I’ve spent some money downloading records from the 1921 census and it’s actually really lovely to have some new records to look at.
My paternal great-grandfather George James Benger was a sheet metal worker at the Royal Naval Ordinance, Priddy’s Hard, Gosport. He can be found on the 1921 census along with his wife and daughter Viola Margaret, an officer worker at C Leether & Co, Marins, 1 Highland Road, Southsea. Their address is given as 96 St Augustine Road, Southsea.
Interestingly they have three guests, two are listed as boarders, the other being George Benger’s mother in law. The two boarders are Tom Henson and his daughter Ivy. I have heard about Ivy and actually have a couple of photos of her which had belonged to my grandmother.
Presumably as both George Benger and Tom Henson worked at Priddy’s Hard, they must have known each other through their work.
