See also

Family of Frederick Robert Gillingham and Victoria Maud Mellor

  • Husband:

  • Frederick Robert Gillingham (1892-1956)

  • Wife:

  • Victoria Maud Mellor (1899-1982)

  • Children:

  • Donald Victor Gillingham (1925-2000)

  • Marriage:

  • Q2 1924

  • Ipswich "Registration District", Suffolk, England1

Husband: Frederick Robert Gillingham

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Frederick Robert Gillingham

  • Name:

  • Frederick Robert Gillingham2,3,4,5

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • Frederick James Gillingham (1867-1943)

  • Mother:

  • Alice Harriet Jay (1869-1954)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • stone mason then a hospital porter6,7

  • Birth:

  • 3 Mar 1892

  • Ipswich, Suffolk, England2,3,6,7,8,9

  • Baptism:

  • 8 Oct 1893 (age 1)

  • St. John the Baptist Church, Cauldwell Hall Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England3,4

  •  

  • son of Frederick Gillingham (corporation labourer) and Alice of Sidegate Lane

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 9)

  • Sidegate Lane, Ipswich, Suffolk, England8

  •  

  • son living in four rooms with his parents Frederick and Alice, sisters Ellen, Alice, Florence and Hilda. Born in Ipswich Suffolk

  • Military Beginning:

  • 8 Feb 1909 (age 16)6

  •  

  •  

  • joining the Territorial Force Suffolk Regiment, a stonemason for Wright of Cemetery Road, Ipswich, residing at 1 Sidegate Lane Ipswich. He was 5' 4" tall with a chest of 31 - 34"

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 19)

  • 1 Sidegate Lane, Ipswich, Suffolk, England9

  •  

  • unmarried son as Fred living in five rooms with his parents Frederick and Alice, brothers Charles and William, and sisters Florence and Hilda. Born in Ipswich Suffolk

  • Military Service:

  • 7 Feb 1913 (age 20)

  • 4th Battalion Suffolk Regiment as lance corporal no:757; Ipswich, Suffolk, England6

  •  

  • signing up for a further two years. He joined the 2nd Yorkshire as no:33364 on 16th August 1916 and suffered from trench foot 21st December 1916 to 23rd February 1917 being hospitalised

  • Military Ending:

  • 19 Jul 1919 (age 27)

  • Cromer, Norfolk, England6

  •  

  • see personal folder for more details

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 47)

  • 15 Phoenix Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England7

  •  

  • a married hospital porter living with his wife Victoria and son Donald. Born on 3rd March 1892

  • Death:

  • 29 Oct 1956 (age 64)

  • Ipswich and East Suffolk Hospital, Anglesea Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England5,10

  • Probate:

  • 9 Jan 1957

  • Probate Registry, Arcade Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England10

  •  

  • of White Horse Hill Cottages Tattingstone died 29th October 1956 at the Ipswich and East Suffolk Hospital (Angelsea Road wing), administration of £284 2s 4d (~£6,500 in 2017) to Victoria Maud Gillingham widow

Wife: Victoria Maud Mellor

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Victoria Maud Mellor

  • Name:

  • Victoria Maud Mellor1,11,12

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Birth:

  • 22 Feb 1899

  • Ipswich, Suffolk, England7,11,13,14,15

  • Baptism:

  • 27 Aug 1899 (age 0)

  • St. John the Baptist Church, Cauldwell Hall Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England12

  •  

  • daughter of William Charles Mellor (smith) and Florence Ellen of Cauldwell Hall Road Ipswich

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 2)

  • 199 Spring Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England13

  •  

  • daughter living with her parents William and Florence, sisters Ethel and Edith, and brother Charles. Born in Ipswich Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 12)

  • Maud Cottage, 11 Phoenix Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England14

  •  

  • daughter attending school and living in six rooms with her parents William and Florence, sisters Ethel, Edith, Minnie and Gladys, brother Charles and a boarder Charles Bowman (grandfather?). Born in Ipswich

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 40)

  • 15 Phoenix Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England7

  •  

  • married doing unpaid domestic duties and living with her husband Frederick and son Donald. Born on 22nd February 1899

  • Death:

  • Oct 1982 (age 83)

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

Child 1: Donald Victor Gillingham

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Son: Donald Victor Gillingham

  • Name:

  • Donald Victor Gillingham17,18

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Note:

  •  

  •  

  •  

  • Donald remianed a batchelor and lived with his parents in Tattingstone

  • Birth:

  • 2 Dec 1925

  • Ipswich "Registration District", Suffolk, England7,17,18

  •  

  • death index says born on 21st December 1925

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 13)

  • 15 Phoenix Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England7

  •  

  • attending school and living with his parents Frederick and Victoria. Born on 2nd December 1925

  • Wounded:

  • 16 Apr 1945 (age 19)19

  •  

  •  

  • whilst serving with the 1st Battalion Suffolk Regiment as private no:14713134 as DV Gillingham

  • Death:

  • Apr 2000 (age 74)

  • Gipping and Hartismere "Registration District", Suffolk, England18

Sources

1.

England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Ipswich 1924 quarter:2 volume:4a page:2249. Cit. Date: 20 August 2019.

2.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Ipswich 1892 quarter:2 volume:4a page:877. Cit. Date: 10 November 2017.

3.

Suffolk Records Office (Lowestoft) - Parish Records. Suffolk Record Office (Lowestoft), Suffolk Record Office, Lowestoft, Suffolk, England.

4.

Suffolk Family History Society - Ipswich Baptisms 1813-1900, (2011 SFK-BPI-06/P1 own copy). Ipswich St. John the Baptist baptisms entry:521. Cit. Date: 22 March 2019.

5.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Ipswich 1956 quarter:4 volume:4b page:768. Cit. Date: 21 August 2019.

6.

FindMyPast British Army Service Records, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive series:WO 363 no:757 64th Provisional Battalion Suffolk Regiment. Cit. Date: 20 August 2019.

7.

UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG101 piece:6606F page:18 line:20 letter code:TVNL. Cit. Date: 20 August 2019.

8.

England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG13 piece:1779 folio:75 page:34. Cit. Date: 22 March 2019.

9.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG14 piece:10839 class:RG78 piece:585 registration district:213 sub-district:2 enumeration district:14 schedule:406. Cit. Date: 24 August 2018.

10.

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). 1957 page:552. Cit. Date: 21 August 2019.

11.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Ipswich 1899 quarter:1 volume:4a page:979. Cit. Date: 21 August 2019.

12.

Suffolk Family History Society - Ipswich Baptisms 1813-1900, (2011 SFK-BPI-06/P1 own copy). Ipswich St. John the Baptist baptisms entry:139. Cit. Date: 21 August 2019.

13.

England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG13 piece:1779 folio:137 page:20. Cit. Date: 21 August 2019.

14.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG14 piece:10840 class:RG78 piece:585 registration district:213 sub-district:2 enumeration district:15 schedule:129. Cit. Date: 21 August 2019.

15.

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:2675. Cit. Date: 21 August 2019.

16.

Janet Greengrass personal communication. Gillingham Ancestors write up by Margaret and Janet. Cit. Date: 13 August 2020.

17.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Ipswich 1926 quarter:1 volume:4a page:1597. Cit. Date: 20 August 2019.

18.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Gipping and Hartismere 2000 quarter:2 district:7451 register:19A entry:145 date:0400. Cit. Date: 21 August 2019.

19.

FindMyPast British Army Casualty Lists 1939-1945 Transcription, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive ref:WO 417/91 page:12. Cit. Date: 21 August 2019.