See also

Family of Eric Harold Diaper and Dorothy May Cant

  • Husband:

  • Eric Harold Diaper (1913-1978)

  • Wife:

  • Dorothy May Cant (1928-1970)

  • Marriage:

  • Q3 1950

  • Ipswich "Registration District", Suffolk, England1

Husband: Eric Harold Diaper

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Eric Harold Diaper

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1913 birth certificate Eric Harold Diaper

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1939 attestation Eric Harold Diaper

  • Name:

  • Eric Harold Diaper2 3 4

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • Eliza Ellen Diaper (1884-1951)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • cellarman5

  • Birth:

  • 5 Jan 1913

  • Maternity Hospital, 271 Mare Street, Hackney, London, England2 3 6 5 7 4

  •  

  • son of Nellie Draper (domestic servant) of Mill House Forward Green Stowmarket

  • Census:

  • 19 Jun 1921 (age 8 yrs 5 mns)

  • Forward Green, Earl Stonham, Suffolk, England6

  •  

  • nephew attending school and living in four rooms with his uncle and aunt Albert and Mary Mitchell, cousins Dorothy, Beatrice, John and Ivy Mitchell. Born in London

  • Witness:

  • 6 Nov 1937 (age 24)

  • Eric Harold Diaper witnessed the marriage of Rowland Rose and Dorothy Gladys Mitchell on Saturday on 6 November 1937 at All Saints Church, Church Street, Wetheringsett-cum-Brockford, Suffolk, England

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 26)

  • 230 Wherstead Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England5

  •  

  • an unmarried bar cellarman living with Maud Lambert and family, and a Dennis Crowe. Born on 5th January 1913

  • Military Service:

  • 3 Oct 1939 (age 26)

  • British Army Royal Engineers as no:58259457

  • Death:

  • Q2 1978 (age 65)

  • Ipswich "Registration District", Suffolk, England4

  • Cremation:

  • 20 Jun 1978

  • Ipswich Crematorium, Cemetery Lane, Ipswich, Suffolk, England8

Wife: Dorothy May Cant

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Dorothy May Cant

  • Name:

  • Dorothy May Cant9 1

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Birth:

  • 24 May 1928

  • Woodbridge "Registration District", Suffolk, England9 10 11

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 11)

  • 1 Council Houses, Bucklesham, Suffolk, England10

  •  

  • attending school and living with her parents Frederick and Ellen, sisters Evelyn and Joyce, and four closed records. Born on 24th May 1928 and married a Diaper at a later date

  • Death:

  • Q1 1970 (age 41)

  • Samford "Registration District", Suffolk, England11

Sources

1.

England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Ipswich 1950 quarter:3 volume:4b page:2327. Cit. Date: 9 August 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). Hackney 1913 quarter:1 volume:1b page:864. Cit. Date: 9 August 2026.

3.

Birth Certificate. own copy, GRO digital image. Cit. Date: 9 August 2026. Family Archive, Held by David and Sue Wilkinson.

4.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Ipswich 1978 quarter:2 volume:10 page:2427. Cit. Date: 9 August 2026.

5.

UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG101 piece:6602C page:9 line:37 letter code:TVBL. Cit. Date: 9 August 2026.

6.

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.

7.

FindMyPast British Army, Royal Engineers 1900-1949, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). 1939 no:5825945. Cit. Date: 9 August 2026.

8.

Ipswich Borough Council Everafter, (on-line at www.ipswichboroughcouncil.discovereverafter.com). Ipswich Crematorium. Cit. Date: 9 August 2026.

9.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2024, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Woodbridge 1928 quarter:2 volume:4a page:1664. Cit. Date: 9 August 2026.

10.

UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG101 piece:6634B page:9 line:27 letter code:TXCD. Cit. Date: 9 August 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). Samford 1970 quarter:1 volume:4b page:3315. Cit. Date: 9 August 2026.