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• 1900 - 17 Apr 1900 Burial of William Stoddard, son of John & Emma, at Ann's Hill. Home was 193 Stoke Road. Died 3 days old.
• 1901 Queen Victoria dies.
• 1901 Marriage 19/09/1901 of John Henry DORE to Elizabeth Anne DYER - maternal Grandparents.
  
• 1901 Census Jane Stoddard is a "Milk Seller" age 67, living at 5 Prince Alfred St. At 193 Stoke Road: John age 32 is shown as a "Dairyman - Own Account," and wife Emma age 28.

5 Prince Alfred Street, Gosport

• 1902 - 5 Jan 1902 Birth of Frederick George STODDARD. Cert. Yes.
• 1902 Birth of Winifred May Nellie HOBBS. Father: George, 56 Park Road, Gosport.
• 1903 Burial in the Sturminster Newton cemetery on 31 Jan 1903: Ann Stoddard Age: 92, the last of the Stoddard's in Stur.
  Notes: Spinster. December, the Wright brothers make the first powered flight in America.
• 1907 11th Mar Birth of Doris Edith MAY in Aston, Birmingham - Marion's mother.
  
• 1908 3rd Apr Birth of Harold Hiram PRATLEY at Chadlington, Oxon.
• 1910 4th May death of George Hillary age 68 at 193 Stoke road, Gosport. Gt Grandfather. Buried at Anns Hill, plot 29, Section A.
  
• 1912 April RMS Titanic on her maiden voyage, crossing the north Atlantic, sinks after striking an iceberg. Amongst the crew there was an A.Dore from Southampton, who survived.
  
• 1914 First World War starts - ends 1918
• 1916 Kelly's Directory shows John Stoddard running dairy business at 193 Stoke Road.
  
• 1923 - 28 June 1923 Burial of Jane STODDARD (Gt. Grandmother) at Anns Hill plot 131, age 89. Died at 7A Brougham Street, Anns Hill, Gosport. Address of Frederick George Stoddard, (my father - her grandson). Death cert.  Yes. In trying to determine when when and how Brougham St. got its name I note that there as a reforming MP and later Lord Chancellor, Henry Brougham (1778- 1868) after whom the road may have been named. He supported the Ragged Schools Union and was also behind the 1833 Anti-Slavery Act. The dates seem right for the age of the houses there?

Joseph & Emily Pratley with children
Chadlington circa 1923

• 1924 - 7 Apr 1924 Burial of Emma Stoddard nee Hillary (Grandmother) at Anns Hill, aged 51 Home 193 Stoke Road. Death (03/04/1924) cert.  Yes,  cause - "Asthma, Bronchitis."
• Abt 1925 Marriage of Frederick George Stoddard (father) and Winifred May Nellie HOBBS of 56 Park Road, Gosport. They may have been living on marriage at, 'Ramley' Oval Gardens, Gosport?
• 1930 Kellys Directory shows Frederick Stoddard running dairy business at 193 Stoke Road. March: Launch of Southern Railway's new paddle steamer, Whippingham

• 1930 - 30 Jan 1930 Burial of John Stoddard (Grandfather) at Anns Hill Cemetery, aged 60. Address:  'Park House', Park Road, Gosport. (Nursing home) Death (27/01/1930) cert.  Yes, cause "Diabetes Mellitus." Reg. By F.G. Stoddard, son, of 'Ramley', Oval Gardens, Gosport.
  

Winter Road, Portsmouth below, the DORE
family house pre 1940?

• 1937 - 23rd January, death of Elizabeth Anne DORE, at Park House, Park Road, Gosport, Grandmother. Cert. - Y.
  
• continued...

14 Burney Road Bungalow built 1920s
Belonged to maternal Grandmother
Elizabeth Anne DORE nee DYER

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Old Hampshire Mapped
The best ones are the Greenwood maps of 1826
In colour  - amazing quality considering the year

Memorials & Monuments In Portsmouth
Very detailed site - all names

Link to photos of Gosport schools including
Leesland Junior and Bay House

'Dating Old Photographs'

The Workhouse

Large scale maps by the Boundary Commission 1885 
for all the counties of England

 

• 1937 - 15 Mar 1937 Burial - Winifred May Nellie Stoddard, nee HOBBS, 35 yrs. wife of Frederick George Stoddard. At Anns Hill, plot 131. Death cert. Yes, (died on 11/03/1937). Died at 193 Stoke Rd. Father: G. HOBBS, 56 Park Road, Gosport, registered death.
• 1939 1st Dec. Death of George Ernest PRATLEY, Marion's grandfather.
  

• Also start of Second World War. Many old buildings in Gosport were destroyed by the bombing, including the Congregational Church on the site of the present Post Office in the High Street. Ann's Hill railway bridge was also bombed. It is likely that nearby in Brougham Street, house no. 7a was demolished at that time.
  

Stoke Road Shops
originally known as 'Gambier Place'
Victorian houses circa 1817, converted into shops.
Old family dairy shop on right

This row of shops was originally called 'Gambier Place.' This was probably named after a naval commander at the time - Admiral Lord James Gambia or Gambier Admiral of the Blue. One of the vessels involved in a battle at Basque Roads in 1809, where Gambier was in command, was a naval transport vessel called, 'Cleveland.' Interesting to note that just off Stoke Road there is a, Cleveland Road. Interesting how road names reflect the history of the time and help date their construction.

• 1944 - 12 Apr 1944 Marriage of Frederick George STODDARD (father, age 42) to Christine Holly DORE (mother, age 41) at Little Church, Alverstoke. Lived at 14 Burney Road, Alverstoke. Cert. - Yes.

• 1945 - 24 Dec 1945 Burial of William Frederick STODDARD, at Ann's Hill Cemetery, aged 75 (born 1875) Address 52 St Andrews Road, Gosport. Related? see ++
  
• 1945 End of Second World War. Also this year, birth of Peter Stoddard in August.
  
• 1952 5th June, death of John Henry DORE (Grandfather) at St. Marks Close, Alverstoke. Cert. Y. (PS Whippingham below)
  

• 1953 End of wartime sweet rationing - I remember it well!
  
• 1965 - 28 Jul 1965 Death of Frederick George STODDARD. Ceremony at Portchester Crematorium. (Cert. Yes). Address: Cleveland Road, Gosport.
• 1994 Death of Doris Edith PRATLEY, nee MAY, in July.