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Caroline Edith Groves

Female Abt 1885 - Abt 1938  (53 years)

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  • Name Caroline Edith Groves  [1]
    Nickname Kathleen
    Birth Abt Aug 1885  Smethwick, Staffordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4, 5, 6] 
    • Aged 23 on 22 Apr 1908 (born Apr 1884-Apr 1885); 25 in 1911 (Apr 1885-Apr 1886); 35y 11m in Jun 1921 (Jun-Jul 1885); 52 at death in 1938 Q3. Born Smethwick (1891, 1901 and 1911 censuses), West Bromwich (1921).
    Gender Female
    Census 5 Apr 1891  Victoria Street, Smethwick, Harborne, Staffordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Age: 5 
    • Entered as “Carolene Ed.” at no. 49, written “do” beneath “Back 46 Victoria St”.
    1891 Census: Victoria Street, Smethwick, Harborne, Staffordshire    		 1891 Census: Victoria Street, Smethwick, Harborne, Staffordshire
    Census 31 Mar 1901  81 Oak Road, Christ Church, West Bromwich, Staffordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Age: 16 
    1901 Census: 81 Oak Road, Christ Church, West Bromwich, Staffordshire    		 1901 Census: 81 Oak Road, Christ Church, West Bromwich, Staffordshire
    Residence 22 Apr 1908  Alcester, Warwickshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Residence 29 Nov 1908  237 Oxhill Road, Handsworth, Staffordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Census 2 Apr 1911  Bridge Tavern, 18 Hunters Road, Aston Manor, Aston, Warwickshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    Age: 25 
    1911 Census: Bridge Tavern, 18 Hunters Road, Aston Manor, Aston, Warwickshire    		 1911 Census: Bridge Tavern, 18 Hunters Road, Aston Manor, Aston, Warwickshire
    Occupation 2 Apr 1911  [10] 
    Assistant in Business 
    Census 19 Jun 1921  74 Oxford Road, Chorlton upon Medlock, Manchester, Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [11] 
    Age: 35y 11m 
    1921 Census: 74 Oxford Road, Chorlton upon Medlock, Manchester, Lancashire    		 1921 Census: 74 Oxford Road, Chorlton upon Medlock, Manchester, Lancashire
    Occupation 19 Jun 1921  [11] 
    Assists in Business 
    Death Abt Aug 1938  Manchester North, Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Age: 52 
    Person ID I1458  Cocks/Baker
    Last Modified 2 Nov 2026

    Father George Groves
    Family ID F509  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family William Whitmore,   b. 13 Mar 1883, Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt Nov 1958, Hull, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years)  [12, 13, 14, 15]
    Marriage 22 Apr 1908  Holy Trinity Church, Arrow, Warwickshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [16] 
    Type: Banns 
    • William Bernard Whitmore, bachelor; Kathleen Edith Groves, spinster. Witnesses: George Henry Groves and George Groves.
    Marriage Record: William Bernard Whitmore and Kathleen Edith Groves (1908)    		 Marriage Record: William Bernard Whitmore and Kathleen Edith Groves (1908)
    Children 
     1. Kenneth Grove Whitmore,   b. 8 Nov 1908, Handsworth, Staffordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Hetty Kathleen Whitmore,   b. Abt Feb 1911, Alcester, Warwickshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt Feb 1911, Alcester, Warwickshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)
    +3. Norman Eli Whitmore,   b. 25 Apr 1912, Aston, Warwickshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Feb 1976, Beverley, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years)
    Family ID F495  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Nov 2026

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 22 Apr 1908 - Alcester, Warwickshire, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - Type: Banns - 22 Apr 1908 - Holy Trinity Church, Arrow, Warwickshire, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsChild - Hetty Kathleen Whitmore - Abt Feb 1911 - Alcester, Warwickshire, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - Age: 35y 11m - 19 Jun 1921 - 74 Oxford Road, Chorlton upon Medlock, Manchester, Lancashire, England Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Registered as Caroline Edith (1885 Q3, Kings Norton) and recorded as Caroline in the 1891 and 1901 censuses; married in 1908 as Kathleen Edith, and Kathleen or Katherine Edith from then on. The identification rests on her father George Groves, licensed victualler, named at her marriage and found at Alcester in 1911; her brother George Henry Groves, a witness at the marriage; and her birthplace, Smethwick. No separate Caroline Edith Groves has been found after 1901.

  • Sources 
    1. [S1195] Marriage Record: William Bernard Whitmore and Kathleen Edith Groves (1908), 22 Apr 1908, Arrow marriages 1900-1910 (DR 361/1), p. 124, no. 247, DR 361/1. (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S7] GRO Index, 1885 Q3, Kings Norton, Vol 6c, pg 454 (Reliability: 2).
      GROVES, CAROLINE EDITH; PARKER

    3. [S1195] Marriage Record: William Bernard Whitmore and Kathleen Edith Groves (1908), Arrow marriages 1900-1910 (DR 361/1), p. 124, no. 247, DR 361/1. (Reliability: 2).
      Aged 23 at her marriage on 22 Apr 1908.

    4. [S200] 1911 Census, RG 14/18270, schedule 1 (Reliability: 2).

    5. [S450] 1921 Census, RG 15/19124, ED 25, schedule 39 (Reliability: 2).

    6. [S7] GRO Index, 1938 Q3, Manchester North, Vol 8d, pg 573 (Reliability: 2).
      WHITMORE, Kathleen E; 52

    7. [S48] 1891 Census, 5 Apr 1891, RG 12/2366, f. 146, p. 36 (Reliability: 3).

    8. [S49] 1901 Census, 31 Mar 1901, RG 13/2720, f. 33, p. 10 (Reliability: 3).

    9. [S1200] Baptismal Record: Kenneth Grove Whitmore (1908), 29 Nov 1908, Handsworth St Mary baptisms 1908-1912, p. 18, no. 141 (Reliability: 3).

    10. [S200] 1911 Census, 2 Apr 1911, RG 14/18270, schedule 1 (Reliability: 3).

    11. [S450] 1921 Census, RG 15/19124, ED 25, schedule 39 (Reliability: 3).

    12. [S1130] Prisoner of War Index Card: Norman Bernard Whitmore (1942), WO 345/55, WO 345/55. (Reliability: 2).
      Names Norman’s father as William Bernard Whitmore. The mother named, Edith Whitmore, was his stepmother Edith (née Whitworth); Kathleen had died in 1938.

    13. [S450] 1921 Census, RG 15/19124, ED 25, schedule 39 (Reliability: 3).
      William B. and Katherine E. Whitmore, head and wife, with their son Norman E.

    14. [S200] 1911 Census, 2 Apr 1911, RG 14/18270, schedule 1 (Reliability: 3).
      William Bernard and Katherine Edith Whitmore, head and wife, with their son Kenneth Grove; married 3 years, 2 children born alive, 1 living, 1 dead.

    15. [S1200] Baptismal Record: Kenneth Grove Whitmore (1908), 29 Nov 1908, Handsworth St Mary baptisms 1908-1912, p. 18, no. 141 (Reliability: 3).
      Kenneth Grove, son of William Bernard and Kathleen Edith Whitmore.

    16. [S1195] Marriage Record: William Bernard Whitmore and Kathleen Edith Groves (1908), 22 Apr 1908, Arrow marriages 1900-1910 (DR 361/1), p. 124, no. 247; GRO 1908 Q2, Alcester, Vol 6d, pg 1311, DR 361/1. (Reliability: 3).