See also

Family of Thomas Edward Drew and Alice May Wright

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1920 marriage Thomas Edward Drew to Alice May Wright

  • Husband:

  • Thomas Edward Drew (1892-1953)

  • Wife:

  • Alice May Wright (1900- )

  • Marriage:

  • 14 Jul 1920

  • St. Martin's Church, Church Road, Nacton, Suffolk, England1

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  • Thomas a bachelor of Walton working as a groom and son of Alfred Drew a gardener. Alice a spinster of Nacton and daughter of a deceased father. Married by banns and witnessed by Philip Laurence Joy and Samuel Fosdike Bridge

Husband: Thomas Edward Drew

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1892 baptism Thomas Edward Drew

  • Name:

  • Thomas Edward Drew2 1 3

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • horticultural labourer, groom then a watchmaker and jeweller4 1 5

  • Birth:

  • 8 Feb 1892

  • Ripley, Surrey, England2 6 7 4 5

  • Baptism:

  • 27 Mar 1892 (age 0)

  • St. Mary's Church, Portsmouth Road, Ripley, Surrey, England6

  •  

  • son of Alfred Drew (gardener) and Elizabeth Ann of Ripley, born 8th February 1892

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 9)

  • 20 Mabel Street, Woking, Surrey, England7

  •  

  • son living with his parents Alfred and Elizabeth, brothers Alfred and William, sister Eleanor Jane, and a boarder. Born in Ripley Surrey

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 19)

  • 40 Mabel Street, Woking, Surrey, England4

  •  

  • unmarried son working as an horticultural labourer and living in five rooms with his parents Alfred and Elizabeth, brother William, sisters Dorothy and Elizabeth, and a lodger. Born in Ripley Surrey

  • Census:

  • 19 Jun 1921 (age 29 yrs 4 mns)

  • 150 High Road, Walton, Felixstowe, Suffolk, England5

  •  

  • married head of the household working as a watchmaker & jeweller for B F Hill watchmaker, jeweller & optician of 85 Hamilton Road Felixstowe and living in two rooms with his wife Alice. Born in Ripley Surrey

  • Death:

  • 16 Jul 1953 (age 61)

  • 2 Westfield Road, Woking, Surrey, England3 8

  • Probate:

  • 7 Sep 1953

  • Probate Registry, London, England8

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  • of 40 Mabel Street Woking Surrey died 16th July 1953 at 2 Westfield Road Woking, probate of effects of £1245 11s 2d (~£33,000 in 2017) to Alice May Drew widow

Wife: Alice May Wright

  • Name:

  • Alice May Wright9

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • Frederick Arthur Wright (1861-1918)

  • Mother:

  • Alice Emma Farthing (1864-1918)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • drapers assistant5

  • Birth:

  • Q4 1900

  • Kirton, Suffolk, England9 10 11 5

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 6 mns)

  • The Street, Kirton, Suffolk, England10

  •  

  • daughter as May living with her parents Arthur and Alice, brothers Frederick and Bernard, and sister Hilda. Born in Kirton Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 10)

  • Falkenham Road, Kirton, Suffolk, England11

  •  

  • daughter as May living in six rooms with her parents Arthur and Alice, and brothers Frederick, Bernard and John. Born in Kirton Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 19 Jun 1921 (age 20 yrs 9 mns)

  • 150 High Road, Walton, Felixstowe, Suffolk, England5

  •  

  • married wife working as a drapers assistant for S F Budge draper and clothier of 253 High Street Walton Felixstowe and living in two rooms with her husband Thomas. Born in Kirton Suffolk

  • Administrator:

  • 7 Sep 1953 (age 52)

  •  

     

    Alice May Wright was appointed as an administrator at the probate hearing of Thomas Edward Drew on Monday on 7 September 1953 at the Probate Registry, London, England

Note on Husband: Thomas Edward Drew

Thomas was a brother of Dorothy Perfect Drew who married Alice's brother Arthur

Note on Wife: Alice May Wright

Cannot locate a death record for Alice, did she remarry? there are a couple of possibilities in 1959

Sources

1.

Ancestry Suffolk, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns 1754-1949, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk). Nacton St. Martin marriages 1837-1923 page:118 entry:236. Cit. Date: 9 September 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). Guildford 1892 quarter:1 volume:2a page:70. Cit. Date: 10 September 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). Surrey North-Western 1953 quarter:3 volume:5g page:466. Cit. Date: 10 September 2026.

4.

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.

5.

England and Wales Census 1921, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive series:RG15 piece:9465 registration district:214 sub-district:1 enumeration district:13 schedule:25. Cit. Date: 9 September 2026.

6.

Ancestry Surrey, England, Church of England Baptisms, 1813-1917, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk). Ripley St. Mary baptisms 1874-1893 page:70 entry:553. Cit. Date: 10 September 2026.

7.

England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG13 piece:596 folio:94 page:1 schedule:7. Cit. Date: 10 September 2026.

8.

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). London 1953 page:960. Cit. Date: 10 September 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 1900 quarter:4 volume:4a page:988. Cit. Date: 8 September 2026.

10.

England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG13 piece: folio: page: schedule:. Cit. Date: 8 September 2026.

11.

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.