Backhouse/Wynter/Gratze

Name: Constance Mary M Winter
Event Type: Birth Registration
Registration Quarter: Apr-May-Jun
Registration Year: 1883
Registration District: Bedminster
County: Somerset
Event Place: Bedminster, Somerset, England
Volume: 5C
Page: 722
Affiliate Line Number: 317

Citing this Record
"England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2X2Z-R2X : 1 October 2014), Constance Mary M Winter, 1883; from "England & Wales Births, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Birth Registration, Bedminster, Somerset, England, citing General Register Office, Southport, England.

https://www.freereg.org.uk/search_records/58181f12e93790eca3818f42/constance-mary-margaret-winter-baptism-somerset-yatton-1883-03-27?locale=en
Record details
Baptism entry search made on 20 Jan 2020
Field Value
County Somerset
Place Yatton
Church name St Mary the Virgin
Register type Parish Register
Register entry number 3
Birth date
Baptism date 27 Mar 1883
Person forename Constance Mary Margaret
Person sex
Father forename William Arthur
Mother forename Constance Emily
Father surname WINTER
Mother surname
Person abode Yatton
Father occupation Yeoman
Notes
Transcribed by Andy Phillips
File line number 3

Name: William A Winter
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1891
County: Somerset
Parish: Yatton
Ecclesiastical Parish: ST MARY
Registration District: Bedminster
Gender: Male
Age: 39
Marital Status: Married
Occupation: Farmer
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Birth Year (Estimated): 1852
Birthplace: Yatton, Somersetshire, England
Page Number: 12
Registration Number: RG12
Piece/Folio: 1955/ 81

Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
William A Winter Head M 39 Yatton, Somersetshire, England
Constance E Winter Wife F 30 Langport, Somersetshire, England
M M Winter Daughter F 8 Yatton, Somersetshire, England [Constance Mary Margaret]
Cathleen A Winter Daughter F 6 Yatton, Somersetshire, England [Kathleen Ada]
John J Winter Son M 4 Yatton, Somersetshire, England [John Seager]
A P D Winter Son M 2 Yatton, Somersetshire, England [Paul Delappe]
William A Winter Son M 0 Yatton, Somersetshire, England [William Arthur]
Emily May Servant F 14 Yatton, Somersetshire, England

Line Number: 5

Citing this Record
"England and Wales Census, 1891," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:WR88-MN2 : 4 May 2019), Emily May in household of William A Winter, Yatton, Somerset, England, United Kingdom; from "1891 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 12, Somerset county, subdistrict, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.

Name: Mary Winter
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 31 Mar 1901
Event Place: Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, England, United Kingdom
County: Somersetshire
Civil Parish: Weston Super Mare
Ecclesiastical Parish: Holy Trinity
Sub-District: Weston Super Mare
Registration District: Axbridge
Gender: Female
Age: 18
Relationship to Head of Household: Boarder & Pupil
Birth Year (Estimated): 1883
Birthplace: Yatton, Somersetshire
Schedule Type: 101
Page Number: 27

Citing this Record
"England and Wales Census, 1901," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XS8J-MHN : 20 May 2019), Mary Winter, Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, England, United Kingdom; from "1901 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing Weston Super Mare subdistrict, PRO RG 13, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.

4 June 1901 to 4 June 1903 - St Mary's Hospital for Sick Children (endorsement 6)
12 Nov 1903 to 1 April 1905 - Chelsea Hospital for Women (endorsement 5)
June 1905 to June 1906 - The County Hospital, York (endorsement 4)
July 1906 to February 1908 - The National Hospital for the relief and cure of the Paralysed and Epileptic (endorsement 3)
February 1908 to March 1909 - medical practice at 3 Mandeville Place W1 (endorsement 1 dated April 1910).
Endorsement 2 (dated April 1910) does not specify period.
Endorsement 1 says left to take up a position in Bulawayo.

1950
The next major changes came in 1950 and these were designed by one of the best known firms of ecclesiastical architects, Messrs. Nicholson & Rushton of Lincolns Inn.
The Sanctuary
The sanctuary was brought forward with a new communion rail; the chancel steps were also moved forward along with the choir stalls, the pulpit moved to the position in which it was until 2009, and the wooden screens behind the choir stalls and at the front of the chancel were added.
Side Chapel & Windows
The box pews in the north east and south east corners were removed and the side chapel was created. The four lovely stained glass panels were added to the east window and a small window based upon John the Baptist added high in the north side of the chancel.
The Baptistery
At the rear of the nave the baptistery was repositioned and the rear doors replaced.

