See also

Family of Shrofield Harrington Read and Kate Chester

  • Husband:

  • Shrofield Harrington Read (1887-1957)

  • Wife:

  • Kate Chester (1882-1943)

  • Marriage:

  • Q3 1917

  • Bosmere "Registration District", Suffolk, England1

  •  

  • Shrofield Harrington Read as Frederick S Read

Husband: Shrofield Harrington Read

  • Name:

  • Shrofield Harrington Read2 3 1 4

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • clerk, auxiliary postman then a factory cleaner5 6 7

  • Birth:

  • 7 Feb 1887

  • Fakenham, Norfolk, England2 6 8 5

  • Baptism:

  • 8 Mar 1887 (age 0)

  • St. Peter and St. Paul's Church, Oak Street, Fakenham, Norfolk, England3

  •  

  • son of Shrofield James Read (grocer and draper) and Annie Mary of Fakenham, private baptism

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 4)

  • Norwich Road, Fakenham, Norfolk, England9

  •  

  • son living with his parents Shrofield and Annie, a housekeeper and two servants. Born in Norfolk

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 14)

  • 37 Sirdar Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England8

  •  

  • son working as an errand boy and living with his parents Shrofield and Annie, sisters Gladys and Beryl, and brothers Russell, Eric and Roy. Born in Fakenham Norfolk

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 24)

  • 37 Sirdar Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England5

  •  

  • unmarried son working as a corn merchants clerk and living in six rooms with his parents Shrofield and Annie, sisters Gladys and Beryl, and brothers Russell and Ernie. Born in Fakenham Norfolk

  • Medals:

  • 1920 (app)10

  •  

  •  

  • Victory, British, 1914 Star and Silver War Badge having served in the 1/4 Suffolk as no:141 and 200122

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 52)

  • 9 Park Road, Needham Market, Suffolk, England6

  •  

  • a married and disabled auxiliary postman living with his wife Kate and a closed record. Born on 7th July 1887 but corrected to 7th February 1887

  • Administrator:

  • 15 Mar 1944 (age 57)

  •  

     

    Shrofield Harrington Read was appointed as an administrator at the probate hearing of Kate Chester on Wednesday on 15 March 1944 at the Probate Registry, Arcade Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England

  • Death:

  • Q4 1957 (age 70)

  • Gipping "Registration District", Suffolk, England4

Wife: Kate Chester

  • Name:

  • Kate Chester11

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Nickname:

  • Katie

  • Father:

  • William Chester (1840?-1917)

  • Mother:

  • Mary Ablitt (1842-1912)

  • Birth:

  • 11 Sep 1882

  • Needham Market, Suffolk, England11 12 13 14 6

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 8)

  • Bridge Street, Needham Market, Suffolk, England12

  •  

  • daughter as Katie living with her parents William and Mary, sister Fanny, and brother Maurice. Born in Needham Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 18)

  • Bridge Street, Needham Market, Suffolk, England13

  •  

  • unmarried daughter living with her parents William and Mary and nephew Stanley. Born in Needham Market Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 28)

  • Bridge Street, Needham Market, Suffolk, England14

  •  

  • unmarried daughter as Kate living in four rooms with her parents William and Mary and nephew Stanley Chester. Born in Needham Market Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 57)

  • 9 Park Road, Needham Market, Suffolk, England6

  •  

  • married doing unpaid domestic duties and living with her husband Shrofield and a closed record. Born on 11th September 1882

  • Death:

  • 29 Dec 1943 (age 60)

  • Melton, Suffolk, England15 7

  • Probate:

  • 15 Mar 1944

  • Probate Registry, Arcade Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England7

  •  

  • of 9 Park Road Needham Market (wife of Shrofield Harrington Read) died 29th December 1943 at Melton Suffolk, administration of effects of £203 2s 6d (~£7,400 in 2017) to the said Shrofield Harrington Read factory cleaner

Note on Husband: Shrofield Harrington Read

Following Kate's death Shrofield married Ivy I How in 194616

Sources

1.

England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Bosmere 1917 quarter:3 volume:4a page:1829. Cit. Date: 2 July 2021.

2.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Walsingham 1887 quarter:1 volume:4b page:302. Cit. Date: 3 July 2021.

3.

FindMyPast Parish Records Collection - Baptisms, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). Norfolk Record Office Fakenham St. Peter and St. Paul baptisms 1883-1940 ref:PD 204/160 page:26 entry:207. Cit. Date: 3 July 2021.

4.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Gipping 1957 quarter:4 volume:4b page:855. Cit. Date: 3 July 2021.

5.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG14 piece:10804 class:RG78 piece:584 registration district:213 sub-district:1 enumeration district:6 schedule:39. Cit. Date: 3 July 2021.

6.

UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG101 piece:6641I page:13 line:40 letter code:TXFW. Cit. Date: 3 July 2021.

7.

UK Government Probate Service, UK Government Find a Will, (on-line at www.probatesearch.service.gov.uk, www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Ipswich 1944 page:596. Cit. Date: 3 July 2021.

8.

England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class RG13 piece:1774 folio:77 page:28 shedule:173. Cit. Date: 3 July 2021.

9.

England and Wales Census 1891, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG12 piece:1558 folio:33 page:38 schedule:254. Cit. Date: 3 July 2021.

10.

Ancestry UK, British Army WWI Medal Rolls Index Cards 1914-1920, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk). 1/4 Suffolk no:1414 and 200122. Cit. Date: 3 July 2021.

11.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Bosmere and Claydon 1882 quarter:4 volume:4a page:685. Cit. Date: 24 June 2021.

12.

England and Wales Census 1891, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG12 piece:1463 folio:137 page:17. Cit. Date: 2 July 2021.

13.

England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG13 piece:1770 folio:61 page:23. Cit. Date: 6 June 2019.

14.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG14 piece:10776 class:RG78 piece:582 registration district:211 sub-district:2 enumeration district:10 schedule:249. Cit. Date: 6 June 2019.

15.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Deben 1944 quarter:1 volume:4a page:1501. Cit. Date: 3 July 2021.

16.

England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Deben 1946 quarter:4 volume:4a page:3397. Cit. Date: 3 July 2021.