Individual Summary for Sidney Allen Glew
23 Apr 2000
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Event
Date(s)
Place
Description
Born
Clive Rd, Portsmouth, Hampshire, UK 
Christened
1
28 May 1897
St Mary's Ch, Sidlesham, WS, UK 
Died
2
5 Oct 1975
Nursing Home, Littlehampton, WS, UK 
Buried
Church Norton, Selsey, WS, UK 
Nickname: 
AKA: 
Married Name: 
Sex:
M
ID:
49
AFN:
Created:
25 Sep 1999
Last Changed: 3 Oct 1999
Parents
Father
Mother
Allen Glew
Rosa Harding
Marriages
Spouse
Marriage Date/Place
18 Sep 1919
, Fareham, Hampshire, UK
Philaemena Dora Greest
3,
4
Notes
Sidney Allen was christened on 28 May 1897 in the parish of Sidlesham, the entry shows his parents were living in Portsmouth at the time due to his 
father Allen being in the Royal Navy, this is probably where Sidney was born. He married Philaemina Dora Greest in Holy Trinity church, Fareham 
on 18 Sep 1919, he was recorded as being a tram conductor; both he and Dora signed the register and one of the witnesses was his brother Percy.  Sid 
and Dora made their first home in Bishop's St, Portsmouth where his son Dudley was born in Jun of the following year. At some point between 1920 
and 1930 (when his second child, Nina was born) he moved to Selsey where he built (or had built for him) 'Waterlooville' in Lewis Rd. His father, 
Allen, either gave him the ground or helped towards the cost of the house as he similarly helped Jack (Dudley John) and Percy. He earned his living 
as a self-employed chimney sweep and window cleaner and was also in demand at weddings where a chimney sweep was once a traditional sight as a 
good luck sign. His occupation was recorded as handyman on his daughter, Nina's, marriage entry in the parish record. He died aged 78 on 5 Oct 
1975 from cancer while in a nursing home in Littlehampton and is buried at Church Norton cemetery. Sidney was my Granduncle. His gravestone 
inscription reads: 
   LOVING MEMORY OF / MY DEAR WIFE / PHILOMINA DORA GLEW / WHO PASSED AWAY /
   28TH NOV 1961 / AGED 65 YEARS / AND HER HUSBAND / SIDNEY ALLEN GLEW /
   WHO PASSED AWAY / 5TH OCT 1975 / AGED 78 YEARS
Sources
1. 
Sidlesham Parish Baptism Register, MF1249, PAR173/1/2/2, Frame 009809, Page 114, Entry 911, 1876/1942, WSRO, Chichester.
2. 
Monumental Inscription.
3. 
Fareham Holy Trinity Parish Marriage Register, CHU44/1C/3, Fiche 1/3, Page 39, Entry 77, 1915/1928, Portsmouth Record Office.
4. 
PRO Marriage Indexes, Fareham, Vol 2b, Page 1743, Sep 1919.