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WEST, Ethel May
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Name WEST, Ethel May Birth 21 Apr 1902 Leicester Registration District, Leicestershire
Gender Female Death 1988 Leicestershire Central Registration District, Leicestershire
Person ID I6946 Edgoose Last Modified 3 Feb 2026
Father WEST, William, b. 29 Apr 1867, Leicester, Leicestershire
d. 1940, Leicester Registration District, Leicestershire
(Age 72 years) Mother HOLLINGWORTH, Rachel Mary Maud, b. 16 Dec 1874, Chilwell, Nottinghamshire, England
d. 1961, Leicester Registration District, Leicestershire
(Age 86 years) Marriage 1897 Leicester Registration Distict, Leicestershire
Family ID F825 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family SHARPE, William Robert Victor, b. 22 Jun 1897 d. 1946, Leicester Registration District, Leicestershire
(Age 48 years) Marriage 1931 Leicester Registration District, Leicestershire
Children 1. SHARPE, Peter, b. 1936 d. 1975 (Age 39 years) Family ID F2801 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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Notes
ETHEL MAY WEST 1902-1988
The birth of Ethel May WEST was registered in 1902. According to the registration of her death in 1988, she was born on 21 April 1902.
(GRO June Q 1902 Leicester 7a 254)
According to her niece Halina WEST she was known as 'Essie'.
The 1911 census of 32 St. Saviour's Road, Leicester, Leicestershire:
William WEST, head, aged 43, married, leather warehouseman, born in Leicester, Leicestershire;
Rachel WEST, wife, aged 36, married 14 years, 6 children (4 living), born at Chilwell, Nottinghamshire;
William Arthur WEST, son, aged 12, school, born in Leicester, Leicestershire;
Frank Winfrey WEST, son, aged 10, school, born in Leicester, Leicestershire;
*Ethel May WEST, daughter, aged 8, school, born in Leicester, Leicestershire;
Leonard David WEST, son, aged 6 months, born in Leicester, Leicestershire.
Jane COY, boarder, aged 62, single, independant means, born at Sproxton, Leicestershire.
(RG14/19253)
The marriage between William R. V. SHARPE was registered in 1931.
(GRO September Q 1931 Leicester 7a 925)
From the 1939 Register of 234 St. Saviours Road, Leicester C.B., Leicestershire:
William R. V. SHARPE, born 22 June 1897, bank cashier, married;
*Ethel May SHARPE, born 21 April 1902, unpaid domestic duties, married;
1 CLOSED RECORD
Peter West SHARPE, born 5 April 1936; under school age, single;
John W. SHARPE, born 14 November 1865, private means widowed.
(RG101/6009G/022/9 REJA)
The death of Ethel May SHARPE was registered in 1988.
(GRO October 1988 Leicestershire Central 6 1979)
(revised 03.06.2017)

