Cecil was a coach painter by trade. He would have painted railway cars for the West Coast Main Line which is the descendant of the Grand Junction Railway.

Cecil Aldous

Born: 30 MAY 1901 in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire County, England

Father: William Aldous (1872 to 1929)
Mother: Sarah Annie Rogers (1873 to 1959)

Spouse: Emily Louisa Collett (1905 to 1985)

Married: 21 OCT 1922 in Birmingham, Warwickshire County, England

Children:

Dora Louise Aldous (21 APR 1923 to 2002)
Cecil J Aldous (1928 to 1938)
Robert William Aldous (1933 24 MAY 2012)

Died: 1979 in Birmingham, Warwickshire County, England

Timeline:

1911 Birmingham, Warwickshire County, England
1920 Bromsgrove, Worcestershire County, England
1922 Marriage to Emily
1923 Birth of daughter, Dora
1928 Birth of son, Cecil
1929 Death of father, William
1933 Birth of son, Robert
1938 Death of son, Cecil
1939 Birmingham, Warwickshire County, England
1945 Death of brother, John
1959 Death of mother, Annie
1960 Death of brother, Bertie
1971 Death of sister, Dora
1972 Death of brother, Charles
1977 Death of sister, Kathleen
1979 Death and Burial

Occupation: coach painter

Records:

1911 England Census Record
1939 England and Wales Register
England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915
British Army WWI Pension Records 1914-1920
England & Wales, Marriage Index: 1916-2005
Birmingham, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1937
Midlands, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1965
England & Wales, Death Index: 1916-2005

Variations of Surname: none

Spouse:

Emily Louisa Collett:

Emily was born on 2 FEB 1905 in Birmingham, Warwickshire County, England. She died in 1985 in Birmingham, Warwickshire County, England.

Emily’s father was George John Collett. He was born in 1869 in Birmingham, Warwickshire County, England. He died in 1926 in Birmingham, Warwickshire County, England.

Emily’s mother was Rhoda Susanna Higgs. She was born in 1869 in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire County, England. She died in 1943 in Birmingham, Warwickshire County, England.

Emily had nine brothers and sisters, all born in Birmingham, Warwickshire County, England:

George John Collett (1891 to 1892)
John Collett (1892)
James Collett (1896)
George Henry Collett (1897 to 1897)
Lilian Collett (1898)
Henry Collett (1901 to 1901)
Annie Rose Collett (1902)
Sarah Jane Collett (1907)
Alice May Collett (1910)

Daughter:

Dora Louise Aldous:

Doris was born on 21 APR 1923 in Birmingham, Warwickshire County, England. She died in 2002 in Birmingham, Warwickshire County, England.

Doris married William Clarence James in 1942 in Birmingham, Warwickshire County, England. Two known children were born to this marriage:

Brian W James (1943)
Robert M James (1950)

William Clarence James was born on 4 JUL 1921 in Birmingham, Warwickshire County, England. He died in 2004 in Birmingham, Warwickshire County, England.

Notes:

Here are some links to websites that helped with my Aldous family research:

Aldous.net (Aldous family history and family tree)
Ancestors of Tim Farr, Descendants of Stephen Farr (family tree)
Reid-Schroeder Genealogies (family tree)
The Tree of Us (family tree)
Family Search (family tree website)
The Internet Surname Database (surname meaning and origins)
House of Names (coat of arms)

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