Henry Edwin Palmer was born on 28 Sep 1858 the youngest son of Charles Palmer, a naval signalman based in Plymouth. At the age of 21 he married Elizabeth Jane Treleaven (Ginny) up in London – even though she too was from Plymouth.
Henry Edwin Palmer in 1940
If this was some kind of elopement, it did not lead to any long term family estrangement because in the 1881 census the young couple are back in Plymouth living or staying with their parents with their young son Percy.
Henry is listed as a commercial agent to a Glove Manufacturer in the 1891 and 1901 census. In 1908 when both his daughters are married they are living in Southend. By 1911 the address in the census is given as Richmond, Surrey – the place where their grandson Norman was born in 1910.
Both Henry and Ginny lived into their 80’s and died in retirement in Carbis Bay in Cornwall.
See also
- Henry PALMER’s parents: Charles PALMER (bap.1818, d.1907) and Mary Ann Ash TINGCOMBE (1817-1904)
- Henry PALMER’s siblings: Charles Nathaniel PALMER (1843-1881), Florence Elizabeth PALMER (1850-1885), Rachel Mary Ann PALMER (1852-1884) and Cordelia Fanny PALMER (1856-1894)
- Elizabeth TRELEAVEN’s parents: George TRELEAVEN (bap.1818, d.c. 1877) and Jane HODGE (1813-1867)
- Elizabeth TRELEAVEN’s brother: George Frederick TRELEAVEN (1850-1918)
Family of Henry Edwin PALMER and Elizabeth Jane (Ginny) TRELEAVEN
| Husband: | Henry Edwin PALMER (1858-1940) |
| Wife: | Elizabeth Jane (Ginny) TRELEAVEN (1854-1943) |
| Children: | Frederick Percival (Percy) PALMER (1879-1947) |
| May PALMER (1881-bef1891) |
| Ethel Mary PALMER (1882-c. 1958) |
| Emma Ida PALMER (1883-1950) |
| Marriage | 8 May 1879 | St Peters Church, Paddington |
Husband: Henry Edwin PALMER
| Name: | Henry Edwin PALMER |
| Sex: | Male |
| Father: | Charles PALMER (bap.1818, d.1907) |
| Mother: | Mary Ann Ash TINGCOMBE (1817-1904) |
| Birth | 28 Sep 1858 | 44 Clowance Street, Devonport |
| Occupation | 1881 (age 22-23) | Grocers Assistant |
| Occupation | btw 1891 and 1901 (age 32-43) | Agent for Glove manufacturer |
| Death | 24 Dec 1940 (age 82) | Fern Cottage, Carbis Bay1,2 |
| Cause: Cerebral Thrombosis and Senile Dementia |
Wife: Elizabeth Jane (Ginny) TRELEAVEN
| Name: | Elizabeth Jane (Ginny) TRELEAVEN |
| Sex: | Female |
| Father: | George TRELEAVEN (bap.1818, d.c. 1877) |
| Mother: | Jane HODGE (1813-1867) |
| Birth | 25 Jul 1854 | 23 Claremont Street, Plymouth |
| Baptism | 13 Feb 1862 (age 7) | St Peter’s, Plymouth |
| Residence | 1871 (age 16-17) | Shoreditch – living with her half sister Caroline Hosking Aged 15 |
| Death | Q2 1943 (age 88) | Penzance |
Child 1: Frederick Percival (Percy) PALMER
| Name: | Frederick Percival (Percy) PALMER |
| Sex: | Male |
| Spouse: | Bessie Caroline SCOTCHER (1886-1968) |
| Birth | 30 Nov 1879 | Bayswater |
| Residence | 1881 (age 1-2) | Living back with parents and grandparents in Plymouth |
| Residence | 1891 (age 11-12) | Living with Aunt Emma Jane Edwards (half sister of Ginny Treleaven) |
| Residence | 1901 (age 21-22) | Living with Aunt Mary M Palmer in Stoke Damerel |
| Death | 11 Jul 1947 (age 67) | Carbis Bay, Cornwall3 |
Child 2: May PALMER
| Name: | May PALMER |
| Sex: | Female |
| Birth | 1881 | |
| Death | bef 1891 (age 9-10) | |
Child 3: Ethel Mary PALMER
| Name: | Ethel Mary PALMER |
| Sex: | Female |
| Spouse: | Arthur SHAW (1883-1916) |
| Birth | 1882 | Plymouth, Devon |
| Death | c. 1958 (age 75-76) | |
Child 4: Emma Ida PALMER
| Name: | Emma Ida PALMER |
| Sex: | Female |
| Spouse: | William Henry MORGAN (1880-1947) |
| Birth | btw 22 Oct 1883 and 24 Oct 1883 | 108 Ladbroke Grove Road, Notting Hill |
| Medical Condition | | Suffered from rIcketts as a child |
| Death | 15 Jan 1950 (age 66) | King George Hospital, Ilford |
Sources
| 2 | Photos dated 1940 He and Ginny are still alive. |
| 3 | “Buried Lelant cemetery Grave 206”. Text From Source: Southern Cemetery – “my husband” |