David Southgate (1893-1918)

Individual Events and Attributes

Occupation:
agricultural / farm labourer²
Birth:
Q2 1893
Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire, England¹ ³ ² ⁴
Baptism:
6 Aug 1893 (age 0)
All Saints Church, Church Hill, Holbrook, Suffolk, England⁵
son of Walter Levi Southgate (labourer) and Mary Isabella of Stutton
Census:
31 Mar 1901 (age 8)
Alton Hall Cottages, Stutton, Suffolk, England³
grandson living with his widowed grandfather Charles Ablitt, his parents Walter and Mary, brothers Charles and Walter, and sister Catherine. Born in Burton Staffordshire
Census:
2 Apr 1911 (age 18)
Park House, Holbrook, Suffolk, England²
unmarried son working as a farm labourer and living in five rooms with his parents Walter and Mary, brothers Charles, Walter, Reuben and William, and sisters Catherine and Jessie. Born in Staffordshire
Death:
19 Sep 1918 (age 25)
Germany⁴
Burial:
Berlin South-Western Cemetery, Potsdamer Allee, Stahnsdorf, Brandenburg, Germany⁴
son of Walter Levy and Mary Isabella Southgate of Harkstead Lane, Woolverstone, Ipswich. Born in Burton-on-Trent

1.: England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Burton upon Trent 1893 quarter:2 volume:6b page:449. Cit. Date: 15 July 2019.

2.: England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG14 piece:10789 class:RG78 piece:583 registration district:212 sub-district:1 enumeration district:11 schedule:181. Cit. Date: 22 October 2018.

3.: England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG13 piece:1722 folio:34 page:17. Cit. Date: 22 October 2018.

4.: Commonwealth War Grave Commission, (on-line at www.cwgc.org). 11th Battallon Suffolk Regiment service no:24007. Cit. Date: 15 July 2019.

5.: Suffolk Family History Society Colneis and Samford Baptisms 1813-1900, (2012 SFK-BPI-07/P1 own copy). Cit. Date: 22 October 2018.