See also

Family of Roy Bernard Samuel Colchester

  • Husband:

  • Roy Bernard Samuel Colchester (1929-2020)

  • Wife:

  • (unknown)

Husband: Roy Bernard Samuel Colchester

  • Name:

  • Roy Bernard Samuel Colchester1,2

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • Spencer Colchester (1889-1962)

  • Mother:

  • Betsy Rosetta Cobbold (1893-1988)

  • Occupation:

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  • farmer1,2

  • Executive Summary:

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  • was born on 19 Jan 1929. He is retired now, but farmed all his life at Ashes Farm Mendlesham. Soon after taking over the101 acres from his father in 1962, he bought 46 acres and by 1977 had doubled the size of his farm to 223 acres. After a set back of a major fire during the 1980 harvest which destroyed most of the farm buildings, he replaced them with more functional modern ones. As cows and beef becameless profitable, the farm became mainly arable with a pig breeding and fattening unit

     

    .Roy has researched the majority of this family tree. He also has a great interest in local history and archaeology, receiving a commendation for the research on Ashes Farm. He serves on several committees, and is aco-ordinator of the Farm Crisis Network - not entirely a retirement task during an agricultural depression and a foot and mouth crisis.

     

    He was married to Priscilla Elizabeth Ellen BARFOOT in 1956 in Gipping.Priscilla Elizabeth Ellen BARFOOT was born on 25 Jun 1931. Source Roy Colchester

     

     

     

  • Birth:

  • 19 Jan 1929

  • Hartismere "Registration District", Suffolk, England1,2,3

  • Administrator:

  • 13 Mar 1963 (age 34)

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    Roy Bernard Samuel Colchester was appointed as an administrator at the probate hearing of Spencer Colchester on Wednesday on 13 March 1963 at the Probate Registry, Arcade Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England

  • Death:

  • 25 May 2020 (age 91)4,5

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  • Probate:

  • 25 May 2020

  • Probate Registry, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England4

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  • grant and will, died 4th March 2020

Sources

1.

Jane Catherine Elizabeth Finbow personal communication. letter. Cit. Date: 22 May 1999.

2.

Giles Colchester personal communication. email. Cit. Date: 14 October 2001.

3.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Hartismere 1929 quarter:1 volume:4a page:1531. Cit. Date: 29 August 2017.

4.

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). Leeds 2020 no:1588231843342691. Cit. Date: 15 September 2021.

5.

Giles Colchester personal communication. email dated 15th September 2021. Cit. Date: 15 September 2021.