See also
Husband:
Walter Lionel Humphries (1917-1974)
Wife:
Muriel Annie Barrett (1925-2000)
Marriage:
Q4 1942
Colchester "Registration District", Essex, England1
Name:
Sex:
Male
Father:
-
Mother:
-
Birth:
2 Feb 1917
Baptism:
25 Feb 1917 (age 0)
St. Mary's Church, Fratton Road, Portsea, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England3
son of Walter Humphries (leading stoker R.N.) and Elizabeth Violet of 23 Guildford Road
Census:
19 Jun 1921 (age 4 yrs 4 mns)
23 Guildford Road, Kingston, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England5
son attending school and living with his parents Walter and Elizabeth, and sister Freda. Born in Portsmouth
Death:
31 Oct 1974 (age 57)
Probate:
23 Dec 1974
Probate Registry, Arcade Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England6
of 42 Firs Road Winterslow Salisbury died 31st October 1974, administration of £709 (~£6,300 in 2017)
Name:
Muriel Annie Barrett7
Sex:
Female
Father:
Mother:
Occupation:
domestic servant8
Birth:
7 May 1925
Census:
29 Sep 1939 (age 14)
Ivy Cottage, North Street, Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex, England8
an unmarried maid in domestic service living with her parents John and Muriel, brothers John and Donald, and two closed records (presumably sister Patricia and brother Roger). Born on 7th May 1925 and married a Humpries (sic) at a later date
Administrator:
25 Jul 1962 (age 37)
Muriel Annie Barrett was appointed as an administrator at the probate hearing of John Leonard Barrett on Wednesday on 25 July 1962 at the Probate Registry, Arcade Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England
Death:
Apr 2000 (age 74)
Colchester "Registration District", Essex, England9
England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Colchester 1942 quarter:4 volume:4a page:2037. Cit. Date: 6 June 2026.
England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2024, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Portsmouth 1917 quarter:1 volume:2b page:701. Cit. Date: 6 June 2026.
FindMyPast Parish Records Collection - Baptisms, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). Portsea St. Mary baptisms 1914-1920 Portsmouth History Centre ref:CHU 3/1B/49 page:170. Cit. Date: 6 June 2026.
England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Colchester 1974 quarter:4 volume:9 page:2204. Cit. Date: 6 June 2026.
England and Wales Census 1921, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive series:RG15 piece:5219 registration district:90 sub-district:2 enumeration district:6 schedule:72. Cit. Date: 6 June 2026.
UK Government Probate Service, UK Government Find a Will, (on-line at www.probatesearch.service.gov.uk, www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Ipswich 1974 page:4604 no:741010902H. Cit. Date: 6 June 2026.
England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2024, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Tendring 1925 quarter:2 volume:4a page:1324. Cit. Date: 4 June 2026.
UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG101 piece:1513A page:11 line:18 letter code:DBXK. Cit. Date: 5 June 2026.
England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Colchester 2000 quarter:2 district:4691D register:D87C entry:12 date:0400. Cit. Date: 6 June 2026.