John Starie (Jack) Handley

   Cause of his death was liver cancer ?.

  General Notes:

Address at time of marriage: 82 Langdale, Wavertree, England
Address at time of daughter's marriage, 29/12/1945: 40 Milton Avenue, Liverpool 14.
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Roger Davies remembers that Uncle Jack worked for Nestlé. He had an open-top car in which he drove Roger and his sisters to Southport. They sang in the back of the car.
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Audrey Davies remembers that "he had a car in those days because he was a commercial traveller with Nestles. However he had an accident on a dark night in which a pedestrian was killed and, after that, he apparently never drove again."

Michael Pantlin : In later life in Droitwich , Jack enjoyed gardening. He had a large garden with a pond, lawn , flower-beds, vegetable patch, fruit bushes, fruit trees, and a wild area with tall trees that he called the 'jungle'. Two outside sheds served to store fruit in winter and house garden tools.

Tony Davy: Uncle Jack had a car-accidnet (not his fault), killed someone, and never drove since.

  Research Notes:

From Museum of Freemasonry:
In reply I am able to tell you that your grandfather, John Starie Handley, resigned from the St. Michael's Temperance Lodge on 15^th December 1927.

I am not aware of any instances of ex-servicemen joining a Lodge in order to stop excessive drinking and I doubt very much whether the Lodge had a special programme for alcoholics. Temperance lodges were not really concerned with preventing alcoholism but had their origins with Freemasons who favoured the temperance movement. The only difference between temperance and other lodges is that no intoxicants were provided at the after proceedings of the Lodge. With the passage of time, however, many of these lodges relaxed their rules to a greater or lesser degree.

  Medical Notes:

From his letter to his daugther, written 1 November 1970:

Mine is no ordinary liver upset, very rare and serious. It is grossly enlarged and is now occupying half of my stomach crowding all the other organs. It is still growing, and will determine my end. It also starves the body of nutriment hence my weakened physical and mental condition. I have to keep the body stretched to avoid cramping so only bed is really comfortable. The doctor said that I'd never dig again. Any gardening will be very very light so there is no hope of improvement and I suppose from now on I will just fade away. On top of all it has ruined my sight. The blurred vision and has intensified so even this letter-writing is tiring and straining. Have to take rests after short spells. Apparently I have worked myself to death.

  Noted events in his life were:

• Residence: 33 Tabley Road with his parents, 1901, Liverpool, England. ⁴⁷

• Residence: 65 Barrington Road, Apr 1911, Liverpool. ²¹⁹

• Occupation: Agents traveller, building trade, 2 Apr 1911, Liverpool, UK. ¹⁹

• Membership: Freemasons, St Michaels Temperance Lodge, 20 Mar 1919, Liverpool, England. ²²⁰

• Residence: 82 Langdale Road with his parents, 1920, Liverpool. ^10,221

• Occupation: Commercial traveller (confectionery), 23 Jun 1921, 91 Rocky Lane, Liverpool, England. As mentioned on daughter's birth certifiacte

• Military Service: 6th Regiment Territorials, 1912. ⁶⁴

• Residence: 91 Rocky Lane with his parents in-law, 1925, Liverpool. ²⁰⁵

• Membership: resigned from Freemasons, 15 Dec 1927, Liverpool. ²²²

• Residence: 91 Rocky Lane, 1929, Liverpool. ²²³

• Residence: 46 Ferry Road, 1935, London, England. ²⁰⁵

• Residence: 76C Rochester Row, 1937, Westminster, Middlesex, England. ²²⁴

• Residence: 76c Rochester Row, 1939, Westminster, Middlesex, England. ²⁰⁵

• Residence: 19 St Peter's Walk, 6 Jan 1945, Droitwich, England. ⁸³

• occupatiion: temporary civil servant, 6 Jan 1945, Droitwich, England. ⁸³

• Residence: 61 Corbett Avenue, 31 Dec 1945, Droitwich, England. ²²⁵

• Hobby: gardening (flowers, fruit, veg) and spenty all his time at it: Droitwich, England.

• Residence: 'Clee View', 48 Old Coach Road, 5 Oct 1948, Droitwich, England. ²²⁶

• res: 'Clee View', 48 Old Coach Road, 1968, Droitwich, England.

• Cremation: Cremated at Worcester Crematorium, 1970, Worcester, England. Cremation number 9388

John married Gladys Emily Grime, daughter of John (Dandy) Grime and Emily Augusta Jardine, on 21 Aug 1920 in St Bridget's Church, Wavertree, Lancaster, UK ²¹⁷.^,218 (Gladys Emily Grime was born on 13 Aug 1890 in Liverpool, UK ²²⁷, christened on 21 Sep 1890 in St Chrysostom, Everton, Lancashire, England ²²⁸ and died on 3 Jul 1921 in Liverpool, UK ⁵⁶.). The cause of her death was Puerperal Fever (Childbed Fever)/Gastro Enteritis and Cardiac thrombosis as on death certificate.

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Marriage Contract: Witness L.Iverna (Ivy). Cubbin, best friend of Gladys Grime.

John next married Beryl Flower, daughter of Walter Flower and Harriet, on 6 Jan 1945 in St. Peter de Witton Church, Droitwich, England ⁸³.^,124 (Beryl Flower was born on 23 Feb 1903 ¹²⁵ and died in Dec 1977 in Warwick & Leamington.)