See also

Family of Oliver Henry Damant and Grace Violet Hayward

Husband: Oliver Henry Damant

  • Name:

  • Oliver Henry Damant2 3 1 4

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • carman then a lorry driver5 6

  • Birth:

  • 24 Mar 1898

  • Swilland, Suffolk, England2 3 7 8 5 6 4

  • Baptism:

  • 12 Jun 1898 (age 0)

  • St. Mary's Church, Swilland, Suffolk, England3

  •  

  • son of Nelson Damant (labourer) and Eliza of Swilland

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 3)

  • Swilland, Suffolk, England7

  •  

  • son as Oliva (sic) living in four rooms with his parents Nelson and Eliza, brother Walgrace (sic), and sisters Mary, Daisy and Constance. Born in Swilland Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 13)

  • Witnesham, Suffolk, England8

  •  

  • son working as a kitchen boy and living in four rooms with his parents Nelson and Eliza, brother Brampton, and sisters Daisy and Constance. Born in Swilland Suffolk

  • Military Service:

  • 1916 (app) (age 17-18)

  • British Army Royal Garrison Artillery as gunner no:1851629

  • Medals:

  • 22 Jan 19209

  •  

  •  

  • Victory and British War medals

  • Census:

  • 19 Jun 1921 (age 23 yrs 3 mns)

  • Upper Street, Witnesham, Suffolk, England5

  •  

  • unmarried son working as a carman for Messers Suggette Bros ironmongers of Ipswich living in five rooms with his parents Nelson and Eliza, and sister Edna. Born in Swilland Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 41)

  • 73 Rushmere Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England6

  •  

  • a married lorry driver for a builders merchant and ironmonger living with his wife Grace, daughter Dorothy, his widowed father-in-law William Hayward, and an Elsie Smith. Born on 24th March 1898

  • Administrator:

  • 28 Sep 1954 (age 56)

  •  

     

    Oliver Henry Damant was appointed as an administrator at the probate hearing of William Alfred Hayward on Tuesday on 28 September 1954 at the Probate Registry, Arcade Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England

  • Death:

  • 1 Oct 1983 (age 85)

  • Gipping and Hartismere "Registration District", Suffolk, England4 10

  • Cremation:

  • 10 Oct 1983

  • Ipswich Crematorium, Belvedere Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England11

  • Probate:

  • 5 Dec 1983

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

  •  

  • of 9 Beech Road Rushmere St. Andrew Suffolk died 1st October 1983, probate not exceeding £40,000 (~£129,000 in 2017)

Wife: Grace Violet Hayward

  • Name:

  • Grace Violet Hayward12

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • William Alfred Hayward (1865-1954)

  • Mother:

  • Mary Ann Hudson (1866-1938)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • companion and house keeper13

  • Birth:

  • 25 Jul 1900

  • Ipswich, Suffolk, England12 14 15 13 6

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 8 mns)

  • 4 Virginia Terrace, Freehold Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England14

  •  

  • daughter living with her parents William and Mary, brother Charles, sister Lily, and a boarder and future uncle James Hazelwood. Born in Ipswich Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 10)

  • 21 Henslow Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England15

  •  

  • daughter living in six rooms with her parents William and Mary, brother William, sisters Lily and Evelyn, and a boarder Edwin Dunnett. Born in Ipswich Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 19 Jun 1921 (age 20 yrs 11 mns)

  • 25 Cowper Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England13

  •  

  • unmarried daughter working as a companion and house keeper for Mrs W Gill of "Merton" Cowper Street Ipswich and living in six rooms with her parents William and Mary Ann, brother Charles and sister Evelyn. Born in Ipswich Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 39)

  • 73 Rushmere Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England6

  •  

  • married doing unpaid domestic duties and living with her husband Oliver, daughter Dorothy, her widowed father William Hayward, and an Elsie Smith. Born on 25th July 1900

  • Death:

  • Q2 1960 (age 59)

  • Ipswich "Registration District", Suffolk, England16

Child 1: Dorothy Evelyn Constance Damant

  • Name:

  • Dorothy Evelyn Constance Damant17

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Spouse (1):

  • John Laurance Durrant (1931-1964)

  • Spouse (2):

  • Henry Charles William Watling (1916-1995)

  • Birth:

  • 6 Jun 1929

  • Ipswich "Registration District", Suffolk, England17 6

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 10)

  • 73 Rushmere Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England6

  •  

  • attending school and living with her parents Oliver and Grace, her widowed grandfather William Hayward, and an Elsie Smith. Born on 6th June 1929 and married a Watling at a later date

  • Administrator:

  • 16 Sep 1964 (age 35)

  •  

     

    Dorothy Evelyn Constance Damant was appointed as an administrator at the probate hearing of John Laurance Durrant on Wednesday on 16 September 1964 at the Probate Registry, Arcade Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England

  • Death:

  • 29 Oct 2011 (age 82)

  • Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust, Heath Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England18 19 20 21

  •  

  • Cause: peacefully

  • Funeral:

  • 4 Nov 2011

  • St. Augustine's Church, Felixstowe Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England19

  •  

  • at 11:15 am, loving mum, grandma and great grandma

  • Cremation:

  • 4 Nov 2011

  • Ipswich Crematorium, Belvedere Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England20

  • Probate:

  • 23 Jan 2012

  • Probate Registry, Arcade Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England21

  •  

  • grant and will, died 29th October 2011

Note on Husband: Oliver Henry Damant

Brother of Daisy Damant who married Grace's brother William. Following Grace's death Oliver married Edith Lilian Foster (1916-2000) in Ipswich registration district in the first quarter of 196422 23

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2.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Bosmere 1898 quarter:2 volume:4a page:871. Cit. Date: 21 February 2025.

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7.

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8.

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9.

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10.

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11.

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12.

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13.

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14.

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15.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG14 piece:10842 class:RG78 piece:585 registration district:213 sub-district:2 enumeration district:17 schedule:320. Cit. Date: 20 February 2025.

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17.

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18.

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England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Ipswich 1964 quarter:1 volume:4b page:2243. Cit. Date: 22 February 2025.

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