Edward Owen Glanville

Male, ID #12435, b. 15 January 1895, d. 24 June 1981
FatherRanulph Edward Glanville (c 1851 - 1929)
MotherMary Jane Swanton (1854 - 1939)

Birth, Marriage and Death information

     Edward Owen Glanville was born on 15 January 1895 at Lustleigh, DEV, ENG; registered Newton Abbot.
     He was baptized on 21 April 1895 at Lustleigh, DEV, ENG, parents Ranulph Edward Glanville and Mary Jane.
     He married Violet Muriel Emily Warren-Boulton on 18 June 1921 at Edgbaston, Birmingham, WAR, ENG, (when age calculated as 26 years, 5 months and 3 days) registered Kings Norton, Worcs.
     He died on 24 June 1981 at Richmond upon Thames registered, SRY, ENG, (when age calculated as 86.)
     His estate was probated on 14 August 1981 indexed:
GLANVILLE, Edward Owen of 10 Bryanston Avenue Whitton Twickenham Middlesex died 24 Jun 1981 Probate Bristol 14 August £2672.

Other information

     On 8 December 1915 he attested into the Royal Flying Corps, later Royal Air Force. Height 5ft 7", chest 33inch, grey hair, green eyes, fresh complexion. He was transferred to reserves 11 March 1919 and discharged 30 April 1920. He later enlisted in Class B reserve for 4 years from 18 May 1939.
     On 6 September 1935 The London Gazette listed:
NOTICE is hereby given that the Partnership which has for some time past been carried on by Edward Owen Glanville and Gerald Glanville, under the style of B. E. GLANVILLE & SONS, at Bovey Tracey and Bridford, in the county of Devon, in the trade or business of Machinists and Agricultural Implement Engineers and Sellers and General Dealers of Fertilisers, Feeding Stuffs, Potatoes and Soft Goods, was, on the first day of August, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-five, dissolved by mutual consent, and that in future the said business, so far as concerns the department of Machinists and Agricultural Implement Engineers, will be carried on by the said Edward Owen Glanville, under the style of R. E. Glanville & Sons, and the said business, so far as concerns the department of General Dealers of Fertilisers, Feeding Stuffs, Potatoes and Soft Goods, will be carried on by the said Gerald Glanville in his own name.— As witness our hands this twenty-seventh day of August, one thousand nine hundred and thirtyfive.
E. 0. GLANVILLE,
G. GLANVILLE.

Address(es), Census(es) & Occupation(s)

  • Edward Owen Glanville appeared on the census of 31 March 1901 at Ellisnore Farm, Lustleigh, DEV, ENG; recorded age 6, living with his parents.
  • Edward was a marine engineering apprentice on 2 April 1911.
  • He appeared on the census of 2 April 1911 at Hampton Cottage, 30 Stations Road, Kings Norton, WOR, ENG; recorded age 16 boarding with William Edward and Julia Fanshawe Savery.
  • He was employed by TA Savery Co Ltd, Newcomen Works, Bracebridge St. Manchester, as an engineer on 8 December 1915.
  • Edward was an agricultural engineer on 18 May 1939.
  • Edward was an agricultural engineer, when named in Probate of Robert Glanville in 1947.
  • Edward was a mechanical engineer, when granted admin on his wife's estate in 1964.

Family

Violet Muriel Emily Warren-Boulton b. 30 Mar 1895, d. 28 Aug 1964
Children