Family of John Wilby and Florence Margaret Gillingham

Husband: John Wilby

Name:
John Wilby² ³ ¹ ⁴
Sex:
Male
Father:
-
Mother:
-
Occupation:
agricultural labourer then a railway signalman⁵ ⁶
Birth:
16 Feb 1894
Thrandeston, Suffolk, England² ⁷ ⁵ ⁶ ⁴
Baptism:
20 May 1894 (age 0)
St. Margaret's Church, Little Green, Thrandeston, Suffolk, England³
son of Herbert Wilby (platelayer) and Grace Adelaide Thirza of Thrandeston
Census:
31 Mar 1901 (age 7)
Rectory Road, Mellis, Suffolk, England⁷
son living in four rooms with his parents herbert and Grace, brother Frank, sister Kathleen and a boarder. Born in Thrandeston Suffolk
Census:
2 Apr 1911 (age 17)
Rues Farm, Old Felixstowe, Suffolk, England⁵
unmarried boarder working as a labourer on a farm and living in four rooms with Arthur and Grace Mouser. Born in Thrandeston Suffolk
Census:
29 Sep 1939 (age 45)
25 Dales View Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England⁶
a married L.N.E.R. signalman (heavy worker) living with his wife Florence and their son Percival. Born on 16th February 1894
Death:
Q1 1982 (age 87-88)
Ipswich "Registration District", Suffolk, England⁴

Florence Margaret Gillingham

St Margaret 18 04 2017

Name:
Florence Margaret Gillingham⁸ ⁹
Sex:
Female
Father:
Frederick James Gillingham (1867-1943)
Mother:
Alice Harriet Jay (1869-1954)
Birth:
15 Jan 1896
Ipswich, Suffolk, England⁸ ¹⁰ ⁹ ¹¹ ¹² ⁶
Baptism:
11 Jul 1897 (age 1)
St. Margaret's Church, Bolton Lane, Ipswich, Suffolk, England¹⁰ ⁹
daughter of Frederick Gillingham (labourer) and Alice of 1 Sidegate Lane, born 15th January 1896
Census:
31 Mar 1901 (age 5)
Sidegate Lane, Ipswich, Suffolk, England¹¹
daughter living in four rooms with her parents Frederick and Alice, sisters Ellen, Alice and Hilda, and brother Frederick. Born in Ipswich Suffolk
Census:
2 Apr 1911 (age 15)
1 Sidegate Lane, Ipswich, Suffolk, England¹²
unmarried daughter living in five rooms with her parents Frederick and Alice, brothers Fred, Charles and William, and sister Hilda. Born in Ipswich Suffolk
Census:
29 Sep 1939 (age 43)
25 Dales View Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England⁶
married doing unpaid domestic duties and living with her husband John and their son Percival. Born on 15th January 1896
Death:
Q1 1947 (age 51)
Ipswich "Registration District", Suffolk, England¹³

Son: Percival Charles Wilby

Name:
Percival Charles Wilby¹⁴ ¹⁵
Sex:
Male
Nickname:
Percy
Spouse:
Daisy Smith (1926?-2012)
Occupation:
warehouseman and worked in the railway industry⁶ ¹⁶
Note:
Percy made a model railway which went round his garden and hand made locomotives to scale
Birth:
2 Jul 1924
Bosmere "Registration District", Suffolk, England¹⁴ ⁶ ¹⁵
Census:
29 Sep 1939 (age 15)
25 Dales View Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England⁶
an unmarried electric warehouse assistant living with his parents John and Florence. Born on 2nd July 1924
Death:
Sep 1992 (age 68)
Ipswich "Registration District", Suffolk, England¹⁵

1.: England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Ipswich 1917 quarter:3 volume:4a page:1888. Cit. Date: 22 March 2019.

2.: England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Hartismere 1894 quarter:1 volume:4a page:833. Cit. Date: 23 March 2019.

3.: Suffolk Family History Society - Hartismere Baptisms 1754-1812, (2015 SFK-BPI-10/P1 own copy). Thrandeston St. Margaret baptisms entry:20. Cit. Date: 23 March 2019.

4.: England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Ipswich 1982 quarter:1 volume:10 page:2983. Cit. Date: 22 March 2019.

5.: England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG14 piece:10878 class:RG78 piece:587 registration district:214 sub-district:2 enumeration district:10 schedule:44. Cit. Date: 23 March 2019.

6.: UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG101 piece:6603C page:18 line:5 letter code:TVBT. Cit. Date: 22 March 2019.

7.: England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG13 piece:1765 folio:50 page:9. Cit. Date: 23 March 2019.

8.: England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Ipswich 1896 quarter:1 volume:4a page:892. Cit. Date: 10 November 2017.

9.: Suffolk Family History Society - Ipswich Baptisms 1813-1900, (2011 SFK-BPI-06/P1 own copy). Ipswich St. John the Baptist baptisms entry:521. Cit. Date: 22 March 2019.

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

11.: England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG13 piece:1779 folio:75 page:35. Cit. Date: 22 March 2019.

12.: England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG14 piece:10839 class:RG78 piece:585 registration district:213 sub-district:2 enumeration district:14 schedule:406. Cit. Date: 24 August 2018.

13.: England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Ipswich 1947 quarter:1 volume:4b page:1137. Cit. Date: 23 March 2019.

14.: England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Bosmere 1924 quarter:3 volume:4a page:1614. Cit. Date: 22 March 2019.

15.: England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Ipswich 1992 quarter:3 register:992 volume:10 page:2502. Cit. Date: 22 March 2019.

16.: Janet Greengrass personal communication. Gillingham Ancestors write up by Margaret and Janet. Cit. Date: 14 August 2020.