See also

Family of William Thomas Grayston and Beatrice Mary Mitchell

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1939 marriage William Thomas Grayston to Beatrice Mary Mitchell

  • Husband:

  • William Thomas Grayston (1884-1951)

  • Wife:

  • Beatrice Mary Mitchell (1915-1977)

  • Marriage:

  • 4 Jan 1939

  • Deben Register Office, Suffolk, England1 2

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  • William a divorcee working as a master carpenter and son of William Grayston a deceased builder. Beatrice a spinster working as a domestic cook and daughter of Albert Mitchell a farm bailiff. Both of Bath Hill Felixstowe, married by licence and witnessed by C E Gooch and Thomas H Farrow

Husband: William Thomas Grayston

  • Name:

  • William Thomas Grayston3 1 2 4

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • master carpenter and joiner5 2 6

  • Birth:

  • 3 Nov 1884

  • Highgate, Middlesex, England3 7 5 6

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  • 1939 register says born on 3rd November 1887

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 6)

  • 5 Colva Street, St. Pancras, London, England7

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  • son as Thomas living in four rooms with his parents John and Matilda, sister Gertrude, and brothers Ernest, Edwin and Fred. Born in Islington

  • Census absence:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 16)

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  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 26)

  • Bath Bungalow, Felixstowe, Suffolk, England5

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  • married head of the household working as a carpenter for a builder and living with his wife Minnie, daughter Minnie, and a visitor. Born in Higate (sic)

  • Census absence:

  • 19 Jun 1921 (age 36)

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  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 54)

  • Bath Hill, Felixstowe, Suffolk, England6

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  • a married joiner as Thomas living with his widowed mother Matilda Grayston, his wife Beatrice, and his sister-in-law Ivy Mitchell. Born on 3rd November 1887

  • Death:

  • Q3 1951 (age 66)

  • Samford "Registration District", Suffolk, England4

Wife: Beatrice Mary Mitchell

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1916 baptism Dorothy and Beatrice Mitchell

  • Name:

  • Beatrice Mary Mitchell8 9

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • Albert Mitchell (1879-1959)

  • Mother:

  • Mary Ann Diaper (1888-1970)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • domestic cook then a cafe proprietor2 10

  • Birth:

  • 15 Sep 1915

  • Earl Stonham, Suffolk, England8 9 11 6 12

  • Baptism:

  • 30 Jan 1916 (age 0)

  • St. Mary the Virgin Church, Earl Stonham, Suffolk, England9

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  • daughter of Albert Mitchell (labourer) and Mary of Earl Stonham, born on 15th September 1915 and baptised with sister Dorothy

  • Census:

  • 19 Jun 1921 (age 5 yrs 9 mns)

  • Forward Green, Earl Stonham, Suffolk, England11

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  • daughter attending school and living in four rooms with her parents Albert and Mary, cousin Eric Harold Diaper, sisters Dorothy and Ivy, and brother John. Born in Earl Stonham Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 24)

  • Bath Hill, Felixstowe, Suffolk, England6

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  • married as Mary and living with her widowed mother-in-law Matilda Grayston, her husband Thomas Grayston, and her sister Ivy. Born 15th September 1915 and married an Smy at a later date

  • Death:

  • Q2 1977 (age 61)

  • Ipswich "Registration District", Suffolk, England12

Note on Husband: William Thomas Grayston

William previously married to Minnie Beatrice Dent (c1889-1977) in the Woodbridge registration district in the second quarter of 1909 and they divorced in 1920. Minnie then married Harold Stanley Clark13 5 2 14 15

Sources

1.

England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Deben 1939 quarter:1 volume:4a page:1701. Cit. Date: 6 August 2026.

2.

Marriage Certificate. own copy, index:103. Cit. Date: 22 August 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). Islington 1884 quarter:4 volume:1b page:346. Cit. Date: 22 August 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). Samford 1951 quarter:3 volume:4b page:692. Cit. Date: 6 August 2026.

5.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG14 piece:10880 class:RG78 piece:587 registration district:214 sub-district:2 enumeration district:12 schedule:3. Cit. Date: 22 August 2026.

6.

UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG101 piece:6616J page:5 line:5 letter code:TWEF. Cit. Date: 6 August 2026.

7.

England and Wales Census 1891, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG12 piece:139 folio:21 page:38 schedule:232. Cit. Date: 23 August 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). Bosmere 1915 quarter:4 volume:4a page:1658. Cit. Date: 2 August 2026.

9.

Ancestry Suffolk, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1924, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk). Earl Stonham St. Mary the Virgin baptisms 1854-1924 page:125 entry:998. Cit. Date: 6 August 2026.

10.

Marriage Certificate. own copy, index:103a. Cit. Date: 5 September 2026. Family Archive, Held by David and Sue Wilkinson.

11.

England and Wales Census 1921, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive series:RG15 piece:9376 registration district:211 sub-district:1 enumeration district:11, 12, 13 schedule:26. Cit. Date: 6 August 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). Ipswich 1977 quarter:2 volume:10 2623. Cit. Date: 6 August 2026.

13.

England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Woodbridge 1909 quarter:2 volume:4a page:1921. Cit. Date: 22 August 2026.

14.

FindMyPast England and Wales, Divorce Court Index, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:J77/1604 Divorce Court File:9771. Cit. Date: 22 August 2026.

15.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Newham 1977 quarter:1 volume:15 page:1909. Cit. Date: 22 August 2026.