See also

Family of Herman Robert Wilkinson and Flora Bowtle

  • Husband:

  • Herman Robert Wilkinson (1897-1964)

  • Wife:

  • Flora Bowtle (1903-1982)

  • Children:

  • Jean Mary Wilkinson (1927-2011)

  •  

  • Harold Eric Wilkinson (1930-2010)

  •  

  • Valerie May Wilkinson (1936-2003)

  • Marriage:

  • 5 Apr 1926

  • St. Peter's Church, Prayors Hill, Sible Hedingham, Essex, England1 2 3

  •  

  • Herman an estate agent aged 28 of 1 Salisbury Road, Ipswich Suffolk, Flora aged 22 of Sible Hedingham, both unmarried, by banns, groom's father Edward Henry Wilkinson master mariner, bride's father Basil Bowtle deceased, witnesses Ronald Basil Wilkinson and Gertrude Edith Bowtle

  • Address Family:

  • 1930 (app)

  • 495 Woodbridge Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England4

  • Address Family:

  • btw 1939 and 1964

  • 27 St. Aubyns Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England5

Husband: Herman Robert Wilkinson

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Herman Robert Wilkinson

  • Name:

  • Herman Robert Wilkinson6 7

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • Edward Henry Wilkinson (1861-1934)

  • Mother:

  • Cassandra Elizabeth Palmer (1861-1940)

  • Executive Summary:

  •  

  •  

  •  

  • was a water colour painter and as children we used to sit and paint with him. According to my father, Herman was an estate agent who unfortunately went bankrupt. After which he became a clerk in the Ministry of National Insurance (Pensions)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • auctioneers clerk, house and estate agent then a civil servant8 9 10 11 12 13

  • Birth:

  • 8 Dec 1897

  • Dovercourt, Essex, England6 7 14 15 16 10 11

  • Baptism:

  • 12 Jan 1898 (age 0)

  • St. Augustine's Church, Hill Road, Dovercourt, Essex, England7

  •  

  • son of Edward Henry Wilkinson (mariner with GER) and Cassandra Elizabeth of 23 Hordle Street, born 8th December 1897

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 3)

  • 23 Hordle Street, Dovercourt, Essex, England15

  •  

  • son living with his mother Cassandra and brothers Oliver, Bertie, Raymond and Baden, and sisters Ivy and Dorothy. Born in Dovercourt Essex

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 13)

  • Egerton, High Street, Dovercourt, Essex, England16

  •  

  • son attending school and living in six rooms with his parents Edward and Cassandra, and brothers Raymond, Baden and Ronald. Born in Dovercourt Essex

  • Military Service:

  • btw 1914 and 1918 (age 16-21)

  • Army Service Corps17

  • Witness:

  • 26 Dec 1920 (age 23)

  • Herman Robert Wilkinson witnessed the marriage of Raymond Arthur Wilkinson and Ida Kathleen Lock on Sunday on 26 December 1920 in St. John's Congregational Church, Cowper Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England

  • Census:

  • 19 Jun 1921 (age 23 yrs 7 mns)

  • Queen Street, Castle Hedingham, Essex, England10

  •  

  • an unmarried boarder working as an auctioneers clerk for Balls & Balls Auctioneers Castle Hedingham and living in six rooms with widowed Louisa Elizabeth Westrop and family. Born in Dovercourt Essex

  • Address:

  • 1926 (app) (age 28-29)

  • 1 Salisbury Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England18

  • Employment:

  • btw 1926 and 1933 (age 28-36)

  • Silent Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England19 20 21

  •  

  • as an estate agent tel Ipswich 3339, at 37/37a then 12/12a

  • Address:

  • 21 Jan 1927 (age 29)

  • 50 Prettyman Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England22

  • Directory:

  • 1933 (age 35-36)

  • 12a Silent Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England23

  •  

  • as an estate agent at

  • Directory:

  • 1935 (age 37-38)

  • 12a Silent Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England24

  •  

  • as an estate agent at

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 41)

