See also

Family of George Edward Campton and Edith Mary Leist

  • Husband:

  • George Edward Campton (1911-1993)

  • Wife:

  • Edith Mary Leist (1921-2021)

  • Status:

  • Divorced

  • Marriage:

  • Q3 1940

  • Maldon "Registration District", Essex, England1

  •  

  • Edith as Edythe M Leist

Husband: George Edward Campton

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1911 baptism George Edward Campton

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1929 British Army enlistment George Edward Campton

  • Name:

  • George Edward Campton2 3 4

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • Thomas Campton (1883-1956)

  • Mother:

  • Ellen Sims (1886-1970)

  • Birth:

  • 14 Jun 1911

  • Upavon, Wiltshire, England2 3 5 4

  • Baptism:

  • 22 Oct 1911 (age 0)

  • St. Mary the Virgin Church, High Street, Upavon, Wiltshire, England3

  •  

  • son of Thomas Campton (jockey) and Nellie of Upavon, born 14th June 1911

  • Census:

  • 19 Jun 1921 (age 10)

  • Noville Terrace, Upavon, Wiltshire, England5

  •  

  • son attending school and living in five rooms with his parents Thomas and Ellen, sister Doris, and brother Edmund. Born in Upavon Wiltshire

  • Military Service:

  • frm 25 Nov 1929 to 18 Jan 1946 (age 18-34)

  • British Army Royal Tank Corps as no:3167336

  • Death:

  • Nov 1993 (age 82)

  • Chelmsford "Registration District", Essex, England4

Wife: Edith Mary Leist

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Edith Mary Leist

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1921 baptism Edith Mary Leist

  • Name:

  • Edith Mary Leist7 8 1

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • domestic servant9

  • Birth:

  • 16 Nov 1921

  • Maldon "Registration District", Essex, England7 8 9

  • Baptism:

  • 11 Dec 1921 (age 0)

  • St. Nicolas's Church, Chipping Hill, Witham, Essex, England8

  •  

  • daughter of Arthur Ambrose Leist (labourer) and Ethel May of The Row Wickham Bishops, born 16th November 1921

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 17)

  • 4 Brook Hall Cottages, Ramsey Island, Essex, England9

  •  

  • an unmarried domestic servant living with her parents Arthur and Ethel, and brother Charles. Born 16th November 1921 and married a Campton and a Geer at later dates

  • Death:

  • Q4 2021 (age 99-100)

  • Suffolk "Registration District", Suffolk, England10

Note on Marriage

Divorce assumed as Edith remarried

Note on Wife: Edith Mary Leist

Following the assumed divorce from George Edith married John Dennis Geer (1928-1999) in the Maldon registration district in the fourth quarter of 195911 12

Sources

1.

England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Maldon 1940 quarter:3 volume:4a page:3213. Cit. Date: 22 May 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). Pewsey 1911 quarter:3 volume:5a page:264. Cit. Date: 18 May 2026.

3.

Ancestry Parish Baptisms, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk). Upavon St. Mary the Virgin baptisms 1875-1924 page:41 entry:326. Cit. Date: 22 May 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). Chelmsford 1993 quarter:4 district:4681A register:A52G entry:62 date:1193. Cit. Date: 22 May 2026.

5.

England and Wales Census 1921, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive series:RG15 piece:10068 registration district:251 sub-district:1 enumeration district:1, 2, 3, 4, 5 schedule:74. Cit. Date: 18 May 2026.

6.

FindMyPast Royal Tank Corps Enlistment Records, 1919-1934, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). no:316733. Cit. Date: 22 May 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). Maldon 1921 quarter:4 volume:4a page:1336. Cit. Date: 22 May 2026.

8.

Seax - Essex Record Office Parish Records, (on-line at www.essexcc.gov.uk). Witham St. Nicolas baptisms 1907-1964 ref:D/P 30/1/17 image:57 page:109 entry:870. Cit. Date: 23 May 2026.

9.

UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG101 piece:1583I page:8 line:35 letter code:DDQX. Cit. Date: 23 May 2026.

10.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Suffolk 2021 quarter:4 district:7481E entry:523066742. Cit. Date: 22 May 2026.

11.

England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Maldon 1959 quarter:4 volume:4a page:1270. Cit. Date: 23 May 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). Braintree 1999 quarter:2 district:4651 register:F73 entry:163 date:0499. Cit. Date: 23 May 2026.