18 Aug 2023                   
                Wife: Bertha Mary Westrope    
                Born: 1885                 in Guilden Morden, Cambridgeshire  1 (see note 1)
              Census: 1891                 in Guilden Morden, Cambridgeshire   (see note 2)
              Census: 1911                 in Steeple Morden, Cambridgeshire   (see note 3)
             Resided: 1922                 at River Farm, London Road, Trumpington  
                Died: 25 Jun 1922            
              Buried: 28 Jun 1922          in Trumpington   (see note 4)
              Father: John Westrope   (1851 - 1929) 
              Mother: Maria Louisa Wright   (1855 - 1944) 
             Husband: Oswald Duke     
             Married: 1908                 near Royston, Hertfordshire  1 (see note 5)
                Born: 16 Dec 1882          in Barley, Hertfordshire  2
              Census: 1891                 in Barley, Hertfordshire   (see note 6)
              Census: 1901                 at Clay Farm, Long Road, Trumpington   (see note 7)
              Census: 1911                 in Steeple Morden, Cambridgeshire   (see note 8)
          Occupation: 1911 - 1932          Farmer  3
             Resided: 1921 - 1932          at River Farm, Latham Road, Trumpington  3,4,5
             Resided: 1939                 in Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge  2 (see note 9)
             Resided: 1943                 at Royston, Hertfordshire  
                Died: 1943                   
              Buried:  6 Mar 1943          in Trumpington   (see note 10)
              Father: George Duke   (1847 - 1931) 
              Mother: Elizabeth Jarman   (1845 - 1924) 
Other spouse 2
           F Child 1: Mary Duke      
                Born: 1909                 in Steeple Morden, Cambridgeshire  6 (see note 11)
              Census: 1911                 in Steeple Morden, Cambridgeshire   (see note 12)
             Resided: 1930 - 1931          at River Farm, Latham Road, Trumpington  5
             Husband: Harold Basset Collins  
             Married: 1933                 in Cambridge  1 (see note 13)

Sources:
(1) FreeBMD website. 
(2) 1939 Register. 
(3) Rus in Urbe. 
(4) Spalding's Directory (Kelly's after WW2) 
(5) Electoral Register. 
(6) GRO index. 


Event Notes
Note (1) Dec 1885 Royston 3a 462
Note (2) Age 5, born Guilden Morden, with family
Note (3) Age 25, born Guilden Morden, with husband Oswald Duke and daughter
Note (4) Jun 28 DUKE Bertha Mary of River Farm, Trumpington 36 died Jun 25
Note (5) Jun 1908 Royston 3a 1208
Note (6) Age 8, born Barley, with family
Note (7) Age 18, born Barley, with mother and family
Note (8) Age 28, born Barley.  Farmer, with wife Bertha Mary and daughter Mary
Note (9) Patient
Note (10) Mar 6 DUKE Oswald of Royston (formerly Trumpington) 60
Note (11) Jun 1909 Royston 3a 791   mothers surname Westrope
Note (12) Age 1, born Steeple Morden, with parents
Note (13) Mar 1933 Cambridge 3b 669

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