See also

Family of Robert Bertie Prentice and Violet Hilda Minnie Parnell

  • Husband:

  • Robert Bertie Prentice (1890-1961)

  • Wife:

  • Violet Hilda Minnie Parnell (1893-1981)

  • Children:

  • Ronald Bertie Prentice (1921-2008)

  • Marriage:

  • Q1 1921

  • Cambridge "Registration District", Cambridgeshire, England1

Husband: Robert Bertie Prentice

  • Name:

  • Robert Bertie Prentice2,3,4

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • Robert Prentice (1869-1921)

  • Mother:

  • Betsy Rouse (1864-1929)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • threshing machine helper, agricultural labourer and a road engine driver5,6,7

  • Birth:

  • Q3 1890

  • Offton, Suffolk, England2,5,6,7,8,9

  •  

  • 1891 census says born in Willisham Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 8 mns)

  • Derrick Hill, Willisham, Suffolk, England8

  •  

  • son living in three rooms with his parents Robert Prentice Junior and Elizabeth. Born in Willisham Suffolk

  • Baptism:

  • 31 Jul 1892 (age 1-2)

  • St. Mary's Church, Bildeston Road, Offton, Suffolk, England3

  •  

  • son of Robert Prentice (labourer) and Elizabeth of Offton, baptised with sister May

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 10)

  • Offton, Suffolk, England9

  •  

  • son living in three rooms with his parents Robert and Elizabeth, and sisters May and Agnes. Born in Offton Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 20)

  • Firwood Cottages, Halstead, Essex, England5

  •  

  • unmarried son working as a threshing machine helper and living in five rooms with his parents Robert and Elizabeth, and sister Agnes. Born in Offton Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 19 Jun 1921 (age 30 yrs 10 mns)

  • 136 Tidings Hill, Halstead, Essex, England6

  •  

  • married head of the household working as a general agricultural labourer for Miss K M Courtauld a farmer of Knightleys Farm Colne Engaine and living in three rooms with his wife Violet, his widowed mother Elizabeth, and son Robert Bertie. Born in Offton Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 48-49)

  • 58 Tidings Hill, Halstead, Essex, England7

  •  

  • a married road engine driver living with a closed record (presumably his son Ronald as his wife Violet was already living with her future husband Sidney Coe). Born on 5th August 1890

  • Death:

  • Q1 1961 (age 70)

  • Colchester "Registration District", Essex, England4

Wife: Violet Hilda Minnie Parnell

  • Name:

  • Violet Hilda Minnie Parnell1,10,11

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • domestic servant then a house keeper12,13

  • Birth:

  • 31 Mar 1893

  • Reach, Cambridgeshire, England6,11,12,13,14,15

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 8)

  • Mill Hill, Swaffham Prior, Cambridgeshire, England14

  •  

  • daughter living in four rooms with her parents Charles and Minnie, brother Leonard, and sisters Olive, Winifred and Cissie. Born in Reach Cambridgeshire

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 18)

  • Uplands, Addiscombe Road, Croydon, Surrey, England12

  •  

  • an unmarried servant living in ten rooms with Edith Ellis and another servant. Born in Reach Burwell

  • Census:

  • 19 Jun 1921 (age 28 yrs 3 mns)

  • 136 Tidings Hill, Halstead, Essex, England6

  •  

  • married wife doing household duties and living in three rooms with her husband Robert, her widowed mother-in-law Elizabeth, and son Robert Bertie. Born in Reach Cambridgeshire

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 46)

  • 42 Harvey Street, Halstead, Essex, England13

  •  

  • a married house keeper living widowed and future husband Sidney D Coe, his daughter Elsie M Coe, and a closed record. Born on 31st March 1893 and married a Coe at a later date

  • Death:

  • Q2 1981 (age 88)

  • Braintree "Registration District", Essex, England15

Child 1: Ronald Bertie Prentice

  • Name:

  • Ronald Bertie Prentice16,17,18

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Spouse:

  • Irene Gladys Leech (1922-2000)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • coppersmith19

