See also
| Husband: | Henry HEARD (1910-1986) | |
| Wife: | Cecilia Anne O'CONNELL (1915-1980) | |
| Children: | Alan Henry HEARD (1938-1986) | |
| Carole Anne HEARD (1939-1970) | ||
| Michael P HEARD (1945-1951) | ||
| PRIVATE ( - ) | ||
| Marriage | 27 Jun 1938 | Essex South Western Register Office, Essex |
| They were living at 31 Marlborough Road, South Woodford, Essex | ||
| Name: | Henry HEARD1 | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Father: | Harry HEARD (1879-1916) | |
| Mother: | Britannia HOADLEY (1884-1972) | |
| Birth | 16 Feb 1910 | Plaistow, Essex, England |
| Census | 2 Apr 1911 (age 1) | West Ham, London, England1 |
| 71 Denmark Street, Barking Road, Plaistow | ||
| Occupation | 1938 (age 27-28) | Coal porter; South Woodford, Essex, England |
| 31 Marlborough Road | ||
| Census | 29 Sep 1939 (age 29) | South Woodford, Essex, England2 |
| 123 Chigwell Road, E18 | ||
| Occupation | 29 Sep 1939 (age 29) | Labourer( trenches) Heavy worker; South Woodford, Essex, England2 |
| Death | 20 Aug 1986 (age 76) | Plaistow, Essex, England3 |
| Cause: Ischaemic Heart Disease certified after post mortem, without inquest. Address: Newham Hospital, Plaistow E13 He was found to be dead on arrival at Newham Hospital, Plaistow. His birth was incorrectly recorded as 11 February 1912 on his death certificate. informant was his daughter-in-law Valerie Margaret Heard of 7 Radley Terrace, Hermit Road, Canning Town E.16. "Alan died in 1986 aged 47 heart attack and within two months Mr Heard died; he had angina and I think had stopped taken his pills I think Mr Heard did not want to live when Alan died." |
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| Name: | Cecilia Anne O'CONNELL | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Father: | Maurice O'CONNELL (1881?-1921) | |
| Mother: | Caroline BRIMSON (1880?-1918) | |
| Birth | 12 Nov 1915 | |
| Census | 29 Sep 1939 (age 23) | South Woodford, Essex, England2 |
| 123 Chigwell Road, E18 | ||
| Occupation | 29 Sep 1939 (age 23) | Unpaid domestic duties; South Woodford, Essex, England2 |
| Death | Q3 1980 (age 64) | Poplar and Bethnal Green, London, England |
| Name: | Alan Henry HEARD | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Spouse: | Valerie Margaret JAYNES (1940-2001) | |
| Birth | 17 Oct 1938 | |
| Census | 29 Sep 1939 (age 0) | South Woodford, Essex, England2 |
| 123 Chigwell Road, E18 | ||
| Occupation | 29 Sep 1939 (age 0) | Under school age; South Woodford, Essex, England2 |
| Occupation | Royal Marine | |
| Occupation | 1985 (age 46-47) | Motor Mechanic |
| Death | 1986 (age 47) | Newham, London, England |
| Cause: Heart attack | ||
| Name: | Carole Anne HEARD | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Spouse: | PRIVATE ( - ) | |
| Birth | 8 Oct 1939 | Essex South Western Registration Diustrict, Essex |
| Death | Q4 1970 (age 30-31) | Westminster, London, England |
| Cause: Leukemia | ||
| Name: | Michael P HEARD | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Birth | Q2 1945 | West Ham, London, England |
| Death | Q3 1951 (age 6) | West Ham, London, England |
| Cause: Leukemia | ||
| Name: | PRIVATE | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Spouse: | PRIVATE ( - ) | |
"My father, Harry Heard, was based in Cornwall during the war and didn't know he had a problem with his hearing until being asked 'who goes there?'.... as he didn't hear this and kept going, he was shot at, the bullet richocheted past his head and buried itself in the wall ahead of him. He moved the family out to a village location when he joined the home guard to keep them safer as the decision had been taken not to evacuate the children. They rented a house but when he signed up, my mum gave the house up and returned to the East End as she wasn't at all happy being away from her beloved East End and family. They were bombed out of their home a number of times, Aunt Marie has told us they were bombed out five times in total. My family shared a house with my Grandmother, Britannia Heard in Ordnance Road - where I was born in 1954. Aunt Marie told me the a story that at the age of around 15, she and a friend were walking arm in arm down the street when suddenly they were knocked to the ground by an ARP Warden. Seconds later a Doodlebug fell from the sky exploding near them and covered them with glass and pieces of brick. My mum told me that when they flew over, the noise from the rocket sounded like it was saying "I'm coming, I'm coming, I'm coming....." then silence."
"Harry used to do a little tap type dance, blow a mouth organ and play the spoons." "My lasting memory of my dad is hearing him sing to my mum If I had my life to live over, I'd still fall in love with you by The Dinning Sisters. Despite her illness in latter years, my dad remained deeply devoted to her."3
"My mother, Cecilia O'Connell, spent some of her latter years in respite care during the week at Goodmayes Psychiatric Hospital, and returned home at weekends. She was suffering depression having lost two of her children, Michael at age 6 and Carole at age 31. Aunt Marie has told my wife Jackie and I that she was never the same after this, my Aunt Marie loved my mum dearly and has shared many memories of her as a younger lady as she too lived in the same house as the family. I did believe my Grandfather Maurice O'Connell had died in WWI until research from this site has shown otherwise. My mum was in an orphanage with at least some of her siblings from age 6 when her father passed away" She always maintained that her name was Celia, not Cecilia, though her birth registration and other documents always were in the name of Cecilia. In practice she was always known as Anne.3
| 1 | "Census 1911 West Ham, London, England RG14PN9516 RG78PN508 RD188 SD4 ED46 SN193 (Henry (Harry) Heard)" (RG14PN9516 RG78PN508 RD188 SD4 ED46 SN193). |
| Text From Source: Name,Relation,Sex,Age,Married,Years,Chd Born,Chd Living,Chd Died,Occupation,Industry,Employ Status,At Home,Where Born,Nationality,Infirmity Harry Heard,Head,M,30,M,,,,,Dock Labourer,,,,Exeter St Mary Major, Devon, England,, Britannia Heard,Wife,F,28,M,4,2,1,1,,,,,Plaistow, Essex, England,, Harry Heard,Son,M,1,S,,,,,,,,,Plaistow, Essex, England,, |
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| 2 | "Census 1939 South Woodford, Essex, England 1939 register (Henry Heard)" (1939 register). |
| Text From Source: Name of person,Status,Gender,Birthdate,Condition,Occupation,Comments Henry Heard,,M,16 Feb 1910,M,Labourer( trenches) Heavy worker, Cecilia Annie Heard,,F,12 Nov 1915,M,Unpaid domestic duties, Alan H Heard,,M,17 Oct 1938,S,Under school age, |
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| 3 | "Emails from the family to N.Heard". |