See also

Family of Leslie Gordon Gillingham and May Lilian Britton

  • Husband:

  • Leslie Gordon Gillingham (1908- )

  • Wife:

  • May Lilian Britton (1915-1945)

  • Marriage:

  • Q2 1937

  • Downham "Registration District", Norfolk, England1

Husband: Leslie Gordon Gillingham

  • Name:

  • Leslie Gordon Gillingham2,3

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • Harry John Gillingham (1863-1928)

  • Mother:

  • Eliza Ann Smith (1869-1916)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • chauffeur then a garage foreman4,5

  • Birth:

  • 20 Aug 1908

  • Levington, Suffolk, England2,3,4,6

  • Baptism:

  • 30 May 1909 (age 0)

  • St. Peter's Church, Church Lane, Levington, Suffolk, England7

  •  

  • son of Harry John (woodman) and Eliza Annie Gillingham of Levington

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 2)

  • Levington, Suffolk, England3

  •  

  • son living in five rooms with his parents Harry and Eliza, sisters Muriel, Gladys and Ethel, and brothers Jack and Frederick. Born in Levington Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 19 Jun 1921 (age 12 yrs 10 mns)

  • Sunnyside, Levington, Suffolk, England6

  •  

  • son attending school and living in five rooms with his widowed father Harry, sister Daisy and brothers Jack, Fred and Harry. Born in Levington Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 31)

  • Tapley Cottage, Westleigh, Devon, England4

  •  

  • a married chauffeur living with his wife. Born on 20th August 1908

Wife: May Lilian Britton

  • Name:

  • May Lilian Britton1,8,9

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Birth:

  • 24 Nov 1915

  • Downham "Registration District", Norfolk, England4,8

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 23)

  • Tapley Cottage, Westleigh, Devon, England4

  •  

  • married doing unpaid domestic duties living with her husband. Born on 24th November 1915

  • Death:

  • Q3 1945 (age 29)

  • Downham "Registration District", Norfolk, England9

Note on Husband: Leslie Gordon Gillingham

Cannot seem to locate a death record for Leslie

Sources

1.

England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Downham 1937 quarter:2 volume:4b page:755. Cit. Date: 11 June 2018.

2.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Woodbridge 1908 quarter:4 volume:4a page:1005. Cit. Date: 11 June 2018.

3.

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:22. Cit. Date: 11 June 2018.

4.

UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG101 piece:6855I page:11 line:19 letter code:WHDB. Cit. Date: 11 June 2018.

5.

Marriage Certificate. own copy, index:55. Cit. Date: 18 June 2018. Family Archive, Held by David and Sue Wilkinson.

6.

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:124. Cit. Date: 22 August 2023.

7.

Suffolk Records Office (Ipswich) - Parish Records. Levington St. Peter baptism register 1813-1913 FB42/D1/5. Suffolk Record Office (Ipswich), Suffolk Record Office, Gateacre Lane, Ipswich, Suffolk, England.

8.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Downham 1916 quarter:1 volume:4b page:456. Cit. Date: 11 June 2018.

9.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Downham 1945 quarter:3 volume:4b page:264. Cit. Date: 11 June 2018.