  • Birth:

  • 28 Mar 1921

  • Halstead, Essex, England6,16,17

  • Census:

  • 19 Jun 1921 (age 3 mns)

  • 136 Tidings Hill, Halstead, Essex, England6

  •  

  • son living in three rooms with his parents Robert and Violet, and his widowed grandmother Elizabeth Prentice. Born in Halstead Essex

  • Baptism:

  • 6 Nov 1921 (age 0)

  • St. Andrew's Church, Head Street, Halstead, Essex, England17

  •  

  • son Robert Bert Prentice (labourer) and Violet Hilda Minnie of 126 Tidings Hill, born 28th March 1921

  • Death:

  • 13 Jan 2008 (age 86)

  • Braintree "Registration District", Essex, England18,20

  • Probate:

  • 14 Apr 2008

  • Probate Registry, Arcade Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England20

  •  

  • grant and will, died 13th January 2008

Note on Wife: Violet Hilda Minnie Parnell

Following Roberts death Violet married Sidney D Coe (1890-1968) in Halstead registration district in quarter 2 196110,13,21

Sources

1.

England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Cambridge 1921 quarter:1 volume:3b page:1067. Cit. Date: 21 February 2024.

2.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Bosmere 1890 quarter:3 volume:4a page:782. Cit. Date: 19 February 2024.

3.

Suffolk Family History Society All Baptisms Suffolk 1813-1900, (SFK-BPI/P1-1 own copy). Offton St. Mary baptisms entry:70. Cit. Date: 19 February 2024.

4.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Colchester 1961 quarter:1 volume:4a page:789. Cit. Date: 22 February 2024.

5.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG14 piece:10367 class:RG78 piece:548 registration district:200 sub district:1 enumeration district:4 schedule:61. Cit. Date: 19 February 2024.

6.

England and Wales Census 1921, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive series:RG15 piece:9219 registration district:200 sub district:1 enumeration district:5 schedule:337. Cit. Date: 21 February 2024.

7.

UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG101 piece:1514A page:5 line:2 letter code:DBYF. Cit. Date: 21 February 2024.

8.

England and Wales Census 1891, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG12 piece:1463 folio:79 page:1 schedule:2. Cit. Date: 19 February 2021.

9.

England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG13 piece:1770 folio:43 page:5 schedule:28. Cit. Date: 19 February 2024.

10.

England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Halstead 1961 quarter:2 volume:4a page:1328. Cit. Date: 21 February 2024.

11.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Newmarket 1893 quarter:2 volume:3b page:537. Cit. Date: 22 February 2024.

12.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG14 piece:3284 class:RG78 piece:125 registration district:39 sub district:2 enumeration district:3 schedule:306. Cit. Date: 22 February 2024.

13.

UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG101 piece:1514C page:7 line:41 letter code:DBYG. Cit. Date: 22 February 2024.

14.

England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG13 piece:1540 folio:108 page:11 schedule:88. Cit. Date: 22 February 2024.

15.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Braintree 1981 quarter:2 volume:9 page:1255. Cit. Date: 24 February 2024.

16.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Halstead 1921 quarter:2 volume:4a page:1592. Cit. Date: 21 February 2024.

17.

Seax - Essex Record Office Parish Records, (on-line at www.essexcc.gov.uk). Halstead St. Andrew baptisms 1897-19423 ref:D/P 96/1/22 image:59 page:118 entry:901. Cit. Date: 21 February 2024.

18.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Braintree 2008 quarter:1 district:4651 register:1002 entry:500662718. Cit. Date: 21 February 2024.

19.

Seax - Essex Record Office Parish Records, (on-line at www.essexcc.gov.uk). Halstead St. Andrew marriages 1914-1943 ref:D/P 96/1/30 image:243 page:244 entry:488. Cit. Date: 21 February 2024.

20.

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 2008 no:2697946. Cit. Date: 21 February 2024.

21.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Halstead 1968 quarter:4 volume:4a page:809. Cit. Date: 22 February 2024.