Valentine Frank Culmer 1894 - 1962

An electric hammer driver and the child of Charles Culmer (a coal dealer) and Mary Lawrence, Valentine Culmer, the second cousin twice-removed on the mother's side of Nigel Horne, was born in Faversham, Kent, England on 14 Oct 18941,2,3,4, was baptised there at St Mary Of Charity Church, Church Road on 2 Dec 1894 and married Sarah Button (with whom he had 1 child, Edwin John) in Milton, Kent, England c. Aug 19216.

During his life, he was living at 19 Cecil Avenue, Strood, Kent on 31 Mar 19011; at 39 Cross Street, Strood, Kent on 2 Apr 19117; at 60 Prospect Vale, Woolwich, London, England in 1937 and on 29 Sep 19392; and at 246 Chipperfield Road, St Pauls Cray, Kent in 1962. .

He died on 20 Jul 1962 at Orpington Hospital, Bromley, Kent4,5. He served in the military in France from 25 Oct 1915 to 18 Apr 1918 (regiment: Royal West Kent Regiment; Service number: 10387).

Citations

1. 1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census - Findmypast (was age 6 and the son of the head of the household)
2. 1939 Register - Findmypast (was the head of the household)
3. England & Wales births 1837-2006 - Findmypast
4. England & Wales deaths 1837-2007 - Findmypast
5. England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1858-2019 - Findmypast
6. England & Wales Marriages 1837-2005 - Findmypast
7. 1911 Census for England & Wales - Findmypast (was age 16 and the son of the head of the household)

To be done

Residence record for 1937 contains no citation

Residence record for 1962 contains no citation

Location for 31 Mar 1901 (19 Cecil Avenue, Strood, Kent, England) differs from father's (Cecil Avenue, Strood, Kent, England)

Listed in the residence for 1937, but spouse Sarah Button is not

Listed in the residence for 1962, but spouse Sarah Button is not