See also

Family of Charles Carter and May Joan Simpson

  • Husband:

  • Charles Carter (1916-1996)

  • Wife:

  • May Joan Simpson (1917-1985)

  • Status:

  • Divorced

  • Marriage:

  • Q3 1939

  • Colchester "Registration District", Essex, England1

Husband: Charles Carter

  • Name:

  • Charles Carter2 1 3

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • garage clerk4

  • Birth:

  • 17 Nov 1916

  • Colchester, Essex, England2 5 4 3

  • Census:

  • 19 Jun 1921 (age 4 yrs 7 mns)

  • 11 Alexandra Terrace, Colchester, Essex, England5

  •  

  • son attending school and living in six rooms with his parents Robert and Jessie, sister Nellie, and brothers George and Robert. Born in Colchester Essex

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 22)

  • 1 Kendall Road, Colchester, Essex, England4

  •  

  • a married garage clerk living with his wife's grandparents Horace and Sarah Simpson, his mother-in-law Alice, and his wife May. Born on 17th November 1916

  • Death:

  • 25 Jan 1996 (age 79)

  • Boston "Registration District", Lincolnshire, England3 6

  • Probate:

  • 13 Jun 1996

  • Probate Registry, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England6

  •  

  • grant and will, died 25th January 1996

Wife: May Joan Simpson

  • Name:

  • May Joan Simpson7

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • Alice Janet Simpson (1890-1974)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • calender works clerk4

  • Birth:

  • 5 May 1917

  • Colchester, Essex, England7 8 4 9

  • Census:

  • 19 Jun 1921 (age 4 yrs 1 mn)

  • 1 Kendall Road, Colchester, Essex, England8

  •  

  • granddaughter living in six rooms with her grandparents Horace and Jane, and her mother Janet. Born in Colchester Essex

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 22)

  • 1 Kendall Road, Colchester, Essex, England4

  •  

  • a married calender works clerk living with her grandparents Horace and Sarah Simpson, her mother Alice, and her husband Charles. Born on 5th May 1917 and married a Harris at a later date

  • Death:

  • 22 Mar 1985 (age 67)

  • Colchester "Registration District", Essex, England9 10

  • Probate:

  • 8 Oct 1985

  • Probate Registry, Arcade Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England10

  •  

  • of St. Marys Hospital Colchester died 22nd March 1985, probate not exceeding £40,000 (~£110,000 in 2017)

Note on Marriage

Divorce assumed

Note on Husband: Charles Carter

Unsure if Charles remarried as there are many possibilities, need more information

Sources

1.

England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Colchester 1939 quarter:3 volume:4a page:3921. Cit. Date: 7 November 2024.

2.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Colchester 1916 quarter:4 volume:4a page:1412. Cit. Date: 7 November 2024.

3.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Boston 1996 quarter:1 district:6101A register:69B entry:58 date:0196. Cit. Date: 7 November 2024.

4.

UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG101 piece:1502D page:19 line:21 letter code:DBTC. Cit. Date: 13 November 2019.

5.

England and Wales Census 1921, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive series:RG15 piece:9196 registration district:198 sub-district:2 enumeration district:13 schedule:211. Cit. Date: 7 November 2024.

6.

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). Leeds 1996 no:9681002283. Cit. Date: 7 November 2024.

7.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Colchester 1917 quarter:2 volume:4a page:1241. Cit. Date: 7 November 2024.

8.

England and Wales Census 1921, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive series:RG15 piece:9170 registration district:198 sub-district:1 enumeration district:3 schedule:296. Cit. Date: 7 November 2024.

9.

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:385 volume:9 page:2872. Cit. Date: 7 November 2024.

10.

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 1985 page:3739 no:8551510436R. Cit. Date: 7 November 2024.