See also

Family of Clifford William Blumfield and Jeanne Mary Bird

  • Husband:

  • Clifford William Blumfield (1922-1996)

  • Wife:

  • Jeanne Mary Bird (1921-1999)

  • Marriage:

  • Q4 1944

  • Ipswich "Registration District", Suffolk, England1

Husband: Clifford William Blumfield

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Clifford William Blumfield, 1943, age 21

  • Name:

  • Clifford William Blumfield1,2

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • engineer becoming director of the Dounreay Nuclear Power Station and as advocate of fast breeder reactors3,4

  • Birth:

  • 18 May 1922

  • Ipswich "Registration District", Suffolk, England2,3

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 17)

  • 86 Alan Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England3

  •  

  • an unmarried engineers apprentice living with his parents William and Daisy, sister Alice, and brother Henry. Born 18th May 1922

  • Military Service:

  • 1944 (app) (age 21-22)

  • British Army REME rising to the rank of Major5

  •  

  • serving in Rawalpindi

  • Death:

  • 11 Jul 1996 (age 74)

  • Thurso, Caithness, Scotland4,6

  •  

  • Cause: of a heart attack at home

Wife: Jeanne Mary Bird

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Jeanne Mary Bird, 1940, age 19

  • Name:

  • Jeanne Mary Bird7

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • Sidney Wallace Bird (1891-1961)

  • Mother:

  • Ellen Elizabeth Bradbrook (1893-1977)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • shorthand typist8

  • Birth:

  • 8 Nov 1921

  • Ipswich "Registration District", Suffolk, England7,8

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 17)

  • 75 Medway Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England8

  •  

  • an unmarried shorthand typist living with her parents Sidney and Ellen, sister Joan, and brother Ivan. Born on 8th November 1921 and married a Blumfield at a later date

  • Death:

  • 1999 (age 77)

  • Thurso "Registration District", Caithness, Scotland9

Sources

1.

England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Ipswich 1944 quarter:4 volume:4a page:2487. Cit. Date: 13 May 2023.

2.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Ipswich 1922 quarter:2 volume:4a page:1837. Cit. Date: 13 May 2023.

3.

UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG101 piece:6611D page:9 line:19 letter code:TVOS. Cit. Date: 14 May 2023.

4.

Newspaper item not in an archive. https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12032591.cliff-blumfield/. Cit. Date: 12 September 2023. Family Archive, Held by David and Sue Wilkinson.

5.

Andrew Blumfield personal communication. by email dated 12th September 2023. Cit. Date: 12 September 2023.

6.

Scotland Death Index, (on-line at www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk). Thurso 1996 ref:161/70. Cit. Date: 14 May 2023.

7.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Ipswich 1921 quarter:4 volume:4a page:1753. Cit. Date: 13 May 2023.

8.

UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG101 piece:6608E page:2 line:30 letter code:TVNZ. Cit. Date: 13 May 2023.

9.

Scotland Death Index, (on-line at www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk). Thurso 1999 ref:161/72. Cit. Date: 13 May 2023.