George and Annie Upton

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(generation 20 G&AU George = Annie)

George was born during 1840 at Burton on Trent, Staffordshire the son of John and Esther Whitehouse and the grandson of William and Martha Uglow. George was in the Brewing, Wine and Spirit trade all his life. When he was 20 years old he was recorded as a Brewer’s Clerk in Burton on Trent but by a decade later, when he was 30, he had become Manager of the Midland Brewery Company in Loughborough, Leicestershire. After being there for approximately 20 years George resigned and subsequently moved to Nottingham during 1892 or 1893. After some other ventures George took over ‘Weaver’s Vaults’ during 1897 beginning the family firm of Weavers Wine and Spirit Merchants which still exists in Nottingham today.

During 1872 when he was 31 years old George married Anne Upton, age 21 at the parish church of Whitwick, Leicestershire. Anne, always known as ‘Annie’, was a daughter of Job Upton, Farmer of Whitwick Field, and his wife Sarah who had at least ten children, six girls and four boys. George and Annie had eight children, five sons and three daughters, all born Loughborough except the youngest who was born in Nottingham.

George died in Nottingham during 1907 when he was 66 years old whilst Annie did not die until 1943, age 93.

• son George Albert was born in Loughborough, Leicestershire during 1873. He worked all his life in the family Wine and Spirits business. During 1901, when he was 28 years old, he married Florence Dale, who was about a year younger, in Lenton, Nottingham. George Albert and Florence had three children, all sons. George Albert died in Nottingham during 1932, age 59. Florence died in Chilwell, Nottinghamshire, age 80, during 1955.
  
  
• son William Upton was born during 1874 in Loughborough. William was a Stockbroker with his own business in Nottingham. During 1911 he married Alice Sarah Sellars in London. She was then 23 and he was 37 years old. William and Alice had two children, a son and a daughter. William died in Nottingham during 1942 and Alice died there during 1974.
  
  
• son John Henry was born during 1875 in Loughborough. John was an Accountant with his own business in Nottingham. During 1908, when he was 33 years old, he married Ethel Margaret Paget who was then 27 years old. John and Ethel had three children, a son and two daughters. Ethel died during 1935 at Radcliffe, Nottinghamshire and John died there during 1956.
  
  
• daughter Annie Esther was born during 1877 in Loughborough. She was known as ‘Ethel’ and remained a spinster all her life, living with her two sisters after her parents’ deaths. She died in Nottingham during 1958 age 80.
  
  
• daughter Mary Isabel was born during 1879 in Loughborough. She was known as ‘Minnie’ and remained a spinster all her life, living with her two sisters after her parents’ deaths. She died in Nottingham during 1951 age 72.
  
  
• daughter Edith Gertrude was born during 1882 in Loughborough. She was known as ‘Daisy’ and remained a spinster all her life, living with her two sisters after her parents’ deaths. She died in Nottingham during 1956 age 74.
  
  
• son Reginald Ernest was born during 1889 in Loughborough. ‘Reg’, as he was known, was a Chartered Accountant. During the First World War he was a Lieutenant in the Royal Field Artillery on the Western Front and was awarded the M.C. and D.S.O for ‘conspicuous gallantry’ but sustained serious injuries in action. During late 1917, when he was 28 years old, he married Gladys Amy Brutnell, who was a year or so younger. Reg and Gladys had one son. Reg died, age only 29, in Sidcup Military Hospital, Kent during 1918 not long after the Armistice. Gladys died in Nottingham during 1960, age 72.
  
  
• son Sidney Charles was born during 1898 in Nottingham. Just before his eighteenth birthday he applied for Army Service, was mobilized about six months later. He became a 2nd Lieutenant in the Sherwood Foresters and was sent out to Salonika early during 1918. He was killed in action there shortly before the Armistice in that region and a week before his 20th birthday. He has no known grave but his name is recorded on the Dorian Memorial in Greece close to the frontier with what was Yugoslavia.