See also

Family of William Henry Grayson and Ethel Esther Reynolds

  • Husband:

  • William Henry Grayson (1893-1982)

  • Wife:

  • Ethel Esther Reynolds (1889-1954)

  • Children:

  • Victor Henry Grayson (1922-1944)

  •  

  • Muriel Helene Grayson (1927-1984)

  • Marriage:

  • 25 Sep 1921

  • St. Peter's Church, Black Lion Lane, Hammersmith, London, England1 2

  •  

  • William a bachelor working as a commercial assistant and son of Henry Grayson a gardener. Ethel a widow and daughter of Harry Reynolds a mariner. Both of 31 Paddenswick Road W.6, married by banns and witnessed by Robert Dobson Hadley and Henry Grayson

Husband: William Henry Grayson

  • Name:

  • William Henry Grayson3 1 2 4

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • clerk, commercial assistant then a departmental manager5 6 7

  • Birth:

  • 31 Aug 1893

  • Hammersmith, London, England3 8 5 6 9 4

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 7)

  • 42 Nasmyth Road, Hammersmith, London, England8

  •  

  • son living with his parents Henry and Harriett, sister Amy, aunt Fanny Winslet, and cousins Albery (sic) and Gladys Winslet. Born in London

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 17)

  • The Woodlands, 31 Paddenswick Road, Hammersmith, London, England5

  •  

  • unmarried son working as a clerk for a steel manufacturer and living in six rooms with his parents Henry and Harriet, and sister Amy. Born in Hammersmith

  • Military Service:

  • frm 22 Oct 1915 to 31 Mar 1920 (age 22-26)

  • British Army Royal Horse & Field Artillery as Gunner no:L/111910

  •  

  • a clerk of 31 Paddenswick Road Hammersmith who was 5' 6" tall with a chest of 35½" and expansion of 4½". He served in France from 1916 then in Salonica 1918-19 receiving a compound fracture of his left great toe in November 1918

  • Medals:

  • 1920 (app)

  •  

  •  

  • British War and Victory medals

  • Census:

  • 19 Jun 1921 (age 27 yrs 9 mns)

  • The Woodlands, 31 Paddenswick Road, Hammersmith, London, England6

  •  

  • unmarried son working as a commercial assistant for Dorman Long & Co steel manufacturers of 4 Central Building S.W.1 and living in five rooms with his parents Henry and Harriett, and sister Amy. Born in Hammersmith London W.6

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 46)

  • 28 Beresford Road, Sutton, Surrey, England7

  •  

  • a married departmental manager for Dorman Lock & Co colliery and mine owners and iron & steel manufacturers living with his wife Ethel, daughter Muriel , widowed mother-in-law Sarah Reynolds, sister-in-law Gladys Reynolds, his widowed mother Harriett, and an Emily Harris. Born on 31st August 1893

  • Death:

  • Q4 1982 (age 89)

  • Haywards Heath "Registration District", West Sussex, England4

Wife: Ethel Esther Reynolds

  • Name:

  • Ethel Esther Reynolds11

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • Harry Chapman Reynolds (1862-1930)

  • Mother:

  • Florence Sarah Hennig (1862-1948)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • shorthand typist12 13

  • Birth:

  • 28 Apr 1889

  • Hackney, London, England11 14 15 12 13 9

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 1)

  • Grove Lane, Hackney, London, England14

  •  

  • daughter living in four rooms with her parents Harry and Florence. Born in Hackney London

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 11)

  • 55 Faraday Road, Kensington, London, England15

  •  

  • daughter living in four rooms with her parents Harry and Florence, and sister Gladys. Born in Hackney London

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 21)

  • 35a Dunravan Road, Shepherds Bush, London, England12

  •  

  • unmarried daughter working as a typist and living in five rooms with her parents Harry and Florence, sister Gladys. Born in Hackney London

  • Census:

  • 19 Feb 1921 (age 32 yrs 2 mns)

  • 31 Stanlake Road, Shepherd's Bush, London, England13

  •  

  • widowed daughter as Ethel Moon working as a shorthand typist for Dornan, Long & Co. Ltd. steel manufacturers of 4 Central Buildings S.W.1 and living in five rooms with her parents Harry, and sister Gladys, Born in Hackney London

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 50)

  • 28 Beresford Road, Sutton, Surrey, England7

  •  

  • married doing unpaid domestic duties and living with her husband William, daughter Muriel , widowed mother Sarah, sister Gladys, widowed mother-in-law Harriett Grayson, and an Emily Harris. Born on 28th April 1889

  • Administrator:

  • 5 Jan 1949 (age 59)

  •  

     

