Curley, William Robert

Birth Name Curley, William Robert
Gender male
Age at Death 85 years, 9 months, 21 days

Notes

Note

William Robert Curley - what caused him seek out emergency travel from South Africa to England? And what caused to move to Essex?

Events

Event Date Place Description Sources
Birth 23 May 1922 South Shields, Co. Durham Birth of William Robert Curley 1a 2a
Residence Sep 1939 9 Fontburn Terrace, North Shields, Northumberland 1939 Register: William Robert Curley (Marine engineer apprentice) with parents 1a
Immigration 24 Nov 1944 New York, New York, United States of America Arrival of William Robert Curley, Fourth Engineer, New York, 1944: British Chancellor 3a
Note

Arrival of William Robert Curley, New York, 1944: I think that the SS British Chancellor was an oil tanker belonging to the British Tanker Co. Ltd.

Immigration 20 Apr 1947 New York, New York, United States of America Arrival of William Robert Curley: New York, 1947, by air 3b
Note

Arrival of William Robert Curley, New York, 1945: Flown by Standard Oil Company New Jersey (address 30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York City) for 90 training purposes, staying in the Hotel President.

Occupation: Making engineer

Height: 5ft 8 inches, sallow complexion, black hair, brown eyes

Residence 20 Apr 1947 35 St Georges Road, Culllercoats, Tynemouth, Northumberland Residence of William Robert Curley, as stated on arrival in New York, 1947 3b
Residence 26 Jan 1956 53 Monkhouse Avenue, Mardon Estate, North Shields, Northumberland William Robery Curley, Chief Engineer, on arrival in Plymouth, 1956, City of Exeter 4a
Death 13 Mar 2008 Ingatestone, Essex Death of William Robert Curley 5a

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father Curley, Robert31 May 1895Oct 1954
Mother Wetherell, Wilhelmina Emma20 Sep 18933 Feb 1972
         Curley, William Robert 23 May 1922 13 Mar 2008

Families

Family of Curley, William Robert and Watson, Joan E
Married Wife Watson, Joan E ( * Jul 1925 + ... )
 
Event Date Place Description Sources
Marriage Oct 1945 South Shields, Co. Durham Marriage of William Robert Curley and Joan E. Watson 6a

Pedigree

  1. Curley, Robert
    1. Wetherell, Wilhelmina Emma
      1. Curley, William Robert
        1. Watson, Joan E

Source References

  1. Crown copyright images reproduced by courtesy of TNA, London England. 1939 Register (Series RG101), The National Archives, Kew, London, England.: 1939 England and Wales Register
      • Date: 29 Sep 1939
      • Page: 1939 Register: Wilhelina E Wetherell and family: Tynemouth, Line 12, Schedule 113 Sub-sched 2, District Gbao, District 559/1
      • 1939 Register Wilhelmina E Wetherll and family
  2. General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes. London, England: General Register Office. © Crown copyright: England & Wales, Birth Index: 1916-2007
      • Date: 23 May 1922
      • Page: Birth of William Robert Curley: South Shields Volume 10a Page 1493
      • Birth of William Robert Curley
  3. Records of the U.S. Customs Service, National Archives at Washington, D.C: New York, US., Arriving Passenger and Crew Lists, 1820-1960
      • Date: 24 Nov 1944
      • Page: Arrival of William Robert Curley: "British Chancellor", from Newcastle
      • William Robert Curley, on arrival 1944
      • Date: 20 Apr 1947
      • Page: Arrival of William Robert Curley, by American Overseas Airlines, Flight Nc 90924
      • William Robert Curley, on arrival 1945
  4. Board of Trade: Commercial and Statistical Department: The National Archives of the UK.: UK and Ireland, Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960
      • Date: 26 Jan 1956
      • Page: Arrival of William Robert Curley: "City of Exeter", Ellerman Lines, 1770/01
      • William Robert Curley, Jan 1956, on arrival
      • Citation:

        Arrival of William Robert Curley 1956: Arrived from South Africa "DBS" which means Distressed British Seaman given passage home after a shipwreck or sickness or 'One who is left without a berth, ill or without funds in a foreign port. Typically a DBS would be a seaman who was travelling after having his ship torpedoed or lost through other forms of enemy action.'

  5. Greypower Deceased Data; Compiled By Wilmington Millennium; West Yorkshire: England and Wales, Death Index, 1989 - 2021
      • Date: 13 Mar 2008
      • Page: Death of William Robert Corley: Ingatestone, Essex, CM4
      • Citation:

        Death of William Robert Curley: there is no image for this citation.
        Name: Mr William Robert Curley
        Gender: Male
        Age: 86
        Birth Date: 23 May 1922
        Last Residence: Ingatestone, Essex, England
        Postal Code District: Cm4
        Death Date: 13 Mar 2008

  6. General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes. London, England: General Register Office. © Crown copyright.: England & Wales, Marriage Index, 1916 - 2005
      • Date: Oct 1945
      • Page: Marriage of William Robert Curley and Joan E. Watson: South Shields Volume 10a Page 1863
      • Marriage of William Robert Curley and Joan E Watson