See also

Family of George Harold Shapter and Ada Louise Bibbing

  • Husband:

  • George Harold Shapter (1898-1979)

  • Wife:

  • Ada Louise Bibbing (1900-1964)

  • Status:

  • Divorced

  • Marriage:

  • 2 Aug 1922

  • Christ Church, Eton Place, Plymouth, Devon, England1,2

  •  

  • George a police constable of 2 Southside Street Plymouth, Ada of 51 Coburg Street Plymouth, both single, groom's father Harry Shapter a clerk, bride's father Charles Robert Bibbing a deceased boot maker. Married by banns and witnessed by Matilda Billing and S R Palmer

Husband: George Harold Shapter

  • Name:

  • George Harold Shapter1,2,3,4,5

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • police constable1,6

  • Birth:

  • 22 Dec 1898

  • Plymouth, Devon, England3,4,5,6,7

  •  

  • 1939 register says born on 23rd December 1899

  • Baptism:

  • 3 Jan 1899 (age 0)

  • Holy Trinity Church, Southside Street, Plymouth, Devon, England4

  •  

  • son of Henry Shapter (accountant) and Florence of 2 Southside Street, born on 22nd December 1898

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 2)

  • 2 Southside Street, Plymouth, Devon, England7

  •  

  • son living in four rooms with his parents Henry and Florence, and brother Henry. Born in Plymouth Devon

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 12)

  • 2 Southside Street, Plymouth, Devon, England8

  •  

  • son attending school and living with his parents Henry and Florence, and brother George. Born in Plymouth Devon

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 40)

  • 2 Southside Street, Plymouth, Devon, England6

  •  

  • a married police constable no:40 living alone. Born on 23rd December 1899

  • Death:

  • 6 Sep 1979 (age 80)

  • Plymouth "Registration District", Devon, England5,9

  • Probate:

  • 21 Sep 1979

  • Probate Registry, Bristol, Avon, England9

  •  

  • of 48 Neswick Street Plymouth died 6th September 1979, administration of £37,715 (~£175,000 in 2017)

Wife: Ada Louise Bibbing

  • Name:

  • Ada Louise Bibbing10

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Nickname:

  • Betty

  • Father:

  • Charles Robert Bibbing (1875-1922)

  • Mother:

  • Sophia Matilda Webb (1873-1961)

  • Birth:

  • 9 Aug 1900

  • Forest Gate, Essex, England10,11,12,13

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 7 mns)

  • 49 Station Road, Forest Gate, Essex, England11

  •  

  • daughter living in four rooms with her parents Charles and Matilda. Born in Forest Gate

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 10)

  • 13 Ladywell Road, Lewisham, London, England12

  •  

  • daughter attending school and living in five rooms with her parents Charles and Matilda, and an assistant. Born in Forest Gate Essex

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 39)

  • 63 Gloucester Road North, Filton, Gloucestershire, England13

  •  

  • married as Betty doing unpaid domestic duties and living with her future husband Stanley Shapter (William S Wines), a closed record, and her mother Matilda Legg. Born on 9th August 1900

  • Administrator:

  • 10 Aug 1961 (age 61)

  •  

     

    Ada Louise Bibbing was appointed as an administrator at the probate hearing of Sophia Matilda Webb on Thursday on 10 August 1961 at the Probate Registry, Bodmin, Cornwall, England

  • Death:

  • 21 Jul 1964 (age 63)

  • Bathavon "Registration District", Somerset, England14,15

  • Probate:

  • 21 Sep 1964

  • Probate Registry, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England15

  •  

  • of 10 Wheathill Close Keynsham Somerset wife of William Stanley Rhys Wynes died 21st July 1964, administration of £3,632 (~£66,000 in 2017) to the said William Stanley Rhys Wynes retired production engineer

Note on Marriage

Divorce assumed as both remarried

Note on Husband: George Harold Shapter

After divorcing Ada, George married Winifred Algar/Collins in Plymouth in 194716

Sources

1.

FindMyPast Parish Records Collection - Marriages, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). Devon Marriages And Banns Plymouth Christ Church marriages page:27 entry:54. Cit. Date: 1 October 2022.

2.

England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Plymouth 1922 quarter:3 volume:5b page:517. Cit. Date: 1 October 2022.

3.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Plymouth 1899 quarter:1 volume:5b page:246. Cit. Date: 1 October 2022.

4.

FindMyPast Parish Records Collection - Baptisms, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). Devon baptisms Plymouth Holy Trinity and St. Savoir baptisms ref:2028/5 page:337 entry:23047. Cit. Date: 1 October 2022.

5.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Plymouth 1979 quarter:3 volume:21 page:1750. Cit. Date: 1 October 2022.

6.

UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG101 piece:6786G page:24 line:7 letter code:WEKB. Cit. Date: 1 October 2022.

7.

England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG13 piece:2101 folio:63 page:13 schedule:82. Cit. Date: 1 October 2022.

8.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG14 piece:12992 class:RG78 piece:749 registration district:276 sub-district:3 enumeration district:16 schedule:296. Cit. Date: 1 October 2022.

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). Bristol 1979 page:7439 no:790803017Z. Cit. Date: 1 October 2022.

10.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). West Ham 1900 quarter:3 volume:4a page:226. Cit. Date: 1 October 2022.

11.

England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG13 piece:1591 folio:32 page:4 schedule:20. Cit. Date: 1 October 2022.

12.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG14 piece:2760 class:RG78 piece:95 registration district:29 sub-district:3 enumeration district:11 schedule:209. Cit. Date: 1 October 2022.

13.

UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG101 piece:5117B page:4 line:19 letter code:ODNL. Cit. Date: 3 October 2022.

14.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Bathavon 1964 quarter:3 volume:7c page:76. Cit. Date: 3 October 2022.

15.

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). Bristol 1964 page:846. Cit. Date: 3 October 2022.

16.

England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Plymouth 1947 quarter:4 volume:7a page:1400A. Cit. Date: 1 October 2022.