See also

Family of John William Cotton and Muriel May Rudd

  • Husband:

  • John William Cotton (1905-1985)

  • Wife:

  • Muriel May Rudd (1912-2000)

  • Children:

  • Robert John Cotton (1938-2009)

  • Marriage:

  • Q1 1933

  • Ipswich "Registration District", Suffolk, England1

Husband: John William Cotton

  • Name:

  • John William Cotton2,3

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • John Thomas Cotton (1883?- )

  • Mother:

  • Alice Edwards (1876-1949)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • painter and decorator4

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • wood worker5

  • Birth:

  • 20 Sep 1905

  • Ipswich, Suffolk, England2,3,4,5,6

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 5)

  • 2 Normans Yard, George Street, Harwich, Essex, England6

  •  

  • son living in two rooms with his parents John and Alice, and sister Kate. Born in Ipswich Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 19 Jun 1921 (age 15 yrs 9 mns)

  • 18 Curve Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England5

  •  

  • unmarried son out of work but previously a scourer (wood work) for Wrinch & Son Rustic Woodworks of Portman Road and living with his mother Alice, and sisters Kathleen and Louisa. Born in St. Margarets Ipswich

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 34)

  • 174 Spring Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England4

  •  

  • a married painter and decorator living with his wife Muriel, son Robert, and a closed record (presumably daughter Betty). Born on 20th September 1905

  • Death:

  • Dec 1985 (age 80)

  • New Forest "Registration District", Hampshire, England3

Wife: Muriel May Rudd

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Muriel May Rudd, 1940, age 27

  • Name:

  • Muriel May Rudd1,7

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Birth:

  • 6 Dec 1912

  • Ipswich "Registration District", Suffolk, England4,7,8

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 26)

  • 174 Spring Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England4

  •  

  • married doing unpaid domestic duties and living with her husband John, son Robert, and a closed record (presumably daughter Betty). Born on 6th December 1912

  • Death:

  • Apr 2000 (age 87)

  • Ipswich "Registration District", Suffolk, England8

Child 2: Robert John Cotton

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Son: Robert John Cotton, 1940, age 2

  • Name:

  • Robert John Cotton9,10,11

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Nickname:

  • Bob

  • Spouse:

  • Valerie Florence Louise Baker (1939-2014)

  • Birth:

  • 27 May 1938

  • Ipswich "Registration District", Suffolk, England4,9,12

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 1)

  • 174 Spring Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England4

  •  

  • under school age and living with his parents John and Muriel, and a closed record (presumably sister Betty). Born on 27th May 1938

  • Death:

  • 15 May 2009 (age 70)

  • Ipswich "Registration District", Suffolk, England10,11,12,13

  •  

  • Cause: suddenly but peacefully

  • Funeral:

  • 1 Jun 2009

  • Hadleigh Baptist Chapel, George Street, Hadleigh, Suffolk, England11

  •  

  • at 2:00 p.m. aged 70, dearest husband of Val and dad of Jayne, Ann and Julian. A much loved grandad and great grandad

  • Burial:

  • 1 Jun 2009

  • Hadleigh Cemetery, Coram Street, Hadleigh, Suffolk, England11

  • Probate:

  • 14 Jul 2009

  • Probate Registry, Arcade Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England13

  •  

  • grant and will, died 15th May 2009

Note on Wife: Muriel May Rudd

It appears that John and Muriel must have divorced and Muriel married Reginald J W Chittock (c1906-1966) in Ipswich in 1950, then Reginald G Jay in Ipswich in 1967, and Robert Thomas Burnett (1906-1991) in Ipswich in 1977.14,15,16,17,18

Sources

1.

England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Ipswich 1933 quarter:1 volume:4a page:1407. Cit. Date: 25 July 2022.

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 1905 quarter:4 volume:4a page:990. Cit. Date: 24 July 2022.

3.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). New Forest 1985 quarter:4 register:1285 volume:20 page:411. Cit. Date: 25 July 2022.

4.

UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG101 piece:6610B page:2 line:37 letter code:TVOJ. Cit. Date: 25 July 2022.

5.

England and Wales Census 1921, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG15 piece: registration district:213 sub-district:2 enumeration district:26 schedule:269. Cit. Date: 5 August 2022.

6.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG14 piece:10251 class:RG78 piece:540 registration district:197 sub-district:3 enumeration district:5 schedule:329. Cit. Date: 24 July 2022.

7.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Ipswich 1912 quarter:1 volume:4a page:1999. Cit. Date: 25 July 2022.

8.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Ipswich 2000 quarter:2 district:7471D register:D26B entry:101 date:0400. Cit. Date: 25 July 2022.

9.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Ipswich 1938 quarter:2 volume:4a page:1596. Cit. Date: 25 July 2022.

10.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Ipswich 2009 quarter:2 district:7471A register:1A006 entry:71. Cit. Date: 25 July 2022.

11.

Ipswich Star web site, (on-line at www.ipswichstar.co.uk). https://www.ipswichstar.co.uk/family-notices/in-memoriam/robert-bob-cotton-339534. Cit. Date: 25 July 2022.

12.

FindMyPast England and Wales Deaths 2007-2021, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). Ipswich. Cit. Date: 25 July 2022.

13.

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 2009 no:3072945. Cit. Date: 25 July 2022.

14.

England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Ipswich 1950 quarter:1 volume:4b page:1669. Cit. Date: 25 July 2022.

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 1966 quarter:2 volume:4b page:917. Cit. Date: 25 July 2022.

16.

England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Ipswich 1967 quarter:2 volume:4b page:1954. Cit. Date: 25 July 2022.

17.

Ibid. Ipswich 1977 quarter:2 volume:10 page:2648. Cit. Date: 25 July 2022.

18.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Ipswich 1991 quarter:2 register:591 volume:10 page:2597. Cit. Date: 25 July 2022.