Valetta Agnes Sharples

1890 - 1962  (71 years)

• Name	Valetta Agnes Sharples
  Birth	6 Sep 1890	Valletta, Malta   [1, 2, 3]
  	Regiment: 3rd Hussars Place: Calcutta Country: Indian Subcontinent Year: 1890 Volume: 257 Page: 65 Record source: GRO Regimental Birth Indices (1761 to 1924)
  Christening	2 Oct 1890	Calcutta, Bengal, India   [1, 3]
  	Name: Veletta Agnes Sharples Birth date: 6 Sep 1890 Baptism date: 2 Oct 1890 Place: Fort William, St Peter Presidency: Bengal Father's name: Alfred George Sharples Mother's name: Agnes Sarah Abode: Hastings Quality, Trade, or Profession: Sub-conductor Commissariat department Archive reference: N-1-214 Folio: 282 Catalogue descriptions: Parish register transcripts from the Presidency of Bengal
  Gender	Female
  Arrival	23 Oct 1931	London, England   [4]
  	from Bombay, India Destination: London, England Shipping Line: Peninsula and Orient Steam Navigation Company Ltd Ship Name: Rawalpindi Passengers: Mrs Valetta Stringer (41) Landing card: 110 Class: 2 Address: 2 Rutland Gate, Blackpool Country of last permanent residence: India Country of intended future permanent residence: England Arrival date: 23 October 1931
  Departure	5 Nov 1931	London, England   [5]
  	to India, Destination: Bombay Port of departure: London Line: P. and O.S.N.Co. Name of Ship: Viceroy of India Class: 2 Address: Fairlight, Jaycroft Road, Burnham-on-Sea Passengers: Valetta Stringer (41) Country of intended future permanent residence: India
  Arrival	28 Mar 1933	Liverpool, Lancashire, England   [6]
  	from Bombay, India Destination: Liverpool, England Shipping Line: Anchor Ship Name: California Passengers: Henry Stringer (44), Inspector Valetta Stringer (43), Housewife Dorothy Stringer (24) Barbara Stringer (6) Sheila Stringer (5) Class: Tour Address: 116 King St. West, Stockport Country of last permanent residence: India Country of intended future permanent residence: Other parts of the British Empire Arrival date: 28 March 1933
  Departure	10 Oct 1933	Liverpool, Lancashire, England   [7]
  	to Bombay, India Port of departure: Liverpool Line: Anchor Name of Ship: California Class: T/C Contract ticket number: L01478 Address: 116 King St West, Stockport, Cheshire Passengers: Henry Stringer (44), E I Rly Inspector Valetta Stringer (43), Housewife Dorothy Stringer (24) Barbara Stringer (7) Sheila Stringer (5) Country of last permanent residence: Other Parts of the British Empire Country of intended future permanent residence: India
  Death	1962	Watford, Hertfordshire, England   [8]
  Notes	Name also recorded as Veletta, Veleta, Valletta
  Person ID	I9628	Gilbert
  Last Modified	1 Nov 2022

  
  

  Father	Alfred George Sharples,   b. 1850, Cadley, Lancashire, England d. 12 Jun 1907, Calcutta, Bengal, India (Age 57 years)
  Mother	Agnes Sarah Tanner,   b. 1870, Shorncliffe, Kent, England d. 6 Sep 1892, Lahore, Punjab, India (Age 22 years)
  Marriage	12 Oct 1885	Agra, Bengal, India
  Family ID	F7177	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	William George Mott,   b. Abt 1884   d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	3 Feb 1907	Dhurrumtollah, Bengal, India   [9]
  	Marriage date: 3 Feb 1907 Place: Dhurrumtollah Presidency: Bengal By: License Groom: William Geo Mott, 23, Bachelor, Fitter, Kanchrapara, Father - William Robt Mott Bride: Valetta Agnes Sharples, 16, Spinster, Kanchrapara, Father - Alfred Geo Sharples Witnesses: W E Watts, A Sharples Catalogue description: Parish register transcripts from the Presidency of Bengal, : 1713-1948 Archive reference: N-1-339 Folio number: 32
  Divorce	Yes, date unknown  [10]
  	Divorcee at date of marriage to Henry Lawrence Stringer - 9 Aug 1921
  Children	1. William George Alfred Mott,   b. 10 Aug 1907, Dhurrumtollah, Bengal, India d. 4 Jan 1908, Calcutta, Bengal, India (Age 0 years) + 2. Dorothy Valetta Helen Mott,   b. 13 Jan 1909, Calcutta, Bengal, India d. 15 Mar 1982, Wandsworth, London, England (Age 73 years)   3. Agnes Margaret Mabel Mott,   b. 3 Jan 1910, Calcutta, Bengal, India d. Yes, date unknown   4. Hazel Cyril George Mott,   b. 2 Sep 1912   d. 21 May 1917 (Age 4 years)   5. Ivan Harold William Mott,   b. 10 May 1914, Kurseong, Bengal, India d. 16 Oct 1915, Kurseong, Bengal, India (Age 1 year)
  Family ID	F7173	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Dec 2017