  • 27 St. Aubyns Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England11

  •  

  • married working as a house and estate agent, born 8th December 1897 and living with his wife and three children

  • Witness:

  • 3 Feb 1945 (age 47)

  • Herman Robert Wilkinson witnessed the marriage of Joseph Michael Gallagher and Jean Mary Wilkinson on Saturday on 3 February 1945 in St. Mary Roman Catholic Church, Woodbridge Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England

  • Death:

  • 4 Jan 1964 (age 66)

  • 27 St. Aubyns Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England14 25 26 5 27 28

  •  

  • Cause: of myocardial infarctions and coronary atheroma

    having got out of bed during the night to go to the toilet and collapsed with a heart attack

  • Burial:

  • 8 Jan 1964

  • Ipswich Old Cemetery, Belvedere Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England29 28

  • Probate:

  • 4 Mar 1964

  • Probate Registry, London, England30

  •  

  • of 27 St. Aubyns Road Ipswich died 4th January 1964, administration of effects of £273 (~£4,900 in 2005) to Flora Wilkinson widow

Wife: Flora Bowtle

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Flora Bowtle, 1975, age 71

  • Name:

  • Flora Bowtle31 32

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • Basil Bowtle (1857-1921)

  • Mother:

  • Helen Caroline Oakley (1866-1949)

  • Executive Summary:

  •  

  •  

  •  

  • was a grand lady who kept a wonderful garden and when we were children loved playing card games, such as rummy and patience. In November 1951 she sailed the Atlantic to visit her daughter Jean who had emigrated, travelling back in May 1952 on the Queen Elizabeth. In the 1960s she looked after her sister Gertrude (who we knew as Paddy) who had become deaf after contracting Meningitis

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • shorthand typist33

  • Birth:

  • 15 Nov 1903

  • Wethersfield, Essex, England14 31 34 33 11 13 35

  • Baptism:

  • 26 Dec 1903 (age 0)

  • St. Mary Magdalene Church, High Street, Wethersfield, Essex, England32

  •  

  • daughter of Basil Bowtle (baker) and Helen Caroline of Wethersfield

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 7)

  • Wethersfield, Essex, England34

  •  

  • daughter attending school and living in eight rooms with her parents Basil and Helen, sisters Bessie, Gertrude and Doris, and brothers William, Sidney and Frank. Born in Wethersfield Essex

  • Census:

  • 19 Jun 1921 (age 18 yrs 7 mns)

  • Queen Street, Castle Hedingham, Essex, England33

  •  

  • an unmarried boarder workings as a shorthand typist for Messers Rippers Joinery Manufacturers of Castle Hedingham and living in four rooms with Edith Hallington. Born in Wethersfield Essex

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 35)

  • 27 St. Aubyns Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England11

  •  

  • married housewife, born 15th November 1903 and living with her husband and three children

  • Emigration:

  • 6 Nov 1951 (age 47)

  • from Southampton, Hampshire, England to New York, New York, USA36

  •  

  • sailing on the SS Homeland, arriving on 15th November 1951 and staying at 236 Patterson Street Harrison New Jersey

  • Emigration:

  • 7 May 1952 (age 48)

  • from New York, New York, USA to Southampton, Hampshire, England37

  •  

  • sailing on the Queen Elizabeth tourist class

  • Immigration:

  • 12 May 1952 (age 48)

  • to Southampton, Hampshire, England from New York, New York, USA38

  •  

  • arriving on the Queen Elizabeth travelling tourist class

  • Administrator:

  • 4 Mar 1964 (age 60)

  •  

     

    Flora Bowtle was appointed as an administrator at the probate hearing of Herman Robert Wilkinson on Wednesday on 4 March 1964 at the Probate Registry, London, England

  • Address:

  • 1965 (app) (age 61-62)

  • 234 Colchester Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England5

  •  

  • living with daughter Valerie and family

  • Address:

  • 1967 (app) (age 63-64)

  • 16 Melville Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England39

  • Death:

