See also
Husband:
Albert Frederick Bedford (1893-1975)
Wife:
Jessie May Hiett (1889-1968)
Children:
Marriage:
Q2 1916
Islington "Registration District", London, England1
Name:
Sex:
Male
Father:
-
Mother:
-
Occupation:
Birth:
18 Mar 1893
Census:
31 Mar 1901 (age 7)
Bradford House Kinghamhill Boys Homes, Kingham, Oxfordshire, England7
an inmate born in Kentish Town London
Military Service:
frm 18 Mar 1911 to 6 Feb 1913 (age 18-19)
Royal Navy as able seaman no:J73984
a bricklayer's labourer born on 18th March 1893 in Kentish Town London who was 5' 3" tall with a chest of 32½", dark brown hair, grey eyes, a fresh complexion and tattoos of a girls head and flags on right forearm. He was invalided out due an injury and defective vision
Census absence:
2 Apr 1911 (age 18)
presumably away at sea
Medals:
6 Aug 19198
British Mercantile Ribbon and the British War Ribbon
Census:
19 Jun 1921 (age 28 yrs 5 mns)
Tilbury Dock, Tilbury, Essex, England5
a married able seaman on the Saxonia a Cunard Royal mail Steam Ship. Born in Kentish Town London
Census:
29 Sep 1939 (age 46)
Triton, Canewdon View Road, Ashingdon, Essex, England6
married with a naval disability pension living with his wife Jessie, son Ronald, and Mary and Arthur Ashley. Born on 18th March 1893
Death:
29 Jul 1975 (age 82)
Probate:
30 Oct 1975
Probate Registry, Arcade Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England9
of 21 Pembroke House Sutton Court Drive Rochford Essex died 29th July 1975, probate of £6,698 (~£51,000 in 2017)
Name:
Jessie May Hiett10
Sex:
Female
Father:
Mother:
Occupation:
Birth:
6 May 1889
1891 census says born in Stepney London, 1921 census says born in London City
Census:
5 Apr 1891 (age 1)
16 Lindley Street, Mile End Old Town, Middlesex, England12
daughter living in three rooms with her parents George and Alice, sister Charlotte, and aunt Florence Fielding. Born in Stepney London
Census:
31 Mar 1901 (age 11)
4 Beachcroft Buildings, Cable Street, Stepney, London, England13
daughter living in three rooms with her parents George and Alice, and sisters Florence and Emma. Born in Whitechapel London
Census:
2 Apr 1911 (age 21)
North London Home for Aged and Christian Blind Men and Women, 77 Hanley Road Road, Tollington Park, Islington, London, England11
an unmarried nurse who was born in Whitechapel London
Census:
19 Jun 1921 (age 32 yrs 1 mn)
25 Surbiton Road, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England14
married wife doing house duties and living in six rooms with her son Ronald, her boarding parents George and Alice, and her sister Dorothy, brother-in-law Walter Clark, sister Florence Clark, niece Joan, and another boarder. Born in London City
Census:
29 Sep 1939 (age 50)
Triton, Canewdon View Road, Ashingdon, Essex, England6
a married institutional cleaner living with her husband Albert, son Ronald, and Mary and Arthur Ashley. Born on 6th May 1889
Death:
27 Apr 1968 (age 78)
Probate:
11 Jul 1968
Probate Registry, Arcade Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England16
of 16 Canewdon View Road Ashingdon Rochford Essex died 27th April 1968, administration of £169 (~£2,600 in 2017)
Name:
Sex:
Male
Occupation:
barge mate6
Birth:
25 Apr 1920
Baptism:
16 May 1920 (age 0)
Holy Trinity Church, Southchurch Boulevard, Southchurch, Essex, England18
son of Albert Frederick Bedford (able seaman) and Jessie May of of 25 Surbiton Row Southend
Census:
19 Jun 1921 (age 1 yr 2 mns)
25 Surbiton Road, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England14
son living in six rooms with his mother Jessie, boarding grandparents George and Alice Hiett, and aunt Dorothy Hiett, uncle Walter Clark, aunt Florence Clark, cousin Joan, and another boarders. Born in Southend on Sea Essex
Census:
29 Sep 1939 (age 19)
Triton, Canewdon View Road, Ashingdon, Essex, England6
an unmarried mate of a barge living with his parents Albert and Jessie, and Mary and Arthur Ashley. Born on 25th April 1920
Death:
Feb 1998 (age 77)
Southend-on-Sea "Registration District", Essex, England19
England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Islington 1916 quarter:2 volume:1b page:421. Cit. Date: 20 December 2025.
England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2023, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Pancras 1893 quarter:2 volume:1b page:127. Cit. Date: 28 December 2025.
England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Southend on Sea 1975 quarter:3 volume:9 page:2362. Cit. Date: 28 December 2025.
FindMyPast Admiralty:Royal Navy Registers of Seamen's Services, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:ADM 188/661/7398. Cit. Date: 28 December 2025.
England and Wales Census 1921, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive series:RG15 piece:8937 registration district:192 sub-district:1 enumeration district:Shipping page:2. Cit. Date: 28 December 2025.
UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG101 piece:1587F page:8 line:4 letter code:DDSD. Cit. Date: 28 December 2025.
England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG13 piece:1398 folio:175 page:24 schedule:132. Cit. Date: 28 December 2025.
FindMyPast Registry Of Shipping And Seamen: Index Of First World War Mercantile Marine Medals And The British War Medal, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk).
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:616 no:751011940G. Cit. Date: 28 December 2025.
England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2023, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Whitechapel 1889 quarter:2 volume:1c page:341. Cit. Date: 19 December 2025.
England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG14 piece:841 class:RG78 piece:29 registration district:10 sub-district:3 enumeration district:23 schedule:1. Cit. Date: 28 December 2025.
England and Wales Census 1891, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG12 piece:302 folio:103 page:16 schedule:120. Cit. Date: 19 December 2025.
England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG13 piece:319 folio:99 page:1 schedule:4. Cit. Date: 19 December 2025.
England and Wales Census 1921, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive series:RG15 piece:9074 registration district:195 sub-district:2 enumeration district:65 schedule:207. Cit. Date: 20 December 2025.
England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Rochford 1968 quarter:2 volume:4a page:773. Cit. Date: 28 December 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). Ipswich 1968 page:214. Cit. Date: 28 December 2025.
England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2023, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Rochford 1920 quarter:2 volume:4a page:1550. Cit. Date: 20 December 2025.
Seax - Essex Record Office Parish Records, (on-line at www.essexcc.gov.uk). Southchurch Holy Trinity baptisms 1912-1929 ref:D/P 120/1/7 image:42 page:76 entry:604. Cit. Date: 28 December 2025.
England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Southend on Sea 1998 quarter:1 district:4751D register:D78B entry:137 date:0298. Cit. Date: 28 December 2025.