Ernest FANNER {M} = Elizabeth Mary MONK {F}

Married Tuesday 25 December 1900, Bromley District, Kent, England¹

Ernest FANNER:

Born Thursday 27 January 1876, Shaftesbury, Dorset, England²
Christened Sunday 12 March 1876, Donhead St Mary, Wiltshire, England³
Died Thursday 4 January 1962, Farnborough Hospital, Bromley, Kent, England⁴
From: Shaftesbury, Dorset⁵
Occupation: Bricklayers labourer


Ernest Fanner as a old man


Ernest Fanner as a young man with bicycle


Elizabeth Mary MONK:

Alias Elizabeth Mary FANNER (Tuesday 25 December 1900)
Born 1878, Chislehurst, Kent, England⁶
Died Friday 21 November 1952, Chislehurst, Kent, England⁷


Elizabeth Fanner nee Monk as a young woman


Elizabeth Fanner outside her front door with a new baby (Louise?)

(Louie) Louise Helen FANNER {F} = Rennie Leslie COLLINS {M} > Family

Married Saturday 6 April 1929, Chislehurst, Kent, England⁸

(Louie) Louise Helen FANNER:

Alias (Louie) Louise Helen COLLINS (Tuesday 27 April 1926)
Born Sunday 1 December 1901, Chislehurst, Kent, England⁹
Died Thursday 21 August 1958, Chiddingtone Hoath, Kent, England
Buried Chiddingstone, Kent, England¹⁰


In allotments at Chislehurst as a young woman


Louise Helen Collins nee Fanner, photo taken by Ann Collins


Rennie Leslie COLLINS:

Born Friday 2 August 1901, Shooting Box, Netherfield, Sussex, England¹¹
Christened Sunday 27 October 1901, Netherfield, Sussex, England¹²
Died Saturday 26 October 1968, Oakwood Hospital, Maidstone, Kent
Buried Chiddingstone, Kent, England
Occupation: Farmer


Rennie Leslie Collins as a young boy


Rennie Leslie's last Christmas at Truggers


Rennie Leslie at work on the farm with his dog Gyp


Rennie Leslie Collins in 1924

Ernest William FANNER {M}

Born Monday 28 December 1903, Chislehurst, Kent, England¹³
Died 1918, Bromley, Kent England¹⁴

Lawrence Frederick FANNER {M} = Winifred Margerie HAILSTONE {F} > Family

Married Friday 26 December 1930, Bromley District, Kent, England¹⁵

Lawrence Frederick FANNER:

Born Thursday 5 July 1906, Chislehurst, Kent, England¹⁶
Died Tuesday 21 July 1981, Bromley, Kent, England¹⁷


Portrait of Laurence Fanner as a young man


Winifred Margerie HAILSTONE:

Alias Margerie FANNER (1930)
Born Monday 16 March 1908, West St Pancras. London, England
Died Wednesday 20 February 1980, Greenwich. London, England

Frederick Arthur FANNER {M}

Born Tuesday 15 February 1910, Chislehurst, Kent, England¹⁸
Died 1929, Bromley, Kent, England¹⁹


Frederick Arthur Fanner as a boy


Freddie (at the back) with his scouting pals

Harold Edwin FANNER {M} = Lily Kathleen SMITH {F} > Family

Married 1938, Bromley, Kent, England²⁰

Harold Edwin FANNER:

Born Monday 11 August 1913, Chislehurst, Kent, England²¹
Died Monday 9 October 1995²²


Harold Edwin Fanner as a young man - August 1935


Lily Kathleen SMITH:

Alias Lily K FANNER
Born Sunday 14 July 1912²³
Died 1987, Bromley, Kent, England²⁴

1 : "FreeBMD"; Secondary evidence
December quarter 1900, Bromley district, Kent, Volume 2a, Page 893
2 : ; Primary evidence
1881 Census for Wincombe, Donhead St Mary, Wiltshire gives age as 5
2a: ; Secondary evidence
Birthplace from 1901 & 1881 census
Birth date from family document (?bible) owned by Margaret Butcher nee Collins
2b: "FreeBMD"; Secondary evidence
March quarter 1876, Tisbury district, Volume 5a, Page 226
3 : "CD of Fanner information"; Secondary evidence
4 : "FreeBMD"; Secondary evidence
March quarter 1962, aged 86, Bromley District, Volume 5b, Page 266
4a: ; Secondary evidence
Sue Robson telephone call 4th June 2007
5 : ; Primary evidence
1901 Census - Chislehurst
RG13 - 693 - 98 - P57 - Schedule 367
Address 2 Victoria Road, Chislehurst
6 : ; Primary evidence
1881 Census - White Horse Hill, Chislehurst gives Elizabeth's age as 2
6a: ; Secondary evidence
Age shown as 22 on the 1901 Census - Chislehurst
RG13 - 693 - 98 - P57 - Schedule 367
6b: "FreeBMD"; Secondary evidence
December quarter 1878, Bromley district, Volume 2a, Page 391
7 : "CD of Fanner information"; Secondary evidence
8 : ; Secondary evidence
Information from marriage certificate via Ashley Booker
8a: "FreeBMD"; Questionable
June quarter 1929, Louisa M Fanner, Bromley district, Volume 2a, Page 1311
9 : "FreeBMD"; Secondary evidence
March quarter 1902, Bromley district, Volume 2a, Page 493
10 : ; Primary evidence
Tombstone visited
11 : ; Primary evidence
Date of birth is written on the baptism register
11a: "Family bible from Rennie Leslie Collins"; Secondary evidence
11b: "FreeBMD"; Secondary evidence
September quarter 1901, Battle district, Volume 2b, Page 57
11c: ; Unreliable
IGI has his birth as 1900 - this is not correct
12 : "Netherfield Baptism Register"; Primary evidence
Pager 85, #680 Abode Netherfield, Occupation Gypsum Miner
13 : "FreeBMD"; Secondary evidence
March quarter 1904, Bromley District, Volume 2a, Page 566
14 : "FreeBMD"; Secondary evidence
December quarter 1918, Ernest N[?], Aged 14, Bromley district, Volume 2a, Page 1317
15 : "FreeBMD"; Secondary evidence
December quarter 1930, Bromley District, Volume 2a, Page 1371
15a: ; Secondary evidence
Sue Robson telephone call 4th June 2007
16 : "FreeBMD"; Secondary evidence
September quarter 1906, Bromley district, Volume 2a, Page 606
17 : "CD of Fanner information"; Secondary evidence
1981,Sep,Lawrence Frederick,5.7.1906,Bromley,11,0845
18 : ; Primary evidence
Birth date from Louise Fanner's bible in the possession of Ann Collins (Feb 1998).
18a: "FreeBMD"; Secondary evidence
March quarter 1910, Bromley District, Volume 2a, Page 572
19 : ; Primary evidence
Freddie died in a motorbike accident.
19a: "CD of Fanner information"; Secondary evidence
December quarter 1929, Frederick A., Aged 19, Bromley district, Volume 2a, Page 718
20 : "FreeBMD"; Secondary evidence
1938, September quarter, Harold E. Fanner = Smith, Lily K., Bromley, Volume 2a, page 2596
21 : ; Primary evidence
Birthdate from his sister Louise's bible in the possession of Ann Collins, 2002
21a: "FreeBMD"; Secondary evidence
September quarter 1913, Bromley district, Volume 2a, Page 1173
22 : "CD of Fanner information"; Secondary evidence
23 : "CD of Fanner information"; Secondary evidence
From death registration information
24 : "CD of Fanner information"; Secondary evidence
1987,Aug,Lily Kathleen,14.7.1912,Bromley,11,1105