Henry Walter "Harry" ROLFE b. 2 Dec 1902 183 Aston Church Road, Nechells, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England d. 15 Dec 1979 General Hospital, Steelhouse Lane, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England: Our Family History

1902 - 1979 (77 years)

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Name Henry Walter ROLFE

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Birth 2 Dec 1902 183 Aston Church Road, Nechells, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England

Birth Certificate - Henry Walter Rolfe (1902-1979)

Gender Male

Census 1911 183 Aston Church Road, Nechells, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England

Ln	Hhold	Given	Surname	Relation	BirthDate	BirthPlace	Age	Gender	Status	Years Married	Children Born	Children Living	Occupation	Comments
No Image														Transcript
1	15	Henry	Rolfe	Head	1864	Birmingham	47	Male	Married				Gas Labourer
2	15	Kate	Rolfe	Wife	1869	Birmingham	42	Female	Married	22	7	7	General Dealer
3	15	Gertrude	Rolfe	Daughter	1892	Birmingham	19	Female	Single				Press Hand
4	15	Elsie	Rolfe	Daughter	1894	Birmingham	17	Female	Single				Press Hand
5	15	Ethel	Rolfe	Daughter	1896	Birmingham	15	Female	Single				Warehouse Assistant
6	15	Florance Kate	Rolfe	Daughter	1899	Birmingham	12	Female	Single				Scholar
7	15	Beatrice	Rolfe	Daughter	1901	Birmingham	10	Female	Single				Scholar
8	15	Henry Walter	Rolfe	Son	1903	Birmingham	8	Male	Single				Scholar
9	15	Carrie	Saunders	Lodger	1889	Cheltenham	22	Female	Single				Press Hand
10	15	Bernard	Bonner	Lodger	1890	Tamworth	21	Male	Single				Labourer Rubber Mill

PRO Class: RG14 Piece: 18364 RD: 385 SD: 5 ED: 45 SN: 15 Enumerated: 1911 Transcript ID is dbid=9999&iid=r6sc_32
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Census 1921 183 Aston Church Road, Nechells, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England

Ln	Hhold	Given	Surname	Relation	BirthDate	BirthPlace	Age	Gender	Status	Occupation	Comments
No Image											Transcript
1	105	Henry	Rolfe	Head	1863	Birmingham	57	Male	Married	Labourer
2	105	Kate	Rolfe	Wife	1868	Birmingham	53	Female	Married	General Dealer
3	105	Beatrice	Rolfe	Daughter	1900	Birmingham	20	Female	Single	Lathe Hand
4	105	Henry W	Rolfe	Son	1903	Birmingham	18	Male	Single	Cycle Accessories Maker
5	105	Thomas	Jones	Boarder	1900	Flint, Wales	21	Male	Single	Bricklayer's Labourer

PRO Class: RG15 Piece: 14329 SD: 39 Image: Aston Enumerated: 19 Jun 1921 Transcript ID is dbid=9999&iid=hc67_42
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Census 1939 72 Sidcup Road, Kingstanding, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England

Cause: Public Works Contractor's Labourer

Address:
https://rolfe.online/census/uk_register_1939/TNA_R39_5637_5637E_014.jpg

DeathCause Left Ventricular Failure
Recent Myocardial infarction
Diabetes Mellitus

Death Certificate - Henry Walter Rolfe (1902-1979)

Death

15 Dec 1979

General Hospital, Steelhouse Lane, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England

Birmingham General Hospital closed in the mid-1990s, the main red brick building was adapted for use as Birmingham Children's Hospital which opened there in 1998

Cremation Birmingham Crematorium, Perry Barr, Handsworth, Staffordshire, England

FindAGrave Memorial 290775357
Remembered on parents headstone

Kate Woodward (1868-1941) & Henry Rolfe (1864-1943) & Doris Sims (1906-1986) & Henry Walter Rolfe (1902-1979)

Witton Cemetery
Witton, Birmingham, Warwickshire

Origins

Patriarch & Matriarch

William ROLFE, b. 1483, Hertfordshire, England

d. 12 Apr 1545, Hemel Hempstead, Dacorum, Hertfordshire, England

(Age 62 years) (12 x Great Grandfather)

Mary (3 x Great Grandmother)

Person ID I2 Rolfe Family Tree

Last Modified 14 Dec 2025

Father	Henry ROLFE, b. 16 Nov 1864, 70 Cato Street North, Nechells, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England d. 31 Mar 1943, 541 Tyburn Road, Bromford, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England (Age 78 years)
Mother	Kate WOODWARD, b. 20 Oct 1868, Back of 101 Hampton Street, Hockley, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England d. 24 Dec 1941, 541 Tyburn Road, Bromford, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England (Age 73 years)
Marriage	9 Jun 1889	St. Clement's Church, Nechells, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England
		Marriage Certificate - Rolfe & Woodward (1889)
		St. Clement's Church Nechells, Birmingham
Family ID	F141	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Doris SIMS, b. 27 Dec 1906, Hulland Ward, Derbyshire Dales, Derbyshire, England d. 4 Mar 1986, Highcroft Hospital, Reservoir Road, Erdington, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England (Age 79 years)

Marriage 30 Jul 1928 Birmingham North Register Office, Gravelly Hill, Erdington, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England

Marriage Certificate - Rolfe & Sims (1928)

Children

+	1. Dorothy Joyce ROLFE, b. 2 Jun 1929, 183 Aston Church Road, Nechells, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England d. 12 Jan 2015, City of Saskatoon, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada (Age 85 years) ▻ Francis Harold PUGH m. 2 Apr 1955
+	2. Joan Elizabeth ROLFE, b. 11 Dec 1930, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England d. 29 Jun 2017, Redditch, Worcestershire, England (Age 86 years) ▻ David Edward HALE m. 23 Dec 1950
+	3.

Family ID F1872 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 29 Nov 2021

Event Map

	Birth - 2 Dec 1902 - 183 Aston Church Road, Nechells, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England
	Census - 1911 - 183 Aston Church Road, Nechells, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England
	Census - 1921 - 183 Aston Church Road, Nechells, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England
	Marriage - 30 Jul 1928 - Birmingham North Register Office, Gravelly Hill, Erdington, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England
	Census - Cause: Public Works Contractor's Labourer,Address: https://rolfe.online/census/uk_register_1939/TNA_R39_5637_5637E_014.jpg - 1939 - 72 Sidcup Road, Kingstanding, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England
	Death - 15 Dec 1979 - General Hospital, Steelhouse Lane, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England

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