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Genealogical researched completed by Terry Meinke in preparation for her book "My Avery Needle Case Collection", a book on Victorian Brass Needle Cases published in April 2012.
1) Correspondence dated 15 December 1922 from Harold Avery which mentions his book "The Prefects Patrol" and lists Wyndcliffe, Hornyold Road, Malvern as the return address. Found on an internet auction website, www.historyforsale.com in March 2011
2) Birth certificates: Charles Harold Avery, William Harold Avery
3) Birth Index: 1837-1915 England and Wales Free BMD Birth Index: A search of the birth index for all persons named Charles Avery, Charles Harold Avery and Harold Avery born between 1862 and 1872 was undertaken. Only one individual was found.
4) Marriage certificates: William Avery, Charles Harold Avery
5) Death certificates: William Avery, Maria Proctor Avery, John Avery, Catherine Avery, Charles Avery, Joseph Avery, Benjamin Avery, Winifred Avery, William Harold Avery
6) Death Index: 1916-2005 England and Wales Free BMD Death Index: William Harold Avery’s death certificate does not list his parents. A search of the death index for all persons named William Harold Avery and William H. Avery born between 1902 and 1912 was undertaken. There were only two men born between 1905 and 1911, one was born in 1907 and the other in 1908. The one born in 1908 in Coventry appears to die in Coventry in 1965. The one born in 1907 in Malvern appears to die in Torbay in 1971.
7) Wills: John Avery, Catherine Avery, William Avery, Benjamin Ricardo Avery
8) Obituaries: William Avery, Joseph Avery. In William Avery's obituary, Harold Avery is listed as a son. In Joseph Avery's obituary, Mr. Harold Avery is listed as a nephew and popular writer of boys' school stories
9) Property transfer: Records at the Worcestershire Record Office. Files 705:414/8189/34/ii 1883-1913 and 705:414/8779/11/iv/5-11 1861-1914 related to the sale of Sherborne Cottage to J. English & Son Ltd.
10) Census: 1871, 1881, 1891, 1901, 1911 UK Censuses
- No Surrender!, Harold Avery. Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd, London, 7th Printing (1951).
- Dictionary of British Children's Fiction, A.K. Helbig and A.R. Perkins. Greenwood Press, UK, (1989).
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