph Rice, head, male, 48 [1862/3], married, Police Constable - Metropolitan Police, b. Whithorn, Wigtownshire, Scotland
   Catharine Rice, wife, female, 40 [1870/1], married 15 years, 3 children born, 3 children still living, b. Sheerness, Kent
   Lilian Rice, daughter, female, 14 [1896/7], School, b. Plumstead, Kent
   Winifred Rice, daughter, female, 11 [1899/1900], School, b. Plumstead, Kent
   Douglas Rice, son, male, 7 [1903/4], School, b. Erith, Kent

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

   d. Douglas James RICE, July 1990, Bristol Registration District, Volume 22, page 788, b. 11 Feb 1904