See also

Family of John Thomas Songer and Martha Eliza Edwards

Husband: John Thomas Songer

  • Name:

  • John Thomas Songer3 2 4

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • stockman5 6

  • Birth:

  • Q1 1885

  • Layham, Suffolk, England3 7 5 6

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 6)

  • Upper Street, Layham, Suffolk, England7

  •  

  • son attending school and living in four rooms with his parents Jacob and Sarah, sisters Ellen and Eliza, and brother Frank. Born in Layham Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 16)

  • Farm Cottage, The Street, Raydon, Suffolk, England5

  •  

  • unmarried boarder working as stockman on a farm and living with his William and Eliza Songer and their children Elizabeth and William. Born in Layham Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 26)

  • Raydon Corner, Lower Raydon, Suffolk, England6

  •  

  • married head of the household working as a stockman on a farm and living in three rooms with his wife Martha and son Wilfred. Born in Layham Suffolk

  • Death:

  • Q4 1915 (age 30)

  • Samford "Registration District", Suffolk, England4

Wife: Martha Eliza Edwards

  • Name:

  • Martha Eliza Edwards8 9

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • George Edwards (1838?-1915)

  • Mother:

  • Mary Ann Cuthbert (1837?-aft1901)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • cook10

  • Birth:

  • Q4 1880

  • Rattlesden, Suffolk, England8 11 12 6

  • Baptism:

  • 7 Nov 1880 (age 0)

  • St. Mary's Church, The Street, Brettenham, Suffolk, England13 14 9

  •  

  • daughter of George Edwards (labourer) and Mary Ann of Rattlesden Fen

  • Census:

  • 3 Apr 1881 (age 7 mns)

  • Rattlesden Fen, Rattlesden, Suffolk, England11

  •  

  • daughter living with her parents George and Mary Ann, brothers George and John, and sisters Emma, Mary Ann, Alice, Rosa and Margaret. Born in Rattlesden Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 10)

  • Rattlesden Fen, Rattlesden, Suffolk, England12

  •  

  • daughter attending school and living with her parents George and Mary Ann, brothers George and John, and sisters Elizabeth and Agnes. Born in Rattlesden Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 20)

  • Cottage, Wentworth, Cambridgeshire, England10

  •  

  • unmarried servant working as a domestic cook and living with clergyman Fred Dickerson, a visitor and two other servants. Born in Battersea (sic) Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 30)

  • Raydon Corner, Lower Raydon, Suffolk, England6

  •  

  • married wife living in three rooms with her husband John and son Wilfred. Born in Rattlesden Suffolk and married for one year with one child who is still living

  • Death:

  • Q1 1951 (age 71)

  • Deben "Registration District", Suffolk, England15

Child 1: Wilfred George Songer

  • Name:

  • Wilfred George Songer16 6

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Birth:

  • 10 Jul 1910

  • Raydon, Suffolk, England16 6 17

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 9 mns)

  • Raydon Corner, Lower Raydon, Suffolk, England6

  •  

  • son living in three rooms with his parents John and Martha. Born in Raydon Suffolk

  • Death:

  • Q2 1992 (age 81)

  • Andover "Registration District", Hampshire, England17

Child 2: Claude Joseph Stanley Songer

  • Name:

  • Claude Joseph Stanley Songer18

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Birth:

  • 18 Dec 1911

  • Samford "Registration District", Suffolk, England18 19

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 27)

  • St. Mary's Hospital, Church Road, Tattingstone, Suffolk, England20

  •  

  • unmarried and incapacitated. Born on 18th December 1910

  • Death:

  • Q2 1979 (age 67)

  • Deben "Registration District", Suffolk, England19

Child 3: Catherine Hope Songer

  • Name:

  • Catherine Hope Songer21

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Birth:

  • Q4 1913

  • Samford "Registration District", Suffolk, England

  • Death:

  • Q2 1914 (age 0)

  • Samford "Registration District", Suffolk, England22

  •  

  • as Kathleen Hope Songer

Child 4: Reginald Cuthbert Songer

  • Name:

  • Reginald Cuthbert Songer23

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Spouse:

  • Frances Ivy Thomas (1916-1982)

  • Birth:

  • 3 Jun 1915

  • Samford "Registration District", Suffolk, England23 24

  • Death:

  • Q1 1981 (age 65)

  • Chester and Ellesmere Port "Registration District", Cheshire, England24

Sources

1.

Suffolk Records Office (Lowestoft) - Parish Records. Suffolk Record Office (Lowestoft), Suffolk Record Office, Lowestoft, Suffolk, England.

2.

England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Cosford 1909 quarter:4 volume:4a page:1747. Cit. Date: 13 March 2021.

3.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Cosford 1885 quarter:1 volume:4a page:691. Cit. Date: 28 November 2017.

4.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Samford 1915 quarter:4 volume:4a page:1134. Cit. Date: 13 March 2021.

5.

England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG13 piece:1771 folio:76 page:10. Cit. Date: 13 March 2021.

6.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG14 piece:10783 class:RG78 piece:583 registration district:212 sub-district:1 enumeration district:5 schedule:75. Cit. Date: 28 November 2017.

7.

England and Wales Census 1891, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG12 piece:1446 folio:170 page:19. Cit. Date: 13 March 2021.

8.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Stow 1880 quarter:4 volume:4a page:597. Cit. Date: 28 November 2017.

9.

Suffolk Family History Society - Sudbury East Baptisms 1813-1904, (2015 SFK-BPI-04/P1 own copy). Brettenham St. Mary baptisms entry:739. Cit. Date: 13 March 2021.

10.

England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG13 piece:1544 folio:67 page:4. Cit. Date: 13 March 2021.

11.

England and Wales Census 1881, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG11 piece:1848 folio:84 page:6. Cit. Date: 13 March 2021.

12.

England and Wales Census 1891, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG12 piece:1455 folio:75 page:5. Cit. Date: 13 March 2021.

13.

Cosford Data Base - Internet.

14.

Suffolk Records Office (Lowestoft) - Parish Records. Brettenham St. Mary. Cit. Date: 19 March 2003. Suffolk Record Office (Lowestoft), Suffolk Record Office, Lowestoft, Suffolk, England.

15.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Deben 1951 quarter:1 volume:4b page:1118. Cit. Date: 13 March 2021.

16.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Samford 1910 quarter:3 volume:4a page:999. Cit. Date: 28 November 2017.

17.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Andover 1992 quarter:2 register: 592 volume:20 page:61. Cit. Date: 19 May 2018.

18.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Samford 1912 quarter:1 volume:4a page:1937. Cit. Date: 28 November 2017.

19.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Deben 1979 quarter:2 volume:10 page:2260. Cit. Date: 13 May 2018.

20.

UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG101 piece:6653A page:3 line:16 letter code:TXKS. Cit. Date: 13 May 2018.

21.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Samford 1913 quarter:4 volume:4a page:1898. Cit. Date: 28 November 2017.

22.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Samford 1914 quarter:2 volume:4a page:1000. Cit. Date: 8 May 2018.

23.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Samford 1915 quarter:3 volume:4a page:1723. Cit. Date: 28 November 2017.

24.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Chester & Ellesmere Port 1981 quarter:1 volume:35 page:286. Cit. Date: 6 May 2018.