See also

William John Grayston (1901-1961)

Individual Events and Attributes

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • railway porter2

  • Birth:

  • 18 Dec 1901

  • Walton, Suffolk, England1,2,3

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 10)

  • 28 Queen Street, Walton, Suffolk, England3

  •  

  • son attending school and living in four rooms with his parents, sisters Annie and Doris. Born in Walton Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 37)

  • 28 Queen Street, Walton, Suffolk, England2

  •  

  • an unmarried railway porter living with his parents and a member of the railway A.R.P.. Born on 18th December 1901

  • Death:

  • 21 Oct 1961 (age 59)

  • Samford "Registration District", Suffolk, England4,5

  • Probate:

  • 8 Nov 1961

  • Probate Registry, Arcade Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England5

  •  

  • of 28 Queen Street Felixstowe, effects of £397 17s (~£6,200 in 2017) to Kate Walsh widow

Individual Note

probate says widow Kate Walsh but I cannot find a marriage record, was this a common law marriage?5

Sources

1.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Woodbridge 1902 quarter:1 volume:4a page:1056 occasional copy:A. Cit. Date: 6 December 2018.

2.

UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG101 piece:6617I page:22 line:26 letter code:TWEL. Cit. Date: 6 December 2018.

3.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG14 piece10882 class:RG78 piece:587 registration district:214 sub-district:2 enumeration district:14 schedule:135. Cit. Date: 5 December 2018.

4.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Samford 1961 quarter:4 volume:4b page:956. Cit. Date: 6 December 2018.

5.

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). 1961 page:344. Cit. Date: 6 December 2018.