See also
Husband:
Robert Sidney Piper (1888-1958)
Wife:
Florence Kate Frost (1892-1961)
Marriage:
Q2 1915
St. Pancras "Registration District", London, England1
Name:
Sex:
Male
Father:
Mother:
Occupation:
Birth:
26 Feb 1888
Baptism:
22 Apr 1888 (age 0)
St. Mary's Church, Church Hill, Kersey, Suffolk, England3
son of Thomas Piper (dealer) and Mary Ann
Census:
5 Apr 1891 (age 3)
The Street, Kersey, Suffolk, England7
son as Sidney living in four rooms with his parents Thomas and Mary, and brothers George and William. Born in Kersey Suffolk
Census:
31 Mar 1901 (age 13)
The Street, Kersey, Suffolk, England8
unmarried son employed on a farm and living in three rooms with his parents Thomas and Mary, brothers George, William, Clement, Alan and Frederick, and sisters Elizabeth, Lily and Miriam. Born in Kersey Suffolk
Census absence:
2 Apr 1911 (age 23)
Military Service:
frm 27 May 1915 to 14 Dec 1918 (age 27-30)
British Army Royal Field Artillery 3/6th London Brigade as no:63269
a letter from his wife Florence indicates that Robert was wounded, this may have stopped him from continuing as a Metrolpolitan Police Constable
Census:
19 Jun 1921 (age 33 yrs 4 mns)
The Chesnuts, Figges Marsh, Mitcham, Surrey, England5
a married rubber vulcanizer working for the Puncture Proof Tyre Co Ltd of 9 Princeston Street Halborn and living with Philip Pain, and his wife Florence, and his future sister-in-law Violet Birtchnell. Born on 26th February 1888 in Kersey near Ipswich Suffolk
Census:
29 Sep 1939 (age 51)
The Talbot Inn, Chaddesley Corbett, Worcestershire, England6
a married inn keeper living with his wife Florence, his niece Sheila Florence Piper, his widowed mother-in-law Sarah Elizabeth Frost, his wife's niece Olive Frost, his wife's nephews John, Peter and Raymond Frost, a closed record (presumably his wife's nephew Leonard Frost), and two others. Born on 26th February 1888
Death:
17 Sep 1958 (age 70)
King's College Hospital, Denmark Hill, Brixton, London, England4 10
Probate:
28 Oct 1958
Probate Registry, London, England10
of 10 Hannen Road West Norwood London died 17th September 1958 at Kings College Hospital Denmark Hill London, probate of effects of £1,869 9s 8d (~£41,000 in 2017) to Sheila Florence Mary Smith (wife of John Newman Smith) and Geoffrey William Huzzey solicitor
Name:
Florence Kate Frost
Sex:
Female
Father:
Mother:
Occupation:
nursery maid11
Birth:
21 Nov 1892
1939 register says born 21st November 1893
Census:
31 Mar 1901 (age 8)
89 Gipsey Road, West Norwood, London, England12
daughter living in three rooms with her parents George and Sarah, sisters Ethel and Maud, and brothers George and John. Born in West Norwood Surrey
Census:
2 Apr 1911 (age 18)
Caversham, Grange Road, Sutton, Surrey, England11
an unmarried servant working as a domestic nurserymaid and living in twelve rooms with children Phyllis and Richard Morrish (their parents were absent), and three other servants. Born in West Norwood Surrey
Census:
19 Jun 1921 (age 28 yrs 7 mns)
The Chesnuts, Figges Marsh, Mitcham, Surrey, England5
a married housekeeper living with Philip Pain, and her husband Robert, and her future sister-in-law Violet Birtchnell. Born on 21st November 1892 in West Norwood County of London
Census:
29 Sep 1939 (age 46)
The Talbot Inn, Chaddesley Corbett, Worcestershire, England6
married doing unpaid domestic duties and living with her husband Robert, niece Sheila Florence Piper, her widowed mother Sarah Elizabeth Frost, niece Olive Frost, nephews John, Peter and Raymond Frost, a closed record (presumably his nephew Leonard Frost), and two others. Born on 21st November 1893
Death:
Q1 1961 (age 68)
Hereford "Registration District", Herefordshire, England13
England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Pancras 1915 quarter:2 volume:1b page:268. Cit. Date: 30 July 2025.
England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Cosford 1888 quarter:2 volume:4a page:703. Cit. Date: 23 July 2025.
Suffolk Family History Society All Baptisms Suffolk 1813-1900, (SFK-BPI/P1-1 own copy). Kersey St. Mary baptisms entry:549. Cit. Date: 26 July 2025.
England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Lambeth 1958 quarter:3 c:5c page:990. Cit. Date: 4 August 2025.
England and Wales Census 1921, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive series:RG15 piece:3552 registration district:39 sub-district:6 enumeration district:20 schedule:287. Cit. Date: 27 July 2025.
UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG101 piece: 5813B page:4 line:10 letter code:QKHR. Cit. Date: 28 July 2025.
England and Wales Census 1891, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG12 piece:1446 folio:153 page:4 schedule:24. Cit. Date: 23 July 2025.
England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG13 piece:1749 folio:69 page:2 schedule:10. Cit. Date: 23 July 2025.
FindMyPast British Army Service Records, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive Series:WO 363 regiment:Royal Field Artillery no:6326. Cit. Date: 4 August 2025.
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). London 1958 page:617. Cit. Date: 4 August 2025.
England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG14 piece:2930 class:RG78 piece:101 registration district:31 sub-district:1 enumeration district:8 schedule:165. Cit. Date: 30 July 2025.
England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG13 piece:437 folio:8 page:7 schedule:38. Cit. Date: 28 July 2025.
England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Hereford 1961 quarter:1 volume:9a page:11. Cit. Date: 30 July 2025.