See also

Family of Walter Gorham and Kate Scruby

Husband: Walter Gorham

  • Name:

  • Walter Gorham1,2,3,4

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • horseman and a labourer5,6,7

  • Birth:

  • Q4 1881

  • Hintlesham, Suffolk, England2,5,6,7,8

  •  

  • 1939 register gives date of birth as 6th December 1881 which is after his baptism

  • Baptism:

  • 13 Nov 1881 (age 0)

  • St. Nicholas's Church, George Street, Hintlesham, Suffolk, England3

  •  

  • son of Stephen Gorham (labourer) and Sarah of Hintlesham

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 9)

  • Leather Bottle Hill, Little Blakenham, Suffolk, England8

  •  

  • son attending school and living with his parents Stephen and Sarah, brothers Frederick, William, James and Alfred, and sisters Elizabeth and Jane. Born in Hintlesham Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 19)

  • Common, Little Blakenham, Suffolk, England5

  •  

  • unmarried son working as a horseman on a farm and living in four rooms with his parents Stephen and Eliza, brother Alfred, step-brother Samuel and step-sister Minnie. Born in Hintlesham Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 29)

  • Claydon Street, Claydon, Suffolk, England6

  •  

  • married head of the household working as a labourer in chemical manufacture and living in four rooms with his wife Kate, and sons Arthur and Geoffrey. Born in Hintlesham Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 57)

  • 1 Manor Farm Cottage, Grundisburgh Road, Tuddenham St. Martin, Suffolk, England7

  •  

  • a married horseman on a farm living with his wife Kate. Born on 6th December 1881

  • Death:

  • 14 Jun 1961 (age 79)

  • Blythburgh and District Hospital, Blythburgh, Suffolk, England4,9

  • Probate:

  • 21 Aug 1961

  • Probate Registry, Arcade Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England9

  •  

  • of Manor Cottage Tuddenham died 14th June 1961 at Blythburgh and District Hospital Blythburgh Suffolk, administration of effects of £133 4s (~£2,700 in 2017) to Kate Gorham widow

Wife: Kate Scruby

  • Name:

  • Kate Scruby10

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • John Scruby (1846?-1907)

  • Mother:

  • Anne Maria Edwards (1844-1922)

  • Birth:

  • 13 Dec 1880

  • Harleston, Suffolk, England6,7,10,11,12,13

  • Census:

  • 3 Apr 1881 (age 4 mns)

  • Harleston Green, Harleston, Suffolk, England11

  •  

  • daughter living with her parents John and Ann, sisters Maria, Ellen, Emily and Martha, and brothers Edward and Charles. Born in Harleston Suffolk

  • Baptism:

  • 8 May 1881 (age 0)

  • St. Augustine's Church, Haughley Road, Harleston, Suffolk, England14

  •  

  • daughter of John Scroby (labourer) and Ann Maria of Harleston

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 10)

  • Mr Longs Drive, Bird Street, Hitcham, Suffolk, England12

  •  

  • daughter attending school and living with her parents John and Ann, brothers Edward and Charles, and sisters Emily and Martha. Born in Harleston Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 20)

  • Stone Lane, Akenham, Suffolk, England13

  •  

  • unmarried daughter living in three rooms with her parents John and Ann. Born in Harleston Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 30)

  • Claydon Street, Claydon, Suffolk, England6

  •  

  • married wife living in four rooms with her husband Walter, and sons Arthur and Geoffrey. Born in Harleston Suffolk and married for five years with two children, both of whom are still living

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 58)

  • 1 Manor Farm Cottage, Grundisburgh Road, Tuddenham St. Martin, Suffolk, England7

  •  

  • married doing unpaid domestic duties and living with her husband Walter. Born on 13th December 1880

  • Administrator:

  • 21 Aug 1961 (age 80)

  •  

     

    Kate Scruby was appointed as an administrator at the probate hearing of Walter Gorham on Monday on 21 August 1961 at the Probate Registry, Arcade Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England

  • Death:

  • Q4 1966 (age 85)

  • Deben "Registration District", Suffolk, England15

Child 1: Arthur Bernard Gorham

  • Name:

  • Arthur Bernard Gorham16,17

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Birth:

  • Q2 1906

  • Akenham, Suffolk, England6,16

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 4)

  • Claydon Street, Claydon, Suffolk, England6

  •  

  • son living in four rooms with his parents Walter and Kate, and brother Geoffrey. Born in Akenham Suffolk

  • Death:

