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Chambers, George Henry (1867–1923)★, Great grandfather.
George★, royal artillery sergeant, was born on 2 Feb, 1867 and was baptised on 4 Apr, 1869 in the parish of Wilby in Suffolk, England, the son of William Chambers★ and Rebecca Brooks★. He married Louisa Hemmings★ on 23 Dec, 1895 at The Register Office in Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales. He died on 9 Dec, 1923 at 26 Cato Street in Gateshead, County Durham, England at the age of fifty-six. His death was attributed to bronchitis.
Chambers, George Henry (1903–1985), Great uncle.
George Henry was born on 29 Mar, 1903 at Barracks in Preston, Brighton, Sussex, England, the eldest son of George Henry Chambers★ and Louisa Hemmings★. He married Maud Lumsden in 1934 in Meerut in Uttar Pradesh, British India and Dorothy Youngs in 1969 in the registration district of Camberwell in London, England. He died on 11 Jul, 1985 in the registration district of Lambeth in London, England at the age of eighty-two.
Chambers, Helen Elizabeth (1874–1929)
Helen Elizabeth was born on 15 Jun, 1874 in the parish of Wilby in Suffolk, England, the daughter of William Chambers★ and Rebecca Brooks★. She married Henry Martin Pickett on 26 Mar, 1894 in the parish of St. John the Evangelist, Charlotte Street in London, England. She died on 29 Jul, 1929 at the age of fifty-five.
Chambers, Helen Mary (1909–2001), Great aunt.
Helen (known as Nel) was baptised on 23 May, 1909 in Newcastle upon Tyne in Northumberland, England, the youngest daughter of George Henry Chambers★ and Louisa Hemmings★. She married Ernest Percival Pringle on 28 Sep, 1937 in the registration district of Newcastle upon Tyne in Northumberland, England. She died in Nov 2001 in the registration district of Haringey in Greater London, England at the age of ninety-two.
Chambers, Hilda (1901–1942), Great aunt.
Hilda was born on 5 Apr, 1901 at The Female Hospital in Royal Artillery Barracks, Woolwich, Kent, England, the third daughter of George Henry Chambers★ and Louisa Hemmings★. She married Cyril Quincey in the Jan-Mar quarter of 1936 in the registration district of Doncaster in Yorkshire, England. She died on 22 Oct, 1942 at 8 Oliver Road in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England at the age of forty-one. Her death was attributed to "pulmonary tuberculosis". She had no children.