See also

Family of Robert William Underwood and Edith Florence Baker

  • Husband:

  • Robert William Underwood (1882-1939)

  • Wife:

  • Edith Florence Baker (1892-1943)

  • Children:

  • Norman Baker Underwood (1923-2011)

  •  

  • Gwynneth Edith Underwood (1927-1995)

  • Marriage:

  • 15 Oct 1921

  • St. Peter and St. Mary's Church, Church Walk, Stowmarket, Suffolk, England1 2

  •  

  • Robert a widower working as an insurance agent and son of Robert Philip Underwood a shop keeper. Edith a spinster and daughter of Herbert William Baker a retied police sergeant with the Metropolitan Police. Both of Stowmarket, married by banns and witnessed by Henry W Readwin, A M E Baker, H W Baker, A G Baker, A S Underwood and E G Readwin

Husband: Robert William Underwood

  • Name:

  • Robert William Underwood3 1 4

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • insurance superintendent and agent5 6 2

  • Birth:

  • Q3 1882

  • West Mersea, Essex, England3 7 8 5 6

  •  

  • 1921 census says born in East Mersea Essex

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 8)

  • Dog & Pheasant Cottage, East Mersea Road, East Mersea, Essex, England7

  •  

  • son attending school and living in three rooms with his parents Robert and Eliza, brothers Frederick and Albert, sisters Elizabeth and Florence, and William Traveller a relative. Born in West Mersea Essex

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 18)

  • Main Road, East Mersea, Essex, England8

  •  

  • son living in four rooms with his parents Robert and Eliza, sisters Elizabeth, Florence, Harriet and Nora, and brother Albert. Born in West Mersea

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 28)

  • 61 Ipswich Street, Stowmarket, Suffolk, England5

  •  

  • married head of the household working as an insurance superintendent and living in three rooms with his wife Harriet. Born in West Mersea Colchester Essex

  • Census:

  • 19 Jun 1921 (age 39)

  • 12 Market Place, Stowmarket, Suffolk, England6

  •  

  • widowed brother working as an insurance superintendent for the Liverpool & Victoria Friendly Society in Stowmarket and District and living in four rooms with his brother Albert, sister-in-law Frederica, nephew Durrell and niece Norah. Born in East Mersea Essex

  • Death:

  • 11 Jul 1939 (age 57)

  • East Suffolk Hospital, Anglesea Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England4 9

  • Probate:

  • 4 May 1945

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

  •  

  • of 28 Lime Tree Place Stowmarket Suffolk died 11th July 1939 at East Suffolk and Ipswich Hospital Ipswich, administration of effects of £218 3s 2d (~£7,800 in 2017) to William James Rose chemical industry worker

Wife: Edith Florence Baker

  • Name:

  • Edith Florence Baker10 11

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • Herbert William Baker (1863-1939)

  • Mother:

  • Mary Ann Knight (1866- )

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • dressmaker then a lady's maid12 13

  • Birth:

  • 14 Aug 1892

  • Plumstead, Kent, England10 14 12 13 15

  • Baptism:

  • 6 Nov 1892 (age 0)

  • St. Margaret's Church, Vicarage Road, Plumstead, London, England11

  •  

  • daughter of Herbert William Baker (police constable) and Mary Ann of 180 Maxey Road

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 8)

  • 20 Alsen Road, Tollington Park, Islington, London, England14

  •  

  • daughter living in three rooms with her parents Herbert and Maryann. Born in Plumstead

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 18)

  • 73 Lime Tree Place, Stowmarket, Suffolk, England12

  •  

  • unmarried daughter working as a dressmaker and living in six rooms with her parents Herbert and Mary Ann, and brother Herbert. Born in Plumstead London

  • Census:

  • 19 Jun 1921 (age 28 yrs 10 mns)

  • Hanford House, Hanford, Dorset, England13

  •  

  • an unmarried lady's maid living in thirty-two rooms with Capt. Karl and Winifred Livinstone-Learmouth and family, two visitors and twelve other servants. Born in Plumstead London

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 47)

  • 28 Lime Tree Place, Stowmarket, Suffolk, England15

  •  

  • a widow doing unpaid domestic duties and living with her son Norman, a closed record (presumably her daughter Gwynneth), and her future husband William Rose. Born on 14th August 1892 and married a Rose at a later date

  • Death:

  • 29 Nov 1943 (age 51)

  • Gipping "Registration District", Suffolk, England16 17

  • Burial:

  • 3 Dec 1943

  • St. Peter and St. Mary's Church, Church Walk, Stowmarket, Suffolk, England18

  •  

  • aged 51 of 28 Lime Tree Place Stowmarket

  • Probate:

