Ethel was born on 16 Apr, 1894 at 73 Usher Road, Poplar^a1,b1, the first child of Thomas Sweetland (1854–1927)★, a merchant seaman, and Emma Jane Blackborough (1870–1928)★. She was baptised as an infant on 3 May, 1894 in St Mark Victoria Park, Middlesex^b1. She is Ian's great grandmother.

Ethel had a child, (person born in the 1910s), who was born with an unknown father.

She married Arthur Frederick Benjamin Guiver (1879–1938)★, a private r.a.m.c. general labourer, on 21 Jan, 1918 at The Register Office in West Ham^a2 and went on to have five children with him.

• John Henry born on 22 Jul, 1925 at 41 Vincent Street, Canning Town^c1. Died in Jan 1926 in West Ham Registration District, Essex at the age of one.
• four other children living or recently died

In the 1921 census she was living at 41 Vincent Street^d1 with her husband Arthur Frederick Benjamin, now a labourer, three children (person lived 1920s to 2010s), (person born in the 1910s) and (person born in the 1910s), father Thomas, now a dock labourer and sibling (person born in the 1900s).

Ethel was recorded in the 1939 census at 15 Beresford Road, Southend on Sea^e1 with her two children (person lived 1920s to 2010s) and (person born in the 1910s).

She married Herbert John Woodward, an army pensioner, on 11 Dec, 1941 at the age of forty-seven at The Register Office in Southend on Sea^a3.

Ethel died at the age of ninety-two on 26 Jan, 1987 at Fairview House, Fairview Road, Westcliff-on-Sea^a4

Timeline

1894

16 Apr

Born at 73 Usher Road, Poplar^a1,b1.

3 May

Baptised as an infant in St Mark Victoria Park, Middlesex^b1.

1918

21 Jan

Married Arthur Frederick Benjamin Guiver★ at The Register Office in West Ham^a2.
Recorded as living at 41 Vincent Street, Canning Town^a2.

1919

17 Oct

Recorded as residing at 41 Vincent Street^c2.

1921

19 Jun

Recorded in the 1921 census living at 41 Vincent Street^d1.

26 Jun

Recorded as residing at 41 Vincent Street^c3.

1923

14 Sep

Recorded as living at 41 Vincent Street^c4.

1925

22 Jul

Son, John Henry Guiver, born at 41 Vincent Street^c1.

7 Aug

Recorded as living at 41 Vincent Street^c1.

1926

Jan

Son, John Henry, died as a child in West Ham Registration District, Essex.

1927

7 Mar

Recorded as living at 41 Vincent Street^a5.

1930

6 Jun

Recorded as residing at 41 Vincent Street^c5.

1938

14 Aug

Husband, Arthur Frederick Benjamin, died at the age of fifty-eight at Central Home, Leytonstone^a6.

15 Aug

Recorded as residing at 41 Vincent Street^a6.

1939

29 Sep

Recorded in the 1939 census residing at 15 Beresford Road, Southend on Sea^e1.

1941

11 Dec

Married Herbert John Woodward at The Register Office in Southend on Sea^a3.
Recorded as living at 135 Feeches Road, Prittlewell^a3.

1947

20 Jun

Husband, Herbert John, died at the age of sixty-five at 135 Feeches Road^a7,f1.

23 Jun

Recorded as living at 135 Feeches Road^a7.

1987

Recorded as residing at 2 Eastwood Road North, Leigh-on-Sea^a4.

26 Jan

Died at the age of ninety-two at Fairview House, Fairview Road, Westcliff-on-Sea^a4.

28 Jan

Recorded as residing at Fairview House^a4.

Other Information

Other names and variations

• Ethel Sweetland^a8,a2,a4
• Ethel Guiver^{a8,a2,a3,c2,c3,c4,c1,c5}
• Ethel Woodward^a4,a7,f1
• E Guiver^a5