Family of Maurice Harvey Francis and Ada Eva Pettitt

Husband: Maurice Harvey Francis

Name:
Maurice Harvey Francis² ³ ⁴
Sex:
Male
Father:
Frederick Frances (1862-1933)
Mother:
Sarah Jane Morphew (1868-1936)
Occupation:
agricultural / farm labourer⁵
Birth:
1 Apr 1908
Ardleigh, Essex, England² ³ ⁶ ⁷ ⁵ ⁴
Baptism:
24 May 1908 (age 0)
St. Mary the Virgin Church, The Street, Ardleigh, Essex, England³
son of Frederick Francis (labourer) and Sarah Jane of Ardleigh, born 1st April 1908
Census:
2 Apr 1911 (age 3)
1 Waterhouse Cottage, Ardleigh, Essex, England⁶
son living in five rooms with his parents Frederick and Sarah, brothers Stanley and Sidney, and sister Mary. Born in Ardleigh Essex
Census:
19 Jun 1921 (age 13 yrs 2 mns)
1 Waterhouse Cottage, Ardleigh, Essex, England⁷
son attending school and living in five rooms with his parents Frederick and Sarah, brother Sidney, and sister Mary. Born in Ardleigh Essex
Census:
29 Sep 1939 (age 31)
Cross Inn, Burnt Heath, Ardleigh, Essex, England⁵
a married general farm labourer living with his wife Eva, a closed record (presumably daughter Pauline), and son Derek. Born 1st April 1908
Death:
Aug 1989 (age 81)
Colchester "Registration District", Essex, England⁴

Name:
Ada Eva Pettitt⁸ ⁹ ¹
Sex:
Female
Father:
-
Mother:
-
Birth:
26 Jul 1907
Colchester, Essex, England⁸ ¹⁰ ¹¹ ⁵ ¹²
death index says born 25th July 1907
Baptism:
13 Feb 1909 (age 1)
St. Martin's Church, Quaker Lane, Colchester, Essex, England⁹
Eva Ada, daughter of Lizzie Maud Pettitt of 3 Nunns Road
Census:
2 Apr 1911 (age 3)
3 Nunns Road, Colchester, Essex, England¹⁰
(grand)daughter as Eva living in five rooms with her widowed grandmother Elizabeth Damant, her mother Maud, brothers Arthur and Eddie, uncle and aunt Edmund and Naomi Damant, and cousins Edmund and Gladys Damant. Born in Colchester Essex
Census:
19 Jun 1921 (age 13)
6 Nunns Road, Colchester, Essex, England¹¹
niece as Eva attending school and living in six rooms with her uncle and aunt Edmund and Naomi Damant, her widowed mother Elizabeth, her brother Eddie, and cousins Claude and Edmund Damant. Born in Colchester
Census:
29 Sep 1939 (age 32)
Cross Inn, Burnt Heath, Ardleigh, Essex, England⁵
married doing unpaid domestic duties and living with her husband Maurice, a closed record (presumably daughter Pauline), and son Derek. Born 26th July 1907
Death:
Q3 1978 (age 70-71)
Colchester "Registration District", Essex, England¹²

Name:
Derek James Francis¹⁵ ¹⁶
Sex:
Male
Birth:
6 Jan 1937
Tendring "Registration District", Essex, England¹⁵ ⁵
Census:
29 Sep 1939 (age 2)
Cross Inn, Burnt Heath, Ardleigh, Essex, England⁵
under school age and living with his parents Maurice and Eva, and a closed record (presumably sister Pauline). Born 6th January 1937
Death:
Q4 1940 (age 3)
Colchester "Registration District", Essex, England¹⁶

1.: England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Colchester 1935 quarter:1 volume:4a page:1215. Cit. Date: 11 April 2026.

2.: England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2024, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Tendring 1908 quarter:2 volume:4a page:827. Cit. Date: 8 April 2026.

3.: Seax - Essex Record Office Parish Records, (on-line at www.essexcc.gov.uk). Ardleigh St. Mary the Virgin baptisms 1845-1967 ref:D/P 263/1/28 image:134 page:260 entry:2079. Cit. Date: 11 April 2026.

4.: England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Colchester 1989 quarter:3 register:889 volume:9 page:1849. Cit. Date: 11 April 2026.

5.: UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG101 piece:1597B page:11 line:43 letter code:DDYI. Cit. Date: 11 April 2026.

6.: England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG14 piece:10275 class:RG78 piece:542 registration district:197 sub-district:5 enumeration district:11 schedule:53. Cit. Date: 9 April 2026.

7.: England and Wales Census 1921, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive series:RG15 piece:9164 registration district:197 sub-district:4 enumeration district:9, 10, 11, 12 schedule:70. Cit. Date: 10 April 2026.

8.: England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2024, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Colchester 1907 quarter:3 volume:4a page:817. Cit. Date: 11 April 2026.

9.: Seax - Essex Record Office Parish Records, (on-line at www.essexcc.gov.uk). Colchester St. Martin's baptisms 1883-1912 ref:D/P 325/1/8 image:48 page:91 entry:721. Cit. Date: 11 April 2026.

10.: England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG14 piece:10311 class:RG78 piece:544 registration district:198 sub-district:2 enumeration district:6 schedule:61. Cit. Date: 11 April 2026.

11.: England and Wales Census 1921, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive series:RG15 piece:9190 registration district:198 sub-district:2 enumeration district:5 schedule:10. Cit. Date: 11 April 2026.

12.: England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Colchester 1978 quarter:3 volume:9 page:1765. Cit. Date: 11 April 2026.

13.: England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2024, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Tendring 1935 quarter:4 volume:4a page:1130. Cit. Date: 11 April 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). Essex 2022 quarter:2 district:4631C entry:524123485. Cit. Date: 11 April 2026.

15.: England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2024, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Tendring 1937 quarter:1 volume:4a page:1170. Cit. Date: 11 April 2026.

16.: England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Colchester 1940 quarter:4 volume:4a page:1764. Cit. Date: 11 April 2026.