See also

Family of William Robert Norfolk and Brenda Adelaide Kathleen Palmer

  • Husband:

  • William Robert Norfolk (1888-1977)

  • Wife:

  • Brenda Adelaide Kathleen Palmer (1917-1982)

  • Marriage:

  • 6 Apr 1944

  • St. Peter's Church, Church Lane, Copdock, Suffolk, England1 2

  •  

  • William a widower working as a labour master and son of John Robert Norfolk a deceased gardener. Brenda a spinster working as a cook and daughter of Denis George Mulley a poultry farmer. Both of St. Mary's Hospital Tattingstone, married by banns and witnessed by E A Norfolk and D G Mulley

Husband: William Robert Norfolk

  • Name:

  • William Robert Norfolk3 4 1 2 5 6

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • gardener, hairdressers assistant, hospital porter then a labour master7 5 8 2

  • Birth:

  • 28 Oct 1888

  • Wherstead, Suffolk, England3 9 10 7 5 8 6

  •  

  • 1911 and 1921 census say born in Ipswich Suffolk

  • Baptism:

  • 19 May 1889 (age 0)

  • St. Mary's Church, Wherstead, Suffolk, England4

  •  

  • son of John Norfolk (gardener) and Rachel Catherine of Wherstead

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 2)

  • Lower Lodge, Wherstead, Suffolk, England9

  •  

  • son living with his parents John and Rachel, sister Margaret, and brother Albert. Born in Wherstead Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 12)

  • Vicarage Lane, Wherstead, Suffolk, England10

  •  

  • son living with his parents John and Kate, brothers Albert, Reginald and Ernest, and sister Maud. Born in Wherstead Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 23)

  • 3 Manor Cottages, Manor Road, Dovercourt, Essex, England7

  •  

  • married head of the household working as a domestic gardener and living in two rooms with his wife Alice, and daughter Margaret. Born in Ipswich Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 19 Jun 1921 (age 32 yrs 8 mns)

  • 53 Manor Road, Dovercourt, Essex, England5

  •  

  • married head of the household as Robert working as a hairdressers assistant for William Cobb of 6 Market Street Harwich and living in four rooms with his wife Alice, and daughters Margaret, Elizabeth, Georgina and Evelyn. Born in Ipswich Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 50)

  • 54 Rosebank, Dovercourt, Essex, England8

  •  

  • a married gardener and hospital porter (heavy worker) as Robert living with his wife Alice, and daughter Evelyn. Born on 28th October 1888

  • Death:

  • Q2 1977 (age 88)

  • Ipswich "Registration District", Suffolk, England6

Wife: Brenda Adelaide Kathleen Palmer

  • Name:

  • Brenda Adelaide Kathleen Palmer11 12

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • Olive Palmer (1891-1989)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • general assistant13

  • Birth:

  • 12 May 1917

  • 42 Old Cattle Market, Ipswich, Suffolk, England11 12 14 13 15

  •  

  • daughter of Olive Palmer a commecial clerk of 42 Old Cattle Market Ipswich

  • Census:

  • 19 Jun 1921 (age 4 yrs 1 mn)

  • The Willows, Bramford Lane, Ipswich, Suffolk, England14

  •  

  • granddaughter living in five rooms with her widowed grandfather Frederick, and her mother Olive Palmer. Born in Ipswich Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 22)

  • St. Mary's Hospital, Church Road, Tattingstone, Suffolk, England13

  •  

  • an unmarried general assistant born on 12th May 1917 and married a Norfolk at a later date

  • Death:

  • 3 Dec 1982 (age 65)

  • Gipping "Registration District", Suffolk, England15 16

  • Probate:

  • 22 Dec 1982

  • Probate Registry, Arcade Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England16

  •  

  • of 428 Bramford Lane Ipswich died 3rd December 1982, probate not exceeding £25,000 (~£86,000 in 2017)

Note on Husband: William Robert Norfolk

William previously married Alice Metson (c1890-1941) in Tendring registration district in the fourth quarter of 190917 18

Sources

1.

England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Samford 1944 quarter:2 volume:4a page:2531. Cit. Date: 22 October 2023.

2.

Marriage Certificate. own copy, index:83a. Cit. Date: 31 October 2023. Family Archive, Held by David and Sue Wilkinson.

3.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Samford 1888 quarter:4 volume:4a page:761. Cit. Date: 31 October 2023.

4.

Suffolk Family History Society All Baptisms Suffolk 1813-1900, (SFK-BPI/P1-1 own copy). Wherstead St. Mary baptisms entry:708. Cit. Date: 31 October 2023.

5.

England and Wales Census 1921, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive series:RG15 piece:9149 registration district:197 sub-district:3 enumeration district:7 schedule:173. Cit. Date: 31 October 2023.

6.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Ipswich 1977 quarter:2 volume:10 page:2389. Cit. Date: 31 October 2023.

7.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG14 piece:10247 class:RG78 piece:540 registration district:197 sub-district:3 enumeration district:1 schedule:218. Cit. Date: 31 October 2023.

8.

UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG101 piece:1515G page:17 line:32 letter code:DBZJ. Cit. Date: 31 October 2023.

9.

England and Wales Census 1891, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG12 piece:1465 folio:27 page:15 schedule:2. Cit. Date: 31 October 2023.

10.

England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG13 piece:1772 folio:169 page:16 schedule:41. Cit. Date: 31 October 2023.

11.

England and Wales Birth 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:1544. Cit. Date: 22 October 2023.

12.

Birth Certificate. own copy. Cit. Date: 22 October 2023. Family Archive, Held by David and Sue Wilkinson.

13.

UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG101 piece:6653A page:3 line:11 letter code:TXKS. Cit. Date: 22 October 2023.

14.

England and Wales Census 1921, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive series:RG15 piece:9406 registration district:213 sub-district:1 enumeration district:14 schedule:223. Cit. Date: 22 October 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). Gipping 1982 quarter:4 volume:10 page:2519. Cit. Date: 22 October 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). Ipswich 1982 page:6733 no:821014047J. Cit. Date: 22 October 2023.

17.

England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Tendring 1909 quarter:4 volume:4a page:1285. Cit. Date: 31 October 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). Tendring 1941 quarter:3 volume:4a page:1093. Cit. Date: 31 October 2023.