    Ethel Esther Reynolds was appointed as an administrator at the probate hearing of Florence Sarah Hennig on Wednesday on 5 January 1949 at the Probate Registry, London, England

  • Death:

  • Q1 1954 (age 64)

  • Surrey "Mid Eastern Registration District", Surrey, England16

Child 1: Victor Henry Grayson

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Son: Victor Henry Grayson

  • Name:

  • Victor Henry Grayson17

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Nickname:

  • Vic

  • Birth:

  • 22 Jul 1922

  • Hammersmith "Registration District", London, England17 18

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 17)

  • Dymsdale, Old Hadlow Road, Tonbridge, Kent, England18

  •  

  • attending school and living with Don and Nora Chalkin, and a William Carlile. Born on 22nd July 1922

  • Death:

  • 5 Jul 1944 (age 21)

  • Oise, France19

  • Burial:

  •  

  • Creil Communal Cemetery, Rue Léon Blum, Creil, Oise, France

  •  

  • died 5th July 1944 aged serving as Flight Sergeant no:1394653 with the 9 Squadron Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Son of William Henry and Ethel Esther Grayson of Cheam Surrey

Child 2: Muriel Helene Grayson

  • Name:

  • Muriel Helene Grayson20

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Spouse:

  • David Richard Britten (1930-2020)

  • Birth:

  • 19 Nov 1927

  • Hammersmith "Registration District", London, England20 9 21

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 11)

  • 28 Beresford Road, Sutton, Surrey, England7

  •  

  • attending school and living with her parents William and Ethel, widowed grandmother Sarah Reynolds, aunt Gladys Reynolds, widowed grandmother Harriett Grayson, and an Emily Harris. Born on 19th November 1927 and married a Britten at a later date

  • Death:

  • 25 Mar 1984 (age 56)

  • Poole "Registration District", Dorset, England21 22

  • Probate:

  • 22 May 1984

  • Probate Registry, Winchester, Hampshire, England22

  •  

  • of The Grange Cheshire Home 2 Mount Road Parkstone Poole died 25th march 1984, probate of £1,225 (~£3,700 in 2017)

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England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Hammersmith 1921 quarter:3 volume:1a page:639. Cit. Date: 22 February 2026.

2.

Ancestry London, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1940, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk). Hammersmith St. Peter marriages 1908-1932 page:66 entry:132. Cit. Date: 22 February 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). Fulham 1893 quarter:3 volume:1a page:245. Cit. Date: 22 February 2026.

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England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Haywards Heath 1982 quarter:4 volume:18 page:1860. Cit. Date: 23 February 2026.

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England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG14 piece:252 class:RG78 piece:8 registration district:3 sub-district:2 enumeration-district:26 schedule:9. Cit. Date: 22 February 2026.

6.

England and Wales Census 1921, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive series:RG15 piece:285a registration district:3a sub-district:2 enumeration-district:40 schedule:279. Cit. Date: 23 February 2026.

7.

UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG101 piece: 1390F page:10 line:1 letter code:CNKF. Cit. Date: 21 February 2026.

8.

England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG13 piece:48 folio:49 page:27 schedule:161. Cit. Date: 22 February 2026.

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UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG101 piece: 1390F page:10 line:1 letter code:CNKF. Cit. Date: 22 February 2026.

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England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2023, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Hackney 1889 quarter:2 volume:1b page:558. Cit. Date: 21 February 2026.

12.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG14 piece:215 class:RG78 piece:7 registration district:3 sub-district:1 enumeration-district:19 schedule:141. Cit. Date: 21 February 2026.

13.

England and Wales Census 1921, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive series:RG15 piece:228 registration district:3A sub-district:1 enumeration-district:24 schedule:251. Cit. Date: 21 February 2026.

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England and Wales Census 1891, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG12 piece:191 folio:21 page:36 schedule:221. Cit. Date: 21 February 2026.

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England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG13 piece:27 folio:33 page:6 schedule:412. Cit. Date: 21 February 2026.

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England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Surrey Mid Eastern 1954 quarter:1 volume:5g page:337. Cit. Date: 22 February 2026.

17.

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UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG101 piece: 1795B page:5 line:16 letter code:DIYG. Cit. Date: 22 February 2026.

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Commonwealth War Grave Commission, (on-line at www.cwgc.org). Creil Communal Cemetery row:1 grave:376. Cit. Date: 22 February 2026.

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England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2023, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Hammersmith 1927 quarter:4 volume:1a page:239. Cit. Date: 22 February 2026.

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England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Poole 1984 quarter:1 register:384 volume:23 page:779. Cit. Date: 22 February 2026.

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