Family of Arthur John Wright and Dorothy Perfect Drew

1935 marriage Arthur John Wright to Dorothy Perfect Drew

Husband:
Arthur John Wright (1905-1943)
Wife:
Dorothy Perfect Drew (1903-1962)
Marriage:
19 Sep 1935
St. John's Church, St. John's Hill, Woodbridge, Suffolk, England¹ ²
Arthur a bachelor of 11 Quay Street Woodbridge working as a labourer and son of Arthur Frederick Wright a deceased labourer. Dorothy a spinster of 21 Deben Road Woodbridge and daughter of Alfred Drew a deceased gardener. Married by banns and witnessed by F C Wright and B D Wright

Husband: Arthur John Wright

Name:
Arthur John Wright³
Sex:
Male
Father:
Frederick Arthur Wright (1861-1918)
Mother:
Alice Emma Farthing (1864-1918)
Occupation:
stockman⁴
Birth:
Q3 1905
Kirton, Suffolk, England³ ⁵ ⁴
Census:
2 Apr 1911 (age 5)
Falkenham Road, Kirton, Suffolk, England⁵
son as John living in six rooms with his parents Arthur and Alice, brothers Frederick and Bernard, and sister May. Born in Kirton Suffolk
Census:
19 Jun 1921 (age 15 yrs 10 mns)
Oak Houses, Capel Hall Lane, Trimley St. Martin, Suffolk, England⁴
unmarried brother as John working as a stock tender for A M Keith farmer of Capel Hall Trimley and living in four rooms with his brother Frederick, his sister-in-law Annie, his widowed sister Hilda Joy, and his nephew Philip Joy. Born in Kirton Suffolk
Death:
27 Mar 1943 (age 37)
Tunisia⁶
Burial:
Medjez-el-Bab War Cemetery, Tunisia⁶
gunner 1060602 of the Royal Artillery 169 Battery 57 Lt. A.A. Regiment, husband of Dorothy Perfect Wright of Brookwood Surrey

1903 baptism Dorothy Perfect Drew

Name:
Dorothy Perfect Drew⁷ ⁸ ¹
Sex:
Female
Father:
-
Mother:
-
Occupation:
die stamper⁹
Birth:
13 Feb 1903
Woking, Surrey, England⁷ ¹⁰ ⁹ ¹¹
Baptism:
20 Sep 1903 (age 0)
Christ Church, Church Street, Woking, Surrey, England⁸
daughter of Alfred Drew (cab driver) and Elizabeth of 20 Mabel Road
Census:
2 Apr 1911 (age 8)
40 Mabel Street, Woking, Surrey, England¹⁰
daughter attending school and living in five rooms with her parents Alfred and Elizabeth, brothers Thomas and William, sister Elizabeth, and a lodger. Born in Woking Surrey
Census:
19 Jun 1921 (age 18 yrs 4 mns)
40 Mabel Street, Woking, Surrey, England⁹
unmarried daughter working as a die stamper for W A Elton stationers of 45 Chertsey Road Woking and living in four rooms with her parents Alfred and Elizabeth, and sister Elizabeth. Born in Woking Surrey
Census:
29 Sep 1939 (age 36)
48 Station Road, Woodbridge, Suffolk, England¹¹
married doing unpaid domestic duties and living with a closed record, and schoolboy Peter Nash. Born on 13th February 1903
Death:
17 Jun 1962 (age 59)
Samford "Registration District", Suffolk, England¹² ¹³
Probate:
4 Jul 1962
Probate Registry, Arcade Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England¹²
a widow of 2 Mrytle Cottages Falkenham Suffolk died 17th June 1962, probate of effects of £633 6s 6d (~£12,000 in 2017) to William Hayward Haward solicitor

Dorothy was a sister of Thomas Edward Drew who married Arthur's sister Alice

1.: England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Deben 1935 quarter:3 volume:4a page:3595. Cit. Date: 9 September 2026.

2.: Ancestry Suffolk, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns 1754-1949, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk). Woodbridge St. John marriages 1930-1939 page:22 entry:44. Cit. Date: 9 September 2026.

3.: England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2024, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Woodbridge 1905 quarter:3 volume:4a page:1061. Cit. Date: 8 September 2026.

4.: England and Wales Census 1921, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive series:RG15 piece:9460 registration district:214 sub-district:1 enumeration district:8 schedule:13. Cit. Date: 9 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:10874 class:RG78 piece:587 registration district:214 sub-district:2 enumeration district:6 schedule:20. Cit. Date: 9 September 2026.

6.: Commonwealth War Grave Commission, (on-line at www.cwgc.org). Tunisia Medjez-el-Bab War Cemetery 17.G.18. Cit. Date: 9 September 2026.

7.: England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2024, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Guildford 1903 quarter:1 volume:2a page:71. Cit. Date: 9 September 2026.

8.: FindMyPast Parish Records Collection - Baptisms, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). Surrey Baptisms Woking Christ Church baptisms 1894-1904 Surrey History Centre ref:WOKCC/1/2 page:90 entry:718. Cit. Date: 9 September 2026.

9.: England and Wales Census 1921, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive series:RG15 piece:3172 registration district:33 sub-district:1 enumeration district:9 schedule:237. Cit. Date: 9 September 2026.

10.: England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG14 piece:3036 class:RG78 piece:107 registration district:33 sub-district:1 enumeration district:9 schedule:61. Cit. Date: 9 September 2026.

11.: UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG101 piece:6628A page:6 line:14 letter code:TWNA. Cit. Date: 9 September 2026.

12.: 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 1962 page:860. Cit. Date: 9 September 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). Samford 1962 quarter:2 volume:4b page:901. Cit. Date: 9 September 2026.