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Thomas George Greenwell                   1894-1967
Thomas was born about 1894, the son of Thomas William Greenwell and Hannah Botterill, at Sunderland, County Durham. He served in the Royal Air Force, was a Member of Parliament 1943-1945, and High Sheriff for Durham County in 1951-1952, and was chairman and managing director of T. W. Greenwell & Co. Ltd.

Mabel Winifred Catcheside                  1895-1967
Mabel was born about 1895, the daughter of Thomas Henry Cobden Catcheside and Sarah Jane Porter, at Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.
I have identified the following children. 		Thomas George Greenwell
  Pamela Born 3 Oct 1919   Sunderland Married Gordon Lovegrove Hunter
Thomas Anthony Born 12 Feb 1922   Sunderland Married Grace Muriel Frail

Birth of Parents
Thomas George Greenwell b: abt 1894               County Durham       1895 1Q Sunderland 10a 725
son of Thomas William Greenwell and Hannah Botterill

Mabel Winifred Catcheside b: abt 1895         Northumberland       1895 1Q Newcastle T 10b 72
daughter of Thomas Henry Cobden Catcheside and Sarah Jane Porter

Marriage
9 Apr 1918
Thomas George Greenwell
Mabel Winifred Catcheside 		All Saints Church, Gosforth, Northumberland      1918 2Q Castle Ward 10b 698

The Times, Friday, Apr 12, 1918                         MARRIAGES
  GREENWELL : CATCHESIDE - On the 9th April, at All Saints Church, Gosforth, Northumberland, by the Reverend W. W. Kennedy, M.A., Thomas George Greenwell, Lieutenant, Royal Air Force, only son of Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Greenwell, "Northwood," Sunderland, to Mabel Winifred, elder daughter of Mrs. T. H. Catcheside, and the late Mr. T. H. Catcheside, J.P., Inglewood, Gosforth, Northumberland.

Children
Pamela Greenwell b: 3 Oct 1919               County Durham       1919 4Q Sunderland 10a 1455
daughter of Thomas George Greenwell and Mabel Winifred Catcheside
Thomas Anthony Greenwell b: 12 Feb 1922               County Durham       1922 1Q Sunderland 10a 1610
son of Thomas George Greenwell and Mabel Winifred Catcheside

Death
Mabel Winifred (Catcheside) Greenwell Died 9 Oct 1967, Age 72,       1967 4Q Newcastle T 1B 128

The Times, Tuesday, Oct 10, 1967                         DEATHS
  GREENWELL - On October 9th, 1967, MABEL WINIFRED GREENWELL, very dearly loved wife of George Greenwell, of WHitburn Hall, Sunderland.   Funeral Private.   Flowers to Chapel of Rest, Duckworth, 6 High Street West, before 10 a.m., Wednesday, October 11th.   No letters, please.

Death
Thomas George Greenwell Died 15 Nov 1967, Age 72,       1967 4Q Durham N.E. 1a 457

The Times, Friday, Nov 17, 1967                         OBITUARIES
COL T. G. GREENWELL
  Colonel Thomas George Greenwell, who died on Wednesday at the age of 72, was National Conservative M.P. for Hartlepools from 1943-45 and High Sheriff of Durham County in 1951-52.   A former chairman of the Dry Dock Owners' and Repairers Central Council, he was chairman and managing director of T. W. Greenwell & Co. Ltd., the Sunderland ship repairing company, until his retirement in 1960.
  In the First World War he served in the R.G.A., R.F.C., and R.A.F.   Between the wars he served in the Territorial Army and was made an Honorary Colonel after he had been released from the Army in 1940 to return to the ship repairing industry.

SPECIAL THANKS  to Bill Greenwell, a descendant of Thomas George Greenwell (1842-1922), for many of the details provided above.

PICTURE CREDIT
The photo is from the book
"WHERE SHIPS ARE BORN, SUNDERLAND 1346-1946, A History of Shipbuilding on the River Wear" by J. W. SMITH and T. S. Holden. Published by Thomas Reed and Company Limited, Sunderland       1946