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Family of John William Frederick Ransome and Molly Joan Overett

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Holy Trinity 18 04 2017

  • Husband:

  • John William Frederick Ransome (1924-1994)

  • Wife:

  • Molly Joan Overett (1928-2026)

  • Marriage:

  • 20 Sep 1952

  • Holy Trinity Church, Back Hamlet, Ipswich, Suffolk, England1 2 3

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  • this wedding was originally arranged for 6th September 1952 but had to be postponed as John was very ill with infective hepatitis.Their honeymoon was at the Park Gate Hotel. Bayswater Road, London where they saw part of the film Genevieve being made. The four day hotel bill was £6 10s 0d (~£184 in 2017)

  • Address Family:

  • btw Sep 1952 and 1967

  • Coronation Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England1

  • Address Family:

  • btw 1967 and 1983

  • 5 Tasmania Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England4

  • Address Family:

  • 1983 (app)

  • 61 Chatsworth Drive, Rushmere Heath, Rushmere St. Andrew, Suffolk, England4

Husband: John William Frederick Ransome

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John William Frederick Ransome

  • Name:

  • John William Frederick Ransome4 5 6 7

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Nickname:

  • Jack

  • Father:

  • Frederick Arthur Ransome (1900-1954)

  • Mother:

  • Florence May Butcher (1905-1986)

  • Executive Summary:

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  • served in the Army during WWII as a radio operator in the Rifle Brigade then in Italy guarding PoWs and joined the reserve on demobilisation. In 1953 he marched as part of the Coronation parade in London. He was a clerk in the Motor Taxation Dept. of Ipswich Corporation circa 1954, then for Tooks bakery and finally Ransomes, Sims and Jefferies, becoming a computer programmer. Jack retired in 1990 and with his wife Molly made a pact, he would learn to dance if she learnt to swim, they both did

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • clerk then a computer programmer8 7

  • Birth:

  • 1 Aug 1924

  • Ipswich, Suffolk, England1 5 9 6 7

  • Education:

  • btw 19 Sep 1935 and 31 Jul 1940 (age 11-15)

  • -; Northgate Grammar School for Boys, Sidegate Lane, Ipswich, Suffolk, England10 11

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 15)

  • 41 Cavendish Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England9

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  • attending school and living with his widowed grandfather John S Butcher, and aunt Ellen Collison and two closed records (probably Ellen's daughters Mary and Margaret). Born 1st August 1924

  • Address:

  • 1940 (app) (age 15-16)

  • 83 Cavendish Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England11

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  • during his childhood

  • Military Beginning:

  • Nov 1942 (app) (age 18)12

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  •  

  • in The Rifle Brigade being trained as a Radio Operator

  • Military Service:

  • 1943 (age 18-19)

  • -12

  •  

  • serving in Italy until 1945 mainly guarding PoWs, ending up in Austria searching for war criminals and members of the SS

  • Hospital:

  • 2 Jul 1946 (age 21)13

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  •  

  • from No 70 FDS having been treated for Prim Atypical Pneumonia for 53 days

  • Military Service:

  • 19 Aug 1947 (age 23)

  • -14

  •  

  • was released from full time service and transferred to the Rifle Brigade reserve

  • Medals:

  • 21 Mar 194915

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  •  

  • three standard WWII medals, the Italy Star, the 1939-45 Star and the War Medal 1939-45

  • Employment:

  • 1952 (app) (age 27-28)

  • Motor Taxation Office, Ipswich, Suffolk, England1

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  • as a clerk

  • Military Service:

  • 21 Jun 1952 (age 27)

  • -16

  •  

  • having reached the rank of Sergeant in The Rifle Brigade transferred to the Royal Auxiliary Air Force as a Corporal

  • Military Service:

  • 2 Jun 1953 (age 28)

  • -17

  •  

  • marched as part of Queen Elizabeth II's coronation parade being billeted at the Earls Court Camp

  • Employment:

  • 1954 (app) (age 29-30)

  • Ipswich Co-operative Dairy, Boss Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England18 1

