See also

Family of Ernest Herbert Ralph and Emma Gillingham

  • Husband:

  • Ernest Herbert Ralph (1869-1932)

  • Wife:

  • Emma Gillingham (1870-1955)

  • Children:

  • Arthur Ernest Ralph (1897-1993)

  • Marriage Banns:

  • 14 Oct 1894

  • St. Peter's Church, Church Lane, Levington, Suffolk, England1

  •  

  • also published on 21st and 28th October 1894

  • Marriage:

  • 8 Nov 1894

  • St. Peter's Church, Church Lane, Levington, Suffolk, England1,2,3

  •  

  • Ernest second son of the late James Ralph, Emma youngest daughter of Charles Gillingham, all of Levington

Husband: Ernest Herbert Ralph

  • Name:

  • Ernest Herbert Ralph4,5,6,7

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • -

  • Father:

  • -

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • agricultural labourer, farm milkman, horseman then a stockman8,9,10,11

  • Birth:

  • Q2 1869

  • Levington, Suffolk, England4,8,9,10,11,12,13

  • Baptism:

  • 22 Aug 1869 (age 0)

  • St. Peter's Church, Church Lane, Levington, Suffolk, England5

  •  

  • son of James Ralph (shopkeeper) and Alice of Levington

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1871 (age 1)

  • Shop, Levington, Suffolk, England12

  •  

  • son living with his parents James and Alice, and brother Frederick. Born in Levington Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 3 Apr 1881 (age 11)

  • The Ship Inn, Ship Hill, Levington, Suffolk, England13

  •  

  • grandson attending school and living with his widowed grandfather Edward Garnham, his widowed mother Alice, and brothers Edward, Frederic and Albert. Born in Levington Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 21)

  • near Broke Hall Farm, Levington, Suffolk, England8

  •  

  • an unmarried agricultural labourer living with William and Rebecca Fisk and family, his brother Edward, and a visitor. Born in Levington Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 30)

  • The Street, Levington, Suffolk, England9

  •  

  • married head of the household working as a milkman on a farm and living in three rooms with his wife Emma, and son Arthur. Born in Levington Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 41)

  • Levington, Suffolk, England10

  •  

  • married head of the household working as a horseman on a farm and living in three rooms with his wife Emma, and son Arthur. Born in Levington Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 19 Jun 1921 (age 52 yrs 1 mn)

  • Levington, Suffolk, England11

  •  

  • married head of the household working as a stockman for Mr. J B Dawson of Nacton and living in four rooms with his wife Emma, and son Arthur. Born in Levington near Ipswich

  • Death:

  • 14 Feb 1932 (age 62)

  • Melton, Suffolk, England7,14

  • Probate:

  • 20 Jun 1932

  • Probate Registry, Arcade Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England14

  •  

  • of River View Levington Suffolk died 14th February 1932 at Melton Suffolk, administration of effects of £415 0s 9d (~£20,000 in 2017) to Emma Ralph widow

Wife: Emma Gillingham

  • Name:

  • Emma Gillingham15,16

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • Charles Gillingham (1840-1895)

  • Mother:

  • Emma Anna Brown (1841-1903)

  • Birth:

  • 1 Nov 1870

  • Ipswich, Suffolk, England9,10,11,15,17,18,19,20

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1871 (age 1)

  • Court in Hamlett, Ipswich, Suffolk, England21

  •  

  • daughter as Anna living with her parents Charles and Emma, sister Ellen, and brothers Albert and Frederick. Born in Ipswich Suffolk

  • Baptism:

  • 1 Sep 1872 (age 1)

  • Holy Trinity Church, Back Hamlet, Ipswich, Suffolk, England1,16

  •  

  • daughter of Charles Gillingham (labourer) and Emma of Abbott's Close Ipswich, private baptism

  • Census:

  • 3 Apr 1881 (age 9)

  • Levington Green, Levington, Suffolk, England18

  •  

  • daughter attending school and living with her parents Charles and Emma, sister Ellen, and brothers Albert, Frederick and Charles. Born in Ipswich Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 20)

  • The Street, Levington, Suffolk, England22

  •  

  • unmarried daughter living in three rooms with her parents Charles and Emma, and brother Charles. Born in Ipswich Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 30)

  • The Street, Levington, Suffolk, England9

  •  

  • married wife living in three rooms with her husband Ernest, and son Arthur. Born in Ipswich Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 40)

  • Levington, Suffolk, England10

  •  

  • married wife living in three rooms with her husband Ernest, and son Arthur. Born in Ipswich Suffolk and married for sixteen years with one child, who is still living

  • Census:

  • 19 Jun 1921 (age 50 yrs 6 mns)

  • Levington, Suffolk, England11

  •  

  • married wife doing home duties and living in four rooms with her husband Ernest, and son Arthur. Born in Ipswich

  • Administrator:

  • 20 Jun 1932 (age 61)

  •  

     

    Emma Gillingham was appointed as an administrator at the probate hearing of Ernest Herbert Ralph on Monday on 20 June 1932 at the Probate Registry, Arcade Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 68)

