Eric Cuthbert Enock (1872-1952)

PERSONAL DETAILS

Full name: Eric Cuthbert Enock.
Date of birth: Sunday, 7th April, 1872.
Birthplace: 62, Pershore Road, Moor Green, Birmingham, England.
Baptised: Thursday, 10th August, 1882 at St. Mary's Church, St. Mary's Row, Moseley, Birmingham, England.
Date of death: Sunday, 30th November, 1952. (aged 80 years.)
Place of death: Wood Green, London, England.
Signature:

FAMILY

PARENTS

Arthur Henry Enock (1839-1917)
Arthur Henry Enock
(1839-1917)
Lavinia Georgina Enock (née Hollis) (1841-1899)
Lavinia Georgina Enock
(née Hollis)
(1841-1899)

SIBLINGS

Arthur Frederick Enock (1865-1866)
Arthur Frederick Enock
(1865-1866)

Donald Enock (1867-1932)
Donald Enock
(1867-1932)

Charles Reginald Enock (1868-1970)
Charles Reginald Enock
(1868-1970)


Arthur Guy Enock (1870-1956)
Arthur Guy Enock
(1870-1956)



Esther Ethelind Enock (1874-1947)
Esther Ethelind Enock
(1874-1947)


Dorothea Amy Enock (1877-1959)
Dorothea Amy Enock
(1877-1959)



John Kemp Enock (1878-1957)
John Kemp Enock
(1878-1957)



Christine Lavinia Enock (1881-1957)
Christine Lavinia Enock
(1881-1957)

WIFE

R Carrie Enock (née Goodridge) (1875-1952).

Date of marriage: Tuesday, 17th April, 1900.
Place of marriage: Townstal Church (St. Clement), Church Road, Dartmouth, Devon, England.

CHILDREN

RESIDENCES

1872-1874 - 62, Pershore Road, Moor Green, Birmingham (is this Park Place mentioned in 1884 OS?).

Demlolished in the 1970s.

1875-1877 - Middleton Villas, Middleton Hall Road, King's Norton, Birmingham, England.

Approximate location of property.

1877-1879 - 10, Noel Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham, England.

Unable to locate property.

1879-1883 - 1, Park Place, Alcester Road, Moseley, Birmingham, England.

1883-1888 - "Hill Crest" (No. 28), Lickey Square, Lickey Rednal, Worcestershire, England.

1889-1890 - "Inglewood", Lower Contour Road, Kingswear, Dartmouth, Devon, England.

1891 - "Coombeside", Castle Road, Kingswear, Dartmouth, Devon, England.

1893-1895 - "Dimora" (now Tudor Lodge), Higher Erith Road, Torquay, Devon, England.

1901-1902 - 7, Ridge Hill, Dartmouth, Devon, England.

1905-1914 - 66, Palace Gates Road, Wood Green, London, England.

Unable to locate property.

1919-1926 - 94, Brownlow Road, Bowes Park, Wood Green, London, England.

Unable to locate property.

1927-1952 - 14, Bourne Avenue, Wood Green, London, England.

EDUCATION

1884-1885 (possibly 1882-1887) - King Edward VI: Camp Hill Grammar School for Boys, Stratford Road, Camp Hill, Birmingham, England (now occupied by Muath Trust).

Feepaying school.

1894-1895 - Geneva, Switzerland

"From Feb 1894 to Jan 1895 was studying engineering at Geneva, Switzerland."

OCCUPATION

1887-1894 - Simpson, Strickland and Co., Noss Works, Bridge Road, Dartmouth, Devon, England.

"He served his time from Feb 1887 to Feb 1892 at the works of Simpson, Strickland & Coof Dartsmouth, and as draughtsman in the same works. From Feb 1892 to Feb 1893 was shop manager from March 1893 to Jan 1894."

1895-c1901 - "Enock Bros", Coombe Works, Sandquay, Dartmouth, Devon, England.

In partnership with brother Donald Enock. Bought out by W. Ball & Co. of Torquay in January 1899.

"Returned to England, and became partner in the firm Enock Bros, Dartmouth, which was bought in January of the present year [1899] by W. Ball & Co. of Torquay, and is now run under that name and of which firm E. C. Enock is now sole manager."

c1905-1929 - Arthur G. Enock Co. Ltd.

Business owned by Eric's brother Guy Enock.

Director & Works Manager.

Addresses:

1904-1908 - Thane Works, Seven Sisters Road, Holloway, London, England.

1910-1925 - Thane Works, Fountayne Road, Broad Lane, Tottenham, London, England.

1925-1929 - Thane Works, Angel Road, Edmonton, London, England.

Also had offices at 60 Dunsmure Road, Stamford Hill, London.

PATENTS

COMMENTS ABOUT ERIC

Charles Reginald Enock

The following excerpts are from Charles' diaries which are held by the Imperial War Museum.

"Eric came over to see me, dad, on his motor cycle. The first time he has been to see me dad here all this time! He came because his way from Dartmouth to London lay 3 1/2 miles away from Froxfield, otherwise, I am afraid, he would not have come."

"The Friday before last we all went to dinner at Eric's new home (New Southgate); and the dad was there and Guy later. A family gathering and very pleasant. Eric & his boys showed me large pieces of the Zeppelin framework they picked up 2 1/2 miles from where the zep fell......Eric motored me to the site and I saw the shattered oak across where it fell and the burned hillside."

COMMENTS ABOUT ERIC

"Aunt Carrie died last Sunday in hospital having being terribly ill and weighing only 4 stone. Poor uncle Eric is very feeble. Dad went up to Southgate yesterday to attend the cremation service. Eric couldn't go. Graham was there." - Olive Enock's letter to Joan Enock - 11th April 1952.

WILL

Date of Probate: 29th January 1953
Gross value of Estate: £11,725. 0s. 5d.
Net value of Estate: £11,668. 1s. 5d.
Estate duty and interest: £700. 19s. 6d.

"THIS IS THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT of me ERIC CUTHBERT ENOCK of 14 Bourne Avenue Southgate in the County of Middlesex.

1. I REVOKE all former Wills and testamentary writings heretofore made by me
2. I APPOINT my Son Ronald Henry Enock of 38 Queen Elizabeths Drive Southgate N.14. and my Son-in-law Leonard William Lambe of 4 Kenwood Avenue Southgate N.14. EXECUTORS hereof
3. I GIVE the following pecuniary legacies namely:
To my daughter-in-law, Ida Enock, in recognition of her great kindness to me the sum of fifty pounds
To the said Leonard William Lambe in recognition of his kind help in various business matters the sum of fifty pounds
To my domestic help Ellen Curtis in recognition of her may years of faithful service the sum of twenty five pounds
4. ALL the above legacies are given free of death duties
5. SUBJECT to the payment of debts funeral and testamentary expenses I GIVE all the rest residue and remainder of my estate and effects to my three children in equal shares or the whole to the survivor or survivors of them Provided nevertheless that if any child of mine shall die in my lifetime leaving a child or child him or her surviving such child or children shall take and if more than one equally between them the share which his her or their parent would have taken had he or she survived me.

IN WITNESS whereof I have hereunto set my hand this tenth day of June One thousand nine hundred and fifty two.

Ronald, Billy and Muriel received around £3620. 13s. 11d. each.

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