See also

Family of Edward Harris Appleton and Lydia Elizabeth Rolph

Husband: Edward Harris Appleton

  • Name:

  • Edward Harris Appleton2,3,4

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • Stephen Appleton (1853?-1913)

  • Mother:

  • Emma Mary Ann Wilkinson (1856?-1938)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • mariner then a fireman5,6,7

  • Birth:

  • 19 Jul 1886

  • Tollesbury, Essex, England2,5,6,7,8

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 4)

  • Unity Place, Hunts Lane, Tollesbury, Essex, England8

  •  

  • son living with his parents Stephen and Emma, sisters Emily and Emma, brothers James, Ernest and Robert, and his widowed grandmother Mary Ann Appleton. Born in Tollesbury Essex

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 14)

  • Temperance Cottage, Mell Road, Tollesbury, Essex, England5

  •  

  • son working as an apprentice mariner and living with his parents Stephen and Emma, brother Robert, sisters Emma and Elsie, and his blind and widowed step grandmother Mary A Appleton aged 90. Born in Tollesbury Essex

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 24)

  • Temperance Cottage, Mell Road, Tollesbury, Essex, England6

  •  

  • unmarried son working as a mariner in yachting and living in six rooms with his parents Stephen and Emma, married sister Elsie Crees, brother-in-law Samuel Crees, and nephew Samuel Crees. Born in Tollesbury Essex

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 53)

  • Fire Station, lancaster Grove, Belsize Park, London, England7

  •  

  • a married fireman with the London Fire Brigade and living with thirty-two others. Born on 19th July 1886

  • Death:

  • 11 Jan 1965 (age 78)

  • Bromley "Registration District", Kent, England3,4,9

  • Probate:

  • 8 Mar 1965

  • Probate Registry, London, England4

  •  

  • of Temperence Cottage Mell Road Tollesbury Essex died on 11th January 1965 at Seymour Villas Penge London, probate of £3,744 (~£66,000 in 2017) to Edward Stephen Appleton transport conductor and Edward Wash river board foreman

Wife: Lydia Elizabeth Rolph

  • Name:

  • Lydia Elizabeth Rolph9,10

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Nickname:

  • Lily

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • housemaid11

  • Birth:

  • 7 May 1879

  • Thaxted, Essex, England10,11,12,13,14

  • Census:

  • 3 Apr 1881 (age 1)

  • Woodfield, Stansted Mountfitchet, Essex, England12

  •  

  • daughter living with her parents Arthur and Susan, and sister Marth. Born in Thaxsted Essex

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 11)

  • Woodfield, Stansted Mountfitchet, Essex, England13

  •  

  • daughter attending school and living in four rooms with her parents Arthur and Susan, sisters Martha, Agnes anf Florence, and a boarder. Born in Thaxted Essex

  • Miscellaneous:

  • 31 Mar 1901

  •  

  •  

  • could have been in Surrey working as a housemaid but listed as Lizzie and born in Dunmow Essex?

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 31)

  • Chaseleigh, 14 Chepstow Road, Croydon, Surrey, England11

  •  

  • an unmarried servant working as a housemaid and living in ten rooms with the widowed Susanna Jones and family, and another servant. Born in Thaxted Essex

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 60)

  • Victoria Villas, Victoria Road, Willesden, Middlesex, England14

  •  

  • married doing unpaid domestic duties and living with her son Robert, and daughter Lilian. Born on 7th May 1879

  • Death:

  • 29 Dec 1956 (age 77)

  • Colchester "Registration District", Essex, England9,15

Child 1: Edward Stephen Appleton

  • Name:

  • Edward Stephen Appleton16,17

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Spouse:

  • Lucy Emily Jerome (1918-2007)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • chef then a transport conductor4,18

  • Birth:

  • 19 Jun 1914

  • Croydon "Registration District", Surrey, England16,17,18

  •  

  • 1939 register says born 19th June 1913

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 25)

  • LCC Fire Station, Orchardson Street, Lisson Grove, London, England18

  •  

  • an unmarried chef and member of the London Auxilliary Fire Brigade living with eighteen others. Born on 19th June 1913

  • Administrator:

  • 8 Mar 1965 (age 50)

  •  

     

    Edward Stephen Appleton was appointed as administrator at the probate hearing of Edward Harris Appleton on Monday on 8 March 1965 at the Probate Registry, London, England

  • Death:

  • 26 Jun 1995 (age 81)

  • Chelmsford "Registration District", Essex, England17,19

  • Probate:

  • 11 Sep 1995

  • Probate Registry, Arcade Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England19

  •  

  • of 67 Mell Road Tollesbury Maldon Essex died 26th June 1995, probate not exceeding £145,000 (~£254,000 in 2017)

Child 2: Robert Rolph Appleton

  • Name:

  • Robert Rolph Appleton20,21

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Spouse:

  • Muriel Emily Skeggs (1920-1993)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • butchers assistant14

  • Birth:

  • 27 Sep 1915

  • Wandsworth "Registration District", London, England14,20,21

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 24)

  • Victoria Villas, Victoria Road, Willesden, Middlesex, England14

  •  

  • an unmarried butchers assistant living with his mother Lydia, and sister Lilian. Born on 27th September 1915

  • Death:

  • 22 Feb 1997 (age 81)

  • Ampthill "Registration District", Bedfordshire, England21,22

  • Probate:

  • 26 Aug 1997

  • Probate Registry, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England22

  •  

  • grant and will, died 22nd February 1997

Child 3: Lilian Elsie Appleton

  • Name:

  • Lilian Elsie Appleton23

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Spouse:

  • Edward Wash (1919-1999)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • shop assistant14

  • Birth:

  • 23 Sep 1917

  • Islington "Registration District", London, England14,23,24

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 22)

  • Victoria Villas, Victoria Road, Willesden, Middlesex, England14

  •  

  • an unmarried tobacconists shop assistant living with her mother Lydia, and brother Robert. Born on 23rd September 1917 and married a Wash at a later date

  • Death:

  • 17 Apr 2004 (age 86)

  • Colchester "Registration District", Essex, England24,25

  • Probate:

  • 3 Jun 2004

  • Probate Registry, Arcade Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England25

  •  

  • grant and will, died 17th April 2004

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2.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2019, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.gro.gov.uk). Maldon 1886 quarter:3 volume:4a page:466. Cit. Date: 11 September 2019.

3.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2019, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.gro.gov.uk). Bromley 1965 quarter:1 volume:5b page:117. Cit. Date: 23 November 2020.

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UK Government Probate Service, UK Government Find a Will, ( on-line at www.probatesearch.service.gov.uk, www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). London 1965 page:183. Cit. Date: 23 November 2020.

5.

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6.

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7.

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8.

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11.

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England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2019, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.gro.gov.uk). Chelmsford 1995 quarter:2 district:4682 register:F25 entry:263 date:0695. Cit. Date: 23 November 2020.

18.

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19.

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England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2019, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.gro.gov.uk). Ampthill 1997 quarter:1 district:3081 register:17C entry:21 date:0297. Cit. Date: 23 November 2020.

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24.

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25.

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