See also

Family of Charles Stevens and Elsie Grace Burrows

  • Husband:

  • Charles Stevens (1897-1975)

  • Wife:

  • Elsie Grace Burrows (1906-1992)

  • Marriage:

  • Q4 1943

  • Ipswich "Registration District", Suffolk, England1

  •  

  • Elsie as Grace E Jowers

Husband: Charles Stevens

  • Name:

  • Charles Stevens2 3 4

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • Henry Samuel Stevens (1864-1928)

  • Mother:

  • Charlotte Jane Pearl (1865-1935)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • capstan turner then a machine setter up5 6

  • Birth:

  • 18 Apr 1897

  • Ipswich, Suffolk, England2 7 8 5 6 4

  •  

  • 1939 register says born on 18th April 1899

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 4)

  • 481 Bramford Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England7

  •  

  • son living with his parents Henry and Jane, and brothers George, William, Bertie and Harry. Born in Ipswich Suffolk

  • Baptism:

  • 1 Apr 1902 (age 4)

  • All Saints Church, Chevallier Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England3

  •  

  • son of Henry Stevens (labourer) and Jane of 481 Bramford Road, baptised with brothers William, Bertie and Harry

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 14)

  • 481 Bramford Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England8

  •  

  • son working as an errand boy for a baker and living in six rooms with his parents Henry and Jane, brothers William, Bertie, and Harry, and his widowed adopted grandfather George Francis. Born in Ipswich Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 19 Jun 1921 (age 24 yrs 2 mns)

  • 481 Bramford Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England5

  •  

  • unmarried son working as a capstan turner for Vickers & Peters oil engineers of Hadleigh Road Ipswich living in six rooms with his parents Henry and Jane, and brother Bertie. Born in Ipswich

  • Witness:

  • 26 Sep 1925 (age 28)

  • Charles Stevens witnessed the marriage of Bertie Stephen Stevens and Beatrice May Humphrey on Saturday on 26 September 1925 in Bury St. Edmunds "Registration District", Suffolk, England

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 42)

  • 263 Bramford Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England6

  •  

  • a widowed machine setter up (heavy worker) and a member of Messers Cranes Ltd. fire squad living with his unmarried sister-in-law Minnie Lockwood, his daughter Barbara, and his son Russell. Born on 18th April 1899

  • Death:

  • 9 May 1975 (age 78)

  • Ipswich "Registration District", Suffolk, England4 9

  • Probate:

  • 29 Sep 1975

  • Probate Registry, Arcade Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England9

  •  

  • of 12 Wellbeck Close Trimley St. Mary Ipswich died 9th May 1975, probate of £14,440 (~£110,000 in 2017)

Wife: Elsie Grace Burrows

  • Name:

  • Elsie Grace Burrows10

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • corset machinist11

  • Birth:

  • 16 Jan 1906

  • Ipswich, Suffolk, England10 12 11 13 14

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 5)

  • 9 Station Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England12

  •  

  • daughter attending school and living in five rooms with her parents Charles and Ellen, sisters May and Vera, and brothers Charles and Bertie. Born in Ipswich Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 19 Jun 1921 (age 15 yrs 5 mns)

  • 9 Station Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England11

  •  

  • unmarried daughter working as a machinist for Footman Pretty & Co corset factory Tower Ramparts Ipswich and living in four rooms with her parents Charles and Ellen, sisters Ethel, Eva and Irene, and brothers Charles and Bertie. Born in Ipswich Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 33)

  • 11 Clarence Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England13

  •  

  • married doing unpaid domestic duties and living with her husband John, sons Jeffrey (who married her future husbands daughter Barbara Florence Annie Jane Stevens) and Kenneth, and a closed record. Born on 16th January 1906 and married a Stevens at a later date

  • Death:

  • 27 Jun 1992 (age 86)

  • Ipswich "Registration District", Suffolk, England14 15 16

  • Cremation:

  • 2 Jul 1992

  • Ipswich Crematorium, Belvedere Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England15

  • Probate:

  • 5 Aug 1992

  • Probate Registry, Arcade Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England16

  •  

  • of Fankirk Retirement Nursing Home Cambridge Road Felixstowe died 27th June 1992, probate not exceeding £125,000 (~£243,000 in 2017)

Sources

1.

England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Ipswich 1943 quarter:4 volume:4a page:2304. Cit. Date: 9 August 2025.

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 1897 quarter:2 volume:4a page:891. Cit. Date: 6 August 2025.

3.

Ancestry Parish Baptisms, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk). Suffolk, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1924 Ipswich All Saints baptisms page:143 entry:117. Cit. Date: 22 August 2025.

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 1975 quarter:2 volume:10 page:2541. Cit. Date: 9 August 2025.

5.

England and Wales Census 1921, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive series:RG15 piece:9402 registration district:213 sub-district:1 enumeration district:10 schedule:27. Cit. Date: 9 August 2025.

6.

UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG101 piece:6600E page:5 line:27 letter code:TVAW. Cit. Date: 9 August 2025.

7.

England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG13 piece:1774 folio:99 page:22 schedule:147. Cit. Date: 7 August 2025.

8.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG14 piece:10806 class:RG78 piece:584 registration district:213 sub-district:1 enumeration district:8 schedule:77. Cit. Date: 7 August 2025.

9.

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 1975 page:8527 no:751010902E. Cit. Date: 9 August 2025.

10.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Ipswich 1906 quarter:1 volume:4a page:1056. Cit. Date: 10 August 2025.

11.

England and Wales Census 1921, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive series:RG15 piece:9416 registration district:213 sub-district:1 enumeration district:24 schedule:7. Cit. Date: 10 August 2025.

12.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG14 piece:10819 class:RG78 piece:584 registration district:213 sub-district:1 enumeration district:21 schedule:340. Cit. Date: 10 May 2025.

13.

UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG101 piece:6609D page:21 line:13 letter code:TVOF. Cit. Date: 9 August 2025.

14.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Ipswich 1992 quarter:2 register:692 volume:10 page:2524. Cit. Date: 10 August 2025.

15.

Ipswich Borough Council Everafter, (on-line at www.ipswichboroughcouncil.discovereverafter.com). Ipswich Crematorium. Cit. Date: 10 August 2025.

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). Ipswich 1992 page:8217 no:9251511579J. Cit. Date: 10 August 2025.