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  • as a clerk

  • Military Ending:

  • 21 Jun 1956 (age 31)19

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  •  

  • leaving the Royal Auxiliary Air Force

  • Employment Continue:

  • btw 1958 and 1984 (age 33-60)

  • Ransomes Sims & Jefferies, Nacton Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England4 1

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  • as a wages clerk becoming a computer programmer

  • Witness:

  • 20 Sep 1975 (age 51)

  • John William Frederick Ransome witnessed the marriage of David Eric Wilkinson and Susan Patricia Ransome on Saturday on 20 September 1975 at St. Andrew's Church, Rushmere Street, Rushmere St. Andrew, Suffolk, England

  • Retirement:

  • 1984 (app) (age 59-60)

  • Ransomes Sims & Jefferies, Nacton Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England4 1

  • Employment Continue:

  • btw 1984 and 1986 (age 59-62)

  • Akesters Garage, Woodbridge Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England1

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  • the accounts clerk

  • Death:

  • 27 Apr 1994 (age 69)

  • Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust, Heath Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England20 6 21 7 22

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  • Cause: of prostate cancer and a chronic duodenal ulcer

    Woodbridge ward

  • Cremation:

  • 6 May 1994

  • Ipswich Crematorium North Chapel, Cemetery Lane, Ipswich, Suffolk, England23 21

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  • at 12:15 pm

  • Interred:

  • Jun 1994

  • Old Cemetery, Belvedere Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England24 25

Wife: Molly Joan Overett

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Molly Joan Overett

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1928 birth certificate Molly Joan Overett

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2026 death certificate Molly Joan Ransome

  • Name:

  • Molly Joan Overett4 26 27

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • Stanley George Walter Overett (1899-1992)

  • Mother:

  • Grace Ellen Simpson (1901-1982)

  • Executive Summary:

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  • was a comptometer operator and wages clerk. She loved sequence dancing and she and husband John made a pact, he would learn to dance if she would learn to swim, they both succeeded

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • comptometer operator and wages clerk1

  • Birth:

  • 11 Aug 1928

  • 105 Orwell Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England4 26 27

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  • daughter of Stanley Walter George Overett (laundry washer and ironer) and Grace Ellen Overett formerly Simpson

  • Baptism:

  • 16 Sep 1928 (age 0)

  • St. John the Baptist Church, Cauldwell Hall Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England28

  • Education Start:

  • btw 1933 and 1939 (age 4-11)

  • Cavendish Street Junior School, Cavendish Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England1

  • Education Continue:

  • btw 1939 and 1942 (age 10-14)

  • North Eastern Senior Girls School, Copleston Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England1

  • Employment Start:

  • btw 1942 and 1945 (age 13-17)

  • Footman Pretty and Co., Westgate Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England1

  • Employment Continue:

  • btw 1945 and 1952 (age 16-24)

  • William Pretty and Sons, Crown Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England1

  • Employment Continue:

  • btw 1967 and 1970 (age 38-42)

  • E R & F Turner (Bull Motors), Foxhall Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England4 1

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  • as a comptometer operator

  • Employment Continue:

  • btw 1970 and 1974 (age 41-46)

  • Suffolk County Council, County Hall, St. Helen's Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England1

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  • in the highways department

  • Employment Continue:

  • btw 1974 and 1987 (age 45-59)

  • Suffolk Coastal District Council, Melton Hill, Woodbridge, Suffolk, England1

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  • in wages and salaries

  • Retirement:

  • 1987 (age 58-59)

  • Suffolk Coastal District Council, Melton Hill, Woodbridge, Suffolk, England4 1

  • Residence:

  • frm Dec 2014 to Apr 2019 (age 86-90)

  • 41 Gressland Court, Mead Drive, Kesgrave, Suffolk, England29

  • Residence:

  • frm Apr 2019 to Mar 2026 (age 90-97)

  • Seagrave House Care Home, Occupation Road, Corby, Northamptonshire, England30

  • Death:

  • 2 Mar 2026 (age 97)

  • Seagrave House Care Home, Occupation Road, Corby, Northamptonshire, England31

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  • Cause: of vascular dementia

    at 21:41, certified at 22:20

  • Cremation:

  • 24 Mar 2026

  • Great Glen Crematorium, London Road, Great Glen, Leicestershire, England32

  • Interred:

  • 5 May 2026

  • Old Cemetery, Belvedere Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England33

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  • interred with her husband Jack

Sources

1.

