See also

Family of Arthur Thomas Ransom and Jane Topple

Husband: Arthur Thomas Ransom

  • Name:

  • Arthur Thomas Ransom1,2,3,4,5

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • agricultural labourer then a gas worker6,7

  • Birth:

  • Q3 1872

  • Haughley, Suffolk, England3,6,7,8

  • Baptism:

  • 5 Apr 1874 (age 1)

  • St. Mary's Church, Duke Street, Haughley, Suffolk, England4

  •  

  • son of Elizabeth Ransom single woman

  • Census:

  • 3 Apr 1881 (age 9)

  • Charsfield, Suffolk, England8

  •  

  • (step-)grandson Arthur Pleasance attending school and living with (step-)grandparents Joe and Jane Pleasance, (step-)uncle George, and (step-)aunt Louisa. Born in Haughley Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 18)

  • Clopton Green, Clopton, Suffolk, England6

  •  

  • unmarried (step-)grandson as Arthur Pleasance working as an agricultural labourer and living with his (step-)grandparents Job and Jane Pleasance, and a (step-)cousin William pleasance. Born in Haughley Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 28)

  • 53 Albion Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England7

  •  

  • married head of the household employed as a gas worker and living with his wife Jane, and son Arthur. Born in Haughley Suffolk

  • Death:

  • Q2 1906 (age 32)

  • Ipswich "Registration District", Suffolk, England5

Wife: Jane Topple

  • Name:

  • Jane Topple9,10

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • Henry Topple (1830?-1886)

  • Mother:

  • Jane Hines (1830?-1914)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • rag sorter11

  • Birth:

  • Q3 1870

  • Ipswich, Suffolk, England7,9,11,12,13,14

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1871 (age 8 mns)

  • Court in Hamlett, Ipswich, Suffolk, England12

  •  

  • daughter as Jane Toppell living with her parents Henry and Jane, brothers Arthur, Henry and Edgar, and sisters Pleasant, Allace (sic) and Jesse. Born in Ipswich Suffolk

  • Baptism:

  • 25 Jun 1876 (age 5)

  • Holy Trinity Church, Back Hamlet, Ipswich, Suffolk, England10

  •  

  • daughter of Henry Topple (labourer) and Jane of Albion Street, born in 1870

  • Census absence:

  • 3 Apr 1881 (age 10)

  •  

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 22)

  • 60 Albion Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England11

  •  

  • unmarried daughter working as a rag sorter and living with her widowed mother Jane. Born in Ipswich Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 27)

  • 53 Albion Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England7

  •  

  • married wife living with her husband Arthur, and son Arthur. Born in Ipswich Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 36)

  • 59 Albion Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England13

  •  

  • married wife living in five rooms with her husband Walter Gilson, step-daughter Eveline Gilson, step-son Albert Gilson, her-son Stanley Ransome, and her daughter Alice Ransome. Born in Ipswich Suffolk and married for under one year

  • Census:

  • 19 Jun 1921 (age 49)

  • 59 Albion Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England14

  •  

  • married wife living in four rooms with her husband Walter, sons George Gilson and Stanley Ransom, and daughter Alice Ransom. Born in Ipswich Suffolk

  • Death:

  • Q1 1930 (age 59)

  • Ipswich "Registration District", Suffolk, England15

Child 1: Arthur Frederick Ransom

  • Name:

  • Arthur Frederick Ransom16,17

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Birth:

  • Q2 1900

  • Ipswich, Suffolk, England7,16

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 1)

  • 53 Albion Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England7

  •  

  • son living with his parents Arthur and Jane and born in Ipswich Suffolk

  • Death:

  • Q2 1902 (age 2)

  • Ipswich "Registration District", Suffolk, England17

Child 2: Stanley Edgar Ransom

  • Name:

  • Stanley Edgar Ransom18,19

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Spouse:

  • Margaret Cassey Jennings (1901-1989)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • blacksmith's striker then a gas worker14,20

  • Birth:

  • 16 Aug 1901

  • Ipswich, Suffolk, England13,14,18,19,20

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 9)

  • 59 Albion Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England13

  •  

  • wife's son living in five rooms with his step-father Walter Gilson, his mother Jane, step-sister Eveline Gilson, step-brother Albert Gilson, and his sister Alice Ransome. Born in Ipswich Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 19 Jun 1921 (age 19 yrs 10 mns)

  • 59 Albion Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England14

  •  

  • unmarried (step-)son working as a blacksmiths striker for Ipswich Gas Company at Ipswich Gas Works and living in four rooms with his step-father Walter Gilson, his mother Jane, half-brother George Gilson, and sister Alice Ransom. Born in Ipswich Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 38)

  • 133 Lindbergh Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England20

  •  

  • a married gas worker in charge of coal discharging plant and storage etc. and a member of the gasworks A.R.P. fire service living with his wife Cassie, a closed record (presumably son Stanley), and daughter Jean. Born on 16th August 1901 and living next to half-brother George E Gilson and family

  • Death:

  • Q2 1976 (age 74)

  • Ipswich "Registration District", Suffolk, England19

Child 3: Percy William Ransom

  • Name:

  • Percy William Ransom21,22

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Birth:

  • Q1 1904

  • Ipswich "Registration District", Suffolk, England21

  • Death:

  • Q4 1904 (age 0)

