Douglas HARROLD (1896-1947)

Douglas HARROLD was born in 1896 the youngest child of Edgar and Jane HARROLD.    At the time the family lived on Mansfield Road in Hasland.

In 1921 Douglas married Kathleen May Weeks (who was always known as May).    At the time of his marriage Douglas was an ‘Ironworks Fitter’ and lived at 8 Mansfield Road in Hasland. May lived at Bowling Green Villas in Chesterfield and her father William Weeks was alive at the time of their marriage.    The wedding took place at the Wesleyan Methodist Chapel in Chesterfield, with Rosalie Ellen Weeks and Oliver Harrold as the witnesses.

Douglas died aged 50 in 1947 at 30 Smithfield Avenue in Hasland. He is buried in Hasland Cemetery in the plot next to that of my grandparents Mabel and Walter LONGDEN.

Their only son Jack lived at 30 Smithfield Avenue throughout his life.     Jack and Margaret had two sons and one of them still lives in Hasland.    Jack HARROLD died in 1990 aged 67 years and his wife Margaret in 2000. Both are buried in the same grave in Hasland Cemetery.

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