See also

Family of Harold Walter Charles Cracknell and Bessie Ada Reed

  • Husband:

  • Harold Walter Charles Cracknell (1911-1967)

  • Wife:

  • Bessie Ada Reed (1911-1986)

  • Children:

  • June Elizabeth Cracknell (1938-2012)

  • Marriage:

  • Q3 1937

  • Chelmsford "Registration District", Essex, England1

Husband: Harold Walter Charles Cracknell

  • Name:

  • Harold Walter Charles Cracknell2 3

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • Stanley Lawrence Charles Cracknell (1881- )

  • Mother:

  • Elizabeth Jane Bowtle (1881- )

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • road labourer4

  • Birth:

  • 13 May 1911

  • Chelmsford "Registration District", Essex, England2 4

  • Baptism:

  • 5 Sep 1911 (age 0)

  • All Saints Church, Church Chase, Rettendon, Essex, England3

  •  

  • son of Stanley Laurence Charles Cracknell (shepherd) and Elizabeth Jane of Rettendon, a private baptism

  • Criminal Witness:

  • 28 Jun 1930 (age 19)

  • Chelmsford Magistrates' Court, Chelmsford, Essex, England5

  •  

  • where Albert Brown pleaded not guilty to threatening Harold with a revolver following Harold having improper relations with Albert's wife. Albert pleaded 'great provocation' and the case was dismissed and he had to pay 8s (~£18 in 2017) costs. Harold was told to keep away from this house and it would be an advantage if he got work outside this district

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 28)

  • 9 Browns Avenue, Runwell, Essex, England4

  •  

  • a married road labourer (heavy worker) and A.R.P. worker living with his wife Bessie and daughter June. Born on 13th May 1911

  • Military Service:

  • 1943 (age 31-32)

  • searchlight regiment6

  •  

  • being based in North Devon where he became friendly with Brenda Powell's family and helped them improve their life by moving to his parents farm near Rochford in Essex

  • Death:

  • Q1 1967 (age 55)

  • Southend-on-Sea "Registration District", Essex, England7

Wife: Bessie Ada Reed

  • Name:

  • Bessie Ada Reed8 1

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Birth:

  • 25 Aug 1911

  • Rochford "Registration District", Essex, England8 4 9

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 28)

  • 9 Browns Avenue, Runwell, Essex, England4

  •  

  • married doing unpaid domestic duties and living with her husband Harold and daughter June. Born on 25th August 1911

  • Death:

  • 13 May 1986 (age 74)

  • Chelmsford "Registration District", Essex, England9 10

  • Probate:

  • 16 Dec 1986

  • Probate Registry, Arcade Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England10

  •  

  • of 37 Costead Manor Road Brentwood died 13th May 1986, probate not exceeding £40,000 (~£105,000 in 2017)

Child 1: June Elizabeth Cracknell

  • Name:

  • June Elizabeth Cracknell11 4

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Birth:

  • 23 Oct 1938

  • Chelmsford "Registration District", Essex, England11 4

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 0)

  • 9 Browns Avenue, Runwell, Essex, England4

  •  

  • a baby living with her parents Harold and Bessie. Born on 23rd October 1938 and married a Nicholls at a later date

  • Death:

  • Q4 2012 (age 73-74)

  • Surrey "Registration District", Surrey, England12

Sources

1.

England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Chelmsford 1937 quarter:3 volume:4a page:2610. Cit. Date: 24 July 2020.

2.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Chelmsford 1911 quarter:2 volume:4a page:652. Cit. Date: 6 December 2017.

3.

Seax - Essex Record Office Parish Records, (on-line at www.essexcc.gov.uk). Rettendon All Saints baptisms 1846-2013 ref:D/P 251/1/4 image:73 page:141 entry:1127. Cit. Date: 24 July 2020.

4.

UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG101 piece:1561F/005/27 letter code:DDEM. Cit. Date: 27 April 2020.

5.

FindMyPast Newspaper article, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). Essex Newsman Saturday 28th June 1930 page:1. Cit. Date: 24 July 2020.

6.

Brenda Powell personal communication. email dated 23rd July 2020. Cit. Date: 24 July 2020.

7.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Southend on Sea 1967 quarter:1 volume:4a page:1005. Cit. Date: 14 May 2018.

8.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Rochford 1911 quarter:4 volume:4a page:1278. Cit. Date: 24 July 2020.

9.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Chelmsford 1986 quarter:2 register:586 volume:9 page:1856. Cit. Date: 24 July 2020.

10.

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 1986 page:1880 no:8651512658Z. Cit. Date: 24 July 2020.

11.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Chelmsford 1938 quarter:4 volume:4a page:933. Cit. Date: 24 July 2020.

12.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Surrey 2012 quarter:4 district:7591L entry:507490891. Cit. Date: 24 July 2020.