See also
Husband:
Horace William Hawes (1904-1977)
Wife:
Violet Olive Blanche Edwards (1901-1978)
Children:
Status:
Never Married
Marriage Banns:
13 May 1923
All Saints Church, Mettingham, Suffolk, England1
20th and 27th May 1923 but were not called presumably due to the wedding being cancelled, Horace was from Bungay
Name:
Horace William Hawes2
Sex:
Male
Father:
-
Father:
-
Occupation:
store keeper3
Birth:
19 Mar 1904
Census:
2 Apr 1911 (age 7)
Broad Street, Bungay, Suffolk, England4
son living in four rooms with his parents and two brothers. Born in Bungay Suffolk
Census:
29 Sep 1939 (age 35)
16 Webster Street, Bungay, Suffolk, England3
a married printers store keeper living with his wife. Born on 19th March 1904
Death:
Q2 1977 (age 73)
Norwich "Outer Registration District", Norfolk, England5
Violet Olive Blanche Edwards
Name:
Sex:
Female
Nickname:
Nana or Vi
Father:
Mother:
Occupation:
Birth:
25 Feb 1901
daughter of Stanley Augustus Edwards (stockman on farm) and Maud Florence Edwards formerly Payne. Birth place given as Haughley in 1911 census
Census:
31 Mar 1901 (age 1 mn)
Priory Cottage, Hintlesham, Suffolk, England11
daughter living in four rooms with her parents Stanley and Maud, and brother Sidney. Born in Hintlesham Suffolk
Baptism:
17 Aug 1902 (age 1)
St. Peter's Church, Athelington, Suffolk, England8
daughter of Stanley Augustus Edwards (labourer) and Maud Florence
Census:
2 Apr 1911 (age 10)
Tollgate Farm, Dovercourt, Essex, England12
daughter living in seven rooms with her parents Stanley and Florence, brothers, Stanley, Reggie and Herbert, sisters Winnie, Sybil, Gwendoline and Florence, and a servant. Born in Haughley Suffolk
Census:
19 Jun 1921 (age 20 yrs 4 mns)
Mettingham Castle, Castle Road, Mettingham, Suffolk, England9
an unmarried servant working as a housemaid and living in sixteen rooms with Hastings and Albertine Ross-Johnson, three other servants, and a boarder. Born in Hintlesham Suffolk
Address:
9 Sep 1929 (age 28)
32 York Road, Battersea, Wandsworth, London, England15
Resident:
1932 (age 30-31)
Lived in 77 Burrell Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England with Frederick Dan Gillingham
Resident:
aft 1932 (age 30-31)
Lived in 97 Burrell Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England with Frederick Dan Gillingham
Census:
29 Sep 1939 (age 38)
97 Burrell Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England13
married and born 25th February 1901 carrying out unpaid domestic duties, living with daughter Gloria and two closed records, presumably Theodore and Sylvia, and three lodgers
Miscellaneous:
1944 (app)16
was doing her best when food was very scarce and on ration. Nana had quite a number of American service men come to stay, many bought food, and chocolate, and K rations, for us to share to help stop us going hungry. A lady came to stay to help with the house work etc. (Later to be Doris's rooms). She turned out to be an "Ipswich lady of the night" as Nana found out, so she was sent packing. Needless to say she was miffed, and promptly went to the Police and shopped Nana re food etc. as this was illegal during the war. Poor Nana was taken into custody and had to spend the night in the Police cells at Ipswich Police Station. During this time Gilly, Gloria and myself were frantically digging holes in the garden and burying as much of the food as we could, as a house search was imminent. Gloria and I were so frightened, and could not stop crying, seeing Nana taken away like that. Luckily she was released on bail the next morning. Later to appear in court and was heavily fined. It was the worst experience of our lives, even worse than the bombing going on all round. We were told never to talk about this to anyone, and have not till now. This description was by her daughter Sylvia and none of us knew anything about this, Sylvia's sister Gloria never mentioned it either
Retirement:
1972 (app) (age 70-71)17
due to ill health
Miscellaneous:
1975 (app)
Ipswich Hospital, Heath Road Wing, Heath Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England18
was visited by her daughter, granddaughter and two great grandchildren, the first time all four generations had met together
Death:
2 Jan 1978 (age 76)
of 97 Burrell Road after a very long illness, wife of Fred, mother of Theodore, Gloria and Sylvia
Cremation:
9 Jan 1978
