Vera May Martin

Person ID: I1628 | Tree: Wharton One Name Study | Norfolk England Branch 2 |  Last Modified: 30 Dec 2017


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Name Vera May Martin [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] Born 19 Sep 1907 Barmer, Norfolk, England [2, 3, 4, 6, 7]
Christened 21 Oct 1907 Barmer, Norfolk, England [8] – Address:
All Saints
BarmerGender Female Died Apr 1986 Ingoldisthorpe, Norfolk, England [9]
Buried Ingoldisthorpe, Norfolk, England [7] – Address:
St Michael of All Angels
IngoldisthorpeParents
Father Arthur John Martin (ID:I488), b. 1 Dec 1860, Barmer, Norfolk, England , d. 12 May 1932, South Wootton, Norfolk, England
(Age 71)
Mother Lilian Estcourt Smith (ID:I489), b. 13 Apr 1882, Burnham Market, Norfolk, England , d. 3 Apr 1971, Ingoldisthorpe, Norfolk, England
(Age 88)
Married 1906 Fulham, London, England [10]
Family
Husband Hugh Wharton (ID:I1157), b. 3 Oct 1896, Bircham Tofts, Norfolk, England
, d. 25 Apr 1956, Kings Lynn, Norfolk, England
(Age 59)
Married 17 Nov 1931 Bircham Tofts, Norfolk, England [6]
Children + 1. John Arthur Martin Wharton (ID:I1609), b. 16 Jun 1932, Kings Lynn, Norfolk, England
, d. 10 Nov 1985, Windsor, Berkshire, England
(Age 53)
2. David Hugh WHARTON (ID:I1610), b. 10 Jun 1939, Kings Lynn, Norfolk, England
, d. 3 Mar 1994, Kings Lynn, Norfolk, England
(Age 54)
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Vera was born on 19 September 1907 in Barmer, Norfolk[1] she is the 2nd daughter of Arthur John MARTIN (1860-1902) who was a farmer and Lilian Estcourt SMITH (1882-1972). She was christened on 21 October 1907 at Barmer Parish Church.
Vera had two sisters, one of which is Leonie Estcourt Martin (1906-1973) and Nancy Evelyn Martin (b1918).
In the 1911 census she is aged 3 and living with her parents and sister Leonie at Barmer Farm, in Barmer. Also living with them was one servant and a "companion".
On the 17 November 1931, she married Hugh Wharton (1896-1959) in Docking.[4] Vera helped support Hugh as a farmer where they leased Old Hall Farm in Ingoldisthorpe.
Together they had two children, John Arthur Martin Wharton (1932-1985) and David Hugh Wharton (1939-1994)
After Hugh had died of cancer in 1959, she left Old Hall Farm and moved to 16 Ingoldisby Avenue in Ingoldisthorpe. She lived there for many years looking after both her mother, Lilian Estcourt Martin (1882-1972) and her father-in-law Arthur Philip Wharton (1867-1962)
She died of a stroke aged 78 in April of 1986 six months after her son John.[5]Her ashes are buried in the Church of St Michael of All Angels, Ingoldisthorpe, Norfolk. [11] - WIKITREE ENTRY
http://www.wikitree.com/index.php?title=Martin-18444&public=1
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- [S33 ] 1911 England Census (S|C) (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;)Citation:Page: Class: RG14; Piece: 11589; Schedule Number: 117
- [S260] UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current (S|C) (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;)Citation:Text: Record for Hugh Wharton
- [S50] England & Wales, Death Index, 1916-2007 (S|C) (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2007;)Citation:Text: Apr 1907 1986 Wharton Vera May 19 Sep 1907 78 Kings Lynn 10 1514
- [S18] England & Wales, FreeBMD Marriage Index, 1837-1915 (S|C) (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;)Citation:Text: Name: Arthur John Martin Registration Year: 1906 Registration Quarter: Jul-Aug-Sep Registration district: Fulham Volume: 1a Page: 831
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Citation:Reliability: 1Text: Biography written by Julia Wharton (granddaughter)