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Amendments:

  • January 2012
  • Sources updated
  • May 2011
  • New entry

George Harvatt Rowe, Hull, 1900 - 1943

C029:
b. 1900;
m. 1925;
d. 1943.

George Rowe was the first child of Arthur Rowe and Mary Harvatt.
See: Chart F025

1900: (Q1): George Rowe was born1.
George Rowe lived in the family home in 25 Malm Street, Hull, until he married in 1925.
1925: (Q4): George Rowe married Margaret E Bursell2.
1943: (Q4): George Rowe died3.

George worked as a platelayer on the Hull and Barnsley Railway . He died in a railway accident near Argyle Street bridge, Hull, on 26th December (Boxing Day) 1943. His workmate had not turned up, and he stepped aside to let a train past, but did not hear the train coming in the opposite direction. (Re Gladys Johnson)

See: Chart F029


Sources:
1) FreeBMD: GRO Hull Volume 9d Page 177
2) FreeBMD: GRO Sculcoates Volume 9d Page 259
3) FreeBMD: GRO Hull Volume 9d Page 181