See also

Family of Percival Victor Pooley and Doris Jane Medhurst

  • Husband:

  • Percival Victor Pooley (1910-1966)

  • Wife:

  • Doris Jane Medhurst (1912-1991)

  • Marriage:

  • Q1 1936

  • Essex "South Western Registration District", Essex, England1

Husband: Percival Victor Pooley

  • Name:

  • Percival Victor Pooley2 1 3

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • fireman instructor4

  • Birth:

  • 31 Jan 1910

  • Bishopsgate, London, England2 5 6 4

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 1)

  • Battersea Fire Station, Battersea, London, England5

  •  

  • son living with his parents Percy and Alice. Born in Bishopsgate London

  • Census:

  • 19 Jun 1921 (age 11 yrs 5 mns)

  • 113b Kennington Road, Lambeth, London, England6

  •  

  • son attending school and living in five rooms with his mother Alice, sister Iris, and a half-brother John Valentine Harrison. Born in Bishopsgate City

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 29)

  • 4 Perth Terrace, Ilford, Essex, England4

  •  

  • a married fireman instructor living with his wife Doris, and a closed record. Born on 31st January 1910

  • Death:

  • 4 Oct 1966 (age 56)

  • Royal Hospital, Cleveland Road, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England3 7

  • Probate:

  • 24 Oct 1966

  • Probate Registry, Liverpool, Lancashire, England

  •  

  • of 3 Newbolds Road Fallings Park Wolverhampton died 4th October 1966 at the Royal Hospital Wolverhampton, probate of £4,871 (~£82,000 in 2017) to Roy Victor Pooley assistant manager

Wife: Doris Jane Medhurst

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1912 baptism Doris Jane Medhurst

  • Name:

  • Doris Jane Medhurst8 9

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • William Francis Medhurst (1884-1961)

  • Mother:

  • Mary Ann Drusilla Carpenter (1885-1970)

  • Birth:

  • 24 Oct 1912

  • Walthamstow, Essex, England8 9 10 4 11

  • Baptism:

  • 25 May 1913 (age 0)

  • St. Saviour's Church, Markhouse Road, Walthamstow, Essex, England9

  •  

  • daughter of William Francis Medhurst (printer) and Mary Ann Drusilla of 231 Leuchar Road, born on 24th October 1912

  • Census:

  • 19 Jun 1921 (age 8 yrs 7 mns)

  • 540 Spring Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England10

  •  

  • visiting granddaughter attending school and living in six rooms with her grandparents Robert and Emily Carpenter, her aunt and uncle Edith and John Wragg, cousin Stanley Wragg, and her brother Herbert. Born in Walthamstow Essex

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 26)

  • 4 Perth Terrace, Ilford, Essex, England4

  •  

  • married doing unpaid domestic duties and living with her husband Percival, and a closed record. Born on 24th October 1912

  • Death:

  • 25 Feb 1991 (age 78)

  • South Staffordshire "Registration District", Staffordshire, England12 13

  • Probate:

  • 4 Apr 1991

  • Probate Registry, Birmingham, West Midlands, England14

  •  

  • of 11 Princefield Avenue Penkridge Stafford died 25th February 1991, probate not exceeding £115,000 (~£231,000 in 2017)

Sources

1.

England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Essex South Western 1936 quarter:1 volume:4a page:408. Cit. Date: 26 June 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). London City 1910 quarter:1 volume:1c page:1. Cit. Date: 26 June 2026.

3.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Wolverhampton 1966 quarter:4 volume:9b page:966. Cit. Date: 27 June 2026.

4.

UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG101 piece:1088B page:11 line:25 letter code:CCSG. Cit. Date: 26 June 2026.

5.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG14 piece:2189 class:RG78 piece:75 registration district:26 sub-district:2 enumeration district:1 schedule:1. Cit. Date: 26 June 2026.

6.

England and Wales Census 1921, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive series:RG15 piece:2018 registration district:25 sub-district:2 enumeration district:3 schedule:4. Cit. Date: 27 June 2026.

7.

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). Liverpool 1966 page:652. Cit. Date: 27 June 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). West Ham 1912 quarter:4 volume:4a page:757. Cit. Date: 25 June 2026.

9.

Seax - Essex Record Office Parish Records, (on-line at www.essexcc.gov.uk). Walthamstow St. Saviour baptisms 1910-1916 ref:WF/W83/95 RBp 7 image:52 page:98 entry:783. Cit. Date: 26 June 2026.

10.

England and Wales Census 1921, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive series:RG15 piece:9439 registration district:213 sub-district:2 enumeration district:16 schedule:106. Cit. Date: 23 June 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). South Staffordshire 1991 quarter:1 register:291 volume:30 page:1176. Cit. Date: 26 June 2026.

12.

Ibid. Birmingham 1991 page:6773 no:9151204120H. Cit. Date: 26 June 2026.

13.

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). Birmingham 1991 page:6773. Cit. Date: 26 June 2026.

14.

Ibid. Birmingham 1991 page:6773 no:9151204120H. Cit. Date: 26 June 2026.