John Edwin Ernest Horn 1894 - 1939

A labourer and the child of Herbert Horn (a carter) and Mabel Gibson, John Ernest, the second cousin twice-removed on the father's side of Nigel Horne, was born in Margate, Kent, England on 21 Mar 18941 and baptised there at St John The Baptist Church on 16 Apr 1894.

During his life, he was living at 6 Grange Road, Margate on 31 Mar 19014 - less than a mile from his first cousin once-removed on his father's side Isaac Horne and mother Mabel Gibson who were living at 1 Welbeck Terrace, Reading Street, St Peters, Thanet, Kent, England and his first cousin once-removed on his father's side Emily Horne who was living at 1 Welbeck Terrace, Reading Street, St Peters, Thanet, Kent, England, and at 84 Byron Road, Margate on 2 Apr 19115 - less than a mile from his first cousin once-removed on his father's side Caroline who was living at 23 Northdown Road, St Peters, Thanet, Kent, England and his first cousin once-removed on his father's side Isaac Horne who was living at 23 Victoria Avenue, Northdown, Margate, Kent, England,.

He died on 3 Feb 1939 at Naval Hospital, Portland Harbour, Portland, Dorset, England2,3 (multiple burns from accident on HMS Sheldrake). He served in the military from 22 Jan 1913 to 6 Sept 1928 (Royal Navy). John Edwin Ernest Horn appeared in the Birmingham Daily Post on 6 Mar 1939.

Citations

1. Kent, Canterbury Archdeaconry baptisms 1538-1912 - Findmypast
2. England & Wales deaths 1837-2007 - Findmypast
3. UK, British Army and Navy Birth, Marriage and Death Records
4. 1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census - Findmypast (was age 7 and the son of the head of the household)
5. 1911 Census for England & Wales - Findmypast (was age 17 and the son of the head of the household)

To be done

1939 UK register information missing

Location for the event between 22 Jan 1913 and 6 Sep 1928 is empty