See also

Family of Bernard Benjamin William Monk and Ellen Ethel Matthews

Husband: Bernard Benjamin William Monk

  • Name:

  • Bernard Benjamin William Monk2 1 3

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • shop keeper4

  • Birth:

  • 7 Apr 1901

  • Dundalk, County Louth, Ireland2 5 6 4 3

  •  

  • his father was serving in the 8th (King's Royal) Hussars. Militray service record says born 6th April 1901

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 9)

  • 14 Pownall Crescent, Colchester, Essex, England5

  •  

  • son attending school and living in six rooms with his mother Sarah, sisters Winifred and Evelyn, and brother Edric (sic). Born in Dundalk Ireland

  • Military Service:

  • frm 16 Apr 1919 to 29 Oct 1920 (age 18-19)

  • British Army 8th Hussars no:346726

  •  

  • he was 5 ' 7½" tall, weighed 140 lbs with a chest of 36" and expansion 2½", a fresh complexion, blue eyes and light brown hair. Discharged as medically unfit due to poor vision in his right eye

  • Military Service:

  • 11 Apr 1921 (age 20)

  • British Army 5th Battalion essex Defence Force no:5e/1366

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 38)

  • 14 Barrington Road, Colchester, Essex, England4

  •  

  • a married shop keeper (general stores) living with his wife Ellen, three closed records (presumably children Edmund, Irene and Bertram), and son Gerald. Born on 7th April 1901

  • Death:

  • 26 Jul 1986 (age 85)

  • Colchester "Registration District", Essex, England3 7

  • Probate:

  • 26 Sep 1986

  • Probate Registry, Arcade Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England7

  •  

  • of 2 Railway Cottages Thorpe-le-Soken Essex died 26th July 1986, probate of £21,836 (~£57,000 in 2017)

Wife: Ellen Ethel Matthews

  • Name:

  • Ellen Ethel Matthews8

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • Charles Uriah Matthews (1878-1941)

  • Mother:

  • Emma Elizabeth Howe (1880-1956)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • laundress / washer woman9

  • Birth:

  • 26 Jan 1902

  • Colchester, Essex, England8 10 9 4 11

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 9)

  • 57 Brook Street, Colchester, Essex, England10

  •  

  • daughter living in four rooms with her parents C U and E E, sister Gertrude, and brothers Charles, Frederick and William. Born in Colchester Essex

  • Census:

  • 19 Jun 1921 (age 19 yrs 5 mns)

  • 57 Brook Street, Colchester, Essex, England9

  •  

  • unmarried daughter working as a laundress for Colchester Steam Laundry of Ipswich Road Colchester and living in four rooms with her parents Charles and Emma, sisters Gertrude and Kate, and brothers Charles, Frederick, William, George and Frank. Born in Colchester Essex

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 37)

  • 14 Barrington Road, Colchester, Essex, England4

  •  

  • married doing unpaid domestic duties and living with her husband Bernard, three closed records (presumably children Edmund, Irene and Bertram), and son Gerald. Born on 26th January 1902

  • Death:

  • Jan 1985 (age 82-83)

  • Colchester "Registration District", Essex, England11

Child 1: Edmund Charles Monk

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Son: Edmund Charles Monk, 1945, age 19

  • Name:

  • Edmund Charles Monk12

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Birth:

  • Q4 1926

  • Colchester "Registration District", Essex, England12

  • Death:

  • 10 May 1945 (age 18)

  • Norway13

  • Burial:

  •  

  • Oslo Western Civil Cemetery, Sorkedalsveien, Volvat, Oslo, Norway13

  •  

  • private 14448624 of the Army Air Corps H.Q. 1st Airborne Division Defence Platoon, died 10th May 1945 aged 18. Son of Mr. and Mrs. B B Monk of Colchester Essex

Child 2: Irene May Monk

  • Name:

  • Irene May Monk14 15

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Birth:

  • 30 Nov 1928

  • Colchester "Registration District", Essex, England14 15

  •  

  • death index says born on 30th November 1929

  • Death:

  • Jan 1988 (age 59)

  • Colchester "Registration District", Essex, England15

Child 4: Gerald Frank Monk

  • Name:

  • Gerald Frank Monk16

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Birth:

  • 25 Sep 1935

  • Colchester "Registration District", Essex, England16 4

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 4)

  • 14 Barrington Road, Colchester, Essex, England4

  •  

  • under school age and living with his parents Bernard and Ellen, and three closed records (presumably siblings Edmund, Irene and Bertram). Born on 25th September 1935

  • Death:

  • 3 Nov 2000 (age 65)

  • Colchester "Registration District", Essex, England17 18

  • Probate:

  • 12 Mar 2001

  • Probate Registry, Arcade Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England18

  •  

  • grant and will, died 3rd November 2000

Sources

1.

England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Colchester 1926 quarter:1 volume:4a page:1058. Cit. Date: 8 December 2021.

2.

FindMyPast Gro Regimental Birth Indices (1761 To 1924), (on-line at www.findmypast .co.uk). class:REG1 1901 volume:270 page:2 line:46. Cit. Date: 10 December 2021.

3.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Colchester 1986 quarter:3 register:786 volume:9 page:2175. Cit. Date: 10 December 2021.

4.

UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG101 piece:1503B page:4 line:36 letter code:DBTJ. Cit. Date: 8 December 2021.

5.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG14 piece:10291 class:RG78 piece:543 registration district:198 sub-district:1 enumeration district:7 schedule:21. Cit. Date: 10 December 2021.

6.

FindMyPast British Army Service Records, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). class:WO 363 8th Hussars Colchester no:H/77806. Cit. Date: 10 December 2021.

7.

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). Ipswich 1986 page:5723 no:8651509997R. Cit. Date: 10 December 2021.

8.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2024, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Colchester 1902 quarter:1 volume:4a page:806. Cit. Date: 21 November 2021.

9.

England and Wales Census 1921, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive series:RG15 piece:9177 registration district:198 sub-district:1 enumeration district:11 schedule:299. Cit. Date: 5 September 2026.

10.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG14 piece:10295 class:RG78 piece:543 registration district:198 sub-district:1 enumeration district:11 schedule:193. Cit. Date: 21 November 2021.

11.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Colchester 1985 quarter:1 register:185 volume:9 page:2659. Cit. Date: 9 December 2021.

12.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2024, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Colchester 1926 quarter:4 volume:4a page:1242. Cit. Date: 8 December 2021.

13.

Commonwealth War Grave Commission, (on-line at www.cwgc.org). Oslo Western Civil Cemetery Coll. grave 1.E. 1-8. Cit. Date: 9 December 2021.

14.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2024, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Colchester 1928 quarter:4 volume:4a page:1240. Cit. Date: 8 December 2021.

15.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Colchester 1988 quarter:1 register:188 volume:9 page:2334. Cit. Date: 9 December 2021.

16.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2024, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Colchester 1935 quarter:4 volume:4a page:1138. Cit. Date: 8 December 2021.

17.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Colchester 2000 quarter:4 district:4691D register:d88C entry:203 date:1100. Cit. Date: 8 December 2021.

18.

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). Ipswich 2001 no:633504. Cit. Date: 8 December 2021.