See also

Family of Jack Francis and Lilian Ivy Hughes

  • Husband:

  • Jack Francis (1923-1973)

  • Wife:

  • Lilian Ivy Hughes (1925-2001)

  • Marriage:

  • 27 Dec 1948

  • Colchester "Registration District", Essex, England1 2

  •  

  • Jack a bachelor of 81 Wilson Marriage Road working as a stoker and son of Stanley Francis a labourer. Lilian a spinster of 53 Wilson Marriage Road and daughter of John George Hughes a labourer. Married by banns and witnessed by S F Hughes and E S Hughes

Husband: Jack Francis

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Jack Francis, 1948, age 25

  • Name:

  • Jack Francis3 4

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • Stanley Frederick Frances (1893-1957)

  • Mother:

  • Esther May Weir (1895-1957)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • cowman then a stoker5 2

  • Birth:

  • 1 Nov 1923

  • Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India3 5 4

  •  

  • Jack's fathers military attestaton says born on 18th November 1923, death index says born 1st November 1922

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 15)

  • 81 Wilson Marriage Road, Colchester, Essex, England5

  •  

  • an unmarried cowman living with his parents Stanley and Esther, sisters Kathleen and June, brothers Thomas and Ronald, and two closed records (presumably sister Joan and brother Peter), Born on 1st November 1923

  • Death:

  • Q3 1973 (age 49)

  • Colchester "Registration District", Essex, England4

Wife: Lilian Ivy Hughes

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Lilian Ivy Hughes, 1948, age 23

  • Name:

  • Lilian Ivy Hughes6 1

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Birth:

  • 18 Sep 1925

  • Colchester "Registration District", Essex, England6 7

  • Death:

  • May 2001 (age 75)

  • Colchester "Registration District", Essex, England7

Sources

1.

England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Colchester 1948 quarter:4 volume:4a page:1077. Cit. Date: 18 April 2026.

2.

Seax - Essex Record Office Parish Records, (on-line at www.essexcc.gov.uk). Colchester St. James marriages 1944-1953 ref:D/P 138/1/22 image:72 page:70 entry:140. Cit. Date: 18 April 2026.

3.

FindMyPast Royal Artillery attestations 1883-1942 Transcription, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive Royal Artillery Attestations 1883-1942 page:132 no:1043788. Cit. Date: 14 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 1973 quarter:3 volume:4a page:1722. Cit. Date: 18 April 2026.

5.

UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG101 piece:1505E page:14 line:24 letter code:DBUC. Cit. Date: 15 April 2026.

6.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2024, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Colchester 1925 quarter:4 volume:4a page:1229. Cit. Date: 18 April 2026.

7.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Colchester 2001 quarter:2 district:4691B register:B77C entry:221 date:0501. Cit. Date: 18 April 2026.