See also

Family of Claude V Abbott and Dorothy Annie Wilkinson

Husband: Claude V Abbott

  • Name:

  • Claude V Abbott1 2

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • local authority general clerk3

  • Birth:

  • 3 Mar 18883 4

  •  

  •  

  • was he born in Solihull Warwickshire

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 51)

  • 31 Sidegate Lane West, Ipswich, Suffolk, England3

  •  

  • a married local authority general clerk living with his wife and presumably two children (closed records). Born 3rd March 1888

  • Death:

  • Q2 1951 (age 63)

  • Ipswich, Suffolk, England4

Wife: Dorothy Annie Wilkinson

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Dorothy Annie Wilkinson, 1910?, age 17

  • Name:

  • Dorothy Annie Wilkinson5

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • Edward Henry Wilkinson (1861-1934)

  • Mother:

  • Cassandra Elizabeth Palmer (1861-1940)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • domestic servant5

  • Birth:

  • 21 Jan 1893

  • Dovercourt, Essex, England6 7 3

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 8)

  • 23 Hordle Street, Dovercourt, Essex, England7

  •  

  • daughter living with her mother Cassandra and brothers Oliver, Bertie, Raymond, Herman and Baden, and sister Ivy. Born in Dovercourt Essex

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 18)

  • 6 St. Georges Square, Belgrave, Westminster, London, England8

  •  

  • servant aged 18 unmarried, domestic living with Ruth Oliphant and two other servants. Born in Dovercourt

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 46)

  • 31 Sidegate Lane West, Ipswich, Suffolk, England3

  •  

  • married, doing unpaid domestic duties and living with her husband and presumably two children (closed records). Born 21st January 1893

  • Death:

  • 9 Mar 1955 (age 62)

  • Ipswich Borough General Hospital, Heath Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England9 10 11

  •  

  • wife of the late Claude V Abbott of 31 Sidegate Lane Ipswich

  • Probate:

  • 16 May 1955

  • Probate Registry, Norwich, Norfolk, England11

  •  

  • a widow of 31 Sidgate Lane West Ipswich, effects of £1837 0s 11d (~£32,000 in 2005) to John Herbert Ronald Abbott sales representative

Child 1: John Herbert Ronald Abbott

  • Name:

  • John Herbert Ronald Abbott1 12 11

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • sales representative11

  • Birth:

  • 10 Jul 1922

  • Epping "Registration District", Essex, England1 12 13

  • Wounded:

  • 19 Aug 1942 (age 20)

  • Bernval Battery, Dieppe, Seine-Maritime, France14 15

  •  

  • He was an officer in the Commandos and at the Dieppe raid he was in command of a bren gun carrier. Most of the other crew were either dead or wounded and he turned the tables on the enemy, but was so exhausted he nearly drowned during the withdrawal. For his actions at the Dieppe raid he was awarded the Military Medal

  • Medals:

  • 194215

  •  

  •  

  • Military Medal

  • Wounded:

  • 10 Jun 1944 (age 21)

  • France14

  •  

  • D-Day + 4 having a leg amputated on the beach

  • Death:

  • 14 Apr 2003 (age 80)

  • Dwyfor "Registration District", Caernarvonshire, Wales13 16

  • Probate:

  • 29 Dec 2003

  • Probate Registry, Cardiff, Wales16

  •  

  • grant and will

Child 2: Hazel Margaret Abbott

  • Name:

  • Hazel Margaret Abbott1 17 18

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Spouse:

  • John Alfred Vivian Gibson (1922-2011)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • nurse19

  •  

  • Trained at Addenbrooks Hospital becoming a sister by the time she was 21

  • Birth:

  • Q3 1925

  • West Ham "Registration District", Essex, England19 17

  • Death:

  • 19 Jun 2013 (age 87)

  • Surrey, England18

Sources

1.

Helena Kilivington personal communication. email.

2.

England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Epping 1921 quarter:3 volume:4a page:1131.

3.

UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG101 piece:6606K page:13 line:15 letter code:TVNP. Cit. Date: 11 June 2017.

4.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Ipswich 1951 quarter:2 volume:4b page:703.

5.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk).

6.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Tendring 1893 quarter:1 volume:4a page:583.

7.

England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG13 piece:1698 folio:48 page:35. Cit. Date: 10 June 2017.

8.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG14 piece:1446 class:RG78 piece:15 sub-district:2 enumeration district:15 schedule:10.

9.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Ipswich 1955 quarter:1 volume:4b page:1091.

10.

Suffolk Records Office (Ipswich) - Ipswich Evening Star. 10th March 1955 page:6. Suffolk Record Office (Ipswich), Suffolk Record Office, Gateacre Lane, Ipswich, Suffolk, England.

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). 1955 page:3. Cit. Date: 11 June 2017.

12.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Epping 1922 quarter:3 volume:4a page:868. Cit. Date: 11 June 2017.

13.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Dwyfor 2003 quarter:2 district:8531 register no:13A entry:008 date:0403. Cit. Date: 11 June 2017.

14.

Yvonne Leatherdale personal communication. letter dated 19th September 2001.

15.

FindMyPast Newspaper article, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). Eveneing Express Saturday 3rd October 1942 page:4. Cit. Date: 2 March 2023.

16.

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). 2003 ref:1374861. Cit. Date: 11 June 2017.

17.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). West Ham 1925 quarter:3volume:4a page:683. Cit. Date: 11 June 2017.

18.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). only available on Ancestry. Cit. Date: 10 September 2017.

19.

Helena Kilivington personal communication. Gedcom file. Cit. Date: 22 July 2001.