William and his first wife, Lilian, divorced before 1948. That year William married his second wife, Henrietta. Lilian did not remarry until 1971. Her second husband was Goliath David Bayliss.

William George Aldous

Born: 12 AUG 1906 in East Ham, Essex County, England

Father: Edward Charles Aldous (1879 to 1909)
Mother: Mary Ann Miller (1880 to 1957)

First Spouse: Lilian Gladys Maud Page (1906 to 1995)

Married: 18 Aug 1934 in Plaistow, St Mary The Virgin, Essex County, England

Children:

Jean Aldous (1935 to Unknown/Still Living)
Maureen Aldous (1938 to Unknown/Still Living)

Second Spouse: Henrietta Dorothy Deller (1909 to 1982)

Married: 1948 in Dagenham, Essex County, England

Children: None

Died: 1979 in Stepney, Greater London, England

Timeline:

1909 Death of father, Edward
1911 East Ham, Essex County, England
1917 Death of brother, Edward
1934 Marriage to Lilian
1935 Birth of daughter, Jean
1938 Birth of daughter, Maureen
1939 Dagenham, Essex County, England
1948 Marriage to Henrietta
1957 Death of mother, Mary Ann
1975 Death of sister, Ethel
1979 Death and Burial

Occupation: brakeman for the LPTB (1939)

Records:

1911 England Census Record
1939 England and Wales Register
England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915
England & Wales, Marriage Index: 1916-2005
Essex, England, Church of England Marriages, 1754-1935
England & Wales, Death Index: 1916-2005

Variations of Surname: None

First Spouse:

Lilian Gladys Maud Page:

Lilian was born on 24 JUL 1906 in Ilford, Essex County, England. She died in 1995 in Colchester, Essex County, England.

Lilian’s father was Robert Page. He was born on 20 SEP 1875 in Grays Thurrock, Essex County, England. He died in 1933 in East Ham, Essex County, England.

Lilian’s mother was Kate Caroline Downes. She was born on 7 APR 1876 in Walton on the Naze, Essex County, England. She died in 1960 in Clacton-On-Sea, Essex County, England.

Lilian had four brothers and sisters, all born in Ilford:

Eliza Kate Page (1897)
Florence Ettie Page (1900)
Jack Page (1902)
Doris Page (1909)

William and Lilian must have divorced sometime after the 1939 England and Wales Register was enumerated.

Lilian married Goliath David Bayliss in 1971 in Towcester, Northamptonshire County, England. No known children were born to this marriage.

Goliath David Bayliss was born on 26 SEP 1914 in Guildford, Surrey County, England. He died in 1975 in Hertford and Ware Registration District, Hertfordshire County, England.

Hertford and Ware was a Registration District from the years 1974 to 2008. It contained 29 civil parishes. I do not know which parish Goliath lived in at the time of his death.

Goliath had previously married Elizabeth Jane Workman on 29 MAR 1937 in Woking, St John, Surrey County, England. One child may have been born to this marriage.

Goliath and Elizabeth divorced sometime before 1971. Elizabeth did not remarry.

Elizabeth Jane Workman was born on 27 OCT 1917 in South Shields, Durham County, England. She died in 1979 in Surrey North Western Registration District, Surrey County, England.

Surrey North Western was a Registration District from the years 1934 to 1996. It contained 14 civil parishes. I do not know which parish Elizabeth lived in at the time of her death.

Second Spouse:

Henrietta Dorothy Deller was born on 11 MAR 1909 in Stoke Newington, London, England. She died in 1982 in Dagenham, Essex County, England.

Henrietta’s father was Isaac Deller. He was born in 1854 in Stoke Newington, Middlesex, England. He died in 1927 in Homerton, London, England.

Isaac’s burial record noted that he died at 230 High Street in Homerton. Another website, Saddlington Blogspot, notes that this address may have been for the Hackney Union Workhouse.

Henrietta’s mother was Emma Irving. She was born in 1864 in Kingsland, Middlesex County, England. She died in 1925 in Stoke Newington, London, England.

Henrietta had five brothers and sisters, all born in Stoke Newington:

Jane Eleanor Deller (1890)
Nellie Deller (1892)
Isaac Charles Deller (1897)
Walter Deller (1904)
William Deller (1906)

Henrietta had previously married Jacob John Messias in 1930 in Edmonton, Essex County, England. No known children were born to this marriage.

Jacob John Messias was born on 14 MAR 1902 in Bethnal Green, Middlesex County, England. He died in 1947 in Whitechapel, Middlesex County, England.

Probate:

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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