See also

Beatrice Harriet Mary Colchester (1887-1958)

Individual Events and Attributes

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • housekeeper4

  • Birth:

  • 4 Feb 1887

  • Ashes Farm, Oak Farm Lane, Mendlesham, Suffolk, England5 1 2 3 6 7 8 4

  •  

  • 1901 census says born in Gipping and 1939 register says born on 4th February 1890

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 4)

  • Near Turnpike, Mendlesham Green, Suffolk, England6

  •  

  • daughter living with her parents John and Ellen, sister Ida, brother Spencer and a servant. Born in Mendlesham Suffolk

  • Baptism:

  • 14 May 1893 (age 6)

  • St. Mary's Church, Church Road, Mendlesham, Suffolk, England9 3

  •  

  • daughter of John Colchester (farmer) and Ellen Louisa of Street Farm Mendlesham, born in February 1887 and baptised with sisters Ida and May

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 14)

  • Finborough Road, Stowmarket, Suffolk, England7

  •  

  • a boarder and pupil at a private school living with two governesses, six other pupils and two servants. Born in Gipping Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 24)

  • Street Farm, Mendlesham, Suffolk, England8

  •  

  • unmarried daughter living in ten rooms with her parents John and Ellen, sisters Ida and May, and brother Spencer. Born in Mendlesham Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 52)

  • College Farm, Earl Stonham, Suffolk, England4

  •  

  • an unmarried housekeeper living with Ernest Matthew. Born on 4th February 1890

  • Death:

  • 23 Nov 1958 (age 71)

  • Melton, Suffolk, England9 10 11 12

  • Probate:

  • 23 Dec 1958

  • Probate Registry, Arcade Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England12

  •  

  • of Helmingham Road Otley Suffolk died 23rd November 1958 at Melton Suffolk, administration of effects of £626 3s 4d (~£13,900 in 2017) to Spencer Colchester a farmer

Sources

1.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Stow 1887 quarter:1 volume:4a page:729. Cit. Date: 26 September 2020.

2.

Suffolk Records Office (Ipswich) - Parish Records. Mendlesham St. Mary fiche:21. Suffolk Record Office (Ipswich), Suffolk Record Office, Gateacre Lane, Ipswich, Suffolk, England.

3.

Suffolk Family History Society - Hartismere Baptisms 1754-1812, (2015 SFK-BPI-10/P1 own copy). Mendlesham St. Mary baptisms entry:345. Cit. Date: 4 April 2020.

4.

UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG101 piece:6640J page:20 line:28 letter code:TXFO. Cit. Date: 27 September 2020.

5.

Jane Catherine Elizabeth Finbow personal communication. letter. Cit. Date: 22 May 1999.

6.

England and Wales Census 1891, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG12 piece:1458 folio:4 page:1. Cit. Date: 5 April 2020.

7.

England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG13 piece:1762 folio:103 page:15. Cit. Date: 26 September 2020.

8.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG14 piece:10703 class:RG78 piece:577 registration district:210 sub-district:1 enumeration district:5 schedule:42. Cit. Date: 4 April 2020.

9.

Giles Colchester personal communication. email. Cit. Date: 14 October 2001.

10.

Roy Colchetser personal communication.

11.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Deben 1958 quarter:4 volume:4b page:755. Cit. Date: 27 September 2020.

12.

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 1958 page:387. Cit. Date: 27 September 2020.