See also

Family of James Mullett and May Colchester

  • Husband:

  • James Mullett (1890-1961)

  • Wife:

  • May Colchester (1893-1966)

  • Marriage:

  • Q3 1924

  • Hartismere "Registration District", Suffolk, England1,2

Husband: James Mullett

  • Name:

  • James Mullett1,2,3,4

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • butcher becoming s butchers manager5,6

  • Birth:

  • 20 Nov 1890

  • Hatfield Peverel, Essex, England3,5,6,7

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 4 mns)

  • 26 Hatfield Street, Hatfield Peverel, Essex, England8

  •  

  • son living with his parents Samuel and Elizabeth, sisters Gertrude and Florence, and brothers Robert and William. Born in Hatfield Peveral Essex

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 11)

  • The Anchor Inn, Mistley, Essex, England7

  •  

  • son living with his parents Samuel and Elizabeth, brothers William and Paercy, a servant and five boarders. Born in Hatfield Pevril Essex

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 21)

  • The Anchor Inn, Mistley, Essex, England5

  •  

  • unmarried son working as a butcher and living in nine rooms with his widowed mother Rosetta (different name to 1901 census), sister Florence and brother Percy. Born in Hatfield Peveral Essex

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 48)

  • 52 Douglas Road, Clacton-on-Sea, Essex, England6

  •  

  • a married butchers manager living with his wife May. Born on 20th November 1890

  • Death:

  • 4 Sep 1961 (age 70)

  • St. Marys Hospital, Hospital Road, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England4,9

  • Probate:

  • 20 Sep 1961

  • Probate Registry, Arcade Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England9

  •  

  • of 3 Maple House Lake Avenue Bury St. Edmunds died 4th September 1961 at St. Mary's Hospital Bury St. Edmunds, probate of effects of £675 17s 10d (~£13,700 in 2017) to May Mullett widow

Wife: May Colchester

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May Colchester

  • Name:

  • May Colchester10,11,12

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • John Colchester (1848?-1922)

  • Mother:

  • Ellen Louisa Gladwell (1850-1933)

  • Birth:

  • 6 Feb 1893

  • Ashes Farm, Oak Farm Lane, Mendlesham, Suffolk, England6,11,12,13,14,15,16

  •  

  • 1939 register says born on 6th February 1894

  • Baptism:

  • 14 May 1893 (age 0)

  • St. Mary's Church, Church Road, Mendlesham, Suffolk, England1,11,12

  •  

  • daughter of John Colchester (farmer) and Ellen Louisa of Street Farm Mendlesham, born in February 1893 and baptised with sisters Beatrice and Ida

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 8)

  • Near Turnpike, Mendlesham Green, Suffolk, England17

  •  

  • daughter living with her parents, brother Spencer and sister Ida. Born in Mendlesham Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 18)

  • Street Farm, Mendlesham, Suffolk, England16

  •  

  • unmarried daughter living in ten rooms with her parents John and Ellen, sisters Beatrice and Ida, and brother Spencer. Born in Mendlesham Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 46)

  • 52 Douglas Road, Clacton-on-Sea, Essex, England6

  •  

  • married doing household duties and living with her husband James. Born on 6th February 1894 (birth index says 1893)

  • Death:

  • 24 May 1966 (age 73)

  • Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England1,13,18,19

  • Probate:

  • 10 Jun 1966

  • Probate Registry, Arcade Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England19

  •  

  • of 3 Maple House Lake Avenue Bury St. Edmunds died 24th May 1966, administration of £2,156 (~£36,500 in 2017) to Roy Bernard Samuel Colchester farmer

Note on Marriage

no children

Sources

1.

Giles Colchester personal communication. email. Cit. Date: 14 October 2001.

2.

England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Hartismere 1924 quarter:3 volume:4a page:2431. Cit. Date: 20 November 2017.

3.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Braintree 1890 quarter:4 volume:4a page:561. Cit. Date: 20 November 2017.

4.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Bury St. Edmunds 1961 quarter:3 volume:4b page:787. Cit. Date: 20 November 2017.

5.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG14 piece:10262 class:RG78 piece:541 registration district:197 sub-district:4 enumeration district:9 schedule:55. Cit. Date: 5 April 2020.

6.

UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG101 piece:1499F page:3 line:33 letter code:DBRT. Cit. Date: 20 November 2017.

7.

England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG13 piece:1701 folio:49 page:24. Cit. Date: 5 April 2020.

8.

England and Wales Census 1891, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG12 piece:1425 folio:78 page:7. Cit. Date: 5 April 2020.

9.

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 1961 page:706. Cit. Date: 4 April 2020.

10.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Hartismere 1893 quarter:1 volume:4a page:835.

11.

Suffolk Records Office (Ipswich) - Parish Records. Mendlesham St. Mary fiche:21. Suffolk Record Office (Ipswich), Suffolk Record Office, Gateacre Lane, Ipswich, Suffolk, England.

12.

Suffolk Family History Society - Hartismere Baptisms 1754-1812, (2015 SFK-BPI-10/P1 own copy). Mendlesham St. Mary baptisms entry:347. Cit. Date: 4 April 2020.

13.

Jane Catherine Elizabeth Finbow personal communication. letter. Cit. Date: 22 May 1999.

14.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Hartismere 1893 quarter:1 volume:4a page:835. Cit. Date: 20 November 2017.

15.

England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG13 piece:1763 folio:62 page:18. Cit. Date: 4 April 2020.

16.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG14 piece:10703 class:RG78 piece:577 registration district:210 sub-district:1 enumeration district:5 schedule:42. Cit. Date: 4 April 2020.

17.

England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG13 piece:1763 folio:62 page:18.

18.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Bury St. Edmunds 1966 quarter:2 volume:4b page:1076. Cit. Date: 20 November 2017.

19.

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 1966 page:633. Cit. Date: 4 April 2020.