See also

Family of Horace William Hawes and Violet Olive Blanche Edwards

  • Husband:

  • Horace William Hawes (1904-1977)

  • Wife:

  • Violet Olive Blanche Edwards (1901-1978)

  • Children:

  • Theodore Edwin Leonard Edwards (1923-1986)

  • Status:

  • Never Married

  • Marriage Banns:

  • 13 May 1923

  • All Saints Church, Mettingham, Suffolk, England1

  •  

  • 20th and 27th May 1923 but were not called presumably due to the wedding being cancelled, Horace was from Bungay

Husband: Horace William Hawes

  • Name:

  • Horace William Hawes2

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • store keeper3

  • Birth:

  • 19 Mar 1904

  • Bungay, Suffolk, England2 4 3 5

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 7)

  • Broad Street, Bungay, Suffolk, England4

  •  

  • son living in four rooms with his parents and two brothers. Born in Bungay Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 35)

  • 16 Webster Street, Bungay, Suffolk, England3

  •  

  • a married printers store keeper living with his wife. Born on 19th March 1904

  • Death:

  • Q2 1977 (age 73)

  • Norwich "Outer Registration District", Norfolk, England5

Wife: Violet Olive Blanche Edwards

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Violet Olive Blanche Edwards

  • Name:

  • Violet Olive Blanche Edwards6 7 8

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Nickname:

  • Nana or Vi

  • Father:

  • Stanley Augustus Edwards (1875-1945)

  • Mother:

  • Maud Florence Payne (1880-1923)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • housemaid then a guest house proprietor9 10

  • Birth:

  • 25 Feb 1901

  • Priory Yard, Hintlesham, Suffolk, England7 6 11 12 9 13 14

  •  

  • daughter of Stanley Augustus Edwards (stockman on farm) and Maud Florence Edwards formerly Payne. Birth place given as Haughley in 1911 census

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 1 mn)

  • Priory Cottage, Hintlesham, Suffolk, England11

  •  

  • daughter living in four rooms with her parents Stanley and Maud, and brother Sidney. Born in Hintlesham Suffolk

  • Baptism:

  • 17 Aug 1902 (age 1)

  • St. Peter's Church, Athelington, Suffolk, England8

  •  

  • daughter of Stanley Augustus Edwards (labourer) and Maud Florence

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 10)

  • Tollgate Farm, Dovercourt, Essex, England12

  •  

  • daughter living in seven rooms with her parents Stanley and Florence, brothers, Stanley, Reggie and Herbert, sisters Winnie, Sybil, Gwendoline and Florence, and a servant. Born in Haughley Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 19 Jun 1921 (age 20 yrs 4 mns)

  • Mettingham Castle, Castle Road, Mettingham, Suffolk, England9

  •  

  • an unmarried servant working as a housemaid and living in sixteen rooms with Hastings and Albertine Ross-Johnson, three other servants, and a boarder. Born in Hintlesham Suffolk

  • Address:

  • 9 Sep 1929 (age 28)

  • 32 York Road, Battersea, Wandsworth, London, England15

  • Resident:

  • 1932 (age 30-31)

  • Lived in 77 Burrell Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England with Frederick Dan Gillingham

  • Resident:

  • aft 1932 (age 30-31)

  • Lived in 97 Burrell Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England with Frederick Dan Gillingham

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 38)

  • 97 Burrell Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England13

  •  

  • married and born 25th February 1901 carrying out unpaid domestic duties, living with daughter Gloria and two closed records, presumably Theodore and Sylvia, and three lodgers

  • Miscellaneous:

  • 1944 (app)16

  •  

  •  

  • was doing her best when food was very scarce and on ration. Nana had quite a number of American service men come to stay, many bought food, and chocolate, and K rations, for us to share to help stop us going hungry. A lady came to stay to help with the house work etc. (Later to be Doris's rooms). She turned out to be an "Ipswich lady of the night" as Nana found out, so she was sent packing. Needless to say she was miffed, and promptly went to the Police and shopped Nana re food etc. as this was illegal during the war. Poor Nana was taken into custody and had to spend the night in the Police cells at Ipswich Police Station. During this time Gilly, Gloria and myself were frantically digging holes in the garden and burying as much of the food as we could, as a house search was imminent. Gloria and I were so frightened, and could not stop crying, seeing Nana taken away like that. Luckily she was released on bail the next morning. Later to appear in court and was heavily fined. It was the worst experience of our lives, even worse than the bombing going on all round. We were told never to talk about this to anyone, and have not till now. This description was by her daughter Sylvia and none of us knew anything about this, Sylvia's sister Gloria never mentioned it either

  • Retirement:

  • 1972 (app) (age 70-71)17

  •  

  •  

  • due to ill health

  • Miscellaneous:

  • 1975 (app)

  • Ipswich Hospital, Heath Road Wing, Heath Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England18

  •  

  • was visited by her daughter, granddaughter and two great grandchildren, the first time all four generations had met together

  • Death:

  • 2 Jan 1978 (age 76)

