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 outsides 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.

  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 determined 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. ⁴⁶

• Residence: 65 Barrington Road, Apr 1911, Liverpool. ⁴⁷

• Occupation: Agents traveller, building trade, 2 Apr 1911, Liverpool, UK. ⁴⁸

• Membership: Freemasons, St Michaels Temperance Lodge, 20 Mar 1919, Liverpool, England. ⁴⁹

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

• Membership: trade union for carpenters and joiners, 1921, Shrewsbury, England.

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

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

• Military Service: 6th Regiment Territorials, 1912. ⁵⁰

• Residence: 91 Rocky Lane with his parents in-law, 1925, Liverpool. ¹⁴

• Residence: 91 Rocky Lane, 1929, Liverpool. ⁵¹

• Residence: 46 Ferry Road, 1935, London, England. ¹⁴

• Residence: 76C Rochester Row, 1937, Westminster, Middlesex, England. ⁵²

• Residence: 76c Rochester Row, 1939, Westminster, Middlesex, England. ¹⁴

• Residence: 61 Corbett Avenue, 31 Dec 1945, Droitwich, England. ⁵³

• Residence: Old Coach Road, 5 Oct 1948, Droitwich, England. ⁵⁴

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

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 ⁴¹.^,42 (Gladys Emily Grime was born on 13 Aug 1890 in Liverpool, UK ⁵⁵, christened on 21 Sep 1890 in St Chrysostom, Everton, Lancashire, England ⁵⁶ and died on 3 Jul 1921 in Liverpool, UK ⁵⁷.). 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's Church, Droitwich, England.⁴³ (Beryl Flower was born on 23 Feb 1903 ⁵⁸ and died in Dec 1977 in Warwick & Leamington.)