  • 24 May 1982 (age 78)

  • Ipswich Hospital, Heath Road Wing, Heath Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England39 40 41

  •  

  • Cause: of bronchopneumonia, left hemiplegia and cerebal metastasis (lung cancer which had spread to the brain)

  • Burial:

  • 27 May 1982

  • Ipswich Old Cemetery, Belvedere Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England29

  • Probate:

  • 8 Jul 1982

  • Probate Registry, Arcade Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England41

  •  

  • of 16 Melville Road Ipswich died 24th May 1982, effects not exceeding £25,000 (~£86,000 in 2017)

Child 1: Jean Mary Wilkinson

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Daughter: Jean Mary Wilkinson

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Spouse: Daniel Vernon Frew

  • Name:

  • Jean Mary Wilkinson42 43

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Spouse (1):

  • Joseph Michael Gallagher (1915-1962)

  • Spouse (3):

  • Daniel Vernon Frew (1929-2002)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • shorthand typist8 43

  • Birth:

  • 21 Jan 1927

  • 63 Junction Road, South Weald, Essex, England44 45 14 46

  •  

  • daughter of Herman Robert Wilkinson house & estate agent of 50 Prettyman Road, Ipswich Suffolk and Flora Wilkinson formally Bowtle of Woodbridge Road, Ipswich Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 12)

  • 27 St. Aubyns Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England11

  •  

  • unmarried and attending school, born on 21st January 1927 living with her parents and two siblings. Married 3rd February 1945 as Gallagher, not sure what TVA means

  • Emigration:

  • 27 May 1946 (age 19)

  • from Southampton, Hampshire, England to USA47

  •  

  • of 27 St. Aubyns Road Ipswich Suffolk travelling with her daughter Janet on the "Holbrook" as a GI Bride. A dependent of Pfc Joseph Gallagher ASN 32306941 US Army of 424 Hamilton Street Harrison New Jersey USA

  • Residence:

  • 1993 (age 65-66)

  • 966 Mercer Drive, Toms River, New Jersey, USA, 08753-3938

  • Resident:

  • btw 1995 and May 2002 (age 67-75)

  • Lived in 27B Canton Drive, Whiting, New Jersey 08759, USA, 001 732 350 4546 with Daniel Vernon Frew

  • Residence:

  • Sep 2011 (age 84)

  • Madison, New Jersey, USA48

  • Death:

  • 15 Sep 2011 (age 84)

  • Madison, New Jersey, USA49 48 50

  • Burial:

  • 19 Sep 2011

  • Gate of Heaven Cemetery and Mausoleum, 225 Ridgedale Avenue, East Hanover, New Jersey, USA49 51 52 50

  •  

  • aged 84, preceded by a service at the Leonardis Memorial Home at 10 am

Child 2: Harold Eric Wilkinson

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Son: Harold Eric Wilkinson, 2009, age 79

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Spouse: Gloria Brenda Charmian Olive Gillingham, 2008, age 78

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2010 grave stone at St. Mary, Martlesham

  • Name:

  • Harold Eric Wilkinson53 54 55

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Nickname:

  • Harry

  • Spouse:

  • Gloria Brenda Charmian Olive Gillingham (1929-2010)

  • Executive Summary:

  •  

  •  

  •  

  • began work as a clerk in 1946 with Sun Life Assurance then serving in the RAF 1948-50 in Scotland. On return to civilian life he was a drinks salesman and a commercial traveller of bakers sundries before joining Crane Ltd in 1956 as a clerk where he became a computer programmer in the early days of business computing. He remained in IT as a chief programmer and manager working for Ransomes & Rapier, McCorkadale Books and William Clowes of Beccles. Harold was a founder member of the Suffolk Sidecar Club in the 1960s and influential in creating the Skylark run, days out for disabled children. He was PCC treasurer of St. Luke's of Beccles c1995 until c2009. During his retirement he began and extensively developed this family history visiting various record offices with his wife Gloria

