Individual Summary for Rosa Harding
23 Apr 2000
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Event
Date(s)
Place
Description
Born
1
19 Sep 1869
, Sidlesham, West Sussex, UK 
Christened
2
17 Oct 1869
St Mary's Ch, Sidlesham, WS, UK 
Died
26 Jan 1947
East Rd, Selsey, West Sussex, UK 
Buried
3
29 Jan 1947
Church Norton, Selsey, WS, UK 
Nickname: 
AKA: 
Married Name: Glew
Sex:
F
ID:
48
AFN:
Created:
4 Sep 1999
Last Changed: 3 Oct 1999
Parents
Father
Mother
George Welcome Harding
Frances Maria Dash
Marriages
Spouse
Marriage Date/Place
5 Jul 1896
St Peter's Ch, Sidlesham, West Sussex, UK
Allen Glew
4
Notes
Rosa was born on 19 Sep 1869 and was christened in St Mary's Church in the parish of Sidlesham on the 17th of the following month. She was the 
2nd of 8 children born between 1867 and 1884 to George Welcome Harding and Francis Maria Dash. She married Allen Glew in the parish of 
Sidlesham on 5 Jul 1896 aged 26, just one year older than Allen according to the entry in the parish register. However, Allen had put his age on 2 
years to join the Navy and was obviously still 'unsure' of his age here as there was actually 2 yrs 5 mths between them. Their marriage entry also 
shows they both signed in a fair hand and her father, George Welcome Harding, and sister, Alice Lawrence, witnessed. Her father is recorded as an 
Inn Keeper. Allen had been in the Navy for 6 years at the time of their marriage and was most likely based in Portsmouth as that was where they 
made their first home. Their 3 children, Sidney Allen (b.1897), Dudley John (b.1901) and Percy Thomas (b.1902), were all born whilst they were 
living in Portsmouth. Parish records show the latter 2 being born whilst the family were living at 159 Clive Rd, Fratton. All three boys though were 
baptised in Sidlesham. Their house in Clive Rd was a terraced house and the present number 159 looks to date from that time. On discharge from the 
Navy to the reserves in 1911, the family moved to South Ambersham, just outside Midhurst were they took a pub, 'The Old House At Home', after 
which they took 'The Royal Oak' also just outside Midhurst. They remained here until Allen was called up again for WWI in 1914 when she and the 
children moved to Selsey where they bought a house in Forester's Villas, East Rd. Allen was finally discharged from the Navy in 1919 aged 47 and 
they moved to 'Sunnyside' also in East Rd, next to the school, and later moving across the road to 'Fernbank' (42 East Rd). Rosa died at Fernbank on 
29 Jan 1947, aged 77. She is buried at Church Norton cemetery. Her birth certificate records her name as Rosa although her baptism entry in the 
parish register records her as Rosina, however, she was known throughout her adult life as Rosa. She was my Great Grandmother. Her gravestone 
inscription read: 
   IN / AFFECTIONATE REMEMBERANCE / OF / MY BELOVED WIFE / ROSA GLEW /
   WHO FELL ASLEEP / 26TH JANUARY 1947 / AGED 77 YEARS / AT REST /
   AND HER HUSBAND / ALLEN GLEW / WHO FELL ASLEEP / 3RD MAY 1957 /
   AGED 85 YEARS
Sources
1. 
Certified Copy of an Entry of Birth, Cert No D360291, Entry 105, 16 Aug 1935.
2. 
Sidlesham Parish Baptism Register, MF353, PAR173/1/2/2, Page 28, Entry 218, 1862/1876, WSRO, Chichester.
3. 
Selsey Parish Burial Register, MF1249, PAR166/1/5/3, Frame 009065, Page 96, Entry 767, 1918/1948, WSRO, Chichester.
4. 
Sidlesham Parish Marriage Register, MF1249, PAR173/1/3/2, Frame 009956, Page 162, Entry 323, 1875/1927, WSRO, Chichester.