Ernest Norman Woodhurst


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Brief biography

Ernest Norman Woodhurst was born on June 30th 1913 to parents George Albert (1) Woodhurst and his wife Maria Zaira Amelia Nannelli [Birth Index: Romford 4a 1115, 1913 (Sept)].

He married Lily Constance (nee) Moore in 1937 [Marriage Index: Rochford 4a 1112, 1937 (Dec)]. Her birth reference (possibly delayed) may be [Birth Index: Romford 4a 989, 1916 (Dec)].

The National Register for England and Wales 1939 finds them living at 151, High Road in Chadwell Heath with their parents. Ernest Norman was occupied as a traveller selling tailor's silk piece goods whilst Lily Constance was occupied as a shorthand typist at Lloyds. His date of birth is given as June 30th 1913.

Ernest Norman and Lily Constance divorced in the 1940s.

He subsequently remarried in 1949 [Marriage Index: Ilford 5a 1115, 1949 (Sept)] to Doreen May (nee Jones) Mordan, who was born on October 15th 1918. She had previously married James R. W. Mordan in 1942 [Marriage Index: Ilford 4a 1138, 1942 (Dec)] and by him produced a son John.

Ernest Norman became a Director of Ulmann Frank & Co. Ltd., a textile company whose Managing Director was Eugene Ulmann, the husband of his sister Daisy M.Z.A.A.

Lily Constance also remarried; she evidently married Alfred E. Jones in 1954 [Marriage Index: 5a 797, 1954 (June)]. It is not known when she died, nor whether she had further marriages or partnerships.

Doreen May died in 1979 [Death Index: Redbridge 14 1297, 1979 (Dec)].

Ernest Norman died aged "87" in 2000 [Death Index: New Forest 2b Entry No. 171, 2000 (June) - DoB 30JE1913], having lived for some time at Lymington in Hampshire.

His child by Lily Constance Moore

  1. Richard David Woodhurst - [Birth Index: Ilford 4a 696, 1942 (June)]

Richard David married Elsie Anne Doyle (born in Dublin on April 24th 1940). Their daughter Tara Louise was born on March 1st 1971. Elsie died aged "66" in 2006 [Death Index: Bromley D52 Entry No. 024, 2006 (June) - DoB 24AP1940].

Doreen May's child by James R. W. Mordan

  1. John R. Mordan [Birth Index: Romford 4a 740, 1943 (Dec)]