  • River View, Levington, Suffolk, England20

  •  

  • a widow doing unpaid domestic duties and living alone but next door to son Arthur. Born on 1st November 1870

  • Death:

  • 23 Mar 1955 (age 84)

  • Samford "Registration District", Suffolk, England23,24

  • Probate:

  • 20 Apr 1955

  • Probate Registry, Arcade Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England24

  •  

  • a widow of River View Levington Ipswich, probate of effects of £880 19s 9d (~£21,000 in 2017) to Arthur Ernest Ralph postman

Child 1: Arthur Ernest Ralph

  • Name:

  • Arthur Ernest Ralph25,26,27,28

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Spouse:

  • Blanche Elvina Brundle (1899-1969)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • agricultural labourer, carpenter, wheelwright then a postman10,11,29

  • Birth:

  • 25 Nov 1897

  • Levington, Suffolk, England9,10,11,25,27,29

  • Baptism:

  • 1 Jan 1899 (age 1)

  • St. Peter's Church, Church Lane, Levington, Suffolk, England26

  •  

  • son of Ernest Hubert Ralph (horseman) and Emma of levington

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 3)

  • The Street, Levington, Suffolk, England9

  •  

  • son living in three rooms with his parents Ernest and Emma. Born in Levington Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 13)

  • Levington, Suffolk, England10

  •  

  • son working as a help on a farm and living in three rooms with his parents Ernest and Emma. Born in Levington Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 19 Jun 1921 (age 23 yrs 6 mns)

  • Levington, Suffolk, England11

  •  

  • unmarried son working as a carpenter for Mr. A Sporle of 55 Rope Walk Ipswich and living in four rooms with his parents Ernest and Emma. Born in Levington near Ipswich

  • Miscellaneous:

  • 1923 (age 26 yrs 8 mns)

  • Felixstowe, Suffolk, England30

  •  

  • joined the Amalgamated Society Of Woodworkers having worked in the trade for fourteen years and was unmarried

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 41)

  • Orwell View, Levington, Suffolk, England29

  •  

  • a married wheelwright and auxiliary postman living with his wife Blanche, Minnie Elsie Hendry (b1914) and two closed records. Born on 25th November 1897 and living next door to his widowed mother Emma

  • Administrator:

  • 20 Apr 1955 (age 57)

  •  

     

    Arthur Ernest Ralph was appointed as an administrator at the probate hearing of Emma Gillingham on Wednesday on 20 April 1955 at the Probate Registry, Arcade Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England

  • Death:

  • Oct 1993 (age 95)

  • Ipswich "Registration District", Suffolk, England27

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1.

Suffolk Records Office (Lowestoft) - Parish Records. Suffolk Record Office (Lowestoft), Suffolk Record Office, Lowestoft, Suffolk, England.

2.

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3.

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Suffolk Family History Society All Baptisms Suffolk 1813-1900, (SFK-BPI/P1-1 own copy). Levington St. Peter baptisms entry:496. Cit. Date: 28 August 2023.

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England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Woodbridge 1932 quarter:1 volume:4a page:1484. Cit. Date: 28 August 2023.

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England and Wales Census 1891, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG12 piece:1476 folio:74 page:3 schedule:17. Cit. Date: 28 August 2023.

9.

England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG13 piece:1783 folio:23 page:6 schedule:33. Cit. Date: 8 February 2019.

10.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG14 piece:10870 class:RG78 piece:587 registration district:214 sub-district:2 enumeration district:2 schedule:26. Cit. Date: 8 February 2019.

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England and Wales Census 1921, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG15 piece:9457 registration district:214 sub-district:1 enumeration district:3, 7 schedule:154. Cit. Date: 28 August 2023.

12.

England and Wales Census 1871, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG10 piece:1758 folio:174 page:6 schedule:11. Cit. Date: 28 August 2023.

13.

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Ancestry England and Wales National Probate Calendar (Index to Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk). Ipswich 1932. Cit. Date: 28 August 2023.

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Suffolk Family History Society All Baptisms Suffolk 1813-1900, (SFK-BPI/P1-1 own copy). Ipswich Holy trinity baptisms entry:907. Cit. Date: 28 August 2023.

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18.

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19.

England and Wales Census 1891, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG12 piece:1476 folio:86 page:4 schedule:24. Cit. Date: 7 January 2023.

20.

UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG101 piece:6634B page:4 line:26 letter code:TXCD. Cit. Date: 28 August 2023.

21.

England and Wales Census 1871, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG10 piece:1754 folio:42 page:28. Cit. Date: 12 August 2020.

22.

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23.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Samford 1955 quarter:1 volume:4b page:1181. Cit. Date: 28 August 2023.

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Ancestry England and Wales National Probate Calendar (Index to Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk). Ipswich 1955 page:799. Cit. Date: 28 August 2023.

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26.

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27.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Ipswich 1993 quarter:4 district:7471D register:D11B entry:183 date:1093. Cit. Date: 9 February 2019.

28.

Ancestry England and Wales National Probate Calendar (Index to Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk). mothers in 1955.

29.

UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG101 piece:6634B page:4 line:28 letter code:TXCD. Cit. Date: 8 February 2019.

30.

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