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John Henry EASTERLING
Parents: George Henry EASTERLING & Harriet HEARD
John Henry EASTERLING:
Born: 17 June 1862, St Thomas, Exeter, Devon
Bapt: 9 July 1862, St Thomas, Exeter, Devon
Died: 28 February 1932, St Paul's Hospital, Endell Street, Holborn (aged 69 years)
Residence when died: 29 Richmond Road, Bayswater, Middlesex
Occupation: Carman / Coachman, Tobacconist
Probate: 31 March 1932 {1}John Henry EASTERLING = Harriet Emily HINE
Married: 26 March 1890, Register Office, Paddington
Divorced: 23 March 1910 in the High Court of Justice, Probate, Divorce & Admiralty DivisionHarriet Emily HINE:
Born: 1868, Castle Carey, Wareham, Dorset
Died: unknown {2}
Residence after divorce: 14 Northumberland Place, Teignmouth, Devon (1911 census)Parents: Thomas Richard HINE & Emily BISHOP
George Henry EASTERLING
George Henry EASTERLING
Born: 5 August 1892, 170 Bravington Road, Paddington, London
Bapt: 5 October 1892, St Jude, Kensal Green, Westminster
Died: 1912, St Paul's Hospital, Paddington, London (aged 19 years)
Residence at time of death: 29 Richmond Road, Bayswater, London
Frederick Thomas EASTERLING
Frederick Thomas EASTERLING
Born: 2 June 1902, Teignmouth, Devon
Died: 8 November 1969 Reading, Berks (aged 67 years)Frederick Thomas EASTERLING = Winifred D WESTLAKE
Married: 1927, Holesworthy, DevonWinifred D WESTLAKE
Born: 5 November 1904, Somerstown, Halwill, Berwothy, Devon
Bapt: 1 January 1905, St Thomas, Northlew, Devon
Died: 1973 Reading, Berkshire (aged 69 years)Parents: William WESTLAKE = Rhoda BLATCHFORD
Additional Information
1891 Census
13 Park Mews, Willesden, Hendon, Middlesexname relation condition age occupation birth place John H Easterling head mar 29 Carman Exeter, Devon Harriet E Easterling wife mar 22 Wareham Cary, Dorset
1901 census
Northumberland Place, East Teignmouth, Devonname relation condition age occupation birth place John H Easterling head mar 37 Coachman Exeter, Devon Harriet E Easterling wife mar 22 Castle Cary, Wareham, Dorset George Easterling son single 8 Paddington, London
1911 Census
14 Northumberland Avenue, Teignmouth, Devonname relation age condition occupation employer birth place Frederick Hooper Hill head 38 single Civil servant (postman) Post Office West Teignmouth, Devon Harriet Emily Easterling housekeeper 42 single Castle Cary, Dorset
Living in 2 room apartment. Married 22 years. 2 children born, 2 still living
1911 Census
45 Richmond Road, Bayswater, Londonname relation age condition occupation employer birth place John Henry Easterling head 48 mar Coachman worker St Thomas, Exeter, Devon George Henry Easterling son 18 single Bookstall clerk worker Paddington, London
Living in 6 rooms. Married 28 years, no children.
1911 Census name relation age condition occupation employer birth place George James head 77 mar retired farmer at home Clyst Hyder Alice James wife 52 mar St Thomas, Exeter Elsie James adopted daughter 9 single school Teignmouth Fred Easterling nephew 8 single school Teignmouth
Sources
{1}
Probate granted 31 March 1932 Middlesex, England
John Henry Easterling of 29 Richmond Rd., Bayswater, Middlesex
Died 28 Feb 1931 at St Paul's Hospital, Endell Street, Middlesex
He left £415 17s to Katherine Mary Quick, widow.
Extract from divorce petition
7. "That the said John Henry Easterling has frequently committed adultery with Kate Quick (the wife of Harry Quick of Myttle Hill, Teignmouth, Devon, a gardener."
8. "That from about the 30th day of March 1908 to the present time the said John Henry Easterling and the said Kate Quick have lived together at 34 Chamberlain Wood Road, Kensal Rise, London and during that period have habitually committed adultery."
Divorced 23 March 1910
Harriet Emily moved to Myrtle Hill, Teignmouth, Devon after her divorce
{2}
Notes created by Doris Mollow (nee Easterling), grand daughter to John Henry and Harriet Emily.
I think she [Harriet Emily] must have died soon after the 1911 census, maybe she died of a broken heart when her son died in 1912. I have questioned my oldest brothers to see if our dad ever mentioned anything about his mom and they said no. I checked the record office, no luck, plus the cemetery records. As for Katherine Mary Quick (alias Kitty Quick), she was John Henrys house keeper and was sighted as the other woman in Harriett's divorce, and was as you know, the person in the will, and my poor dad was left nothing, for what reason we will never know, he even left his house in London to her. I have a copy of the will, it was as if my dad never existed even though he was the only living child, plus I doubt my dad ever knew about the will. Did you look to see if Harriett had a will? I also have John Henry's death certificate, his sister Alice was the witness, and Kitty Quick signed his son's as a cousin, which was not true she was not related to him. If you come up with anything else let me know and I will do the same thank you, Doris.
On the 1911 census my grandmother Harriett Emily Easterling (nee Hine) is living at, 14, Northumberland Ave, Teingmouth Devon. She was listed as 42 year old woman and single, she was also listed as a housekeeper for a man named Frederick Hooper Hill, a postman. I thought maybe they got married, so I did a search and came up with nothing. Next I searched for Mr Hooper's death found him and sent for death certificate hoping that Harriett was the informant, but no such luck, it was his brother, at the time of his death he was 52yrs in 1925, and was living at 8, Grove Terrace, Teignmouth U.D.
It is not known to me, or any of my siblings, whether he ever had any contact with his mother during those years, or any time thereafter. He never mentioned whether his mother was around. My mother did say at one time that his mother ran off with the postman, and it turns out the man she was a house keeper too was a postman, according to the 1911 census, and did live in the same town, Teignmouth, according to a map, just a few streets away from my dad. Another strange thing was in the divorce Harriett asked for her children, so why didn't she take them. This is a mystery. I doubt that my dad knew his parents were divorced.
Do you have any idea why my grand mother is not showing up on death records, everyone else is, could she have been killed in the war? I know my dad's aunt died that way it was on her death certificate that she died due to war operations. All I wish is that I could find her. I would like to know how she died and when. Do you know of anyone that could have some insight of this type of mystery? If she got killed in the war who has those records?
