See also

Family of Arthur Edward West and Muriel Lavinia Gillingham

  • Husband:

  • Arthur Edward West (1897-1968)

  • Wife:

  • Muriel Lavinia Gillingham (1894-1977)

  • Marriage:

  • Q4 1933

  • Woodbridge "Registration District", Suffolk, England1

Husband: Arthur Edward West

  • Name:

  • Arthur Edward West1,2,3

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • warehouseman, dock labourer then a sea defence worker4,5

  • Birth:

  • 16 Jan 1897

  • Ipswich, Suffolk, England2,5,6,7

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 4)

  • 39 Kemball Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England6

  •  

  • son living in four rooms with his parents Albert and Sarah, and sister Florence. Born in Ipswich Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 14)

  • 3 The Drift, Cowper Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England7

  •  

  • son working as an errand boy for a sack manufacturer and living in four rooms with his parents Arthur and Sarah, and brothers Albert and Fred. Born in

  • Military Service:

  • btw 9 Dec 1915 and 1918 (age 18-21)

  • 259 Labour Corps as no:3788514

  •  

  • a warehouseman of 3 The Drift, Cowper Street, Ipswich, son of Albert S West who was 5' 8¼" tall with a chest of 36½" and expansion of 2"

  • Military Service:

  • btw 4 Apr 1921 and 4 Jul 1921 (age 24)

  • 4th Battalion Suffolk Regiment as a private for ninety days emergency service4

  •  

  • and was of exemplary character, He was an unmarried dock labourer, son of Sarah West of The Drift Cowper Street Ipswich

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 42)

  • Sunnyside, Levington, Suffolk, England5

  •  

  • married and working on sea defences (heavy worker) and living with his wife Muriel, a closed record and Frederick Rance and Gordon Glunder. Born on 16th January 1897

  • Death:

  • Q2 1968 (age 71)

  • Ipswich "Registration District", Suffolk, England3

Wife: Muriel Lavinia Gillingham

  • Name:

  • Muriel Lavinia Gillingham8,9

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • Harry John Gillingham (1863-1928)

  • Mother:

  • Eliza Ann Smith (1869-1916)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • domestic servant10

  • Birth:

  • 28 Oct 1894

  • Levington, Suffolk, England5,8,10,11,12

  • Baptism:

  • 28 Jul 1895 (age 0)

  • St. Peter's Church, Church Lane, Levington, Suffolk, England13,14

  •  

  • daughter of Harry John Gillingham (woodman) and Eliza Anne of Levington

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 6)

  • Levington Drift, Levington, Suffolk, England11

  •  

  • daughter living with her parents Harry and Eliza, sisters Elsie and Gladys, and brothers George and Jack. Born in Levington Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 16)

  • Levington, Suffolk, England10

  •  

  • an unmarried daughter working as a general servant (domestic) and living in five rooms with her parents Harry and Eliza, sisters Gladys and Ethel, and brothers Jack, Frederick and Leslie. Born in Levington Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 44)

  • Sunnyside, Levington, Suffolk, England5

  •  

  • married doing unpaid domestic duties and living with her husband Arthur, a closed record and Frederick Rance and Gordon Glunder. Born on 28th October 1894

  • Death:

  • Q1 1977 (age 82)

  • Ipswich "Registration District", Suffolk, England12

Sources

1.

England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Woodbridge 1933 quarter:4 volume:4a page:2787. Cit. Date: 16 May 2019.

2.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Ipswich 1897 quarter:1 volume:4a page:942. Cit. Date: 16 May 2019.

3.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Ipswich 1968 quarter:2 volume:4b page:909. Cit. Date: 16 May 2019.

4.

FindMyPast British Army Service Records, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). service no:378851 259 Labour Corps. Cit. Date: 16 May 2019.

5.

UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG101 piece:6634B page:2 line:20 letter code:TXCD. Cit. Date: 16 May 2019.

6.

England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG13 piece:1779 folio:118 page:36. Cit. Date: 16 May 2019.

7.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG14 piece:10841 class:RG78 piece:585 registration district:213 sub-district:2 enumeration district:16 schedule:226. Cit. Date: 16 May 2019.

8.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Woodbridge 1894 quarter:4 volume:4a page:911. Cit. Date: 30 July 2017.

9.

Suffolk Family History Society Colneis and Samford Baptisms 1813-1900, (2012 SFK-BPI-07/P1 own copy). Levington St. Peter baptisms entry:635. Cit. Date: 23 March 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:22. Cit. Date: 11 June 2018.

11.

England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG13 piece:1783 folio:92 page:11. Cit. Date: 24 March 2019.

12.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Ipswich 1977 quarter:1 volume:10 page:2663. Cit. Date: 16 May 2019.

13.

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

14.

Suffolk Family History Society Colneis and Samford Baptisms 1813-1900, (2012 SFK-BPI-07/P1 own copy). Levington St. Peter baptisms entry:659. Cit. Date: 23 March 2019.