Family of James Albert Farnsworth and May Blanche Prentice

Husband: James Albert Farnsworth

Name:
James Albert Farnsworth^1,2,3
Sex:
Male
Father:
-
Mother:
-
Occupation:
farm boy, steel grinder then a police constable^4,5,6
Birth:
10 Oct 1896
Little Waltham, Essex, England^2,3,4,5,6,7
Census:
31 Mar 1901 (age 4)
Little Waltham, Essex, England⁷
son living in four rooms with his parents Arthur and Sarah, and brother Thomas. Born in Little Waltham Essex
Census:
2 Apr 1911 (age 14)
Little Waltham, Essex, England⁴
son working as a farm boy and living in four rooms with his parents Arthur and Sarah, brother Thomas, and sister Florence. Born in Little Waltham Essex
Census:
19 Jun 1921 (age 24 yrs 8 mns)
37 Duddery Road, Haverhill, Suffolk, England⁵
an unmarried visitor and an out of work grinder of steel wares for Hoffman Manufacturing Co. Ltd. steel manufacturers of Chelmsford living in four rooms with his future in-laws Joseph and Annie Whiting, and their daughter his future wife Hilda. Born in Little Waltham Essex
Census:
29 Sep 1939 (age 42)
8 Sunshine Homestead, Chenies Road, Chorleywood, Hertfordshire, England⁶
a married police constable living with his wife Hilda, a closed record, and daughter Joan. Born on 10th October 1896
Death:
Q1 1976 (age 79)
Chelmsford "Registration District", Essex, England³

Name:
May Blanche Prentice⁸
Sex:
Female
Father:
James Prentice (1871-1920)
Mother:
Alice Rebecca Goodchild (1873-1954)
Occupation:
ball bearing machinist⁹
Birth:
29 Apr 1901
Wherstead, Suffolk, England^8,9,10,11,12
Census:
2 Apr 1911 (age 9)
Stowmarket Road, Needham Market, Suffolk, England¹⁰
daughter living in five rooms with her parents James and Alice, and brothers James, Alfred and Reginald. Born in Wherstead Suffolk
Census:
19 Jun 1921 (age 20 yrs 2 mns)
5 Tendall Square, Chelmsford, Essex, England¹¹
an unmarried visitor living in five rooms with Thomas and Martha Eve. Born in Wherstead Ipswich
Census:
29 Sep 1939 (age 38)
2 Campen's Cottages, The Street, Little Waltham, Essex, England⁹
an unmarried ball bearing machinist in a ball bearing factory and living with her widowed mother Alice, and sister Catherine. Born on 29th April 1901 and married a Farnsworth at a later date
Death:
4 Aug 1987 (age 86)
Chelmsford "Registration District", Essex, England^12,13
Probate:
18 Sep 1987
Probate Registry, Greater London, England¹²
of 37 Waterhouse Street Chelmsford died 4th August 1987, probate not exceeding £70,000 (~£174,000 in 2017)

James previously married Hilda Agnes Irene Whiting (1923-1949) in Chelmsford in 1922^6,14,15

1.: England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Chelmsford 1951 quarter:1 volume:4a page:1058. Cit. Date: 17 August 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). Chelmsford 1896 quarter:4 volume:4a page:550. Cit. Date: 17 August 2023.

3.: England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Chelmsford 1976 quarter:1 volume:9 page:2154. Cit. Date: 17 August 2023.

4.: England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG14 piece:10071 class:RG78 piece:530 registration district:194 sub-district:3 enumeration district:6 schedule:68. Cit. Date: 17 August 2023.

5.: England and Wales Census 1921, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive series:RG15 piece:9276 registration district:204 sub-district:1 enumeration district:4, 5 schedule:96. Cit. Date: 17 August 2023.

6.: UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG101 piece:1603E page:6 line:38 letter code:DEEC. Cit. Date: 17 August 2023.

7.: England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG13 piece:1673 folio:73 page:12 schedule:77. Cit. Date: 17 August 2023.

8.: England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Samford 1901 quarter:2 volume:4a page:957. Cit. Date: 15 August 2023.

9.: UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG101 piece:1563G page:3 line:28 letter code:DDFH. Cit. Date: 17 August 2023.

10.: England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG14 piece:10776 class:RG78 piece:582 registration district:211 sub-district:2 enumeration district:10 schedule:307. Cit. Date: 15 August 2023.

11.: England and Wales Census 1921, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive series:RG15 piece:8979 registration district:194 sub-district:2 enumeration district:5, 6 schedule:37. Cit. Date: 17 August 2023.

12.: England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Chelmsford 1987 quarter:3 register:887 volume:9 page:1646. Cit. Date: 17 August 2023.

13.: 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). London 1987 page:2548 no:8751111949G. Cit. Date: 17 August 2023.

14.: England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Chelmsford 1922 quarter:4 volume:4a page:1351. Cit. Date: 17 August 2023.

15.: England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Watford 1949 quarter:2 volume:4b page:255. Cit. Date: 17 August 2023.