See also

Family of James Markham and Bertha Threadkell

Husband: James Markham

  • Name:

  • James Markham2 3 4

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • William Markham (1827?- )

  • Mother:

  • Sophia Mitchell Frazer (1831- )

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • general labourer then a railway fireman and driver5 6 7

  • Birth:

  • Q1 1873

  • Levington, Suffolk, England2 8 5 6 7

  • Baptism:

  • 18 May 1873 (age 0)

  • St. Peter's Church, Church Lane, Levington, Suffolk, England3

  •  

  • son of William Markham (labourer) and Sophia of Levington

  • Census:

  • 3 Apr 1881 (age 8)

  • Levington Green, Levington, Suffolk, England8

  •  

  • son attending school and living with his parents William and Sophia, and brothers George, Walter, William, John and Alfred. Born in Levington Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 18)

  • The Street, Levington, Suffolk, England5

  •  

  • unmarried son working as a general labourer and living in three rooms with his parents William and Sophia, sister Mary, brothers George, Walter, John and Alfred, and niece Edith. Born in Levington Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 27)

  • 121 Wherstead Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England6

  •  

  • an unmarried boarder working as a railway fireman and living with David and Elvina Tye and family, and three other boarders. Born in Levington Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 38)

  • 78 Rectory Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England7

  •  

  • married head of the household working as a railway engine driver and living in six rooms with his wife Bertha. Born in Levington Suffolk

  • Death:

  • Q2 1917 (age 44)

  • Ipswich "Registration District", Suffolk, England4

Wife: Bertha Threadkell

  • Name:

  • Bertha Threadkell9 1

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Birth:

  • 22 Feb 1880

  • Islington, Middlesex, England9 10 7 11 12

  • Census:

  • 3 Apr 1881 (age 1)

  • 17 Vernon Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England10

  •  

  • daughter living with her parents Jabez and Matilda. Born in Islington Middlesex

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 31)

  • 78 Rectory Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England7

  •  

  • married wife living in six rooms with her husband James. Born in Islington London and married for two years without children

  • Census:

  • 19 Jun 1921 (age 41 yrs 4 mns)

  • 24 Cowell Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England11

  •  

  • widowed head of the household doing home duties and living in five rooms with daughter Barbara, son Herbert, and a boarder. Born in Islington London

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 59)

  • 24 Cowell Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England12

  •  

  • a widow as Bertha Thurgood doing unpaid domestic duties and living with her married daughter Barbara Allen, her son Herbert, and a closed record. Born on 22nd February 1880

  • Death:

  • Q1 1968 (age 87)

  • Colchester "Registration District", Essex, England13

Child 1: Barbara Markham

  • Name:

  • Barbara Markham14

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Spouse:

  • Claude Allen (1916-1982)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • printers machine feeder12

  • Birth:

  • 12 Jun 1912

  • Felixstowe, Suffolk, England14 11 12

  • Census:

  • 19 Jun 1921 (age 9 yrs 0 mns)

  • 24 Cowell Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England11

  •  

  • daughter attending school and living in five rooms with her widowed mother Bertha, brother Herbert, and a boarder. Born in Felixstowe Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 27)

  • 24 Cowell Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England12

  •  

  • a married printers machine feeder living with her widowed mother Bertha, brother Herbert, and a closed record. Born on 12th June 1912

  • Death:

  • 29 Jul 2014 (age 102)

  • Bellstone Care Home, 23-29 Beach Road West, Felixstowe, Suffolk, England15 16

  •  

  • Cause: peacefully

    loving wife of the late Claude, devoted mother to Malcolm and mother-in-law to Janet, grandmother to Matthew, David, Andrew and great grandmother to Emma-Lily, Maloup Mia and Lucas Mackenzie, will be sadly missed by all the family

  • Cremation:

  • 6 Aug 2014

  • Seven Hills Crematorium, Felixstowe Road, Nacton, Suffolk, England16

  •  

  • at 09:45 am

Child 2: Herbert Sidney Markham

  • Name:

  • Herbert Sidney Markham17 18

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Spouse:

  • Priscilla Acquilla Halls (1915-1993)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • railway labourer12

  • Birth:

  • 19 Oct 1913

  • Ipswich, Suffolk, England17 11 12 18

  • Census:

  • 19 Jun 1921 (age 7 yrs 8 mns)

  • 24 Cowell Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England11

  •  

  • son attending school and living in five rooms with his widowed mother Bertha, sister Barbara, and a boarder. Born in Ipswich Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 25)

  • 24 Cowell Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England12

  •  

  • an unmarried general labourer doing railway engineers maintenance and repair (heavy worker) and living with his widowed mother Bertha, sister Barbara, and a closed record. Born on 19th October 1913

  • Death:

  • Apr 1991 (age 77)

  • Ipswich "Registration District", Suffolk, England18

Note on Wife: Bertha Threadkell

Following James's death Bertha married James Ephraim Thurgood (1877-1935) in Ipswich registration district in 192619 20 21

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1.

England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Ipswich 1908 quarter:4 volume:4a page:2010. Cit. Date: 9 February 2023.

2.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Woodbridge 1873 quarter:1 volume:4a page:712. Cit. Date: 14 December 2017.

3.

Suffolk Family History Society Colneis and Samford Baptisms 1813-1900, (2012 SFK-BPI-07/P1 own copy). Levington St. Peter baptisms entry:514. Cit. Date: 25 October 2022.

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 1917 quarter:2 volume:4a page:1104. Cit. Date: 9 February 2023.

5.

England and Wales Census 1891, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG12 piece:1476 folio:86 page:4 schedule:25. Cit. Date: 25 October 2022.

6.

England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG13 piece:1776 folio:75 page:2 schedule:11. Cit. Date: 9 February 2023.

7.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG14 piece:10820 class:RG78 piece:584 registration district:213 sub-district:1 enumeration district:22 schedule:17. Cit. Date: 9 February 2023.

8.

England and Wales Census 1881, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG11 piece:1881 folio:182 page:2 schedule:246. Cit. Date: 26 October 2022.

9.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Islington 1880 quarter:1 volume:1b page:475. Cit. Date: 10 February 2023.

10.

England and Wales Census 1881, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG11 piece:1870 folio:95 page:23 schedule:474. Cit. Date: 10 February 2023.

11.

England and Wales Census 1921, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive series:RG15 piece:9415 registration district:213 sub-district:1 enumeration district:23 schedule:289. Cit. Date: 9 February 2023.

12.

UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG101 piece:6602A page:17 line:13 letter code:TVBJ. Cit. Date: 10 February 2023.

13.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Colchester 1968 quarter:1 volume:4a page:854. Cit. Date: 10 February 2023.

14.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Woodbridge 1912 quarter:3 volume:4a page:2023. Cit. Date: 9 February 2023.

15.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Suffolk 2014 quarter:3 district:7481C entry:510622782. Cit. Date: 11 February 2023.

16.

Ipswich Star web site, (on-line at www.ipswichstar.co.uk). published 4th August 2014. Cit. Date: 11 February 2023.

17.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Ipswich 1913 quarter:4 volume:4a page:1924. Cit. Date: 9 February 2023.

18.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Ipswich 1991 quarter:2 register:491 volume:10 page:2672. Cit. Date: 10 February 2023.

19.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Bishops Stortford 1877 quarter:1 volume:3a page:318. Cit. Date: 10 February 2023.

20.

England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Ipswich 1926 quarter:4 volume:4a page:2410. Cit. Date: 10 February 2023.

21.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Ipswich 1935 quarter:3 volume:4a page:965. Cit. Date: 10 February 2023.