18 Aug 2023                   
                Wife: Eva Smith    
                Born: ABT 1886             in Yorkshire  
              Census: 1911                 in Yorkshire   (see note 1)
              Father:
              Mother:
             Husband: Willie Portwood     
             Married: 1908                 in Yorkshire  1 (see note 2)
                Born: 19 Feb 1886          in Yorkshire  1,2 (see note 3)
              Census: 1911                 in Yorkshire   (see note 4)
          Occupation: 1911                 Railway Clerk  3
             Resided: 1939                 in Cambridge  2
          Occupation: 1939                 Railway Telegraph Clerk  2
             Resided: 1945 - 1965          at 164 Shelford Road, Trumpington  4
                Died: 1965                 in Cambridge  5 (see note 5)
              Father:
              Mother:
Other spouse 2
           F Child 1: Dorothea May Portwood      
                Born: 21 Aug 1911          in Yorkshire  1,2 (see note 6)
             Resided: 1939                 in Cambridge  2
          Occupation: 1939                 Shop Assistant Multiple Store  2
             Resided: 1945 - 1970          at 164 Shelford Road, Trumpington  4
                Died: 2001                 in Cambridge  5 (see note 7)
           F Child 2: Audrey Portwood      
                Born: 18 Jan 1919          in Yorkshire  5,2 (see note 8)
             Resided: 1939                 in Cambridge  2
          Occupation: 1939                 Radio Assembler  2
             Resided: 1945                 at 164 Shelford Road, Trumpington  
          Occupation: 1945                 NAAFI  
                Died: 1983                 in Portsmouth, Hampshire  5 (see note 9)
             Husband: Charles George Alexander Sait  b. 31 Dec 1915  d. 1982  
             Married:  6 Oct 1945          in Trumpington   (see note 10)
           M Child 3: James Bernard Portwood      
          Birth name: Bernard Portwood 1
                Born:  5 Nov 1924          in Yorkshire  1,2 (see note 11)
             Resided: 1939                 in Cambridge  2
             Resided: 1947 - 1952          at 164 Shelford Road, Trumpington  4
                Died: 2001                 in Suffolk  5 (see note 12)
                Wife: Josephine Mary Burrows  b. 1925  d. 2010  
          Birth name: Mary Josephine Portwood 4,6,1
             Married: 1946                 in Cambridge  1 (see note 13)

Sources:
(1) FreeBMD website. 
(2) 1939 Register. 
(3) Marriage record of child. 
(4) Electoral Register. 
(5) Index on ancestry.co.uk. 
(6) Newspaper report. 


Event Notes
Note (1) Age 24, born East Ardsley, with husband Willie Portwood and son John
Note (2) Dec 1908 Wakefield 9c 9
Note (3) Jun 1886 Hemsworth 9c 155
Note (4) Age 25, born Hemsworth.  Railway Clerk, with wife Eva and son John
Note (5) Dec 1965 Cambridge 4a 266   age 79
Note (6) Sep 1911 Bramley 9b 446   mothers surname Smith
Note (7) Aug 2001 Cambridge   born 21 Aug 1911
Note (8) Mar 1919 Bramley 9b 247   mothers surname Smith
Note (9) Sep 1983 Portsmouth 20 0652   born 18 Jan 1919
Note (10) Oct 6 SAIT Charles George Alexander 29 bac soldier of Forton Gosport son of
Charles George Lewis skilled lab
PORTWOOD Audrey 26 sp NAAFI of 164 Shelford Road Trumpington dau of Willie
railway clerk
wits: W PORTWOOD, E B G PHILLIPS
Note (11) Bernard Portwood:  Dec 1924 Bramley 9b 369   mothers surname Smith
Note (12) May 2001 Sudbury   born 5 Nov 1924.  Registered as both James Bernard
Portwood and Bernard Portwood
Note (13) Dec 1946 Cambridge 4a 491

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