See also

Family of Bernard Benjamin William Monk and Ellen Ethel Matthews

Husband: Bernard Benjamin William Monk

  • Name:

  • Bernard Benjamin William Monk2 1 3

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • shop keeper4

  • Birth:

  • 7 Apr 1901

  • Dundalk, County Louth, Ireland2 5 6 4 3

  •  

  • his father was serving in the 8th (King's Royal) Hussars. Militray service record says born 6th April 1901

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 9)

  • 14 Pownall Crescent, Colchester, Essex, England5

  •  

  • son attending school and living in six rooms with his mother Sarah, sisters Winifred and Evelyn, and brother Edric (sic). Born in Dundalk Ireland

  • Military Service:

  • frm 16 Apr 1919 to 29 Oct 1920 (age 18-19)

  • British Army 8th Hussars no:346726

  •  

  • he was 5 ' 7½" tall, weighed 140 lbs with a chest of 36" and expansion 2½", a fresh complexion, blue eyes and light brown hair. Discharged as medically unfit due to poor vision in his right eye

  • Military Service:

  • 11 Apr 1921 (age 20)

  • British Army 5th Battalion essex Defence Force no:5e/1366

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 38)

  • 14 Barrington Road, Colchester, Essex, England4

  •  

  • a married shop keeper (general stores) living with his wife Ellen, three closed records (presumably children Edmund, Irene and Bertram), and son Gerald. Born on 7th April 1901

  • Death:

  • 26 Jul 1986 (age 85)

  • Colchester "Registration District", Essex, England3 7

  • Probate:

  • 26 Sep 1986

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

  •  

  • of 2 Railway Cottages Thorpe-le-Soken Essex died 26th July 1986, probate of £21,836 (~£57,000 in 2017)

Wife: Ellen Ethel Matthews

  • Name:

  • Ellen Ethel Matthews8

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • Charles Uriah Matthews (1878-1941)

  • Mother:

  • Emma Elizabeth Howe (1880-1956)

  • Birth:

  • 26 Jan 1902

  • Colchester, Essex, England8 9 4 10

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 9)

  • 57 Brook Street, Colchester, Essex, England9

  •  

  • daughter living in four rooms with her parents C U and E E, sister Gertrude, and brothers Charles, Frederick and William. Born in Colchester Essex

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 37)

  • 14 Barrington Road, Colchester, Essex, England4

  •  

  • married doing unpaid domestic duties and living with her husband Bernard, three closed records (presumably children Edmund, Irene and Bertram), and son Gerald. Born on 26th January 1902

  • Death:

  • Jan 1985 (age 82-83)

  • Colchester "Registration District", Essex, England10

Child 1: Edmund Charles Monk

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Son: Edmund Charles Monk, 1945, age 19

  • Name:

  • Edmund Charles Monk11

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Birth:

  • Q4 1926

  • Colchester "Registration District", Essex, England11

  • Death:

  • 10 May 1945 (age 18)

  • Norway12

  • Burial:

  •  

  • Oslo Western Civil Cemetery, Sorkedalsveien, Volvat, Oslo, Norway12

  •  

  • private 14448624 of the Army Air Corps H.Q. 1st Airborne Division Defence Platoon, died 10th May 1945 aged 18. Son of Mr. and Mrs. B B Monk of Colchester Essex

Child 2: Irene May Monk

  • Name:

  • Irene May Monk13 14

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Birth:

  • 30 Nov 1928

  • Colchester "Registration District", Essex, England13 14

  •  

  • death index says born on 30th November 1929

  • Death:

  • Jan 1988 (age 59)

  • Colchester "Registration District", Essex, England14

Child 4: Gerald Frank Monk

  • Name:

  • Gerald Frank Monk15

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Birth:

  • 25 Sep 1935

  • Colchester "Registration District", Essex, England15 4

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 4)

  • 14 Barrington Road, Colchester, Essex, England4

  •  

  • under school age and living with his parents Bernard and Ellen, and three closed records (presumably siblings Edmund, Irene and Bertram). Born on 25th September 1935

  • Death:

  • 3 Nov 2000 (age 65)

  • Colchester "Registration District", Essex, England16 17

  • Probate:

  • 12 Mar 2001

  • Probate Registry, Arcade Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England17

  •  

  • grant and will, died 3rd November 2000

Sources

1.

England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Colchester 1926 quarter:1 volume:4a page:1058. Cit. Date: 8 December 2021.

2.

FindMyPast Gro Regimental Birth Indices (1761 To 1924), (on-line at www.findmypast .co.uk). class:REG1 1901 volume:270 page:2 line:46. Cit. Date: 10 December 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). Colchester 1986 quarter:3 register:786 volume:9 page:2175. Cit. Date: 10 December 2021.

4.

UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG101 piece:1503B page:4 line:36 letter code:DBTJ. Cit. Date: 8 December 2021.

5.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG14 piece:10291 class:RG78 piece:543 registration district:198 sub-district:1 enumeration district:7 schedule:21. Cit. Date: 10 December 2021.

6.

FindMyPast British Army Service Records, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). class:WO 363 8th Hussars Colchester no:H/77806. Cit. Date: 10 December 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 1986 page:5723 no:8651509997R. Cit. Date: 10 December 2021.

8.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Colchester 1902 quarter:1 volume:4a page:806. Cit. Date: 21 November 2021.

9.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG14 piece:10295 class:RG78 piece:543 registration district:198 sub-district:1 enumeration district:11 schedule:193. Cit. Date: 21 November 2021.

10.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Colchester 1985 quarter:1 register:185 volume:9 page:2659. Cit. Date: 9 December 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). Colchester 1926 quarter:4 volume:4a page:1242. Cit. Date: 8 December 2021.

12.

Commonwealth War Grave Commission, (on-line at www.cwgc.org). Oslo Western Civil Cemetery Coll. grave 1.E. 1-8. Cit. Date: 9 December 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). Colchester 1928 quarter:4 volume:4a page:1240. Cit. Date: 8 December 2021.

14.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Colchester 1988 quarter:1 register:188 volume:9 page:2334. Cit. Date: 9 December 2021.

15.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Colchester 1935 quarter:4 volume:4a page:1138. Cit. Date: 8 December 2021.

16.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Colchester 2000 quarter:4 district:4691D register:d88C entry:203 date:1100. Cit. Date: 8 December 2021.

17.

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 2001 no:633504. Cit. Date: 8 December 2021.