  
  

  Family 2	Henry Lawrence Stringer,   b. 14 Mar 1889, Mhow, Bengal, India d. 8 May 1939, Benares, Bengal, India (Age 50 years)
  Marriage	9 Aug 1921	Calcutta, Bengal, India   [10]
  	Marriage date: 9 Aug 1921 Place: Methodist Episcopal Church, Calcutta Presidency: Bengal Groom: Henry Lawrence Stringer, 32, Bachelor, Broker, Calcutta, Father - Thomas Walker Stringer Bride: Agnes Raletta Mott, 30, Divorcee, Calcutta, Father - Alfred George Sharples Catalogue description: Parish register transcripts from the Presidency of Bengal, : 1713-1948 Archive reference: N-1-455 Folio number: 90 Entry number: 100
  Children	1. Barbara Hazel Stringer,   b. 19 Apr 1926, Benares, Bengal, India d. 6 Feb 2011, Blackpool, Lancashire, England (Age 84 years)   2. Sheila Eleanor Stringer,   b. 14 Oct 1927, Benares, Bengal, India d. 2002, Hitchin and Stevenage, Hertfordshire, England (Age 74 years)
  Family ID	F7174	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Jul 2017

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 6 Sep 1890 - Valletta, Malta Christening - 2 Oct 1890 - Calcutta, Bengal, India Marriage - 3 Feb 1907 - Dhurrumtollah, Bengal, India Marriage - 9 Aug 1921 - Calcutta, Bengal, India Arrival - 23 Oct 1931 - London, England Departure - 5 Nov 1931 - London, England Arrival - 28 Mar 1933 - Liverpool, Lancashire, England Departure - 10 Oct 1933 - Liverpool, Lancashire, England Death - 1962 - Watford, Hertfordshire, England  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Location       : City/Town       : District/Borough       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S33] Certificate (baptism), Sharples, Valetta Agnes; Birth date: 6 Sep 1890; Place of Baptism: Calcutta; Date of baptism: 2 Oct 1890 (in possession of WSG). [S135] British Armed Forces and Overseas Births and Baptisms (FindMyPast), Sharples, Valetta A; 1890; Place: Calcutta; Country: India; Archive reference: REG1; Source: Gro Regimental Birth Indices (1761 To 1924) (accessed 2 Dec 2018). [S195] British India Office Births and Baptisms (FindMyPast), Sharples, Veletla Agnes; 1890; Fort William, St Peter, Bengal (accessed 6 Jul 2017). [S147] UK and Ireland, Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960 (Ancestry), Stringer, Valetta; Birth: 1890; Arrival: 23 Oct 1931; Location: London, England; Departure: Bombay, India (accessed 6 Oct 2018). [S96] Passenger lists leaving UK 1890-1960 (FindMyPast), Stringer, Valetta; Birth year: 1890; Departure year: 1931; Departure port: London; Destination port: Bombay; Destination country: India (accessed 7 Oct 2018). [S147] UK and Ireland, Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960 (Ancestry), Stringer, Valetta; Birth: 1890; Arrival: 28 Mar 1933; Location: Liverpool, England; Departure: Bombay, India (accessed 6 Oct 2018). [S96] Passenger lists leaving UK 1890-1960 (FindMyPast), Stringer, Valetta; Birth year: 1890; Departure year: 1933; Departure port: Liverpool; Destination port: Bombay; Destination country: India (accessed 7 Oct 2018). [S263] General Register Office (England and Wales), UK BMD (FindMyPast) Death index, Stringer, Valetta A; 1962; Watford, Hertfordshire; Age: 73; D Quarter; Volume: 4B; Page: 343 (accessed 1 Dec 2018). [S196] British India Office Marriages (FindMyPast), Mott, William Geo - Sharples, Valetta Agnes; 1907; Dhurrumtollah, Bengal (accessed 4 Jul 2017). [S196] British India Office Marriages (FindMyPast), Stringer, Henry Lawrence - Mott, Agnes Valetta; 1921; (Calcutta), Bengal (accessed 4 Jul 2017).