Stroud Eric Milsom (1883 - 1958) My Grandfather

Stroud Eric Milsom c 1884                                   From boy to man                 Stroud Eric Milsom was the third son born to Frances Henry and Agnes Milsom on 11 December 1883 in Lansdown, Bath and enjoyed an extravagant, diverse and well travelled life.   Clicking the link below will take you to a précis of his known movements to date and some of the evidence collected over the years depicting Stroud's interesting life.     11 Dec 1883       Birth  Born to Francis Henry and Agnes Milsom  Bath, Somerset  19 Jul 1912  Age: 29   Travel to Kamloops, British Columbia to set up a Ranch with his brother Sidney   Liverpool-Quebec, Kamloops aboard Empress of Britain  4 Feb 1913  Age: 30   Marriage to Gwendolen Newling  Watford UK  8 Apr 1913    Travel to British Columbia    Avonmouth-Halifax Nova Scotia, Kamloops aboard Royal Edward  3 Nov 1913    Daughter Colleen Elizabeth Alice born  Kamloops, British Columbia  1918   Age: 35  Ambulance Driver for the French Red Cross      Vosges, France (awarded Croix de Guerre medal see link at foot of page)  26 July 1918  Census  Residence   Living in Buckingham Gate, London  1919    Age: 36   Divorce from 1st wife Gwendolen Newling     6 Apr 1920   Age: 37  Travel to Kamloops  Liverpool- St John, New Brunswick, Kamloops aboard Empress of France  1922   Census  Residence   21 Pulteney St, Bath  1923-28  Census  Residence  Lodge Style, Combe Down, Bath  1929-32   Census  Residence   Sunningdale, Forester Rd, Bath  5 Sep 1931   Age: 47  Marriage to Gertrude Edith Croft   Register Office, Bath, Somerset  Sep 1932  Age: 48   Licenced Victualler  Englishcombe Inn Bath    9 Sept 1932                Birth of son Anthony Robert Clifford Milsom (my father)  Bath, Somerset  15 May 1952      Witness to son Tony's marriage   Bristol Register Office 29 Aug 1958   Age: 74  Death  from Broncho Pneumonia and widespread metastes from carcinoma of prostate   Will of Stroud Eric MILSOM