See also

Family of Arthur William Charles Chandler and Lilian Ruth Hipkin

  • Husband:

  • Arthur William Charles Chandler (1904-1979)

  • Wife:

  • Lilian Ruth Hipkin (1908-1974)

  • Marriage:

  • 11 Dec 1935

  • All Saints Church, West Street, Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex, England1 2

  •  

  • a bachelor of 3 Newgate Street working as a hotel manager and son of Charles Thomas Chandler an insurance agent. Ruth a spinster of Orlando Vicarage Lane and daughter of Charles Thomas Hipkin a contractor. Married by licence and witnessed by Charles Matthew Hipkin and Rosina Dine Chandler

Husband: Arthur William Charles Chandler

  • Name:

  • Arthur William Charles Chandler3 4 1 2 5

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • hall boy then as a hotel manager6 7

  • Birth:

  • 25 Jan 1904

  • Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex, England3 8 7 6 5

  • Baptism:

  • 24 Mar 1904 (age 0)

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

  •  

  • son of Thomas Charles Chandler (painter) and Rosina Dine (sic) of 44 The Square Walton on Naze

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 7)

  • 20 Old Pier Street, Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex, England8

  •  

  • son living in six rooms with his parents Charles and Rose, and sisters Constance and Joyce. Born in Walton on Naze

  • Census:

  • 19 Jun 1921 (age 17 yrs 5 mns)

  • 40 Bryanston Square, Marylebone, London, England7

  •  

  • an unmarried servant working as a hall boy and living in nineteen rooms with Louis and Emily Heischmann and family, a governess, and seven other servants. Born in Walton on Naze Essex

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 35)

  • Beach Hotel, Trusthorpe Road, Sutton-on-Sea, Lincolnshire, England6

  •  

  • a married hotel manager living with his wife Ruth, a closed record, and six staff. Born on 25th January 1904

  • Death:

  • 13 Feb 1979 (age 75)

  • Canterbury "Registration District", Kent, England5 9

  • Probate:

  • 25 Apr 1979

  • Probate Registry, Brighton, East Sussex, England9

  •  

  • of 83 Chrysler Avenue Herne Bay Kent died 13th February 1979, probate of £32,049 (~£149,000 in 2017)

Wife: Lilian Ruth Hipkin

  • Name:

  • Lilian Ruth Hipkin10 11

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • Charles Thomas Hipkin (1877-1942)

  • Mother:

  • Lily Farrow (1883-1942)

  • Birth:

  • 21 Jan 1908

  • Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex, England10 12 11 13 6 14

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 3)

  • 7 Naze Park Road, Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex, England12

  •  

  • daughter living in five rooms with her parents Charles and Lily, and brothers Charles, John, Ben and Thomas. Born in Walton on Naze

  • Baptism:

  • 9 Apr 1915 (age 7)

  • All Saints Church, West Street, Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex, England11

  •  

  • daughter of Charles Thomas Hipkin (seaman R.N.) and Lily of 7 Naze Park Walton, born on 21st January 1908 and baptised with brothers Benjamin, Thomas, Frank and Albert

  • Census:

  • 19 Jun 1921 (age 13 yrs 5 mns)

  • 4 Old Pier Street, Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex, England13

  •  

  • daughter as Ruth attending school and living in five rooms with her parents Charles and Lilian, brothers Charles, John, Benjamin Thomas and Frank, and a shop assistant. Born in Walton on Naze Essex

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 31)

  • Beach Hotel, Trusthorpe Road, Sutton-on-Sea, Lincolnshire, England6

  •  

  • married as Ruth doing unpaid domestic duties and living with her husband Arthur, a closed record, and six staff. Born on 21st January 1908

  • Death:

  • 4 Feb 1974 (age 66)

  • Colchester "Registration District", Essex, England14 15

  •  

  • as Ruth Lilian Chandler

  • Probate:

  • 6 Mar 1974

  • Probate Registry, Arcade Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England15

  •  

  • Ruth Lilian Chandler of Cliffsea Green Lane Walton-on-Naze Essex died 4th February 1974, probate of £8,741 (~£78,000 in 2017)

Note on Husband: Arthur William Charles Chandler

Following Ruth's death Arthur married Margaret Edith Acton nee Legg (1910-1978) in the Canterbury registration district in the second quarter of 197416 17

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:1974. Cit. Date: 29 January 2026.

2.

Seax - Essex Record Office Parish Records, (on-line at www.essexcc.gov.uk). Walton le Soken All Saints marriages 1933-1939 ref:D/P 229/1/15 image:22 page:20 entry:40. Cit. Date: 29 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 1904 quarter:1 volume:4a page:792. Cit. Date: 29 January 2026.

4.

Seax - Essex Record Office Parish Records, (on-line at www.essexcc.gov.uk). Walton le Soken All Saints baptisms 1885-1914 ref:D/P 229/1/9 image:35 page:65 entry:519. Cit. Date: 29 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). Canterbury 1979 quarter:1 volume:16 page:184. Cit. Date: 29 January 2026.

6.

UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG101 piece: 6444B page:2 line:2 letter code:TMKB. Cit. Date: 29 January 2026.

7.

England and Wales Census 1921, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive series:RG15 piece:582 registration district:7 sub-district:2 enumeration district:10 page:2. Cit. Date: 29 January 2026.

8.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG14 piece:10236 class:RG78 piece:539 registration district:197 sub-district:2 enumeration district:3 schedule:160. Cit. Date: 29 January 2026.

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). Brighton 1979 page:1456 no:790602127G. Cit. Date: 29 January 2026.

10.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2023, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Tendring 1908 quarter:1 volume:4a page:798. Cit. Date: 27 January 2026.

11.

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:28. Cit. Date: 27 January 2026.

12.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG14 piece:10235 class:RG78 piece:539 registration district:197 sub-district:2 enumeration district:2 schedule:204. Cit. Date: 27 January 2026.

13.

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.

14.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Colchester 1974 quarter:1 volume:4a page:2083. Cit. Date: 29 January 2026.

15.

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 1974 page:1563 no:741001867C. Cit. Date: 29 January 2026.

16.

England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Canterbury 1974 quarter:2 volume:16 page:211. Cit. Date: 29 January 2026.

17.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Canterbury 1978 quarter:3 volume:16 page:249. Cit. Date: 29 January 2026.