Ethel was born on 16 Apr, 1894 at 73 Usher Road in Poplar, Middlesex, England^a1,b1, the daughter of Thomas Sweetland (1854–1927)★, a merchant seaman, and Emma Jane Blackborough (1870–1928)★. She was baptised as an infant on 3 May, 1894 in the parish of St. Mark Victoria Park in Middlesex, England^b1. She is Ian's great grandmother.

Ethel was recorded in the 1901 census at 42 Malmesbury Road in West Ham St. Gabriel, West Ham, Essex, England^c1 with her father Thomas, now a dock labourer, mother Emma Jane and three siblings Rose Blackborough, Phillip Thomas and Violet Martha.

She had a daughter, (person born in the 1910s), who was born.

She married Arthur Frederick Benjamin Guiver (1879–1938)★, a private r.a.m.c. general labourer, on 21 Jan, 1918 at The Register Office in West Ham, Essex, England^a2 . They went on to have five children:–

• Thomas Edmund baptised on 17 Oct, 1919 in the parish of Victoria Docks St. Luke in Essex, England^d1. Died on 7 Oct, 1985 in Rochford in Essex, England^e1 at the age of sixty-six. He never married and had no children.
• Phyllis Doris died age three. Baptised on 14 Sep, 1923 in the parish of Victoria Docks St. Luke in Essex, England^d2. Died in the Jan-Mar quarter of 1926 in the registration district of West Ham in Essex, England^e2.
• John Henry died age one. Baptised on 7 Aug, 1925 in the parish of Victoria Docks St. Luke in Essex, England^d3. Died in the Jan-Mar quarter of 1926 in West Ham^e3.
• two other children living or recently died

Ethel was recorded in the 1921 census at 41 Vincent Street in Canning Town, West Ham, Essex, England with her husband Arthur Frederick Benjamin, now an oil cake moulder, three children (person lived 1920s to 2010s)★, Thomas Edmund Guiver (1919–1985) and (person born in the 1910s), father Thomas, now a winch end man on grain and sister (person born in the 1900s).

By the time of the 1939 census she was living at 15 Beresford Road in Southend on Sea, Essex, England with her two children (person lived 1920s to 2010s)★ and Thomas Edmund Guiver.

She married Herbert John Woodward (1882–1947), an army pensioner, on 11 Dec, 1941 at the age of forty-seven at The Register Office in Southend on Sea, Essex, England^a3.

Ethel died at the age of ninety-two on 26 Jan, 1987 at Fairview House in Fairview Road, Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, England. Her death was attributed to "pulmonary thrombo-embolism".

Timeline

1894

16 Apr

Born at 73 Usher Road, Poplar, Middlesex, England.^a1,b1

3 May

Baptised as an infant in St. Mark Victoria Park, Middlesex, England.^b1

1901

31 Mar

Recorded in the 1901 census living at 42 Malmesbury Road, West Ham St. Gabriel, Essex.^c1

1916

12 Aug

Recorded as living at 24 Hallsville Road, West Ham, Essex.
Occupation recorded as factory hand.

1918

21 Jan

Married Arthur Frederick Benjamin Guiver★ at The Register Office, West Ham, Essex.^a2
Recorded as residing at 41 Vincent Street, West Ham, Essex.^a2

1919

4 Oct

Son, Thomas Edmund Guiver (1919–1985), born in West Ham, Essex, England.

17 Oct

Recorded as residing at 41 Vincent Street, West Ham.^d1

1921

19 Jun

Recorded in the 1921 census residing at 41 Vincent Street, West Ham.

26 Jun

Recorded as residing at 41 Vincent Street, West Ham.

1923

1 Sep

Daughter, Phyllis Doris Guiver (1923–1926), born at 41 Vincent Street, West Ham.^d2

14 Sep

Recorded as residing at 41 Vincent Street, West Ham.^d2

1925

22 Jul

Son, John Henry Guiver (1925–1926), born at 41 Vincent Street, West Ham.^d3

7 Aug

Recorded as residing at 41 Vincent Street, West Ham.^d3

1926

Jan-Mar

Daughter, Phyllis Doris Guiver (1923–1926), died in West Ham, Essex, England.^e2
Son, John Henry Guiver (1925–1926), died in West Ham.^e3

1927

6 Mar

Her father, Thomas Sweetland (1854–1927)★, died at Central Home, Leytonstone, Essex, England. She was the informant.

7 Mar

Recorded as residing at 41 Vincent Street, West Ham.

1928

9 Apr

Mother, Emma Jane Blackborough (1870–1928)★, died at Whipps Cross Hospital, Leytonstone, Essex, England.

1930

6 Jun

Recorded as residing at 41 Vincent Street, West Ham.

1938

14 Aug

Her husband, Arthur, died at Central Home, Leytonstone. She was the informant.

15 Aug

Recorded as residing at 41 Vincent Street, West Ham.

1939

29 Sep

Recorded in the 1939 census living at 15 Beresford Road, Southend on Sea, Essex.

1941

11 Dec

Married Herbert John Woodward at The Register Office, Southend on Sea, Essex.^a3
Recorded as living at 135 Feeches Road, Prittlewell, Essex.^a3

1947

20 Jun

Her husband, Herbert John Woodward (1882–1947), died at 135 Feeches Road, Prittlewell. She was the informant.^a4,f1

23 Jun

Recorded as living at 135 Feeches Road, Prittlewell.^a4

2 Sep

Executor of the probate of her husband, Herbert John Woodward (1882–1947).^f1

1985

7 Oct

Son, Thomas Edmund Guiver (1919–1985), died in Rochford, Essex, England.^e1

1987

Recorded as residing at 2 Eastwood Road North, Leigh-on-Sea, Essex.

26 Jan

Died at the age of ninety-two at Fairview House, Fairview Road, Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, England. The informant was her son (person born in the 1930s).

28 Jan

Recorded as residing at Fairview House, Westcliff-on-Sea.

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