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About Avis Hope
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/88829674/avis-hope
Bob Hope's Welsh mother, Avis Townes, was a light opera singer who later worked as a cleaning woman. The family lived in Weston-super-Mare, then Whitehall and St George in Bristol, before moving to Cleveland, Ohio, in 1908. The family emigrated to the United States aboard the SS Philadelphia, and passed inspection at Ellis Island on March 30, 1908.[4] Hope became a U.S. citizen in 1920 at the age of 17.[5] In a 1942 legal document, Hope's legal name is given as Lester Townes Hope.[6] His name on the Social Security Index is also listed as Lester T. Hope.[7] His name at birth as registered during the July–August–September quarter in the Lewisham district of Greater London was Leslie Towns [sic] Hope
Mother of Leslie Towne Hope - Bob Hope
Notes: Hope: Mrs. Avis, wife of William Henry, mother of Ivor, James, Fred, Jack, Lester, Sidney and George, Jan. 21, at residence, 3323 Yorkshire Rd., where funeral services will be held Tuesday, Jan. 23, at 2 p. m. Interment Knollwood Cemetery.
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1873
24 May
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Birth
Poplar, London, England. This date is recorded on the Naturalisation papers of Dec 1920 so it is either true or a date the family used.
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1891
25 Apr
Age: 17
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Marriage to William Henry Hope
Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom
Living at 40 Richards St, Barry
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1908
30 Mar
Age: 34
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Departure
Bristol, England, United Kingdom
The family came to the United States aboard the SS Philadelphia, and passed inspection at Ellis Island on March 30, 1908.
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1908
Age: 35
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Arrival
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1920
Age: 47
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Residence
Cleveland Ward 19, Cuyahoga, Ohio
1913 E 105th St
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1930
Age: 57
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Residence
Cleveland Heights, Cuyahoga, Ohio
3823 Yorkshire Rd
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1934
21 Jan
Age: 60
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Death
3323 Yorkshire Road, Cleveland, Ohio.
Death at 3323 Yorkshire Road, Cleveland, Ohio. Burial: Knollwood Cemetery sec17 lot 334, Cleveland, Ohio
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Occupation
Welsh Concert Singer
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John Towns
– 1881
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possibly Lewis
– 1881
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William Henry Hope
1870 – 1936
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Ivor Henry Hope
1892 – 1969
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Francis James Hope
1893 – 1975
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Avis Emily Hope
1895 – 1896
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Frederick Charles Hope
1897 – 1985
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William John Hope
1900 – 1962
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Leslie Townes (Bob) Hope
1903 – 2003
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Sidney Walter Hope
1905 – 1946
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George Percy Hope
1910 – 1969
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1920 United States Federal Census
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1930 United States Federal Census
1 citation provides evidence for Name, Residence, Birth
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Avis Hope's Timeline
| 1873 |
May 24, 1873
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Poplar, Greater London, UK
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| 1892 |
January 21, 1892
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Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom
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| 1893 |
July 23, 1893
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United Kingdom
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| 1897 |
August 24, 1897
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Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom
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| 1900 |
June 20, 1900
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Eltham, Greater London, UK
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| 1903 |
May 29, 1903
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Eltham, Greater London, UK
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| 1905 |
December 17, 1905
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London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom
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| 1910 |
April 24, 1910
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Cleveland, OH, United States
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| 1934 |
January 21, 1934
Age 60
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OH, United States
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