Ipswich Crematorium, Belvedere Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England20,21
at 1:30pm preceded by a service at St. Mary Stoke Ipswich
Son: Theodore Edwin Leonard Edwards, 1936?, age 13
Name:
Sex:
Male
Nickname:
Theo
Occupation:
Birth:
4 Aug 1923
Castle Farm, Castle Road, Mettingham, Suffolk, England22,23,24,26
son of Violet Olive Blanch Edwards a housemaid. It says adopted on right hand side
Baptism:
21 Oct 1923 (age 0)
son of Olive Blanch Violet Edwards of Mettingham
Census:
29 Sep 1939 (age 16)
97 Burrell Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England13
presumably a closed record living with his mother, sister Gloria, another closed record presumably sister Sylvia, and three lodgers
Witness:
3 Nov 1951 (age 28)
Theodore Edwin Leonard Edwards witnessed the marriage of Harold Eric Wilkinson and Gloria Brenda Charmian Olive Gillingham on Saturday on 3 November 1951 in St. Mary at Stoke Church, Stoke Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England
Death:
18 Feb 1986 (age 62)
Cause: sclerosis of the liver
Cremation:
27 Feb 1986
South London Crematorium, Rowan Road, Streatham, Greater London, England28
Horace's parents were Hertbert George Hawes (1879-?) and Emma Alice Meekings (1880-?)
Church Register. All Saints Mettingham.
England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Wangford 1904 quarter:2 volume:4a page:1132. Cit. Date: 6 April 2018.
UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG101 piece:6615H page:16 line:22 letter code:WCA. Cit. Date: 6 April 2018.
England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG14 piece:10994 class:RG78 piece:594 registration district:217 sub-district:1 enumeration district:1 schedule:136. Cit. Date: 3 June 2018.
England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Norwich Outer 1977 quarter:2 volume:10 page:1845. Cit. Date: 6 April 2018.
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:952.
Birth Certificate. Family Archive, Held by David and Sue Wilkinson.
FindMyPast Parish Records Collection - Baptisms, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk).
England and Wales Census 1921, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG15 piece:9516 registration district:217 sub-district:1 enumeration district:3, 5 schedule:69. Cit. Date: 15 October 2022.
Harold Eric Wilkinson personal contribution.
England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG13 piece:1771 folio:62 page:15 schedlule:52. Cit. Date: 26 December 2021.
England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG14 piece:10247 class:RG78 piece:540 registration district:197 sub-district:3 enumeration district:1 schedule:126. Cit. Date: 4 June 2017.
UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG101 piece:6602E page:3 line:35 letter code:TVBN. Cit. Date: 28 April 2017.
England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Ipswich 1978 quarter:1 volume:10 page:3226.
Birth Certificate. for Gloria Brenda Charmian Olive Gillingham. Family Archive, Held by David and Sue Wilkinson.
Sylvia Hughes nee Gillingham personal communication.
Newspaper item not in an archive. Ipswich Evening Star 26th December 1977, article about Golden Wedding. Family Archive, Held by David and Sue Wilkinson.
Ibid. probably The Ipswich Evening Star held by Sylvia. Family Archive, Held by David and Sue Wilkinson.
David Eric Wilkinson.
Suffolk Records Office (Ipswich) - Ipswich Evening Star. 3rd January 1978 page:5. Suffolk Record Office (Ipswich), Suffolk Record Office, Gateacre Lane, Ipswich, Suffolk, England.
Harold Eric Wilkinson personal contribution. attended the service and cremation.
Birth Certificate. index:53a. Cit. Date: 20 March 2018. Family Archive, Held by David and Sue Wilkinson.
England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Wangford 1923 quarter:3 volume:4a page:1888. Cit. Date: 9 September 2017.
Suffolk Family History Society - Mettingham Parish Records. Transcription held at held at Ipswich Record Office page:89. Suffolk Record Office (Ipswich), Suffolk Record Office, Gateacre Lane, Ipswich, Suffolk, England.
Marriage Certificate. index:54. Cit. Date: 20 March 2018. Family Archive, Held by David and Sue Wilkinson.
England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Lambeth 1986 Feb volume:14 page:49.
Suffolk Family History Society - Extracts at Lowestoft Record Office.
Jean Gillingham nee Oakley personal communication.