See also

Family of William Henry Chester and Mary Tovell Gray

Husband: William Henry Chester

  • Name:

  • William Henry Chester2

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • William Chester (1840?-1917)

  • Mother:

  • Mary Ablitt (1842-1912)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • domestic groom and gardener3

  • Birth:

  • Q2 1865

  • Needham Market, Suffolk, England2 4 3

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1871 (age 6)

  • Bull Lane, Needham Market, Suffolk, England4

  •  

  • son living with his parents William and Mary, (half-)sister Elizabeth, sister Jane, and a bakers assistant. Born in Needham Market Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 36)

  • The Street, Melton, Suffolk, England3

  •  

  • married head of the household working as a domestic groom and gardener and living in four rooms with his wife Mary, son George, daughters Hilda, Edith and Kathleen, and nephew Harry Chester. Born in Needham Market Suffolk

  • Census absence:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 45-46)

  •  

Wife: Mary Tovell Gray

  • Name:

  • Mary Tovell Gray1

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Birth:

  • 1865 (app)

  • Woodbridge, Suffolk, England3

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 36)

  • The Street, Melton, Suffolk, England3

  •  

  • married wife living in four rooms with her husband William, son George, daughters Hilda, Edith and Kathleen, and nephew Harry Chester. Born in Woodbridge Suffolk

  • Census absence:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 45-46)

  •  

Child 1: Arthur Maurice Chester

  • Name:

  • Arthur Maurice Chester5

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Birth:

  • Q3 1887

  • Bosmere "Registration District", Suffolk, England5

Child 2: George William Chester

  • Name:

  • George William Chester6

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Birth:

  • Q2 1890

  • Woodbridge, Suffolk, England6 3

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 11)

  • The Street, Melton, Suffolk, England3

  •  

  • son living in four rooms with his parents William and Mary, sisters Hilda, Edith and Kathleen, and nephew Harry Chester. Born in Woodbridge Suffolk

Child 3: Hilda Violet Chester

  • Name:

  • Hilda Violet Chester7

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Birth:

  • Q2 1892

  • Woodbridge, Suffolk, England7 3

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 9)

  • The Street, Melton, Suffolk, England3

  •  

  • daughter living in four rooms with her parents William and Mary, brother George, sisters Edith and Kathleen, and nephew Harry Chester. Born in Woodbridge Suffolk

Child 4: Edith May Chester

  • Name:

  • Edith May Chester8

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Birth:

  • Q3 1893

  • Woodbridge, Suffolk, England8 3

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 7)

  • The Street, Melton, Suffolk, England3

  •  

  • daughter living in four rooms with her parents William and Mary, brother George, sisters Hilda and Kathleen, and nephew Harry Chester. Born in Woodbridge Suffolk

Child 5: Robert John Chester

  • Name:

  • Robert John Chester9

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Birth:

  • Q2 1896

  • Woodbridge "Registration District", Suffolk, England9

Child 6: Kathleen Mary Chester

  • Name:

  • Kathleen Mary Chester

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Spouse:

  • Bernard Hoppen ( - )

  • Birth:

  • Q2 1899

  • Melton, Suffolk, England10 3

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 2)

  • The Street, Melton, Suffolk, England3

  •  

  • daughter living in four rooms with her parents William and Mary, brother George, sisters Hilda and Edith, and nephew Harry Chester. Born in Melton Suffolk

  • Census absence:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 11-12)

  •  

Child 7: Sydney Leslie Chester

  • Name:

  • Sydney Leslie Chester11 12

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Birth:

  • Q4 1901

  • Woodbridge "Registration District", Suffolk, England11

  • Death:

  • Q3 1906 (age 4)

  • Newcastle-upon-Tyne "Registration District", Northumberland, England12

Child 8: Evelyn Jessie Chester

  • Name:

  • Evelyn Jessie Chester13

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Spouse:

  • Robert Henry Edgar (1905-1976)

  • Birth:

  • 21 Mar 1904

  • Newcastle-upon-Tyne "Registration District", Northumberland, England13 14 15

  • Census absence:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 7)

  •  

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 35)

  • 12 Duxfield Road, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland, England14

  •  

  • married doing unpaid domestic duties and living with her husband Robert, son Stanley and three closed records (presumably daughters Joyce or Eva and Noreen, and son Gordon). Born on 21st March 1904

  • Death:

  • Aug 1984 (age 80)

  • Newcastle-upon-Tyne "Registration District", Tyne and Wear, England15

Sources

1.

England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Woodbridge 1887 quarter:1 volume:4a page:879. Cit. Date: 19 September 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). Bosmere and Claydon 1865 quarter:2 volume:4a page:578. Cit. Date: 24 June 2021.

3.

England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG13 piece:1785 folio:77 page:11 schedule:68. Cit. Date: 19 September 2021.

4.

England and Wales Census 1871, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG10 piece:1745 folio:59 page:23 schedule:124. Cit. Date: 3 September 2024.

5.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Bosmere 1887 quarter:3 volume:4a page:762. Cit. Date: 19 August 2021.

6.

Ibid. Woodbridge 1890 quarter:2 volume:4a page:842. Cit. Date: 19 August 2021.

7.

Ibid. Woodbridge 1892 quarter:2 volume:4a page:913. Cit. Date: 19 August 2021.

8.

Ibid. Woodbridge 1893 quarter:4 volume:4a page:866. Cit. Date: 19 August 2021.

9.

Ibid. Woodbridge 1896 quarter:2 volume:4a page:946. Cit. Date: 19 August 2021.

10.

Ibid. Woodbridge 1899 quarter:2 volume:4a page:1016. Cit. Date: 19 August 2021.

11.

Ibid. Woodbridge 1901 quarter:4 volume:4a page:1074. Cit. Date: 19 August 2021.

12.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Newcastle upon Tyne 1906 quarter:3 volume:10b page:112. Cit. Date: 27 September 2021.

13.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Newcastle-upon-Tynee 1904 quarter:2 volume:10b page:163. Cit. Date: 19 August 2021.

14.

UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG101 piece:2924F page:13 line:1 letter code:GALS. Cit. Date: 23 September 2021.

15.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Newcastle upon Tyne 1984 quarter:3 register:884 volume:2 page:623. Cit. Date: 27 September 2021.