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • driver salesman, clerk, computer programmer and IT manager5

  • Birth:

  • 3 Feb 1930

  • 495 Woodbridge Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England53 54 14 56 46

  •  

  • son of Herman Robert Wilkinson (estate agent) and Flora formally Bowtle

  • Baptism:

  • 13 Apr 1930 (age 0)

  • St. Peter's Church, Prayors Hill, Sible Hedingham, Essex, England8 55

  •  

  • son of Herman Robert Wilkinson (estate agent) and Flora of 495 Woodbridge Road Ipswich

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 9)

  • 27 St. Aubyns Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England11

  •  

  • attending school and living with his parents and two siblings. Born on 3rd February 1930. There is also a second entry, but I do not understand why as it gives the same address, it might become clear as other entries on this page become open

  • Education:

  • btw 1941 and 1944 (age 10-14)

  • -; North Eastern Senior Boys School, Copleston Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England57

  •  

  • being 1st in class out of 38 in 1943 and with a good leaving report, stating above average in Arithmetic and English

  • Employment Start:

  • 1946 (app) (age 15-16)

  • SunLife Assurance, Princes Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England5 58

  •  

  • as a clerk. During this time he passed the Chartered Insurance Institute preliminary examination in English, Arithmetic, Geography and Bookkeeping

  • Qualification:

  • 24 Mar 1946 (age 16)

  • RAF Martlesham, Martlesham, Suffolk, England59

  •  

  • British Gliding Association Gliding Certificate A

  • Qualification:

  • 1 Feb 1948 (age 17)

  • RAF Martlesham, Martlesham, Suffolk, England59

  •  

  • British Gliding Association Gliding Certificate B

  • Military Beginning:

  • 3 Mar 1948 (age 18)

  • RAF West Kirby, Cheshire, England5 60

  •  

  • in the RAF as an AC1 No 3113282 on National Service, receiving his basic 'square bashing' training here

  • Military Service:

  • May 1948 (age 18)

  • Royal Air Force; RAF Hereford, Credenhall, Herefordshire, England61

  •  

  • being trained in payroll at Hereford then stationed at Edzell, and Wig Bay both in Scotland

  • Military Service:

  • Jun 1948 (app) (age 18)

  • Royal Air Force; RAF Edzell, Edzell, Angus, Scotland61

  • Military Service:

  • 1949 (age 18-19)

  • Royal Air Force; RAF Wig Bay, Stranraer, Wigtownshire, Scotland61

  •  

  • where Sunderland flying boats were based. Harold always talked about his time here especially about one pilot who landed crossways rather than down the loch, and experiences with wild cats and visits to Northern Ireland and bringing back 'contraband' from Eire in suitcases marked with a chalk cross, the mark the border staff used to show the case had been examined

  • Military Ending:

  • 28 Jan 1950 (age 19)61

  •  

  •  

  • returning to civilian life

  • Employment Continue:

  • Feb 1950 (app) (age 19-20)5

  •  

  •  

  • as a Corona Soft Drinks driver/salesman

  • Employment Continue:

  • 1953 (app) (age 22-23)62

  •  

  •  

  • as a commercial traveller of bakers sundries

  • Residence:

  • 1953 (app) (age 22-23)

  • The Dolphin Inn, Cannon Street, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England63

  • Residence:

  • 14 Nov 1953 (age 23)

  • 74 Church Road, Garboldisham, Norfolk, England63

  • Residence:

  • 15 May 1954 (age 24)

  • 27 St. Aubyns Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England63

  •  

  • with Harold's parents

  • Residence:

  • btw 1955 and 1959 (age 24-29)

  • 23 Kingfisher Drive, Chantry, Ipswich, Suffolk, England63

  • Employment Continue:

  • 13 Feb 1956 (age 26)

  • Crane Ltd., Nacton Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England64

  •  

  • as a clerk, becoming a computer programmer as computers were introduced into business life. He later became Data Processing Manager

  • Residence:

  • btw 1959 and 1968 (age 28-38)

