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1939

Mellish Household (4 People)
15 Addison Road , Fareham U.D., Hampshire, England


Charles H Mellish 07 Feb 1879 Male Coal Hawker Married 122 2
Mary J Mellish 30 Sep 1887 Female Unpaid House Duties Married 122 1
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Gertrude W Mellish 27 Feb 1923 Female Domestic Servant Unemployed Single 122 4

Marriages Sep 1912 (>99%)
Aldred Mary J Mellish Fareham 2b 1407
MELLISH Charles H Alfred Fareham 2b 1407

Births Jun 1914 (>99%)
MELLISH Marjorie M M Aldred Fareham 2b 1046
Births Mar 1915 (>99%)
MELLISH Florence M Aldred Fareham 2b 1038
Births Jun 1918 (>99%)
Mellish Maud L Aldred Fareham 2b 925
Births Dec 1920 (>99%)
Mellish Leonard F Aldred Fareham 2b 1072
Births Mar 1923 (>99%)
Mellish Gertrude W Aldred Fareham 2b 992
Births Jun 1925 (>99%)
Mellish Eileen G Aldred Fareham 2b 961

1939


52 Fareham Poor Law Institute Wickham Road , Fareham U.D., Hampshire, England


Thomas Mellish 23 Jun 1903 Male Nil Single Inmate 1 75

Possibly the one listed above in 1939, as there is no birth in 1903 for Thomas Mellish

1911

13 High Street Fareham, Fareham, Hampshire, England

Charles Henry Mellish Head Single Male 30 1881 Carter Hants New Forest
Ellen Friend Servant Widow Female 40 1871 Housekeeper Suffolk Enderum
Charles Arthor Thomas Mellish Son Single Male 7 1904 - Hants Fareham
William Henry Mellish Son Single Male 6 1905 - Hants Fareham

Matches a tree on Ancestry, which seems to be accurate
Charles Arthur Thomas Mellish
1903–1986
BIRTH 23 JUN 1903 • Fareham, Hampshire, England
DEATH AUG 1986 • Southampton, Hampshire, England


Birth
23 Jun 1903 • Fareham, Hampshire, England
3 Sources
1903

(AGE)

Birth of Brother William Henry Mellish(1905–1981)
31 Mar 1905 • Fareham, Hampshire, England
1905

1

Death of Mother Janet Whittle(1872–1911)
January 1911 • Fareham, Hampshire, United Kingdom
1911

7

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Residence
02 Apr 1911 • Fareham, Hampshire, England
Age: 7; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son

1 Source
1911

7

Death of Father Charles Henry Mellish(1879–1959)
Jun 1959 • Droxford, Hampshire, England
1959

56

Death of Brother William Henry Mellish(1905–1981)
Jun 1981 • Weymouth, Dorset, England
1981

78

Death
Aug 1986 • Southampton, Hampshire, England

Elizabeth White was not nee Pratt - her mother was nee Pratt

Here she is in 1939 - in the same place as Thomas Mellish ( see my earlier post)

52 Fareham Poor Law Institute Wickham Road , Fareham U.D., Hampshire, England


Elizabeth E Hobbs (White) 16 Feb 1907 Female Domestic Servant Single Inmate 1 112

Thank you ErikaH, info all fits except Elizabeth White din't become a Hobbs untill 1950's when she married Henry Hobbs

Precisely. The 1939 register was updated until the 1990’s

Any thoughts on the Mellish info I posted for you?

Hi ErikaH. Yes We have read it all, so much to take in. We did know of a Thomas Mellish but we thought he was in Basingstoke where where my husband Tony was born. So it was a surprise that he was infact from Fareham & was in an institiution. of course it would be interesting to find out why he was in the Poor Law Institiution which I believe was also a mental hospital. Was he an in patient with some sort of disability or did he work there. The same goes for Elizabeth Emily White. It looks like I will need to do some research on this as in those days poor law or Poor house surely meant you had nothing so in you went to beable to survive. A really horrid situation to be in. We know my husbanads mother went to Basingstoke to have him & he then went into Dr Barnardos She did finally meet Henry Hobbs & married him in the 50's. We don't know what happened to Thomas Mellish, my husbands father after 1939 & the Poor Law Institution, Did he stay there or did he eventually marry someone as I see there's a Thomas Mellish who had 7 children in Lymington but I didn't see a wife. Lastly It seems Thomas's real name would be Charles Arthur Thomas, changed presumedly to distinguish him from his father named Charles.

As both Elizabeth and Mellish were in the same place in 1939, it seems reasonable to assume that is how they met. They were both 'inmates'. As you can see from the record, he had no occupation - she was a domestic servant.

Poor Law Institution was the 'new' name for Workhouses from 1911


First name(s) THOMAS CHARLES
Last name MELLISH
Gender Male
Birth day 23
Birth month 6
Birth year 1903
Age -
Death quarter 3
Death year 1986
District Southampton
Register number 886
County Hampshire
Volume 20
Page 1017
Country England

Get a copy of the death cert for informant's details

We definitely will. Thanks for your help ErikaH. It’s appreciated. As soon as everything is confirmed the relevant info will go on my husbands tree which is on ancestry..

After lots of research I have my husbands father's Death certificate which states his name Thomas Charles Mellish (B. Charles Arthur Thomas Mellish 1903) Died 1986 Southampton & lived at Nightingale Lodge, Romsey. Which is no longer there but likely a small housing estate. The informant was Florence Emily Flinter,Step-Sister. I am still trying to find a grave/ Cemetery or cremation for Thomas but as yet nothing. Does anyone know how I can find out this info please?

Have you tried contacting the authority responsible for cemeteries in the Romsey area?
https://www.testvalley.gov.uk/communityandleisure/cemeteries/cemeteries


Nightingale Lodge appears to have been a care home:

https://www.romseyadvertiser.co.uk/news/18008127.care-home-set-open-2021/
" . . . . . The former Nightingale Lodge was controversially closed in 2013, after county councillors voted to shut it. . . . . . . "

And from 2013: https://tinyurl.com/y7l8cj6n