  • 26 Feb 1944

  • Probate Registry, Arcade Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England17

  •  

  • of 28 Lime Tree Place Stowmarket Suffolk (wife of William James Rose) died 29th November 1943, administration of effects of £599 10s 5d (~£22,000 in 2017) to the said William James Rose chemical industry employee

Child 1: Norman Baker Underwood

  • Name:

  • Norman Baker Underwood19 20 21

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Spouse:

  • Barbara Mary Hudson (1930-2023)

  • Birth:

  • 16 Dec 1923

  • Stow "Registration District", Suffolk, England19 20 15

  • Baptism:

  • 27 Jan 1924 (age 0)

  • St. Peter and St. Mary's Church, Church Walk, Stowmarket, Suffolk, England20

  •  

  • son of Robert William Underwood (insurance agent) and Edith Florence neé Baker, born on 16th December 1923

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 15)

  • 28 Lime Tree Place, Stowmarket, Suffolk, England15

  •  

  • attending school and living with his widowed mother Edith, a closed record (presumably sister Gwynneth), and his future step-father William Rose. Born on 16th December 1923

  • Administrator:

  • 22 Oct 1963 (age 39)

  •  

     

    Norman Baker Underwood was appointed as an administrator at the probate hearing of William James Rose on Tuesday on 22 October 1963 at the Probate Registry, Arcade Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England

  • Death:

  • 6 Nov 2011 (age 87)

  • Coventry "Registration District", West Midlands, England21 22

  • Probate:

  • 25 Jan 2012

  • Probate Registry, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England22

  •  

  • grant and will, died 6th November 2011

Child 2: Gwynneth Edith Underwood

  • Name:

  • Gwynneth Edith Underwood23

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Spouse:

  • Peter Moss (1928-1999)

  • Birth:

  • 23 Jul 1927

  • Stow "Registration District", Suffolk, England23 24

  • Death:

  • Dec 1995 (age 68)

  • Tunbridge Wells "Registration District", Kent, England24

Note on Husband: Robert William Underwood

Robert previously married Harriet Annie Lock (1881-1915) in Lexden registration district in the fourth quarter of 190925 26 27

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2.

Ancestry Suffolk, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns 1754-1949, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk). Stowmarket St. Peter and St. Mary marriages 1916-1929 page:59 entry:117. Cit. Date: 22 November 2025.

3.

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England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Ipswich 1939 quarter:3 volume:4a page:1276. Cit. Date: 23 November 2025.

5.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG14 piece:10691 class:RG78 piece:576 registration district:209 sub-district:3 enumeration district:6 schedule:241. Cit. Date: 23 November 2025.

6.

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7.

England and Wales Census 1891, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG12 piece:1414 folio:75 page:5 schedule:31. Cit. Date: 23 November 2025.

8.

England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG13 piece:1713 folio:68 page:3 schedule:17. Cit. Date: 23 November 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 1945 page:4. Cit. Date: 23 November 2025.

10.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2023, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Woolwich 1892 quarter:3 volume:1d page:1289. Cit. Date: 20 November 2025.

11.

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12.

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13.

England and Wales Census 1921, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive series:RG15 piece:10133 registration district:258 sub-district:1 enumeration district:4, 5 page:2. Cit. Date: 22 November 2025.

14.

England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG13 piece:169 folio:67 page:14 schedule:95. Cit. Date: 20 November 2025.

15.

UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG101 piece:6626H page:19 line:33 letter code:TWMA. Cit. Date: 22 November 2025.

16.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Gipping 1943 quarter:4 volume:4a page:1307. Cit. Date: 22 November 2025.

17.

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 1944 page:796. Cit. Date: 22 November 2025.

18.

Ancestry Suffolk, England, Church of England Deaths and Burials, 1813-1999, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk). Stowmarket St. Peter and St. Mary burials 1927-1946 page:89 entry:709. Cit. Date: 22 November 2025.

19.

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20.

Ancestry Suffolk, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1924, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk). Stowmarket St. Peter and St. Mary baptisms 1920-1924 page:25 entry:197. Cit. Date: 22 November 2025.

21.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Coventry 2011 quarter:4 district:0631B entry:505780764. Cit. Date: 22 November 2025.

22.

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23.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2023, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Stow 1927 quarter:3 volume:4a page:1480. Cit. Date: 22 November 2025.

24.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Tunbridge Wells 1995 quarter:4 district:5671D register:D9 entry:222 date:1295. Cit. Date: 22 November 2025.

25.

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26.

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27.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Stow 1915 quarter:1 volume:4a page:1452. Cit. Date: 23 November 2025.