  • Tujuh Lima, 75 Ascot Drive, Ipswich, Suffolk, England5

  • Residence:

  • btw 1968 and 1973 (age 37-43)

  • 19 Silver Leys, Bentley, Suffolk, England5

  • Employment Continue:

  • 1 Nov 1969 (age 39)

  • Ransome and Rapier Ltd, Wherstead Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England64

  •  

  • as their IT Manager

  • Employment Continue:

  • 1 Jan 1973 (age 42)

  • McCorkadale Books (William Clowes), Beccles, Suffolk, England64

  •  

  • as the chief programmer

  • Residence:

  • btw 1973 and 1976 (age 42-46)

  • 12 Green Man Lane, Kirstead Green, Norfolk, England5

  • Hospital:

  • 1974 (app) (age 43-44)

  • Norfolk and Norwich Hospital, St. Stephens Road, Norwich, Norfolk, England5

  •  

  • following a heart attack. This event stopped him smoking, he had rolled his own for many years, once winning a roll your own competition

  • Witness:

  • 20 Sep 1975 (age 45)

  • Harold Eric Wilkinson witnessed the marriage of David Eric Wilkinson and Susan Patricia Ransome on Saturday on 20 September 1975 in St. Andrew's Church, Rushmere Street, Rushmere St. Andrew, Suffolk, England

  • Employment Continue:

  • 1976 (app) (age 45-46)

  • McCorkadale Books, East Hill, Colchester, Essex, England5

  •  

  • as the chief programmer

  • Residence:

  • btw 1976 and 1980 (age 45-50)

  • 8A Upper Park Road, Brightlingsea, Essex, England5

  • Employment Continue:

  • 1980 (app) (age 49-50)

  • McCorkadale Books (William Clowes), Beccles, Suffolk, England5

  •  

  • as the chief programmer

  • Residence:

  • btw 1980 and 2008 (age 49-78)

  • 8 Marsh View, Beccles, Suffolk, England5

  • Retirement:

  • Feb 1994 (age 63-64)

  • William Clowes and Sons Ltd., Newgate, Beccles, Suffolk, England5 65

  • Miscellaneous:

  • btw 1994 and 2008

  • St. Luke's Church, 61 Rigbourne Hill, Beccles, Suffolk, England66

  •  

  • was PCC treasurer and this also included St. Michaels church in Beccles

  • Hospital:

  • Aug 1999 (age 69)

  • Royal Papworth Hospital, Lakeside Crescent, Papworth Everard, Cambridgeshire, England5 65

  •  

  • undergoing double heart bypass surgery

  • Residence:

  • Nov 2008 (age 78)

  • 44 Lark Rise, Martlesham Heath, Martlesham, Suffolk, England5

  • Death:

  • 25 Jul 2010 (age 80)

  • The Critical Care Unit, Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust, Heath Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England5 13 67

  •  

  • of ventricular fibrillation, myocardial infarction and ischemic heart disease three days after a cardiac arrest arrest at Cedar House Pytches Road Woodbridge having never regained consciousness, the life support being switched off the day before. Alan and Linda Wilkinson were present, David returning to the ward just as he died

  • Burial:

  • 12 Aug 2010

  • St. Mary the Virgin Church, Church Lane, Martlesham, Suffolk, England5 68

  •  

  • the service being conducted by the Revd. Ian Naylor at 2.00pm followed by an internment in the Churchyard, reunited with Gloria. A tea was held at St. Michaels Martlesham Heath afterwards

  • Probate:

  • 8 Sep 2010

  • Probate Registry, Arcade Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England69 70

  •  

  • grant and will, gross effects under £325,000 and net effects under £101,000 administered by his sons David Eric Wilkinson and Alan Roy Wilkinson

Child 3: Valerie May Wilkinson

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Daughter: Valerie May Wilkinson, 1985, age 49

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Spouse: David Parker, 1985, age 56

  • Name:

  • Valerie May Wilkinson71

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Spouse (2):

