See also

Family of William George Benjamin Stratford and Hilda Helen Overett

  • Husband:

  • William George Benjamin Stratford (1897-1983)

  • Wife:

  • Hilda Helen Overett (1894-1982)

  • Children:

  • Donald G C Stratford (1927-2013)

  • Marriage:

  • 21 Nov 1925

  • The Register Office, Grimwade Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England1,2,3

  •  

  • William a bachelor of 9 St. Nicholas Street Ipswich working as a carpenter in an agricultural engineering works and son of John William Stratford a deceased warehouse clerk. Hilda a spinster of 1 Bunnis Cottages Woodbridge Road Ipswich working as a laundress and daughter of Charles Overett a bricklayer. Married by certificate and witnessed by Elizabeth Overett and Priscilla Stratford

Husband: William George Benjamin Stratford

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William George Benjamin Stratford

  • Name:

  • William George Benjamin Stratford1,4,5

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • -

  • Father:

  • -

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • newsboy then a carpenter3,6

  • Birth:

  • 14 Sep 1897

  • Ipswich, Suffolk, England4,5,6,7,8

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 3)

  • 43 Belle Vue Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England7

  •  

  • son aged 3, living with parents and a boarder. Born in Ipswich Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 13)

  • 60 Woodhouse Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England6

  •  

  • son as George attending school and working as a newsboy living in four rooms with his parents, two siblings, a visitor and a cousin. Born in Ipswich Suffolk

  • Death:

  • Q1 1983 (age 85)

  • Ipswich "Registration District", Suffolk, England8,9

  • Burial:

  •  

  • Lawn Cemetery, Cemetery Lane, Ipswich, Suffolk, England9

Wife: Hilda Helen Overett

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Hilda Helen Overett

  • Name:

  • Hilda Helen Overett1,10,11

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • Charles Overett (1864-1946)

  • Mother:

  • Elizabeth Stevens (1859-1943)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • general servant then a laundress3,12

  • Birth:

  • 15 Sep 1894

  • Woodbridge, Suffolk, England5,10,11,13,14

  • Baptism:

  • 1 Dec 1894 (age 0)

  • St. John's Church, St. John's Hill, Woodbridge, Suffolk, England11

  •  

  • daughter of Charles Overett (bricklayer's labourer) and Elizabeth, born 15th September 1894

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 6)

  • 45 Boston Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England13

  •  

  • daughter living with her parents Charles and Elizabeth, sisters Beatrice and Mabel, and brothers Percy, Arthur, Stanley and Victor. Born in Woodbridge Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 16)

  • 15 Tavern Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England12

  •  

  • servant aged 16 unmarried, general servant (domestic) living with Ernest hollamby and family. Born in Woodbridge Suffolk

  • Death:

  • Q4 1982 (age 88)

  • Ipswich "Registration District", Suffolk, England9,14

  • Burial:

  •  

  • Lawn Cemetery, Cemetery Lane, Ipswich, Suffolk, England9

Child 1: Donald G C Stratford

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Son: Donald G C Stratford

  • Name:

  • Donald G C Stratford15,16

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Nickname:

  • Don

  • Spouse:

  • Muriel Dorothy Flack (1930-2009)

  • Birth:

  • Q3 1927

  • Ipswich "Registration District", Suffolk, England15,16

  • Death:

  • 1 Feb 2013 (age 85)

  • Suffolk, England15,17

  •  

  • husband of the late Muriel

  • Cremation:

  • 15 Feb 2013

  • Seven Hills Crematorium, Felixstowe Road, Nacton, Suffolk, England17

  •  

  • at 12:00 noon

Note on Husband: William George Benjamin Stratford

William's parents were John William Stratford (c1865) and Priscilla Hilton (c1872-)6,7

Sources

1.

Steven John Ransome personal communication. Family Tree via email. Cit. Date: January 2003.

2.

England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Ipswich 1925 quarter:4 volume:4a page:2445.

3.

Marriage Certificate. own copy from Jayne Bond. Cit. Date: 30 September 2023. Family Archive, Held by David and Sue Wilkinson.

4.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Ipswich 1897 quarter:4 volume:4a page:908. Cit. Date: 7 June 2018.

5.

Gravestone. New Cemetery, Ipswich, Suffolk.

6.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG14 piece:10835 class:RG78 piece:585 registration district:213 sub-district:2 enumeration district:10 schedule:215. Cit. Date: 7 June 2018.

7.

England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk).

8.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Ipswich 1983 quarter:1 volume:10 page:2954.

9.

Gravestone.

10.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Woodbridge 1894 quarter:4 volume:4a page:915.

11.

Suffolk Family History Society Carlford and Wilford Baptisms 1813-1900, (2012 SFK-BPI-14/P1 own copy). Woodbridge St. John baptisms entry:82. Cit. Date: 7 May 2020.

12.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG14 piece:10812 class:RG78 piece:584 registration district:213 sub-district:1 enumeration district:14 schedule:49.

13.

England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG13 piece:1780 folio:17 page:25. Cit. Date: 7 June 2017.

14.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Ipswich 1982 quarter:4 volume:10 page:2756.

15.

Molly Joan Ransome nee Overett personal communication.

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 1927 quarter:3 volume:4a page:1537.

17.

Ipswich Star web site, (on-line at www.ipswichstar.co.uk). http://www.familynotices24.co.uk/national/view/710636/don-stratford. Cit. Date: 5 February 2013.