Family of Frederick Samuel Thorpe and Vera Mary Day Gillingham

Husband: Frederick Samuel Thorpe

Frederick Samuel Thorpe

Name:
Frederick Samuel Thorpe^1,3,4
Sex:
Male
Father:
-
Mother:
-
Occupation:
chauffeur and gardener⁵
Birth:
13 Mar 1919
Ipswich "Registration District", Suffolk, England^2,3,4,5
to John Frederick Thorpe and Elizabeth Caroline née Steer
Census:
29 Sep 1939 (age 20)
Ivy Cottage, Swan Lane, Westerfield, Suffolk, England⁵
an unmarried chauffeur and gardener living with his parents John and Elizabeth and brother Herbert. Born on 13th March 1919
Military Service:
20 Oct 1939 (age 20)
Army as a Driver Artificer with the 67th Medium Regiment²
Prisoner of War:
btw Jun 1942 and 11 Apr 1945 (age 23-26)²
being captured at Tobruk and held at Stalag X1BFallingbostel in Germany
Residence:
1956 (age 36-37)
Millfields, 831 Foxhall Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England²
a seven acre plot on which he raised pigs and became an egg producer.
Employment:
Mann Egerton then Edmundson's Electrical as a delivery driver²
Employment:
1970 (app) (age 50-51)
-; Northgate Grammar School for Boys, Sidegate Lane, Ipswich, Suffolk, England²
as a gardener and groundsman
Death:
Jan 1989 (age 69)
Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust, Heath Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England^2,4

Vera Mary Day Gillingham

Name:
Vera Mary Day Gillingham^6,7
Sex:
Female
Father:
Harold William Day (1898-1917)
Mother:
Hilda Emma Gillingham (1898-1972)
Occupation:
school and piano teacher^2,8
Birth:
28 Mar 1917
Ipswich, Suffolk, England^2,6,7,8,9
Education:
-²
at St. John's in Ipswich then at Northgate School for girls being one of the first students to take the Cambridge Higher School Certificate in 1935. This enabled her to attend the Teacher Training College in Norwich
Census:
29 Sep 1939 (age 22)
418 Spring Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England⁸
an unmarried teacher living with her grandparents Frederick and Alice. Born on 28th March 1917 and married a Thorpe at a later date
Employment:
btw 1955 and Jul 1977 (age 37-60)
-; St. John's Primary School, Victory Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England
as a teacher
Resident:
1956 (age 38-39)
Lived in Millfields, 831 Foxhall Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England with Frederick Samuel Thorpe
Death:
4 May 1983 (age 66)
St. Mary's Hospital, Church Road, Tattingstone, Suffolk, England^2,7
Cause: of a cerebral haemorrhage (which happened in October 1982 never regaining consciesness)

1.: England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Ipswich 1949 quarter:3 volume:4b page:2219. Cit. Date: 3 September 2017.

2.: Janet Greengrass personal communication. Gillingham Ancestors write up by Margaret and Janet. Cit. Date: 12 August 2020.

3.: England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Ipswich 1919 quarter:1 volume:4a page:1299. Cit. Date: 3 September 2017.

4.: England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Ipswich 1989 quarter:1 volume:10 page:2994. Cit. Date: 3 September 2017.

5.: UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG101 piece:6597F page:4 line:6 letter code:TVAD. Cit. Date: 16 July 2019.

6.: England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Ipswich 1917 quarter:2 volume:4a page:1528. Cit. Date: 3 September 2017.

7.: 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:2 volume:10 page:2520. Cit. Date: 3 September 2017.

8.: UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG101 piece:6606A page:16 line:36 letter code:TVNH. Cit. Date: 16 July 2019.

9.: Suffolk Records Office (Ipswich) - Ipswich Evening Star. Wednesday 13th August 1972 page:2. Suffolk Record Office (Ipswich), Suffolk Record Office, Gateacre Lane, Ipswich, Suffolk, England.