Person:Gladys Baulk (1)

Gladys Laura Baulk was born on 24th April 1909 at Slough in Buckinghamshire, daughter of Annie Baulk, formerly Symonds, and her husband Joseph Baulk, a roadman. They did not stay in Slough for long after Gladys' birth; by the time of the 1911 census the family was living at Redbourn in Hertfordshire, where they lived in a four roomed house at North Common.

Gladys was married in 1931 to Alfred Lewis from the nearby town of Luton. They had a daughter in 1931, whose birth was registered in the St Albans district which included Redbourn, and a son in 1932 whose birth was registered in Luton. It would appear they lived with Alfred's mother and siblings in Luton for a while early in their marriage, appearing in both the 1932 and 1933 electoral registers at 29 South Road in Luton.

Some time between 1933 and 1939 they left Luton and moved to Bletchely in Buckinghamshire. At the outbreak of the Second World War, Gladys and Alfred were living at a house called "Alfreda" on Drayton Road in Bletchley. Alfred was working as a tailor at W.O. Peake's factory and also served as an air raid precautions warden.

Alfred died in 1986, aged 80. Gladys outlived him by nearly ten years. She died in the Haverfordwest area in Pembrokeshire on 29th March 1996, aged 86.

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

   b. Gladys Laura BAULK, June Quarter 1909, Eton Registration District, Volume 3a, page 964, mother's maiden name Symonds

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 7659; Schedule 148, 2 Apr 1911.

   Address: North Common, Redbourn, Hertfordshire
   4 rooms occupied
   Joseph Baulk, head, male, 29 [1881/2], married, Roadman - Herts County Council, worker, b. Ashwell, Hertfordshire
   Annie Baulk, wife, female, 27 [1883/4], married 7 years, 3 children born to marriage, 3 still alive, b. Rotherhithe, London
   Annie Baulk, daughter, female, 6 [1904/5], b. Bermondsey, London
   William Baulk, son, male, 3 [1907/8], b. Slough, Buckinghamshire
   Gladys Baulk, daughter, female, 1 [1909/10], b. Slough, Buckinghamshire

3. ↑ General Register Office. 1939 Register
   Bletchley Urban District, 29 Sep 1939.

   Address: Alfreda [listed after Nos.1-17 and before Cow Common Farm], Drayton Road, Bletchley, Buckinghamshire
   Lewis, Alfred / male / 5 Dec 1906 / married / Tailor / A.R.P. W.O. Peake Ltd
   Lewis, Gladys L. / female / 24 Apr 1909 / married / Unpaid Dom[estic] duties
   [two records closed]

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

   d. Gladys Laura LEWIS, Haverfordwest Registration District, Register 31D, District 8192, Entry 146, b. 24 Apr 1909

5. ↑ England. National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations),1858 onwards. (Ancestry.com).

   LEWIS, GLADYS LAURA, probate 23 Apr 1996, 9680904062, died 29 March 1996, grant and will, Oxford registry