See also

Family of William Bertram Fletcher and Dorothy Mildred Ethel Hobbs

  • Husband:

  • William Bertram Fletcher (1916- )

  • Wife:

  • Dorothy Mildred Ethel Hobbs (1922- )

  • Marriage:

  • 11 Oct 1947

  • St. Mary at Stoke Church, Stoke Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England1 2

  •  

  • William a bachelor of Riverside Cottage Great Blakenham working as a cabinet maker and son of Bertram Fletcher a cabinet maker. Dorothy a spinster of 12 Croft Street Ipswich working as a machinist and daughter of Joseph Hobbs an infirmary porter. Married by banns and witnessed by K F Cawston and Catherine Florence Hobbs

Husband: William Bertram Fletcher

  • Name:

  • William Bertram Fletcher3

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • Bertram Buchan Fletcher (1889-1953)

  • Mother:

  • Pleasance Taylor (1886-1943)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • cabinet maker2

  • Birth:

  • Q1 1916

  • Ipswich, Suffolk, England3 4

  • Census:

  • 19 Jun 1921 (age 5 yrs 3 mns)

  • 271 Woodbridge Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England4

  •  

  • son attending school and living in two rooms with his parents Bertram and Pleasance, and brother Harry. Born in Ipswich Suffolk

  • Residence:

  • 1959 (age 42-43)

  • 80 Frank Street, Southport, Queensland, Australia5

  •  

  • working as a cabinet maker

Wife: Dorothy Mildred Ethel Hobbs

  • Name:

  • Dorothy Mildred Ethel Hobbs6 1 2

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • tobacco gatherer machine hand7 2

  • Birth:

  • 30 Dec 1922

  • Southwark "Registration District", London, England6 7

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 16)

  • 16 Stoke Hall Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England7

  •  

  • an unmarried tobacco gatherer machine hand living with her parents Joseph and Dorothy, brother Joseph, and sister Catherine. Born on 30th December 1922 and married a Fletcher at a later date

  • Residence:

  • 1959 (age 36-37)

  • Loders Creek, Southport, Queensland, Australia8

Note on Husband: William Bertram Fletcher

William presumably died in Australia, need more information

Note on Wife: Dorothy Mildred Ethel Hobbs

Dorothy presumably died in Australia, need more information

Sources

1.

England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Ipswich 1947 quarter:4 volume:4b page:2107. Cit. Date: 18 December 2025.

2.

Ancestry Suffolk, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns 1754-1949, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk). Ipswich St. Mary Stoke marriages 1943-1949 page:87 entry:173. Cit. Date: 18 December 2025.

3.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2023, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Ipswich 1916 quarter:1 volume:4a page:2865. Cit. Date: 17 December 2025.

4.

England and Wales Census 1921, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive series:RG15 piece:9437 registration district:213 sub-district:2 enumeration district:14 schedule:211. Cit. Date: 17 December 2025.

5.

FindMyPast Australia Electoral Rolls, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). Queensland Southport no:2553. Cit. Date: 18 December 2025.

6.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2023, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Southwark 1923 quarter:1 volume:1d page:103. Cit. Date: 18 December 2025.

7.

UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG101 piece:6602E page:10 line:25 letter code:TVBN. Cit. Date: 18 December 2025.

8.

FindMyPast Australia Electoral Rolls, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). Queensland Southport Loders Creek 2550. Cit. Date: 18 December 2025.