Family of Claude V Abbott and Dorothy Annie Wilkinson

Husband: Claude V Abbott

Name:
Claude V Abbott^1,2
Sex:
Male
Father:
-
Mother:
-
Occupation:
local authority general clerk³
Birth:
3 Mar 1888^3,4
was he born in Solihull Warwickshire
Census:
29 Sep 1939 (age 51)
31 Sidegate Lane West, Ipswich, Suffolk, England³
a married local authority general clerk living with his wife and presumably two children (closed records). Born 3rd March 1888
Death:
Q2 1951 (age 63)
Ipswich, Suffolk, England⁴

Dorothy Annie Wilkinson, 1910?, age 17

Name:
Dorothy Annie Wilkinson⁵
Sex:
Female
Father:
Edward Henry Wilkinson (1861-1934)
Mother:
Cassandra Elizabeth Palmer (1861-1940)
Occupation:
domestic servant⁵
Birth:
21 Jan 1893
Dovercourt, Essex, England^3,6,7
Census:
31 Mar 1901 (age 8)
23 Hordle Street, Dovercourt, Essex, England⁷
daughter living with her mother Cassandra and brothers Oliver, Bertie, Raymond, Herman and Baden, and sister Ivy. Born in Dovercourt Essex
Census:
2 Apr 1911 (age 18)
6 St. Georges Square, Belgrave, Westminster, London, England⁸
servant aged 18 unmarried, domestic living with Ruth Oliphant and two other servants. Born in Dovercourt
Census:
29 Sep 1939 (age 46)
31 Sidegate Lane West, Ipswich, Suffolk, England³
married, doing unpaid domestic duties and living with her husband and presumably two children (closed records). Born 21st January 1893
Death:
9 Mar 1955 (age 62)
Ipswich Borough General Hospital, Heath Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England^9,10,11
wife of the late Claude V Abbott of 31 Sidegate Lane Ipswich
Probate:
16 May 1955
Probate Registry, Norwich, Norfolk, England¹¹
a widow of 31 Sidgate Lane West Ipswich, effects of £1837 0s 11d (~£32,000 in 2005) to John Herbert Ronald Abbott sales representative

Name:
John Herbert Ronald Abbott^1,11,12
Sex:
Male
Occupation:
sales representative¹¹
Birth:
10 Jul 1922
Epping "Registration District", Essex, England^1,12,13
Wounded:
19 Aug 1942 (age 20)
Bernval Battery, Dieppe, Seine-Maritime, France^14,15
He was an officer in the Commandos and at the Dieppe raid he was in command of a bren gun carrier. Most of the other crew were either dead or wounded and he turned the tables on the enemy, but was so exhausted he nearly drowned during the withdrawal. For his actions at the Dieppe raid he was awarded the Military Medal
Medals:
1942¹⁵
Military Medal
Wounded:
10 Jun 1944 (age 21)
France¹⁴
D-Day + 4 having a leg amputated on the beach
Death:
14 Apr 2003 (age 80)
Dwyfor "Registration District", Caernarvonshire, Wales^13,16
Probate:
29 Dec 2003
Probate Registry, Cardiff, South Glamorgan, Wales¹⁶
grant and will

2.: England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Epping 1921 quarter:3 volume:4a page:1131.

3.: UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG101 piece:6606K page:13 line:15 letter code:TVNP. Cit. Date: 11 June 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 1951 quarter:2 volume:4b page:703.

5.: England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk).

6.: England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Tendring 1893 quarter:1 volume:4a page:583.

7.: England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG13 piece:1698 folio:48 page:35. Cit. Date: 10 June 2017.

8.: England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG14 piece:1446 class:RG78 piece:15 sub-district:2 enumeration district:15 schedule:10.

9.: England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Ipswich 1955 quarter:1 volume:4b page:1091.

10.: Suffolk Records Office (Ipswich) - Ipswich Evening Star. 10th March 1955 page:6. Suffolk Record Office (Ipswich), Suffolk Record Office, Gateacre Lane, Ipswich, Suffolk, England.

11.: 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). 1955 page:3. Cit. Date: 11 June 2017.

12.: England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Epping 1922 quarter:3 volume:4a page:868. Cit. Date: 11 June 2017.

13.: England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Dwyfor 2003 quarter:2 district:8531 register no:13A entry:008 date:0403. Cit. Date: 11 June 2017.

14.: Yvonne Leatherdale personal communication. letter dated 19th September 2001.

15.: FindMyPast Newspaper article, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). Eveneing Express Saturday 3rd October 1942 page:4. Cit. Date: 2 March 2023.

16.: 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). 2003 ref:1374861. Cit. Date: 11 June 2017.

17.: England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). West Ham 1925 quarter:3volume:4a page:683. Cit. Date: 11 June 2017.

18.: England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). only available on Ancestry. Cit. Date: 10 September 2017.

19.: Helena Kilivington personal communication. Gedcom file. Cit. Date: 22 July 2001.