See also

Family of Frank Hipkin and Bessie May Thorpe

  • Husband:

  • Frank Hipkin (1912-1988)

  • Wife:

  • Bessie May Thorpe (1917-2011)

  • Marriage:

  • 26 Dec 1935

  • All Saints Church, Main Road, Dovercourt, Essex, England1 2

  •  

  • Frank a bachelor working as a lorry driver and son of Charles Thomas Hipkin a contractor. Bessie a spinster and daughter of Frederick John Thorpe a seaman. Both of 39 Rosebank Dovercourt, married by banns and witnessed by <unreadable> Thorpe and B E Lawrence

Husband: Frank Hipkin

  • Name:

  • Frank Hipkin3 4 5

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • Charles Thomas Hipkin (1877-1942)

  • Mother:

  • Lily Farrow (1883-1942)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • lorry driver6

  • Birth:

  • 25 Jun 1912

  • Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex, England3 4 7 6 5

  • Baptism:

  • 9 Apr 1915 (age 2)

  • All Saints Church, West Street, Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex, England4

  •  

  • son of Charles Thomas Hipkin (seaman R.N.) and Lily of 7 Naze Park Walton, born on 25th June 1912 and baptised with brothers Benjamin, Thomas and Albert, and sister Lilian

  • Census:

  • 19 Jun 1921 (age 9)

  • 4 Old Pier Street, Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex, England7

  •  

  • son attending school and living in five rooms with his parents Charles and Lilian, brothers Charles, John, Benjamin and Thomas, sister Ruth, and a shop assistant. Born in Walton on Naze Essex

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 27)

  • 39 Rosebank, Parkeston Road, Dovercourt, Essex, England6

  •  

  • a married lorry driver living with his mother-in-law Sarah Thorpe, a Florence Breach, his wife Bessie and two closed records. Born on 25th June 1912

  • Death:

  • Apr 1988 (age 75)

  • Colchester "Registration District", Essex, England5

Wife: Bessie May Thorpe

  • Name:

  • Bessie May Thorpe8 1

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Birth:

  • 6 Jul 1917

  • Harwich, Essex, England8 9 6

  • Census:

  • 19 Jun 1921 (age 3 yrs 11 mns)

  • 21 George Street, Harwich, Essex, England9

  •  

  • daughter living in three rooms with her parents Frederick and Sarah, brothers Frederick, William and Albert, and sisters Phillis and Daisy. Born in Harwich Essex

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 22)

  • 39 Rosebank, Parkeston Road, Dovercourt, Essex, England6

  •  

  • married doing unpaid domestic duties and living with her mother Sarah Thorpe, a Florence Breach, her husband Frank, and two closed records. Born on 6th July 1917

  • Death:

  • Q4 2011 (age 94)

  • Essex "Registration District", Essex, England10

Sources

1.

England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Tendring 1935 quarter:4 volume:4a page:1913. Cit. Date: 27 January 2026.

2.

Seax - Essex Record Office Parish Records, (on-line at www.essexcc.gov.uk). Harwich All Saints marriages 1924-1936 ref:D/P 174/1/17 image:119 page:117 entry:234. Cit. Date: 28 January 2026.

3.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2023, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Tendring 1912 quarter:3 volume:4a page:1503. Cit. Date: 27 January 2026.

4.

Seax - Essex Record Office Parish Records, (on-line at www.essexcc.gov.uk). Walton le Soken All Saints baptisms 1914-1954 ref:D/P 229/1/10 image:5 page:4 entry:30. Cit. Date: 27 January 2026.

5.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Colchester 1988 quarter:2 register:488 volume:9 page:2128. Cit. Date: 28 January 2026.

6.

UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG101 piece: 1515G page:14 line:30 letter code:DBZJ. Cit. Date: 27 January 2026.

7.

England and Wales Census 1921, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive series:RG15 piece:9141 registration district:197 sub-district:2 enumeration district:11 schedule:157. Cit. Date: 27 January 2026.

8.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2023, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Tendring 1917 quarter:3 volume:4a page:1106. Cit. Date: 28 January 2026.

9.

England and Wales Census 1921, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive series:RG15 piece:9145 registration district:197 sub-district:3 enumeration district:3 schedule:232. Cit. Date: 28 January 2026.

10.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Essex 2011 quarter:4 district:4631N entry:505871759. Cit. Date: 28 January 2026.