  • 97 Burrell Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England10 19 20 14

  •  

  • of 97 Burrell Road after a very long illness, wife of Fred, mother of Theodore, Gloria and Sylvia

  • Cremation:

  • 9 Jan 1978

  • Ipswich Crematorium, Belvedere Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England20 21

  •  

  • at 1:30pm preceded by a service at St. Mary Stoke Ipswich

Child 1: Theodore Edwin Leonard Edwards

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Son: Theodore Edwin Leonard Edwards, 1936?, age 13

  • Name:

  • Theodore Edwin Leonard Edwards22 23 24

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Nickname:

  • Theo

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • solicitors clerk10 19 25

  • Birth:

  • 4 Aug 1923

  • Castle Farm, Castle Road, Mettingham, Suffolk, England22 23 24 26

  •  

  • son of Violet Olive Blanch Edwards a housemaid. It says adopted on right hand side

  • Baptism:

  • 21 Oct 1923 (age 0)

  • All Saints Church, Mettingham, Suffolk, England27 24

  •  

  • son of Olive Blanch Violet Edwards of Mettingham

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 16)

  • 97 Burrell Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England13

  •  

  • presumably a closed record living with his mother, sister Gloria, another closed record presumably sister Sylvia, and three lodgers

  • Witness:

  • 3 Nov 1951 (age 28)

  • Theodore Edwin Leonard Edwards witnessed the marriage of Harold Eric Wilkinson and Gloria Brenda Charmian Olive Gillingham on Saturday on 3 November 1951 in St. Mary at Stoke Church, Stoke Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England

  • Death:

  • 18 Feb 1986 (age 62)

  • The London Hospital, Whitechapel Road, Whitechapel, Greater London, England28 26

  •  

  • Cause: of sclerosis of the liver

  • Cremation:

  • 27 Feb 1986

  • South London Crematorium, Rowan Road, Streatham, Greater London, England28

Note on Husband: Horace William Hawes

Horace's parents were Hertbert George Hawes (1879-?) and Emma Alice Meekings (1880-?)

Sources

1.

Church Register. All Saints Mettingham.

2.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Wangford 1904 quarter:2 volume:4a page:1132. Cit. Date: 6 April 2018.

3.

UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG101 piece:6615H page:16 line:22 letter code:WCA. Cit. Date: 6 April 2018.

4.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG14 piece:10994 class:RG78 piece:594 registration district:217 sub-district:1 enumeration district:1 schedule:136. Cit. Date: 3 June 2018.

5.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Norwich Outer 1977 quarter:2 volume:10 page:1845. Cit. Date: 6 April 2018.

6.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Samford 1901 quarter:2 volume:4a page:952.

7.

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

8.

FindMyPast Parish Records Collection - Baptisms, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk).

9.

England and Wales Census 1921, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive series:RG15 piece:9516 registration district:217 sub-district:1 enumeration district:3, 5 schedule:69. Cit. Date: 15 October 2022.

10.

Harold Eric Wilkinson personal contribution.

11.

England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG13 piece:1771 folio:62 page:15 schedlule:52. Cit. Date: 26 December 2021.

12.

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:126. Cit. Date: 4 June 2017.

13.

UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG101 piece:6602E page:3 line:35 letter code:TVBN. Cit. Date: 28 April 2017.

14.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Ipswich 1978 quarter:1 volume:10 page:3226.

15.

Birth Certificate. for Gloria Brenda Charmian Olive Gillingham. Family Archive, Held by David and Sue Wilkinson.

16.

Sylvia Hughes nee Gillingham personal communication.

17.

Newspaper item not in an archive. Ipswich Evening Star 26th December 1977, article about Golden Wedding. Family Archive, Held by David and Sue Wilkinson.

18.

Ibid. probably The Ipswich Evening Star held by Sylvia. Family Archive, Held by David and Sue Wilkinson.

19.

David Eric Wilkinson.

20.

Suffolk Records Office (Ipswich) - Ipswich Evening Star. 3rd January 1978 page:5. Suffolk Record Office (Ipswich), Suffolk Record Office, Gateacre Lane, Ipswich, Suffolk, England.

21.

Harold Eric Wilkinson personal contribution. attended the service and cremation.

22.

Birth Certificate. index:53a. Cit. Date: 20 March 2018. Family Archive, Held by David and Sue Wilkinson.

23.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Wangford 1923 quarter:3 volume:4a page:1888. Cit. Date: 9 September 2017.

24.

Suffolk Family History Society - Mettingham Parish Records. Transcription held at held at Ipswich Record Office page:89. Suffolk Record Office (Ipswich), Suffolk Record Office, Gateacre Lane, Ipswich, Suffolk, England.

25.

Marriage Certificate. index:54. Cit. Date: 20 March 2018. Family Archive, Held by David and Sue Wilkinson.

26.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Lambeth 1986 Feb volume:14 page:49.

27.

Suffolk Family History Society - Extracts at Lowestoft Record Office.

28.

Jean Gillingham nee Oakley personal communication.