  • David Parker (1929-2003)

  • Executive Summary:

  •  

  •  

  •  

  • was a lady of high personal standards who practised as a District Nurse in the Ipswich area. In later life she became a good water colour painter who specialised in fuschias and sold many original works and prints

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • nurse8 5

  •  

  • State Registered Nurse (SRN) practising as a District Nurse in Ipswich

  • Birth:

  • 9 Aug 1936

  • Ipswich, Suffolk, England71 14 72 73 74

  • Baptism:

  • 13 Sep 1936 (age 0)

  • St. John the Baptist Church, Cauldwell Hall Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England75

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 3)

  • 27 St. Aubyns Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England72

  •  

  • under school age, born 9th August 1936 and living with her parents and two siblings

  • Qualification:

  • 25 Nov 1957 (age 21)

  • United Ipswich Hospitals Training School for Nurses, Ipswich, Suffolk, England76

  •  

  • qualification as a nurse and was registered by the General Nursing Council for England and Wales

  • Residence:

  • 1965 (app) (age 28-29)

  • 234 Colchester Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England5

  • Residence:

  • Jul 1970 (app) (age 33)

  • Salehurst Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England5

  • Residence:

  • 24 May 1982 (age 45)

  • 41 Waltham Close, Ipswich, Suffolk, England

  • Residence:

  • 1990 (app) (age 53-54)

  • 52 Holyrood Close, Ipswich, Suffolk, England

  • Death:

  • 16 Sep 2003 (age 67)

  • 52 Holyrood Close, Ipswich, Suffolk, England8 77 78 79

  •  

  • Cause: from an overdose of Welldorm (for insomnia)

    widow of David Parker retired school teacher

  • Cremation:

  • 29 Sep 2003

  • Ipswich Crematorium West Chapel, Belvedere Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England8 5 79

  •  

  • at 2 pm

  • Inquest:

  • 5 Dec 2003

  •  

  •  

  • returning a verdict of suicide

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Marriage Certificate. own copy Index:Main Archive under Herman Wilkinson. Family Archive, Held by David and Sue Wilkinson.

2.

England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Halstead 1926 quarter:2 volume:4a page:1787. Cit. Date: 21 June 2017.

3.

Seax - Essex Record Office Parish Records, (on-line at www.essexcc.gov.uk). Sible Hedingham St. Peter Marriages 1915-1929 ref:D/P 93/1/35 volume:1 image:40.

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Birth Certificate. son Harold. Family Archive, Held by David and Sue Wilkinson.

5.

David Eric Wilkinson.

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England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Tendring 1898 quarter:1 volume:4a page:654. Cit. Date: 21 June 2017.

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Harold Eric Wilkinson personal contribution.

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Birth Certificate. daughter Jean, own copy. Family Archive, Held by David and Sue Wilkinson.

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England and Wales Census 1921, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive series:RG15 piece:9225 registration district:200 sub-district:2 enumeration district:4 schedule:183. Cit. Date: 15 October 2022.

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Marriage Certificate. Harold to Gloria. Family Archive, Held by David and Sue Wilkinson.

13.

Death Certificate. Family Archive, Held by David and Sue Wilkinson.

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Helen Caroline Oakley, Birthday Book of Helen Caroline Oakley dated 17th June 1886 Wethersfield. Family Archive, Held by David and Sue Wilkinson.

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Kelly's Directory of Suffolk 1933, (Archive CD Books (own copy)). page:248.

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Birth Certificate. daughter Jean Mary. Family Archive, Held by David and Sue Wilkinson.

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Gravestone. grave ref: W-28-5 TM 17436 45588.

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36.

Ancestry U.S. New York, Arriving Passenger and Crew Lists (including Castle Garden and Ellis Island), 1820-1957, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk). roll:8065 page:866 of 1468. Cit. Date: 12 March 2016.

37.

Ancestry US Departing Passenger and Crew Lists 1914-1962, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk). New York roll:163 page:770 of 1718. Cit. Date: 12 March 2016.

