See also

Family of Herbert Lewis Simpson and Lily Dorothy Allen

  • Husband:

  • Herbert Lewis Simpson (1892- )

  • Wife:

  • Lily Dorothy Allen (1902-1933)

  • Marriage:

  • 25 May 1929

  • St. John the Evangelist Church, Elmer Avenue, Havering-atte-Bower, Essex, England1,2

  •  

  • Herbert a horseman, Lily a domestic servant, both single and of Park Farm Havering, groom's father Ernest Alfred Simpson a deceased carpenter, bride's father Charles William Allen a farm labourer, married by banns and witnessed by Joseph John Siggins and Emma Eliza Siggins

Husband: Herbert Lewis Simpson

  • Name:

  • Herbert Lewis Simpson3

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • Alfred Ernest Simpson (1859-1923)

  • Mother:

  • Mary Maria Runeckles (1859?-1920)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • agricultural labourer, dock carman then a farm horseman1,4,5,6

  • Birth:

  • 25 Jan 1892

  • Offton, Suffolk, England3,4,6,7

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 9)

  • Offton, Suffolk, England7

  •  

  • son living with his parents Alfred and Mara, brothers Alfred, Edwin, Percy and Frederick, and sisters Elsie and Edith. Born in Offton Suffolk and note that his sister Ellen and grandparents Lewis and Harriet also lived nearby

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 19)

  • Offton, Suffolk, England4

  •  

  • unmarried son working as a farm labourer and living in five rooms with his parents Alfred and Mara, brothers Percy, Frederick and Leslie, and sister Elsie. Born in Offton Suffolk

  • Military Service:

  • btw 25 Feb 1918 and 10 Mar 1919 (age 26-27)

  • Royal Engineers as driver no:339035 and the Marine Corps as private no:330821 working on barge maintenance5

  •  

  • . He was previously a dock carmaman being 5' 3" tall, weighed 14?lbs with achest of 38", 3½" expansion. His next of kin was Alfred Ernest Simpson of Chalk Pits Offton Suffolk. See personal folder for more details

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 47)

  • Neville's Farm Cottages, Baker Street, Orsett, Essex, England6

  •  

  • a widowed farm horseman living alone. Born on 25th January 1892

Wife: Lily Dorothy Allen

  • Name:

  • Lily Dorothy Allen1,2,8

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • domestic servant1

  • Birth:

  • Q4 1902

  • Little Waltham, Essex, England1,8,9

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 8)

  • 1 Hive Cottages Collier Row, White Hart Lane, Romford, Essex, England9

  •  

  • daughter as Dorothy Lillie living in five rooms with her parents Charles and Annie, brothers Arthur and Charles, and sister Amy. Born in Little Waltham Essex

  • Death:

  • Q4 1933 (age 31)

  • Orsett "Registration District", Essex, England10

Note on Husband: Herbert Lewis Simpson

unable to find a death record for Herbert

Sources

1.

Seax - Essex Record Office Parish Records, (on-line at www.essexcc.gov.uk). Havering-atte-Bower St. John the Evangelist marriages 1911-1935 ref:D/P 64/1/11 image:16 page:14 entry:27. Cit. Date: 25 August 2019.

2.

England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Romford 1929 quarter:2 volume:4a page:1057. Cit. Date: 25 August 2019.

3.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Bosmere 1892 quarter:1 volume:4a page:828. Cit. Date: 29 July 2018.

4.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG14 piece:10773 class:RG78 piece:582 registration district:211 sub-district:2 enumeration district:7 schedule:6. Cit. Date: 29 July 2018.

5.

FindMyPast British Army Service Records, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive ref:WO 363 Royal Engineers no:339038. Cit. Date: 25 August 2019.

6.

UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG101 piece:1550D page:5 line:14 letter code:DCOF. Cit. Date: 25 August 2019.

7.

England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG13 piece:1770 folio:41 page:1. Cit. Date: 27 October 2018.

8.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Chelmsford 1902 quarter:4 volume:4a page:679. Cit. Date: 25 August 2019.

9.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG14 piece:9827 class:RG78 piece:520 registration district:191 sub-district:1 enumeration district:3 schedule:150. Cit. Date: 26 August 2019.

10.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Orsett 1933 quarter:4 volume:4a page:633. Cit. Date: 25 August 2019.