  • Ipswich "Registration District", Suffolk, England22

Child 4: Alice Jane Ransom

  • Name:

  • Alice Jane Ransom23

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Spouse:

  • Edward Karl Day (1898-1969)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • confectionary packer14

  • Birth:

  • 27 Nov 1905

  • Ipswich, Suffolk, England13,14,23,24

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 5)

  • 59 Albion Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England13

  •  

  • wife's daughter living in five rooms with her step-father Walter Gilson, her mother Jane, step-sister Eveline Gilson, step-brother Albert Gilson, and her brother Stanley Ransome. Born in Ipswich Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 19 Jun 1921 (age 15 yrs 9 mns)

  • 59 Albion Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England14

  •  

  • unmarried (step-)daughter working as a confectionary (sweet) packer for Gardiner & Co. wholesale confectioners of Fore Street Ipswich and living in four rooms with her step-father Walter Gilson, her mother Jane, half-brother George Gilson, and brother Stanley Ransom. Born in Ipswich Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 33)

  • 49 White Elm Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England24

  •  

  • married doing unpaid domestic duties and living with her husband Edward, a closed record (presumably son Edward), daughter Irene, and a Florence Brooke. Born on 27th November 1905

  • Death:

  • Q1 1964 (age 58)

  • Ipswich "Registration District", Suffolk, England25

Note on Husband: Arthur Thomas Ransom

Arthur's mother Elizabeth married Arthur Pleasance in Stow registration district in quarter:4 1873. Sadly she died aged 36 in Stow registration district in quarter:3 1875. Arthur Pleasance then married Susanna Bridges in Stow registration district in quarter:2 1876. Arthur was raised by his step-grandparents appearing the 1881 and 1891 census with them26,27,28

Sources

1.

England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Ipswich 1899 quarter:2 volume:4a page:1677. Cit. Date: 7 October 2023.

2.

Marriage Certificate. own copy, index:83. Cit. Date: 7 October 2023. Family Archive, Held by David and Sue Wilkinson.

3.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Stow 1872 quarter:3 volume:4a page:559. Cit. Date: 7 October 2023.

4.

Suffolk Family History Society All Baptisms Suffolk 1813-1900, (SFK-BPI/P1-1 own copy). Haughley St. Mary baptisms entry:785. Cit. Date: 10 October 2023.

5.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Ipswich 1906 quarter:2 volume:4a page:489. Cit. Date: 11 October 2023.

6.

England and Wales Census 1891, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG12 piece:1474 folio:6 page:5 schedule:32. Cit. Date: 10 October 2023.

7.

England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG13 piece:1777 folio:84 page:5 schedule:26. Cit. Date: 7 October 2023.

8.

England and Wales Census 1881, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG11 piece:1880 folio:108 page:5 schedule:760. Cit. Date: 10 October 2023.

9.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Ipswich 1870 quarter:3 volume:4a page:594. Cit. Date: 23 January 2023.

10.

Suffolk Family History Society - Ipswich Baptisms 1813-1900, (2011 SFK-BPI-06/P1 own copy). Ipswich Holy Trinity baptisms entry:1096. Cit. Date: 23 January 2023.

11.

England and Wales Census 1891, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG12 piece:1470 folio:76 page:7 schedule:36. Cit. Date: 27 September 2023.

12.

England and Wales Census 1871, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG10 piece:1754 folio:45 page:34 schedule:84. Cit. Date: 27 September 2023.

13.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG14 piece:10827 class:RG78 piece:585 registration district:213 sub-district:2 enumeration district:2 schedule:68. Cit. Date: 8 October 2023.

14.

England and Wales Census 1921, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG15 piece:9425 registration district:213 sub-district:2 enumeration district:2 schedule:252. Cit. Date: 8 October 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). Ipswich 1930 quarter:1 volume:4a page:1200. Cit. Date: 8 October 2023.

16.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Ipswich 1900 quarter:2 volume:4a page:984. Cit. Date: 7 October 2023.

17.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Ipswich 1902 quarter:2 volume:4a page:519. Cit. Date: 10 October 2023.

18.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Ipswich 1901 quarter:3 volume:4a page:1060. Cit. Date: 7 October 2023.

19.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Ipswich 1976 quarter:2 volume:10 page:2406. Cit. Date: 10 October 2023.

20.

UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG101 piece:6612E page:23 line:35 letter code:TVPB. Cit. Date: 8 October 2023.

21.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Ipswich 1904 quarter:1 volume:4a page:1085. Cit. Date: 7 October 2023.

22.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Ipswich 1904 quarter:4 volume:44 page:577. Cit. Date: 9 October 2023.

23.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Ipswich 1906 quarter:1 volume:4a page:1072. Cit. Date: 7 October 2023.

24.

UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG101 piece:6607A page:4 line:34 letter code:TVNQ. Cit. Date: 9 October 2023.

25.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Ipswich 1964 quarter:1 volume:4b page:1010. Cit. Date: 9 October 2023.

26.

England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Stow 1873 quarter:4 volume:4a page:1173. Cit. Date: 10 October 2023.

27.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Stow 1875 quarter:3 volume:4a page:311. Cit. Date: 10 October 2023.

28.

England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Stow 1876 quarter:2 volume:4a page:822. Cit. Date: 10 October 2023.