See also

Family of George Edward Smy and Beatrice Mary Mitchell

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1955 marriage certificate George Edward Smy to Beatrice Mary Grayston

  • Husband:

  • George Edward Smy (1910-1995)

  • Wife:

  • Beatrice Mary Mitchell (1915-1977)

  • Marriage:

  • 2 Jun 1955

  • Samford Register Office, Ipswich, Suffolk, England1 2

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  • George a bachelor and son of William Smy a retired master mariner. Mary a widow and daughter of Albert Mitchell a deceased farm bailiff. Both cafe proprietors of Bath Hill Felixstowe, married by certificate and witnessed by F H Smy and D M Webb

Husband: George Edward Smy

  • Name:

  • George Edward Smy3 1 2

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • barman then a cafe proprietor4 2

  • Birth:

  • 31 Aug 1910

  • Ipswich, Suffolk, England3 5 6 4 7

  •  

  • 1939 register says born 31st August 1912

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 6 mns)

  • 10 Great Whip Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England5

  •  

  • son living in five rooms with his parents William and Bertha, sisters Hilda, Muriel, Doris and Beatrice, and brothers Frederick, Harold and Frank. Born in Ipswich Suffolk. Note that his age is given as 6 and the address on the cover is 19 not 10 which his father entered

  • Census:

  • 19 Jun 1921 (age 10 yrs 10 mns)

  • 36 Suffolk Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England6

  •  

  • son attending school and living in five rooms with his parents William and Bertha, brothers Harold and Frank, and sisters Doris and Beatrice. Born in Ipswich Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 29)

  • Lord Nelson, 81-83 Fore Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England4

  •  

  • an unmarried barman living with widowed Isabella Reeve, her son Samuel Reeve, and two others. Born 31st August 1912

  • Death:

  • May 1995 (age 84)

  • Ipswich "Registration District", Suffolk, England7

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 proprietor10 2

  • Birth:

  • 15 Sep 1915

  • Earl Stonham, Suffolk, England8 9 11 12 13

  • Baptism:

  • 30 Jan 1916 (age 0)

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

  •  

  • 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, England12

  •  

  • 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, England13

Sources

1.

England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Samford 1955 quarter:2 volume:4b page:1980. Cit. Date: 6 August 2026.

2.

Marriage Certificate. own copy, index:103a. Cit. Date: 5 September 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). Ipswich 1910 quarter:4 volume:4a page:924. Cit. Date: 6 September 2026.

4.

UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG101 piece:6610F page:5 line:42 letter code:TVOM. Cit. Date: 6 September 2026.

5.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG14 piece:10816 class:RG78 piece:584 registration district:213 sub-district:1 enumeration district:18 schedule:221. Cit. Date: 6 September 2026.

6.

England and Wales Census 1921, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive series:RG15 piece:9443 registration district:213 sub-district:2 enumeration district:20 schedule:235. Cit. Date: 6 September 2026.

7.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Ipswich 1995 quarter:2 district:7471C register:C13B entry:12 date:0595. Cit. Date: 6 September 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:103. Cit. Date: 22 August 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.

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.

13.

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.