See also

Family of Leslie Gordon Gillingham and Mary Kate Griffin

  • Husband:

  • Leslie Gordon Gillingham (1908-2003)

  • Wife:

  • Mary Kate Griffin (1925-2006)

  • Marriage:

  • 23 Apr 1949

  • Church of the Immaculate Conception, Higher Church Street, Barnstaple, Devon, England1 2

  •  

  • Leslie a widowed garage foreman of 2 Lails View Saunton Braunton, Mary a spinster of 48 Victoria Street Barnstaple, groom's father Harry John Gillingham (deceased) a forester, bride's father Patrick Griffin a farmer, married by certificate and witnessed by Y Beer and F E Gillingham

Husband: Leslie Gordon Gillingham

  • Name:

  • Leslie Gordon Gillingham3 4

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • Harry John Gillingham (1863-1928)

  • Mother:

  • Eliza Ann Smith (1869-1916)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • chauffeur then a garage foreman5 2

  • Birth:

  • 20 Aug 1908

  • Levington, Suffolk, England3 4 6 5

  • 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, England4

  •  

  • 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, England5

  •  

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

  • Death:

  • 3 Feb 2003 (age 94)

  • Rossland, British Columbia, Canada8

Wife: Mary Kate Griffin

  • Name:

  • Mary Kate Griffin8 1

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Birth:

  • 20 Aug 1925

  • Caherfeenick South, County Clare, Ireland8

  • Death:

  • 2006 (age 80-81)

  • Trail, British Columbia, Canada8

Sources

1.

England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Barnstaple 1949 quarter:2 volume:7a page:589. Cit. Date: 11 June 2018.

2.

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

3.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2023, (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.

4.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG14 piece:10870 class:RG78 piece:587 registration district:214 sub-district:2 enumeration district:2 schedule:22. Cit. Date: 11 June 2018.

5.

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

6.

England and Wales Census 1921, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive series: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.

Ancestry Family Trees, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk). West Clare Sexton Families by petermckay. Cit. Date: 1 January 2026.