  • Q4 1917 (age 11)

  • Woodbridge "Registration District", Suffolk, England17

Child 2: Geoffrey Edwin Gorham

  • Name:

  • Geoffrey Edwin Gorham18,19

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Spouse:

  • Dorothy Mary Addison (1909-1957)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • bricklayer and plasterer20

  • Birth:

  • 21 Apr 1909

  • Akenham, Suffolk, England6,18,19,20

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 1)

  • Claydon Street, Claydon, Suffolk, England6

  •  

  • son living in four rooms with his parents Walter and Kate, and brother Arthur. Born in Akenham Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 30)

  • Sunnyside, The Street, Kesgrave, Suffolk, England20

  •  

  • a married bricklayer and plasterer living with his wife Dorothy and two closed records. Born on 21st April 1909

  • Death:

  • Q2 1977 (age 67-68)

  • Deben "Registration District", Suffolk, England19

Child 3: Harry Walter Gorham

  • Name:

  • Harry Walter Gorham21,22

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Spouse:

  • Dorothy Phoebe Skinner (1909-1987)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • milkman (milk roundsman) and special constable23

  • Birth:

  • 26 Mar 1912

  • Bosmere "Registration District", Suffolk, England21,22,23

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 27)

  • 688 Foxhall Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England23

  •  

  • a married milk roundsman and special constable 5404 with the East Suffolk Police living with his wife Dorothy and a closed record in his widowed father-in-laws home. Born on 26th March 1912

  • Death:

  • 3 Nov 2001 (age 89)

  • Deben "Registration District", Suffolk, England22,24

  • Probate:

  • 8 Apr 2002

  • Probate Registry, Arcade Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England24

  •  

  • grant and will, died 3rd November 2001

Child 4: Edna Phyllis Gorham

  • Name:

  • Edna Phyllis Gorham25

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Spouse:

  • Thomas Anthony Dodds Clark (1912-1979)

  • Birth:

  • 31 Mar 1918

  • Woodbridge "Registration District", Suffolk, England25,26,27

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 21)

  • 24 Lancing Avenue, Ipswich, Suffolk, England26

  •  

  • married doing unpaid domestic duties and living with her husband Thomas. Born on 31st March 1918

  • Death:

  • 10 Dec 1990 (age 72)

  • Ipswich "Registration District", Suffolk, England27,28

  • Probate:

  • 18 Feb 1991

  • Probate Registry, Arcade Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England28

  •  

  • of Well Cottage Tuddenham St. Martin Suffolk died 10th December 1990, probate of £193,838 (~£389,000 in 2017)

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2.

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3.

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4.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Blyth 1961 quarter:2 volume:4b page:713. Cit. Date: 27 October 2021.

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6.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG14 piece:10758 class:RG78 piece:581 registration district:211 sub-district:1 enumeration district:8 schedule:64. Cit. Date: 26 October 2021.

7.

UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG101 piece:6636G page:8 line:11 letter code:TXDP. Cit. Date: 27 October 2021.

8.

England and Wales Census 1891, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG12 piece:1463 folio:40 page:2 schedule:12. Cit. Date: 27 October 2021.

9.

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 1961 page:270. Cit. Date: 27 October 2021.

10.

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11.

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12.

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13.

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14.

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15.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Deben 1966 quarter:4 volume:4b page:878. Cit. Date: 27 October 2021.

16.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Bosmere 1906 quarter:2 volume:4a page:1013. Cit. Date: 25 October 2021.

17.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Woodbridge 1917 quarter:4 volume:4a page:1043. Cit. Date: 27 October 2021.

18.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Bosmere 1909 quarter:2 volume:4a page:999. Cit. Date: 25 October 2021.

19.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Deben 1977 quarter:2 volume:10 page:2276. Cit. Date: 26 October 2021.

20.

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21.

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22.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Deben 2001 quarter:4 district:7431 register:27C entry:282 date:1101. Cit. Date: 26 October 2021.

23.

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24.

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 2002 no:923124. Cit. Date: 26 October 2021.

25.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Bosmere 1918 quarter:2 volume:4a page:1525. Cit. Date: 26 October 2021.

26.

UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG101 piece:6606K page:2 line:15 letter code:TVNP. Cit. Date: 26 October 2021.

27.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Ipswich 1990 quarter:4 register:1290 volume:10 page:3004. Cit. Date: 26 October 2021.

28.

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 1990 page:1587 no:9151501554C. Cit. Date: 26 October 2021.