See also

Ronald Albert Bedford (1920-1998)

Individual Events and Attributes

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • barge mate4

  • Birth:

  • 25 Apr 1920

  • Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England1 5 4 3

  • Baptism:

  • 16 May 1920 (age 0)

  • Holy Trinity Church, Southchurch Boulevard, Southchurch, Essex, England2

  •  

  • son of Albert Frederick Bedford (able seaman) and Jessie May of of 25 Surbiton Row Southend

  • Census:

  • 19 Jun 1921 (age 1 yr 2 mns)

  • 25 Surbiton Road, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England5

  •  

  • son living in six rooms with his mother Jessie, boarding grandparents George and Alice Hiett, and aunt Dorothy Hiett, uncle Walter Clark, aunt Florence Clark, cousin Joan, and another boarders. Born in Southend on Sea Essex

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 19)

  • Triton, Canewdon View Road, Ashingdon, Essex, England4

  •  

  • an unmarried mate of a barge living with his parents Albert and Jessie, and Mary and Arthur Ashley. Born on 25th April 1920

  • Death:

  • Feb 1998 (age 77)

  • Southend-on-Sea "Registration District", Essex, England3

Individual Note

Unsure who Ronald married probably Emily J V Sharp in 1942 and/or Doris M Collett in 1949, need more information

Sources

1.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2023, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Rochford 1920 quarter:2 volume:4a page:1550. Cit. Date: 20 December 2025.

2.

Seax - Essex Record Office Parish Records, (on-line at www.essexcc.gov.uk). Southchurch Holy Trinity baptisms 1912-1929 ref:D/P 120/1/7 image:42 page:76 entry:604. Cit. Date: 28 December 2025.

3.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Southend on Sea 1998 quarter:1 district:4751D register:D78B entry:137 date:0298. Cit. Date: 28 December 2025.

4.

UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG101 piece:1587F page:8 line:4 letter code:DDSD. Cit. Date: 28 December 2025.

5.

England and Wales Census 1921, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive series:RG15 piece:9074 registration district:195 sub-district:2 enumeration district:65 schedule:207. Cit. Date: 20 December 2025.