See also

Family of Victor Charles Earle Francis and Esther Hammond

  • Husband:

  • Victor Charles Earle Francis (1879-1957)

  • Wife:

  • Esther Hammond (1884-1967)

  • Children:

  • Margaret Hammond Francis (1906-1977)

  • Marriage Banns:

  • 5 Mar 1905

  • St. Cuthbert's Church, 1 King Street, Thetford, Norfolk, England1

  •  

  • also read on 12th and 19th March 1905. Victor of this parish, Esther of the parish of Castle Acre

  • Marriage:

  • Q2 1905

  • Freebridge Lynn "Registration District", Norfolk, England2

Husband: Victor Charles Earle Francis

  • Name:

  • Victor Charles Earle Francis3 4

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • Emma Francis (1854- )

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • coachman then a gamekeeper5 6

  • Birth:

  • 14 Jan 1879

  • Ringshall, Suffolk, England3 7 8 9 5 6

  • Baptism:

  • 31 Aug 1879 (age 0)

  • St. Catherine's Church, Stowmarket Road, Ringshall, Suffolk, England4

  •  

  • son of Emma Francis single woman of Ringshall

  • Census:

  • 3 Apr 1881 (age 2)

  • Barking Road, Ringshall, Suffolk, England8

  •  

  • (grand)son living with his (grand)parents George and Lucy, his mother Emma, and uncles Robert and Thomas. Born in Ringshall Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 12)

  • Barking Road, Ringshall, Suffolk, England9

  •  

  • grandson attending school and living in two rooms with his grandparents George and Lucy, and uncle Thomas. Born in Ringshall Suffolk

  • Census absence:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 22)

  •  

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 32)

  • Stilton, Huntingdonshire, England5

  •  

  • married head of the household as Charles working as a domestic coachman and living in four rooms with his wife Esther, and daughter Margaret. Born in Ringshall Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 60)

  • Keepers Cottages, Wrawby, Lincolnshire, England6

  •  

  • a married gamekeeper as Charles living with his wife Esther and Edward Banham. Born on 14th January 1879

  • Death:

  • 19 Jun 1957 (age 77)

  • Bourne and South Kesteven "Registration District", Lincolnshire, England10 11

  • Probate:

  • 17 Nov 1957

  • Probate Registry, London, England11

  •  

  • of 35 Main Street Baston Lincolnshire died 19th June 1957, administration of effects of £325 (~£8,000 in 2017) to Esther Francis widow

Wife: Esther Hammond

  • Name:

  • Esther Hammond12 2

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • cook13

  • Birth:

  • 4 Sep 1884

  • West Rudham, Norfolk, England12 14 13 5 6

  •  

  • 1911 census says born in Castle Acre Norfolk

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 6)

  • Pockthorpe, West Rudham, Norfolk, England14

  •  

  • daughter living in four rooms with her parents Jeremiah and Sarah, sisters Eliza and Elizabeth, and brother George. Born in West Rudham Norfolk

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 17)

  • The Rectory, Lexham Road, West Lexham, Norfolk, England13

  •  

  • an unmarried servant working as a domestic cook and living with Francis and Bertha Reaveley, and one other servant. Born in West Rudham

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 26)

  • Stilton, Huntingdonshire, England5

  •  

  • married wife living in four rooms with her husband Charles, and daughter Margaret. Born in Castleacre Norfolk

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 55)

  • Keepers Cottages, Wrawby, Lincolnshire, England6

  •  

  • married doing unpaid domestic duties and living with her husband Charles and Edward Banham. Born on 4th September 1884

  • Administrator:

  • 17 Nov 1957 (age 73)

  •  

     

    Esther Hammond was appointed as an administrator at the probate hearing of Victor Charles Earle Francis on Sunday on 17 November 1957 at the Probate Registry, London, England

  • Death:

  • Q2 1967 (age 82)

  • Huntingdonshire North "Registration District", Huntingdon and Peterborough, England15

  •  

  • This death record needs confirmation that it is the correct person

Child 1: Margaret Hammond Francis

  • Name:

  • Margaret Hammond Francis16

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Spouse (1):

  • William Mcintosh McNeil (1903-1974)

  • Spouse (2):

  • Albert Cunningham (1904-1974)

  • Birth:

  • 11 May 1906

  • Alconbury, Huntingdonshire, England16 17

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 4)

  • Stilton, Huntingdonshire, England5

  •  

  • daughter living in four rooms with her parents Charles and Esther. Born in Alconbury Huntingdonshire

  • Death:

  • Q4 1977 (age 71)

  • Peterborough "Registration District", Cambridgeshire, England17

Sources

1.

FindMyPast Parish Records Collection - Banns, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). Thetford St. Cuthbert banns 1880-1909 ref:PD 168/17 page:179 entry:237. Cit. Date: 9 March 2022.

2.

England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Freebridge Lynn 1905 quarter:2 volume:4b page:629. Cit. Date: 7 March 2022.

3.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Bosmere 1879 quarter:1 volume:4a page:653. Cit. Date: 7 March 2022.

4.

Suffolk Family History Society - Bosmere and Claydon Baptisms 1813-1900, (2008 SFK-BPI-11 own copy). Ringshall St. Catherine baptisms entry:556. Cit. Date: 7 March 2022.

5.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG14 piece:8660 class:RG78 piece:449 registration district:170 sub-district:1 enumeration district:7 schedule:107. Cit. Date: 8 March 2022.

6.

UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG101 piece:6462E page:8 line:11 letter code:TNET. Cit. Date: 9 March 2022.

7.

Suffolk Family History Society - Bosmere and Claydon Baptisms 1813-1900, (2008 SFK-BPI-11 own copy).

8.

England and Wales Census 1881, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG11 piece:1863 folio:94 page:12 schedule:737. Cit. Date: 7 March 2022.

9.

England and Wales Census 1891, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG12 piece:1463 folio:161 page:8 schedule:53. Cit. Date: 7 March 2022.

10.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Bourne and South Kesteven 1957 quarter:2 volume:3b page:64. Cit. Date: 9 March 2022.

11.

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). London 1957 page:491. Cit. Date: 9 March 2022.

12.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Docking 1884 quarter:4 volume:4b page:330. Cit. Date: 9 March 2022.

13.

England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG13 piece:1874 folio:60 page:11 schedule:23. Cit. Date: 9 March 2022.

14.

England and Wales Census 1891, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG12 piece:1561 folio:164 page:10 schedule:75. Cit. Date: 9 March 2022.

15.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Huntingdonshire North 1967 quarter:2 volume:4b page:389. Cit. Date: 10 March 2022.

16.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Huntingdon 1906 quarter:2 volume:3b page:262. Cit. Date: 7 March 2022.

17.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Peterborough 1977 quarter:4 volume:9 page:1132. Cit. Date: 9 March 2022.