From unknown newspaper
BACKHOUSE - On March 10 1944, at the Rectory, Radcliffe, CONSTANCE MARY MARGARET; the beloved wife of the Rev. T. BACKHOUSE, after a long and painful illness, borne with Christian patience and fortitude. Service followed by internment at Radcliffe Parish Church on Tuesday, March 14 at 2.30pm

RADCLIFE TIMES, SATURDAY, MARCH 18, 1944
OBITUARY.
Mrs. Backhouse, Wife of Rector of Radcliffe.
With regret we announce the death, which .occurred yesterday- week at the Rectory, Bury-road, Radcliffe, following a long illness, of Mrs. Constance Mary Margaret Backhouse, wife of the Rev. T. Backhouse. She was 58 years of age.
Mrs. Backhouse came to Radcliffe from from Horwich in 1936, when her husband was appointed Rector in succession to the late Rev. J. Bamber. She was interested in all sections of Church work, in particular the Mothers’ Union, a branch of which she had formed at Horwich. Mr. Backhouse had been vicar of Horwich since November, 1927, and prior to that was vicar of the daughter church of St. Catherine.
In Radcliffe Mrs. Backhouse gained many friends. The deep regard in which she was held throughout the parish increased as time went by. To the Mothers’ Union, of which she acted as enrolling member, she gave much devoted service, and its members are among the many who deplore her death
Between periods of sickness she participated in several of the in town’s public activities. She was a member of the Mayor’s War Comforts Fund, and when health permitted was on the welfare rota at Close Park.
Mrs. Backhouse comes from an historic Somerset family of the name of Winter. She was daughter of the late Mr. William Arthur Winter, of Yatton, “a fine old English gentleman,” and cricketer-colleague of the renowned Dr. W G Grace. He died twelve years ago [1932].
One of her ancestors was Admiral Sir William Wynter who led a section of the British fleet against the Spanish Armada in 1588. She had traced back the ancestral line even further—to Sir Lewis de Winter, “a Norman born at Rouen, who came over with William, Duke of Normandy,” and fought at Hastings (1066).

Mrs. Backhouse spent a great deal of time exploring the genealogy of her family, and in the course of diligent research she had accumulated much data and a few very valuable portraits of some of her ancestors.

Shortly, a full account of the Winters may be published. Unfortunately, Mrs. Backhouse has not lived to see realised what must have been one of her uppermost desires. Two of the best known surviving members of the Winter family are General Sir Ormonde Winter, and Dr. William Essex Winter, late of Middlesex Hospital, London.

Mrs. Backhouse, as a nurse, served during the last war with the Queen Alexandra Imperial Nursing Reserve. The Rector also saw service in the war as a chaplain, and it was at a hospital in Italy that they first met.
In the early days of the present war, Mrs. Backhouse was among those who volunteered for nursing service, should the blitzes occur. She was also a member of the Manchester Diocesan committee interested in the spiritual welfare of nurses.

From unknown newspaper (possibly RADCLIFFE TIMES)
Large Gathering at Funeral.

Parishioners, Mothers’ Union members, with clergy and friends from neighbouring parishes, assembled on Thursday afternoon in the Parish Church, to pay a last tribute to Mrs. T. Backhouse, wife of the Rector. The funeral service was conducted by Canon A. Kershaw, Rector of Stand, and Canon Worsley (vicar of Deane, Bolton). Other clergy in the chancel were the Rev T Murray (St Chad’s, Bolton), the Rev. E. D. Willamett (St. Catherine’s Church, Horwich), and the Rev. Willmot Jenkins (Prestolee). Mr. Walter Ramwell was at the organ. Mourners were the Rev. T. Backhouse Mr. T. W. Backhouse, Mrs. Lee, Miss [Alice] Backhouse, Miss A. [Annie] Backhouse, Miss S. [Sarah] Backhouse, Miss L. [Lily] Backhouse, Miss Brawnrigg, Dr. and Mrs. Sewell, Mrs. Worsley and the Rev. H. Doig.
Among others present in church and at the graveside were:—Mr. James Close (Horwich), Capt. W. J. Flannigan and Mrs. Flannigan (Elizabeth Mission, Horwich), Messrs. Joseph Ormrod, John C. Fox, Thos. Woods and Mary E. Valentine (Parish Church, Horwich), Mesdames Musgrave, Carter, Walkden and Clarke (Prestwich), Mr. Alec Jones, Mr. H. Taylor, T. Gregory (St. James’s Church, Ashton-under-Lyne), Dr. Haydock (Borough Medical Officer, Radcliffe) the Rev. James E Bottoms (Trinity Baptist Church, Radcliffe), the Rev. and Mrs. W. T. Grimwood (St. Andrew’s Church), the Rev. D. J. Lane (Radcliffe Congregational Church), the Rev. and Mrs. Gower-Jones (St. John’s), the Rev. W. Fox and Mrs. S. Cooke (St. Thomas’s), the Rev. E. Hall (vicar of Unsworth), Mrs. Hall, Mrs. Willmot Jenkins; Mr. F. L. Farnell (District Bank Ltd.), Mrs. Simpkin (W.V.S., Radcliffe), Mrs. M. Monks (representing the family of the Late Rev. J. Bamber), Sub-Lieut. John Prestwich (Radcliffe and Whitefield Sea Cadet Corps), Mr. J. Barlow (British Legion Club), Mrs. J. Woodhead, Alderman W. Whewell and Dr. Kenny.
Radcliffe Parish Church: Alderman H. Makin, Councillor Partridge and Mr. J. Woodhead (sidesmen); Messrs. J. Clegg, H. Booth, A. E. Lloyd and F. Magnall (sidesmen); Messrs. F. Mort, R. Neil, W. Oldham, J. Ainsworth, C. Mills, H. Tattersall and Bullock (senior members of the choir).

