Ernest Owen Pullman, maternal relative
Ernest Owen Pullman was born during July 1886 at 56 Hardness St, Ramsgate, Kent, England.
Ernest Owen was related to me on the Priday side of my family. The actual lineage is as follows:
- Ernest Owen Pullman 1886-1964 - Husband of 3rd cousin 1x removed
- Naomi Ruth Price 1890-1973 - Wife of Ernest Owen Pullman
- George Price 1864-1897 - Father of Naomi Ruth Price
- Maria Sheward 1840-1917 - Mother of George Price
- William Sheward 1810-1883 - Father of Maria Sheward
- Edward Sheward 1775-1853 - Father of William Sheward
- Richard Sheward 1817-1870 - Son of Edward Sheward
- Herbert Sheward 1843-1906 - Son of Richard Sheward
- Mary Louisa Sheward 1880-1967 - Daughter of Herbert Sheward
- Alice May Priday 1917-2009 - Daughter of Mary Louisa Sheward
- William G Hyde - Me!
Ernest Owen Pullman was the sixth child of Frederick Mintern Pullman & Ann Upham Sherred.
His Family
Frederick Mintern Pullman was born during January 1847 at 4 La Belle Alliance, Ramsgate, Kent, England and died on 6 October 1916 at 3 Arklow Terrace, Ramsgate.
Frederick owned a Fishing Smack and was a qualified Ship's Master. Frederick Mintern married Ann Upham Sherred during January 1870 in Ramsgate. Ann Upham Sherred was born during 1848 in Ramsgate.
Frederick Mintern & Ann Upham set up home initially aboard the Ocean Ranger (fishing vessel), where they were recorded as living in the North Sea off Kent, England in the 1871 Census, that must have been an interesting call for the collector!
They set about raising a family (possibly whilst still at sea):
- Elizabeth Ann Pullman (1873–?)
- Henry (Harry) Frederick Pullman (1873–1940)
- Sidney Frederick Herbert Pullman (1875–1953)
- Herbert Pullman Sr (1877–1916) - d. Flanders, Belgium
- Emily Ann Pullman (1879–1966)
- Ernest Owen Pullman (1886–1964)
- Tom Penny Pullman (1889–1917) d. 42 Casualty Clearing Station, Aubigny-en-Artois, France
- Leslie J Pullman (1899–1952)
By 1881 Frederick & Ann had bought a house at 56 Hardres St, Ramsgate.
After his wife, Ann Upham, died in October 1889, Frederick Mintern married Alice Maud White (1975-1954) in 1906 at Wanstead, Essex.
Alice Maud moved down to Ramsgate and together they had a child - Freda May Pullman (1906-1999).
Frederick Mintern Pullman died on 6 October 1916 at 3 Arklow Terrace, Ramsgate and left his Fishing Smack & business to another local Fishing Smack owner, Henry Lepper Summers.
After Frederick Mintern's death, Alice Maud married Alfred George Whitmore, in January 1919 and moved to Coulsdon, Surrey. Alice Maud died on 6 January 1954 in Ilford, Essex.
His Life
Ernest Owen Pullman grew up at 56 Hardnes St, Ramsgate and went to school locally, eventually becoming a Fish Salesman.
In the April 1911 Census, taken on 2nd of April, Ernest Owen Pullman was living at 20 Sailsbury Avenue, Ramsgate, the household of his sister Emily & her husband Charles Arthur White. Ernest Owen Pullman was described as being a Fish Salesman.
On 19 June 1911, he married Naomi Ruth Price at the Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, St Laurence, Ramsgate.
Naomi Ruth Price was born on 14 January 1890 at 2 Oakland Villas, St Lawrence, Ramsgate. Her father, George Price, was a direct relative of the Sheward family & my maternal grandmother. George Price was found dead at the foot of the cliff, Pegwell Bay, Ramsgate on 22 January 1897. Naomi Ruth's mother, Alice Ruth Pritchard, married Robert Harris (milkman) and Naomi Ruth was raised in the Harris household at 5 Cornwall Terrace, Ramsgate.
Ernest Owen Pullman and Naomi Ruth Price set up home at her stepfather's home, 5 Cornwall Terrace, Ramsgate. Their own daughter, Muriel Ruth, was born on 5 September 1919 however they also adopted a child from Robert Harris, Wilfred Foreman May, who was born 29 May 1912 in Ramsgate.
His Military
Ernest Owen Pullman enlisted in the Army on the 5 February 1915 and joined the Royal Engineers as a Sapper. His Regimental Number was 68077. He joined the Inland Waterways & Dock Companies and was soon promoted to Lance Corporal (6 Feb 1915). He embarked for France on 6 March 1915 and in the theatre was appointed Acting Second Corporal on 30 March 1916 and again appointed Acting Corporal on 2 December 1917. He was ultimately discharged from service on 9 February 1919 and transferred to the Royal Engineers Reserve.
At the time he joined the Army, Ernest Owen Pullman was described as being a Fishmonger.
His Death
Ernest Owen Pullman died at 92 South Eastern Rd, Ramsgate on 24 June 1964 and left £513.00 to his daughter Muriel Ruth Pritchard Judd (who by then was a widow). His wife, Naomi Ruth died in Ramsgate during September 1973.