Family of Bertie Edward Wilkinson and Fanny Godbehere

Husband:
Bertie Edward Wilkinson (1891-1982)
Wife:
Fanny Godbehere (1871-1947)
Marriage:
19 Sep 1914
St. Peter & St. Paul's Church, Mill Road, Kedington, Suffolk, England^1,2
Bertie an accountant of Kedington, Fanny a professional nurse of London, both single, groom's father Edward Wilkinson master mariner, bride's father Joseph Godbehere grocer. Married by licence and witnessed by T H Campling and C M Campling

Husband: Bertie Edward Wilkinson

Bertie Edward Wilkinson, 1910?, age 19

Name:
Bertie Edward Wilkinson^2,3
Sex:
Male
Father:
Edward Henry Wilkinson (1861-1934)
Mother:
Cassandra Elizabeth Palmer (1861-1940)
Occupation:
law clerk, accountant and solicitor^2,4,5,6
Birth:
23 Oct 1891
Dovercourt, Essex, England^3,5,6,7,8,9
Census:
31 Mar 1901 (age 9)
23 Hordle Street, Dovercourt, Essex, England⁸
son living with his mother Cassandra and brothers Oliver, Raymond, Herman and Baden, and sisters Ivy and Dorothy. Born in Dovercourt Essex
Census:
2 Apr 1911 (age 19)
9 Broad Street, Haverhill, Suffolk, England⁴
boarder aged 19 unmarried, law clerk living with Victor and Emma Gooddy. Born in Dovercourt Essex
Census:
19 Jun 1921 (age 29 yrs 8 mns)
21 Friars Street, Sudbury, Suffolk, England⁵
married head of the household working as a solicitor for Bates Wells and Braithwaite in Sudbury and living with his wife Fanney (sic). Born in Dovercourt Essex
Directory:
1933 (age 41-42)
65 Corder Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England¹⁰
with telephone number Ipswich 3966 at
Census:
29 Sep 1939 (age 47)
The Copse, Vincent Close, Esher, Surrey, England⁶
a solicitor born 23rd October 1891 living with a housekeeper, listed as being an Air Raid Warden
Administrator:
21 Feb 1951 (age 59)
Bertie Edward Wilkinson was appointed as an administrator at the probate hearing of Dorothy Victoria Archer on Wednesday on 21 February 1951 at the Probate Registry, London, England
Address:
1960 (age 68-69)
The Copse, Vincent Close, Esher, Surrey, England¹¹
telephone number Esher 3190
Address:
frm 1967 to 1982 (age 75-91)
14 Mell Road, Tollesbury, Essex, England^12,13
telephone number Tollesbury 323
Death:
23 Apr 1982 (age 90)
Tollesbury, Essex, England^7,9,14
Probate:
13 Jul 1982
Probate Registry, Arcade Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England¹³
of 14 Mell Road Tollesbury Essex, effects of £72,861 (~£190,000 in 2005)

Wife: Fanny Godbehere

Name:
Fanny Godbehere^1,2,15
Sex:
Female
Father:
-
Father:
-
Occupation:
assistant in father's grocery shop then a nurse^{16,17,18,19,20}
Birth:
7 Aug 1871
Silverdale, Staffordshire, England^{5,16,17,18,19,20,21}
Census:
3 Apr 1881 (age 9)
1 Clifton Road, Deptford, Kent, England²²
daughter aged 9, attending school and living with parents and two siblings. Born in Silverdale, Staffordshire
Census:
5 Apr 1891 (age 19)
6 Milton Court Road, St. Paul, Deptford, London, England²³
an unmarried daughter working in her father's shop as an assistant grocer and cheesemonger and living with her parents and six siblings. Born in Silverdale Staffordshire
Census:
31 Mar 1901 (age 29)
Aston Union Workhouse, Erdington, Warwickshire, England¹⁷
an umarried officer working as a sick nurse. Born in Silverdale Staffordshire
Census:
2 Apr 1911 (age 39)
26 Hyde Park Gate, Kensington, London, England¹⁸
an unmarried sick nurse living with Agnes Fane and two servants. Born in Silverdale Staffordshire
Census:
19 Jun 1921 (age 49 yrs 11 mns)
21 Friars Street, Sudbury, Suffolk, England⁵
married wife living with her husband Bertie. Born in Silverdale Staffordshire and without children
Census:
29 Sep 1939 (age 68)
90 Cheriton Road, Folkestone, Kent, England²⁰
a married retired trained nurse living in a shared house with two others and a closed record. Born on 7th August 1871
Death:
Q2 1947 (age 76)
Croydon "Registration District", Surrey, England²⁴

Note on Husband: Bertie Edward Wilkinson

Was this a difficult marriage? They seemed to be living apart in 1939

Note on Wife: Fanny Godbehere

Was this a difficult marriage? They seemed to be living apart in 1939. Her parents were Joseph Godbehere (c1843-1919) and Alice Barlow (c1847-1929)^25,26

Sources

1.: England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Risbridge 1914 quarter:3 volume:4a page:1947.

2.: Marriage Certificate. own copy. 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). Tendring 1891 quarter:4 volume:4a page:547.

4.: England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG14 piece:10500 class:RG78 piece:560 sub-district:1 enumeration district:6 schedule:155.

5.: England and Wales Census 1921, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG15 piece:9296 registration district:205 sub-district:3 enumeration district:5 schedule:105. Cit. Date: 2 April 2022.

6.: UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG101 piece:1890C page:11 line:32 letter code:DMJA. Cit. Date: 11 June 2017.

7.: Helena Kilivington personal communication. Gedcom file. Cit. Date: 22 July 2001.

8.: England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG13 piece:1698 folio:48 page:35. Cit. Date: 10 June 2017.

9.: England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Chelmsford 1982 quarter:2 volume:9 page:1850.

10.: Kelly's Directory of Suffolk 1922, (My History). 1933.

11.: Ancestry.com, (on-line at www.ancestry.com). Telephone directory.

12.: Ancestry British Phone Books, 1880-1984, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk). 1967 to 1981.

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). 1982 page:9399 ref:821007436M. Cit. Date: 11 June 2017.

14.: Ibid. 1982 page:9399. Cit. Date: 11 June 2017.

15.: William Wilkinson personal communication. email dated 23rd Febriary 2024. Cit. Date: 23 February 2024.

16.: England and Wales Census 1891, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG12 piece:499 folio:16 page:26. Cit. Date: 13 June 2017.

17.: England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG13 piece:2876 folio:160 page:3. Cit. Date: 13 June 2017.

18.: England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG14 piece:107 class:RG78 piece:4 reg district:2 sub district:1 enum district:20 schedule:123. Cit. Date: 13 June 2017.

19.: Marriage Certificate. Family Archive, Held by David and Sue Wilkinson.

20.: UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG101 piece:1723A page:23 line:43 letter code:DHPD. Cit. Date: 13 June 2017.

21.: England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Wolstanton 1871 quarter:3 volume:6b page:92.

22.: England and Wales Census 1881, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk).

23.: England and Wales Census 1891, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG12 piece:499 folio:16 page:26. Cit. Date: 12 June 2017.

24.: England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Croydon 1947 quarter:2 volume:5g page:2.

25.: Ibid. West Ham 1919 quarter:4 volume:4a page:381. Cit. Date: 8 January 2022.