38.

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39.

Death Certificate. Cit. Date: 16 March 2016. Family Archive, Held by David and Sue Wilkinson.

40.

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41.

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). 1982 page:10002 no:821007662X. Cit. Date: 9 February 2017.

42.

Birth Certificate. own copy. Family Archive, Held by David and Sue Wilkinson.

43.

Marriage Certificate. own copy. Family Archive, Held by David and Sue Wilkinson.

44.

Birth Certificate. own copy index:20. Family Archive, Held by David and Sue Wilkinson.

45.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Billericay 1927 quarter:1 volume:4a page:980.

46.

UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG101 piece:6610B folio:018 page:32 letter code:TVOJ. Cit. Date: 20 April 2017.

47.

FindMyPast Passenger lists, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk).

48.

Ancestry US Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk). Cit. Date: 4 June 2017.

49.

Janet Gallagher personal communication. telephone call with David Wilkinson. Cit. Date: 17 September 2011.

50.

Internet Web Site. http://obits.nj.com/obituaries/starledger/. Cit. Date: 4 June 2017.

51.

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52.

Find a Grave, (on-line at www.findagrave.com). Cit. Date: 4 June 2017.

53.

Birth Certificate. Family Archive, Held by David and Sue Wilkinson.

54.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Ipswich 1930 quarter:1 volume:4a page:1634. Cit. Date: 10 April 2017.

55.

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56.

FindMyPast Parish Records Collection - Baptisms, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). Sible Hedingham St. Peter baptisms 1924-1949 ref:D/P 93/1/31 image:10. Cit. Date: 21 March 2017.

57.

School Report. Family Archive, Held by David and Sue Wilkinson.

58.

Certificate of Qualification. Cit. Date: 18 May 2017. Family Archive, Held by David and Sue Wilkinson.

59.

Ibid. Gliding Certificate issued by The Federation Aeronautique Internationale. Family Archive, Held by David and Sue Wilkinson.

60.

Military Record. Photograph of his group. Family Archive, Held by David and Sue Wilkinson.

61.

Ibid. Royal Air Force Service and Release book held in Family Archive. Family Archive, Held by David and Sue Wilkinson.

62.

Birth Certificate. David. Family Archive, Held by David and Sue Wilkinson.

63.

David Eric Wilkinson. Baby Life Story Card.

64.

Notebook. Black covered notebook.

65.

Susan Patricia Wilkinson nee Ransome personal communication.

66.

David Eric Wilkinson. Cit. Date: 11 April 2017.

67.

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

68.

Order of Service Sheet.

69.

Probate Certificate.

70.

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 2010 ref:3368593. Cit. Date: 19 June 2017.

71.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Ipswich 1936 quarter:3 volume:4a page:1590. Cit. Date: 5 June 2017.

72.

UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG101 piece:6610B page:18 line:32 letter code:TVOJ. Cit. Date: 4 June 2017.

73.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Ipswich 2003 quarter:4 district:7471A register:A36B entry:169 date:1203. Cit. Date: 25 May 2007.

74.

Death Certificate. index:53. Cit. Date: 25 May 2017. Family Archive, Held by David and Sue Wilkinson.

75.

Suffolk Records Office (Ipswich) - Parish Records. Cit. Date: 19 August 1998. Suffolk Record Office (Ipswich), Suffolk Record Office, Gateacre Lane, Ipswich, Suffolk, England.

76.

Ancestry UK & Ireland, Nursing Registers, 1898-1968, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk). 1957-1958 page:85.

77.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Ipswich 2003 quarter:4 district:7471A register:A36B entry:169 date:1203. Cit. Date: 25 May 2017.

78.

Death Certificate. own copy, index:53. Cit. Date: 25 May 2017. Family Archive, Held by David and Sue Wilkinson.

79.

Ipswich Borough Council Everafter, (on-line at www.ipswichboroughcouncil.discovereverafter.com). Cit. Date: 23 October 2024.