See also

Family of William Johns and Rosa Matilda Wright

Husband: William Johns

  • Name:

  • William Johns2 1 3

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • builder, cabinet salesman and designer then a cabinet maker4 5 6 7 8

  • Birth:

  • Q1 1861

  • Ipswich, Suffolk, England2 9 10 4 5 6 7 8

  • Census:

  • 7 Apr 1861 (age 2 mns)

  • 26 Tacket Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England9

  •  

  • son living with his parents William and Elvera, sisters Elvera, Lavinia and Ellen, and a servant. Born in Ipswich Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1871 (age 10)

  • 26 Tacket Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England10

  •  

  • son attending school and living with his parents William and Isabella, sisters Elvina, Lavinia and Ellen, and brother Edward. Born in Ipswich Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 3 Apr 1881 (age 20)

  • 4 Northgate Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England4

  •  

  • unmarried son working as a builder and living with his parents William and Isabella, sister Ellen, brother Edwin, a servant, and two lodgers. Born in Ipswich Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 30)

  • Crown Point Villas, Kirby Road, Trowse, Norfolk, England5

  •  

  • unmarried head of the household working as a cabinet salesman and designer and living with a widowed housekeeper and her two sons. Born in Ipswich Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 40)

  • 1 Rosaline Villas, Tomline Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England6

  •  

  • unmarried boarder working as a cabinet maker and living with his future wife Rosa M Salmon. Born in Ipswich Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 50)

  • 103 Fore Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England7

  •  

  • married head of the household working as a cabinet maker and living in eight rooms with his wife Rosa. Born in Ipswich Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 19 Jun 1921 (age 60 yrs 5 mns)

  • 22 Fore Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England8

  •  

  • married head of the household working as a cabinet maker on his own account at home and living in four rooms with his wife Rosa. Born in Ipswich Suffolk

  • Death:

  • 11 Sep 1925 (age 64)

  • Ipswich "Registration District", Suffolk, England3 11

  • Burial:

  • 14 Sep 1925

  • Old Cemetery, Belvedere Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England11

  •  

  • a cabinet maker who died 11th September 1925 aged 64

  • Probate:

  • 11 Dec 1925

  • Probate Registry, Arcade Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England12

  •  

  • of Ipswich died 11th September 1925, probate of effects of £2,053 15s 10d (~£84,000 in 2017) to Rosa Matilda Johns widow

Wife: Rosa Matilda Wright

  • Name:

  • Rosa Matilda Wright13 14

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • John Wright (1825-1910)

  • Mother:

  • Emma Skipper (1831?-1904)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • domestic servant15

  • Birth:

  • 12 Feb 1863

  • Kirton, Suffolk, England13 14 16 15 17 6 7 8 18

  • Baptism:

  • 19 Apr 1863 (age 0)

  • St. Ethelbert's Church, Lower Falkenham Road, Falkenham, Suffolk, England14

  •  

  • daughter of John Wright (labourer) and Emma of Falkenham, born on 12th February 1863

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1871 (age 8)

  • High Road, Kirton, Suffolk, England16

  •  

  • daughter attending school and living with her parents John and Emma, sisters Julia and Margaret, and brother Frederick. Born in Kirton Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 3 Apr 1881 (age 18)

  • No 7 Cottage, Hamilton Place, Felixstowe, Suffolk, England15

  •  

  • an unmarried visitor working as a domestic servant and living with George Woodward. Born in Kirton Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 28)

  • Junction Road, Romford, Essex, England17

  •  

  • married wife living with her husband James, and her sister Ethel Wright. Born in Kirton Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 38)

  • 1 Rosaline Villas, Tomline Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England6

  •  

  • widowed head of the household living on her own means with boarding future husband William Johns. Born in Kirton Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 48)

  • 103 Fore Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England7

  •  

  • married wife living in eight rooms with her husband William. Born in Kirton Suffolk and married for eight years without children

  • Census:

  • 19 Jun 1921 (age 58 yrs 5 mns)

  • 22 Fore Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England8

  •  

  • married wife doing home duties and living in four rooms with her husband William. Born in Kirton Suffolk

  • Administrator:

  • 11 Dec 1925 (age 62)

  •  

     

    Rosa Matilda Wright was appointed as an administrator at the probate hearing of William Johns on Friday on 11 December 1925 at the Probate Registry, Arcade Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 76)

  • 437 Felixstowe Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England18

  •  

  • a widow doing unpaid domestic duties and living alone. Born on 12th February 1863

  • Death:

  • 12 Sep 1944 (age 81)

  • 1 Brook Cottages, Bucklesham Road, Kirton, Suffolk, England19 20 21

  • Burial:

  • 15 Sep 1944

  • Old Cemetery, Belvedere Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England20

  •  

  • died 12th September 1944 aged 81 and buried with her husband William

  • Probate:

  • 13 Dec 1944

  • Probate Registry, Arcade Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England21

  •  

  • a widow of 437 Felixstowe Road Ipswich died 12th September 1944 at Brook Cottages Kirton Suffolk, probate of effects of £5,313 3s 7d (~£193,000 in 2017) to Ethel Florence Lewis (wife of John Thomas Lewis) and Mary Ellen Garrod (wife of Ronald George Eric Garrod)

Sources

1.

England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Colchester 1903 quarter:3 volume:4a page:1306. Cit. Date: 1 January 2025.

2.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2023, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Ipswich 1861 quarter:1 volume:4a page:587. Cit. Date: 2 January 2026.

3.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Ipswich 1925 quarter:3 volume:4a page:855. Cit. Date: 2 January 2025.

4.

England and Wales Census 1881, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG11 piece:1877 folio:12 page:17 schedule:442. Cit. Date: 2 January 2026.

5.

England and Wales Census 1891, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG12 piece:1537 folio:124 page:18 schedule:119. Cit. Date: 2 January 2026.

6.

England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG13 piece:1777 folio:158 page:32 schedule:228. Cit. Date: 1 January 2026.

7.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG14 piece:10835 class:RG78 piece:585 registration district:213 sub-district:2 enumeration district:10 schedule:115. Cit. Date: 1 January 2026.

8.

England and Wales Census 1921, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive series:RG15 piece:9433 registration district:213 sub-district:2 enumeration district:10 schedule:393. Cit. Date: 2 January 2026.

9.

England and Wales Census 1861, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG09 piece:1166 folio:103 page:19 schedule:115. Cit. Date: 2 January 2026.

10.

England and Wales Census 1871, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG10 piece:1756 folio:180 page:9 schedule:46. Cit. Date: 2 January 2026.

11.

Ipswich Borough Council Everafter, (on-line at www.ipswichboroughcouncil.discovereverafter.com). Ipswich Old Cemetery 1925 internment:19250686 plot:NN/4/16. Cit. Date: 2 January 2026.

12.

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 1925 page:397. Cit. Date: 2 January 2026.

13.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2023, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Woodbridge 1863 quarter:1 volume:4a page:634. Cit. Date: 30 June 2022.

14.

Suffolk Family History Society Colneis and Samford Baptisms 1813-1900, (2012 SFK-BPI-07/P1 own copy). Falkenham St. Ethelbert baptisms entry:342. Cit. Date: 30 June 2022.

15.

England and Wales Census 1881, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG11 piece:1881 folio:14 page:21 schedule:925. Cit. Date: 1 January 2026.

16.

England and Wales Census 1871, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG10 piece:1758 folio:100 page:19 schedule:91. Cit. Date: 25 March 2025.

17.

England and Wales Census 1891, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG12 piece:1367 folio:87 page:35 schedule:224. Cit. Date: 24 January 2023.

18.

UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG101 piece: 6611E page:17 line:39 letter code:TVOT. Cit. Date: 2 January 2026.

19.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Deben 1944 quarter:3 volume:4a page:1036. Cit. Date: 2 January 2026.

20.

Ipswich Borough Council Everafter, (on-line at www.ipswichboroughcouncil.discovereverafter.com). Ipswich Old Cemetery 1944 internment:19440660 plot:NN/4/16. Cit. Date: 2 January 2026.

21.

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:709. Cit. Date: 2 January 2026.