| Name |
Barbara Joy GADD |
| Birth |
23 Jan 1914 |
13 Hartington Park, Redland Green, Bristol  |
| Gender |
Female |
| Event |
28 May 1925 |
Ford Memorial Hall, Bedminster, Bristol |
| The performers at the Empire Day social and dance include Madam Eva Hartshorne and her nieces, Muriel and Barbara Gadd. |
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Gadd and Hartshorne perform for Empire Day
The performers at the Empire Day social and dance at Ford Memorial Hall, Bedminster include Madam Eva Hartshorne and her nieces, Muriel and Barbara Gadd. |
| Event |
1930 |
| Pass at Senior Level recorded in the Poetry Society's "Poetry Review" [Snippet from Google Books] |
| Event |
Jul 1931 |
| Higher School Certificate Examination [Snippet from Google Books] |
| Event |
12 Jul 1932 |
Bristol |
| Commended in the Poetry Society's "Poetry Review", a national publication. [Snippet from Google Books] |
| Education |
1935 |
University of London (Holloway) |
| Awarded IIii in English. [The Review of English Studies, Vol. 11, No. 44 (Oct., 1935), p509] |
| Event |
11 Sep 1938 |
| Made application to Baptist Missionary Society |
![Handwritten application to Baptist Missionary Society [large file >3MB]](img/documents_thumb.png "Handwritten application to Baptist Missionary Society [large file >3MB]") |
Handwritten application to Baptist Missionary Society [large file >3MB]
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| Event |
02 Aug 1940 |
| Barbara expresses in a letter to "Miss BOWSER" doubts about her calling to be a Baptist Missionary. |
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Extract from letter written by Barbara GADD to Miss BOWSER.
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| Occupation |
1941-1943 |
Stoke Park Secondary School, Coventry |
| Worked as Assistant Mistress whilst awaiting a posting by the Baptist Missionary Society. |
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Reference from S W Michell, Headmistress
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| Residence |
Jan 1944 - end 1951 |
Ceylon |
| Residence |
1955 |
40 Leda Avenue, Whitchurch, Bristol |
| Listed in Phonebook |
| Event |
1958 |
| Recorded in "Journal of Education": "ROYAL HOLLOWAY COLLEGE, ENGLEFIELD GREEN Exhibition for English : Barbara Gadd (Colston's Girls' School, Bristol)." [Snippet from Google Books] |
| Residence |
1995 |
Colton's Cottages, York, Yorkshire |
| Death |
07 Dec 2007 |
| Age: 93 |
- She had probably had a slight stroke that caused her to fall a few weeks before her death, but was fit enough to have an operation to fix a fracture. But she became somewhat confused. Penny GAY spent the last few weeks with her, and said that Barbara was ready to go. But she insisted that she didn’t want any family round her death bed – true to form, she didn’t want to be bothered by people gawping at her when she was trying to get on with dying!
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| Cremated |
18 Dec 2007 |
Weston-super-Mare Crematorium, Worle, Somerset |
| Occupation |
BaptistMissionary/Teacher |
| Notes |
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| Person ID |
I49 |
Gadd |
| Last Modified |
12 Oct 2023 |
| Father |
George Francis GADD, b. 21 Apr 1878, 47 Thrissell St., St. Philip's, Bristol d. 10 Apr 1965, Homeopathic Hospital, Bristol (Age 86 years) |
| Mother |
Flora Jessie HARTSHORNE, b. 4 Jul 1878, 2 Montgomery Street, Bedminster, Bristol d. 15 Aug 1932, Bristol, Gloucestershire (Age 54 years) |
| Marriage |
15 Sep 1903 |
Old King Street Baptist Church, Bristol |
- The ceremony was performed by James Moffat LOGAN, who had left Old King Street in January 1903 to take up an appointment in Accrington. It may be that the LOGANs were family friends - indeed, when Mrs LOGAN was a widow she would join the GADDs in their premises overlooking Park Street on the occasion of Royal visits to Bristol.
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GADD-HARTSHORNE marriage certificate
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| Event |
Abt 16 Sep 1905 - 30 Sep 1905 |
| The couple spent the first week of their honeymoon in Weston-super-Mare (accompanied by the bride's father), then spent a week in Guernsey. [Source: Barbara GADD] |
| Photos
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 | Postcard of Ellbroad Street
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 | Old King Street Baptist Church (1815-1956)
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 | George & Jessie GADD, probably with daughter Muriel
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 | Jessie (HARTSHORNE) GADD with sister and children on beach
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 | Muriel and John GADD as children
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 | Muriel, John and Barbara GADD as children
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| Histories |
| History of Old King Street Baptist Church, pt.2
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| Family ID |
F5 |
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