Family of Thomas Gandy and Kathleen May Masters

Husband:
Thomas Gandy (1915-1991)
Wife:
Kathleen May Masters (1918-1956)
Status:
Divorced
Marriage:
27 Sep 1940
Colchester "Registration District", Essex, England¹ ²
Thomas a bachelor of Windlesham Home School Washington near Pulborough serving as trooper 3769729 with the Lancers and son of Joseph Gandy a dock labourer. Kathleen a spinster of 81 Wilson Marriage Road Colchester working as a tailoress, fathers name not given. Married by licence and witnessed by E Francis and S F Francis

Husband: Thomas Gandy

Name:
Thomas Gandy³ ¹ ² ⁴
Sex:
Male
Father:
-
Mother:
-
Birth:
4 Jun 1915
Liverpool, Lancashire, England³ ⁵ ⁴
Census:
19 Jun 1921 (age 6)
14 Nimrod Street, Walton, Liverpool, Lancashire, England⁵
son attending school and living in four rooms with his parents Joseph and Alice, brother Joseph, and sister Beatrice. Born in Liverpool Lancashire
Death:
Jan 1991 (age 75)
Halton "Registration District", Cheshire, England⁴

Kathleen May Masters

Name:
Kathleen May Masters⁶ ⁷ ⁸
Sex:
Female
Father:
-
Mother:
Esther May Weir (1895-1957)
Occupation:
trouser machinist then a tailoress⁹ ²
Birth:
27 Sep 1918
5 Victoria Place, Colchester, Essex, England⁶ ⁷ ⁸ ¹⁰ ⁹
daughter of Esther May Masters a tailors finisher
Census:
19 Jun 1921 (age 2 yrs 9 mns)
5 Victoria Place, Colchester, Essex, England¹⁰
daughter living in four rooms with her mother Esther, and brother Harry. Born in Colchester
Census:
29 Sep 1939 (age 21)
81 Wilson Marriage Road, Colchester, Essex, England⁹
an unmarried trouser machinist living with her parents Stanley and Esther, sister June, brothers Jack, Thomas and Ronald, and two closed records (presumably sister Joan and brother Peter), Born on 27th September 1918 and married a Gandy then a Moles at later dates
Death:
Q4 1956 (age 38)
Colchester "Registration District", Essex, England¹¹

Divorce assumed as Kathleen remarried

1.: England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Colchester 1940 quarter:3 volume:4a page:3529. Cit. Date: 19 April 2026.

2.: Marriage Certificate. from Ancestry Cottis Family Trees by Terence Cottis. Cit. Date: 19 April 2026. Family Archive, Held by David and Sue Wilkinson.

3.: England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2024, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). West Derby 1915 quarter:3 volume:8b page:470. Cit. Date: 19 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). Halton 1991 quarter:1 register:191 volume:35 page:674. Cit. Date: 19 April 2026.

5.: England and Wales Census 1921, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive series:RG15 piece:17583 registration district:455 sub-district:4 enumeration district:35 schedule:260. Cit. Date: 19 April 2026.

6.: 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.

7.: England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2024, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Colchester 1918 quarter:4 volume:4a page:1071. Cit. Date: 14 April 2026.

8.: Birth Certificate. from Ancestry Cottis Family Trees by Terence Cottis. Cit. Date: 19 April 2026. Family Archive, Held by David and Sue Wilkinson.

9.: 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.

10.: England and Wales Census 1921, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive series:RG15 piece:9175 registration district:198 sub-district:1 enumeration district:8, 9 schedule:3. Cit. Date: 17 April 2026.

11.: England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Colchester 1956 quarter:4 volume:4a page:533. Cit. Date: 19 April 2026.