Floral tributes were sent by:
Devoted Husband and Son; Mother and Kath; Annie, Alice, Sarah and Lily; Mrs. D. C. O’Neill and Patrick O’Neill; the Bamber family Mr. W. Ramwell; Mr. and Mrs. J. Woodhead and Donald; the Misses Tarnett (Horwich); Dr. and Mrs. I. H. Syed; Dr. and Mrs. Kenny; from Brook House; Rosemary; Alderman and Mrs. H. Makin; Pat and Hilda Sewell; Wilfred, Winifred and little Helen James; Dr. and Mrs. J. S. Sewell; Bobby and Mary; Miss Brawnrigg; Church Wardens, Sidesmen, and Parochial Church Council, the Mothers’ Union; members of the Radcliffe Parish Church Choir; the Parish Church W.V.S.; Radcliffe Parish Church Knitting Circle; Radcliffe Parish Church Girl Guides; Teachers and Scholars of the Day and Sunday Schools; Nurse Alderson; Ladies of the Welfare Committee; Radcliffe Parish Church Men’s Class; Parish Church Sports Club; the Rev, and Mrs. T. Grimwood; the Neighbours; Minister and Members of the Close Methodist Church; the Mayor’s War Comforts Fund and the W.F.S. Committee; R. C. and D. Worsley; Joseph Ormrod and A. H. Scrubbes (Horwich); Friends at Horwich Parish Church; Horwich District Nursing Association; St. Catherine’s Church, Horwich; Friends at St. Elizabeth’s, Horwich.

Notes on those listed above:
Mrs Lee = Great Aunt Kath(leen) - see also floral tribute from mother (Constance Emily Winter) and Kath
Canon Robert Catterall Worsley - similar age so poss did theological training together. Presume floral tribute from Worsleys means Mrs was D Worsley

Radcliffe Parish Church Magazine
APRIL, 1944.

Nor can I close this letter without a word concerning my own personal sorrow and loss. Several times during recent months I have noted in the magazine that my dear wife and I thanked the people of the parish and especially members of the congregation and friends for their kindness and sympathy with us during her illness. It was a very great comfort to her and to me to feel the love and affectionate concern of so many. She oftentimes expressed her gratitude and hoped to be able in some small measure when she recovered to show it. But that was not to be, and so after many days of suffering, with an undimmed hope and unshakeable faith, a life which seemed to human understanding capable of many years of useful service slowly drew to its close. Peacefully she passed into the nearer presence of God at 4a.m. on March 10th [1944]. My boy, my sister, Mrs Winter, and I feel we would like to say again “Thank you for your help and love at this very solemn hour of our lives.”
I should be failing in my duty if I did not thank Canon Kershaw, Canon Worsley and Mr Makin for relieving me of so many Church duties and responsibilities during these past weeks, Never shall I forget their kindness and their help. Mr. Makin particularly shouldered a heavy burden and carried it magnificently.

I wish also to pay my tribute to the doctors and Nurses who for so long attended my dear wife. Dr. Kenny and Dr. Simpson gave their devoted care and attention and if medical knowledge and skill could have saved her she would still be here. They gave themselves devotedly to her, sparing nothing and what more could anyone do? She herself expressed her gratitude to them more than once and they both knew they had a patient who valued beyond words their help.

Nurse Whelan and Nurse Glover of the Radcliffe District Nursing Association regularly attended her; Their gentleness and care, when she herself was helpless, were of the utmost aid. We could not have carried on without their assistance. They adorn their profession and I trust that if ever they come to an hour of such need they will find someone to minister to them as they did to my dear wife. . Amidst all her suffering and pain she remained the same person you all knew—calm, quiet, peaceful. Now I believe her tired body is at rest and her soul is at peace. I pray that light perpetual may shine upon her and that I and others may be inspired in days to come by her example. We at the Rectory thank you all, for your sympathy, love and prayers.

“Brethren, pray for us.”
Yours affectionately, .
T. BACKHOUSE.

Burials
Mar 16 [1944] Constance Mary Margaret Backhouse, aged 58 years
So born in ~1886

Name: Constance Mary Margaret or Mary Backhouse
Event Type: Probate
Event Date: 17 Apr 1944
Event Place: Manchester, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
Event Place (Original): Manchester, Lancashire, United Kingdom
Death Date: 10 Mar 1944
Beneficiary's Name: Thomas Backhouse
Second Beneficiary's Name: James Scott Sewell

District: Manchester
Digital Folder Number: 007709412
Image Number: 00105

Citing this Record
"England and Wales, National Index of Wills and Administrations, 1858-1957," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:7XFD-ZJW2 : 27 August 2019), Thomas Backhouse in entry for Constance Mary Margaret or Mary Backhouse, 17 Apr 1944; citing Probate, Manchester, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, Her Majesty's Stationery Office, Great Britain.; FHL microfilm .