See also

Family of Clifford Harry Rayner and Alice Rosa Benstead

  • Husband:

  • Clifford Harry Rayner (1908-1985)

  • Wife:

  • Alice Rosa Benstead (1907-2011)

  • Marriage:

  • Q2 1933

  • Sudbury "Registration District", Suffolk, England1 2

Husband: Clifford Harry Rayner

  • Name:

  • Clifford Harry Rayner3 4

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • Harry Rayner (1874-1941)

  • Mother:

  • Florence Elizabeth Bowtle (1872-1949)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • carpenter and joiner5

  • Birth:

  • 26 Feb 1908

  • Long Melford, Suffolk, England4 6 7 5 8

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 3)

  • Hall Street, Long Melford, Suffolk, England6

  •  

  • son living in four rooms with his parents Harry and Florence, brother Basil, and sister Hilda. Born in Melford Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 19 Jun 1921 (age 13 yrs 4 mns)

  • Hall Street, Long Melford, Suffolk, England7

  •  

  • son attending school and living in four rooms with his parents Harry and Florence, brother Basil, and sister Hilda. Born in Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 31)

  • 115 Dale Avenue, Edgeware, London, England5

  •  

  • a married carpenter and joiner living with his wife Alice. Born on 26th February1908

  • Death:

  • Q4 1985 (age 77)

  • Cambridge "Registration District", Cambridgeshire, England1 8

  •  

  • as Clifford Harold Rayner

Wife: Alice Rosa Benstead

  • Name:

  • Alice Rosa Benstead3 9 10 2

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Nickname:

  • Rose

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • office cleaner5

  • Birth:

  • 7 Apr 1907

  • Swaffham Prior, Cambridgeshire, England9 10 11 5

  • Baptism:

  • 19 May 1907 (age 0)

  • St. Mary's Church, High Street, Swaffham Prior, Cambridgeshire, England10

  •  

  • daughter of Sidney Benstead (stableman) and Mary Kate of this parish, born on 7th April 1907

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 3)

  • High Street, Swaffham Prior, Cambridgeshire, England11

  •  

  • daughter attending school and living in five rooms with her widowed father Sidney, sister Emily, and brothers Cecil and Ivan. Born in Swaffham Prior Cambridgeshire

  • Census absence:

  • 19 Jun 1921 (age 14)

  •  

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 32)

  • 115 Dale Avenue, Edgeware, London, England5

  •  

  • a married office cleaner daily living with her husband Clifford. Born on 7th April 1907

  • Death:

  • 6 May 2011 (age 104)

  • Cambridgeshire "Registration District", Cambridgeshire, England12 13

  • Probate:

  • 7 Sep 2011

  • Probate Registry, Arcade Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England13

  •  

  • grant and will, died 6th May 2011

Note on Wife: Alice Rosa Benstead

Rose was the cousin who gave me lots of information, by memory1

Sources

1.

Evelyn Bashford personal communication. letter to Geoff Bowtle. Cit. Date: 18 April 2000.

2.

England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Sudbury 1933 quarter:2 volume:4a page:2281. Cit. Date: 29 October 2017.

3.

Geoff Bowtle personal communication. letter.

4.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Sudbury 1908 quarter:1 volume:4a page:939. Cit. Date: 29 October 2017.

5.

UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG101 piece:0802E page:16 line:26 letter code:BIHW. Cit. Date: 10 December 2017.

6.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG14 piece:10564 class:RG78 piece:566 reg district:205 sub district:4 enum district:9 schedule:25. Cit. Date: 2 February 2017.

7.

England and Wales Census 1921, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive series:RG15 piece:9304 registration district:205 sub-district:4 enumeration district:9, 10, 11 schedule:10. Cit. Date: 5 November 2022.

8.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Cambridge 1985 quarter:4 register:1085 volume:9 page:706. Cit. Date: 29 October 2017.

9.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Newmarket 1907 quarter:2 volume:3b page:466. Cit. Date: 10 December 2017.

10.

FindMyPast Parish Records Collection - Baptisms, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). Cambridgeshire Swaffham prior St. Mary baptisms. Cit. Date: 5 November 2022.

11.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG14 piece:9189 class:RG78 piece:490 registration district:183 sub-district:3 enumeration district:4 schedule:66. Cit. Date: 5 November 2022.

12.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Cambridgeshire 2011 quarter:2 district:3391B entry:504891544. Cit. Date: 5 November 2022.

13.

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 2011 no:3623769. Cit. Date: 5 November 2022.