9 Jan 2022
Wife: Amelia Gilson
Born: 12 Jun 1879 in Abbots Ripton, Huntingdonshire 1 Census: 1911 in Landbeach, Cambridgeshire (see note 1) Resided: 1923 - 1931 at Shepherds Cottage, Anstey Hall, Trumpington 2 Resided: 1936 - 1938 in Wood End, Trumpington 2 Resided: 1939 - 1951 at 4 Wood End, Trumpington 2,1 Resided: 1952 - 1968 at 46 High Street, Trumpington 2 Died: 1968 in Cambridge 3 (see note 2) Father: Mother:
Husband: John Henry Facer Married: 1897 near St Ives, Huntingdonshire 4 (see note 3)
Born: ABT 1873 in Houghton, Huntingdonshire Census: 1911 in Landbeach, Cambridgeshire (see note 4) Occupation: 1911 - 1921 Shepherd 5 Resided: 1923 - 1931 at Shepherds Cottage, Anstey Hall, Trumpington 2 Christened: 17 Sep 1936 in Trumpington (see note 5) Resided: 1936 - 1939 in Wood End, Trumpington 2 Died: 1939 Buried: 21 May 1939 in Trumpington (see note 6) Father: Mother: Notes
M Child 1: Arthur Victor Facer Also known as: Victor Facer Born: 24 Jun 1897 in Houghton, Huntingdonshire 4 (see note 7) Census: 1911 in Landbeach, Cambridgeshire (see note 8) Military: 1914 - 1918 6 Died: 1988 in Devon 3 (see note 9) Wife: Gladys Mary Smith b. 24 Nov 1900 d. 1988 Married: 1924 in London 4 (see note 10)
F Child 2: Edith Amelia J Facer Born: 5 Aug 1900 in Houghton, Huntingdonshire 4 (see note 11) Census: 1911 in Landbeach, Cambridgeshire (see note 12) Resided: 1936 in Middlesex 5 Died: 1985 in Middlesex 3 (see note 13) Husband: Albert Arthur Stringer Married: 1924 in Middlesex 4 (see note 14)
M Child 3: Henry Bertram Facer Also known as: Bertram Henry Facer 7,8 Born: 22 Sep 1909 in Landbeach, Cambridgeshire 4,9,1 (see note 15) Census: 1911 in Landbeach, Cambridgeshire (see note 16) Resided: 1939 in London 1 (see note 17) Occupation: 1939 Waiter 1 Resided: 1968 - 1970 at 100 Foster Road, Trumpington 2 Died: 1998 in Cambridge 3 (see note 18) Wife: Elsie Violet Douglas b. 10 Oct 1914 d. 2004 Married: 1937 in Cambridge 4 (see note 19)
M Child 4: Leslie Reginald Facer Born: 18 May 1915 in Cambridgeshire 4 (see note 20) Resided: 1936 - 1939 in Wood End, Trumpington 2 Died: 2002 in Cambridge 3 Wife: Doris Mary Hill b. 12 Oct 1915 d. 1998 Married: 1944 in Cambridge 4 (see note 21)
F Child 5: Vera Evelyn Facer Born: 9 Jul 1921 Christened: 28 Aug 1921 in Trumpington (see note 22) Resided: 1939 in Wood End, Trumpington 2 Husband: William G Bishop b. 1920 d. 1967 Married: 1941 in Cambridge 4 (see note 23) Husband: Ernest Archer Married: 1947 in Yorkshire 3 (see note 24)
Sources: (1) 1939 Register. (2) Electoral Register. (3) Index on ancestry.co.uk. (4) FreeBMD website. (5) Baptism records of children. (6) Roll of Honour, in Trumpington Village Hall. (7) 1911 census. (8) Marriage record. (9) GRO index.
Event Notes Note (1) Age 32, born Abbots Ripton, with husband John Facer and children, also her niece Lizzie Gilson Note (2) Dec 1968 Cambridge 4a 249 age 89 Note (3) Mar 1897 St Ives 3b 363 Note (4) Age 37, born Houghton. Shepherd on Farm, with wife Amelia and 5 children Note (5) Sep 17 FACER John Henry of William & Jane of Wood End shepherd privately baptised adult Note (6) May 21 FACER John Henry of Wood End 65 Note (7) Sep 1897 St Ives 3b 293 Note (8) Victor Facer, age 13 born Houghton, with family Note (9) Apr 1988 Barnstaple 21 819 born 24 Jun 1897 Note (10) Mar 1924 Lewisham 1d 1137 Note (11) Sep 1900 St Ives 3b 296 Note (12) Age 10, born Houghton, with family Note (13) Sep 1985 Ealing 12 68 born 5 Aug 1900 Note (14) Dec 1924 Brentford 3a 427 Note (15) Dec 1909 Chesterton 3b 379 mothers surname Gilson Note (16) Bertram Facer: age 1, born Landbeach, with family Note (17) Bertram H Facer Note (18) Jun 1998 Cambridge born 22 Sep 1909 Note (19) Sep 1937 Cambridge 3b 1463 husband Bertram H Facer Note (20) Jun 1915 Linton 3b 776 mothers surname Gilson Note (21) Dec 1944 Cambridge 3b 1161 Note (22) Jul 11 FACER Vera Evelyn of John Henry & Amelia otp shepherd born 9 Jul 1921 privately baptised recd into church Aug 28 1921 Note (23) Mar 1941 Cambridge 3b 1561 Note (24) Sep 1947 Hemsworth 10c 1120 bride surname Bishop or Facer Copyright © Trumpington Local History Group 2022 Email TLHG Return to TLHG introduction page Name Index