In 1939, Leslie worked as a hotel manager at 52 High Street, Hadleigh, Suffolk County, England. Today, a restaurant called The George of Hadleigh operates at this location.

Leslie Aldous

Born: 26 OCT 1912 in Thorpe Next Norwich, Norfolk County, England

Father: Charles William Aldous (1875 to 1961)
Mother: Florence Hilda Larter (1887 to 1975)

Spouse: Ivy Eleanor Cheverton (1907 to 1986)

Married: 1949 in Hadleigh, Suffolk County, England

Children: None

Died: 1969 in Deben Registration District, Suffolk County, England

Deben was a Registration District of Suffolk County, England. There were 53 Civil Parishes in this RD between the years 1935 to 1974. I do not know which parish Leslie was living in at the time of his death.

Timeline:

1915 Death of sister, Muriel
1939 Hadleigh, Suffolk County, England
1949 Marriage to Ivy
1961 Death of father, Charles
1969 Death and Burial

Occupation: hotel manager

Records:

1939 England and Wales Register
British Army WWI Pension Records 1914-1920 (father’s record)
England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915
Norfolk, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1915
England & Wales, Marriage Index: 1916-2005
England & Wales, Death Index: 1916-2005

Variations of Surname: none

Leslie’s vital information appears on his father’s military record. Charles served with the British Army from 1893 to 1920.

In 1939, Leslie and his parents were living in Hadleigh, a suburb of Ipswich, Suffolk County, England. The document listed their address as 52 High Street. Leslie was working as a hotel manager.

I then searched Google Maps for this location. I discovered The George of Hadleigh is currently operating at this location. In 1939, there may have been another restaurant or hotel with a different name serving food and drinks at this address.

Spouse:

Ivy Eleanor Cheverton:

Ivy was born on 15 DEC 1907 in Bermondsey, London, England. She died in 1986 in Deben Registration District, Suffolk County, England.

Deben was a Registration District of Suffolk County, England. There were 82 Civil Parishes in this RD between the years 1974 to 2010. I do not know which parish Ivy was living in at the time of her death.

Ivy’s father was Henry George Cheverton. He was born on 5 OCT 1877 in Bermondsey, London, England. He died in 1952 in Samford Registration District, Suffolk County., England.

Samford was a Registration District of Suffolk County, England. There were 44 Civil Parishes in this RD between the years 1837 to 1974. I do not know which parish Henry was living in at the time of his death.

Ivy’s mother was Eleanor Martha Mummery. She was born on 27 JUN 1878 in Bermondsey, London, England. She died in 1962 in Samford Registration District, Suffolk County, England.

Samford was a Registration District of Suffolk County, England. There were 44 Civil Parishes in this RD between the years 1837 to 1974. I do not know which parish Eleanor was living in at the time of her death.

Ivy had one brother, also born in Bermondsey:

Henry George Cheverton (1904)

Ivy had previously married Walter Arthur Beckham Hirschfeld on 24 May 1932 at the St Barnabas Church in Rotherhithe, Surrey County, England.

One known child was born to this marriage:

Nora I Hirschfeld (1940)

Walter Arthur Beckham Hirschfeld was born on 17 JAN 1911 in Southwark, London, England. He died on 18 APR 1947 in Marylebone, London, 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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