See also

Family of Robert Henry Merchant and Elsie Maria Osborn

  • Husband:

  • Robert Henry Merchant (1903-1960)

  • Wife:

  • Elsie Maria Osborn (1906-1977)

  • Marriage:

  • Q3 1925

  • Ipswich "Registration District", Suffolk, England1

Husband: Robert Henry Merchant

  • Name:

  • Robert Henry Merchant2 1 3

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • corn cutter4

  • Birth:

  • 7 Dec 1903

  • Ipswich, Suffolk, England2 5 4

  •  

  • 1939 register says born 7th December 1904

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 7)

  • 6 Lower Barclay Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England5

  •  

  • son attending school and living in four rooms with his mother Ellen, sisters Gertrude, Lillian, Ethel and Minnie, and a visitor. Born in Ipswich Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 35)

  • 39 Mildmay Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England4

  •  

  • a married semi-skilled corn cutter living with his wife Elsie and two closed records. Born on 7th December 1904 and note that his mother-in-law Harriet lived next door

  • Death:

  • Q3 1960 (age 56)

  • Ipswich "Registration District", Suffolk, England3

Wife: Elsie Maria Osborn

  • Name:

  • Elsie Maria Osborn6

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • John James Osborn (1882-1916)

  • Mother:

  • Harriet Susannah Collins (1881-1965)

  • Birth:

  • 4 May 1906

  • Ipswich, Suffolk, England6 7 4 8

  •  

  • 1939 register says born on 5th May 1906

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 4)

  • 38 Borough Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England7

  •  

  • daughter living in seven rooms with her parents John and Harriett, brother Robert, sister Ethel, her grandparents James and Mary Ann Osborne, her uncle Jacob Osborne and aunts Florence and Violet Catchpole. Born in Ipswich Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 33)

  • 39 Mildmay Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England4

  •  

  • married doing unpaid domestic duties and living with her husband Robert and two closed records. Born on 5th May 1906 and note that her mother Harriet lived next door

  • Death:

  • Q1 1977 (age 70)

  • Ipswich "Registration District", Suffolk, England8

Sources

1.

England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Ipswich 1925 quarter:3 volume:4a page:2587. Cit. Date: 23 August 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). Ipswich 1904 quarter:1 volume:4a page:1054. Cit. Date: 23 August 2021.

3.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Ipswich 1960 quarter:3 volume:4b page:725. Cit. Date: 23 August 2021.

4.

UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG101 piece:6609E page:2 line:20 letter code:TVOG. Cit. Date: 23 August 2021.

5.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG14 piece:10836 class:RG78 piece:585 registration district:213 sub-district:2 enumeration district:11 schedule:210. Cit. Date: 23 August 2021.

6.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Ipswich 1906 quarter:2 volume:4a page:1073. Cit. Date: 22 August 2021.

7.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG14 piece:10835 class:RG78 piece:585 registration district:213 sub-district:2 enumeration district:10 schedule:155. Cit. Date: 23 August 2021.

8.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Ipswich 1977 quarter:1 volume:10 page:2570. Cit. Date: 23 August 2021.