Molly Joan Ransome nee Overett personal communication.

2.

England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Ipswich 1952 quarter:3 volume:4b page:2080. Cit. Date: 3 January 2017.

3.

John William Frederick Ransome records. receipt from the Park Gate Hotel, Bayswater Road, Paddington, London. Family Archive, Held by David and Sue Wilkinson.

4.

Susan Patricia Wilkinson nee Ransome personal communication.

5.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2024, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Ipswich 1924 quarter:3 volume:4a page:1702. Cit. Date: 3 January 2017.

6.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Ipswich 1994 quarter:2 district:7471A register:A12B entry:196 date:0494. Cit. Date: 3 January 2017.

7.

Death Certificate. original held in personal file. Cit. Date: 29 May 2025. Family Archive, Held by David and Sue Wilkinson.

8.

David Eric Wilkinson.

9.

UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG101 piece:6607C page:22 line:27 letter code:TVNR. Cit. Date: 10 November 2021.

10.

John William Frederick Ransome records. letter from the Headmaster dated 6th October 1949. Family Archive, Held by David and Sue Wilkinson.

11.

School Report. Family Archive, Held by David and Sue Wilkinson.

12.

John William Frederick Ransome records. Story of his WWII experiences written circa 1992 for Christopher Wilkinson's school project. Family Archive, Held by David and Sue Wilkinson.

13.

Military Record. Discharge Certificate. Family Archive, Held by David and Sue Wilkinson.

14.

Ibid. Soldier's Release Book Class ""A"" and Certificate of Transfer. Family Archive, Held by David and Sue Wilkinson.

15.

John William Frederick Ransome records. and original box containing the medals. Family Archive, Held by David and Sue Wilkinson.

16.

Military Record. certificate of service, serial No 8485. Family Archive, Held by David and Sue Wilkinson.

17.

Ibid. Earls Court Camp booklet. Family Archive, Held by David and Sue Wilkinson.

18.

Ipswich and Norwich Co-Operative Society, People & Places: A Pictorial History, (2000). Photograph on page 72.

19.

Military Record. Discharge certificate. Family Archive, Held by David and Sue Wilkinson.

20.

Susan Patricia Wilkinson nee Ransome personal communication. present at death.

21.

Ipswich Borough Council Everafter, (on-line at www.ipswichboroughcouncil.discovereverafter.com). Ipswich Crematorium. Cit. Date: 29 May 2025.

22.

Gravestone. Old Cemetery, Ipswich, Suffolk.

23.

Susan Patricia Wilkinson nee Ransome personal communication. attended along with her husband David Eric Wilkinson.

24.

Gravestone. Ipswich Old Cemetery TM 17339 45323.

25.

Ipswich Borough Council Everafter, (on-line at www.ipswichboroughcouncil.discovereverafter.com). Ipswich Old Cemetery internment:19940221 plot:JJ/20/304. Cit. Date: 29 May 2025.

26.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2024, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Ipswich 1928 quarter:3 volume:4a page:1629. Cit. Date: 3 January 2017.

27.

Birth Certificate. own copy, personal folder. Cit. Date: 22 May 2025. Family Archive, Held by David and Sue Wilkinson.

28.

Baptism Certificate.

29.

David Eric Wilkinson. helped her move in and visited many times. Cit. Date: 16 February 2019.

30.

Ibid. Helped move her in and a regular visitor. Cit. Date: 3 March 2026.

31.

Ibid. present at time of death. Cit. Date: 3 March 2026.

32.

Ibid. Arranged funeral. Cit. Date: 30 March 2026.

33.

Steven John Ransome personal communication. present. Cit. Date: 5 May 2026.