See also

Lily Susan Piper (1896-1967)

Individual Events and Attributes

  • Occupation:

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  • domestic servant4 5

  • Birth:

  • 16 Sep 1896

  • Kersey, Suffolk, England1 6 7 4 5

  •  

  • daughter of Thomas Piper (dealer in fowls) and Mary ann formerly Frost. 1939 register says born on 29th December 1900, but no other Lily S Piper born around that time

  • Baptism:

  • 22 Nov 1896 (age 0)

  • St. Mary's Church, Church Hill, Kersey, Suffolk, England2

  •  

  • daughter of Thomas Piper (dealer) and Mary Ann

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 4)

  • The Street, Kersey, Suffolk, England7

  •  

  • daughter living in three rooms with her parents Thomas and Mary, brothers George, Robert, William, Clement, Alan and Frederick, and sisters Elizabeth and Miriam. Born in Kersey Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 14)

  • 171 Knights Hill, Norwood, London, England4

  •  

  • an unmarried general domestic servant living in seven rooms with unmarried Louisa Tomlinson and a housekeeper. Born in Kersey Suffolk

  • Census absence:

  • 19 Jun 1921 (age 24)

  •  

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 43)

  • 95 Telegraph Road, Deal, Kent, England5

  •  

  • an unmarried domestic living with William and Flora Wall and his father William. Born on 29th December 1900

  • Death:

  • Q4 1967 (age 66)

  • Bridge "Registration District", Kent, England3

Individual Note

Not confident about the 1939 register entry and death, but no other Lily S Piper was born around 1896-1900

Sources

1.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Cosford 1896 quarter:4 volume:4a page:798. Cit. Date: 23 July 2025.

2.

Suffolk Family History Society All Baptisms Suffolk 1813-1900, (SFK-BPI/P1-1 own copy). Kersey St. Mary baptisms entry:667. Cit. Date: 26 July 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). Bridge 1967 quarter:4 volume:5f page:48. Cit. Date: 25 July 2025.

4.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG14 piece:2128 class:RG78 piece:73 registration district:25 sub-district:5 enumeration district:29 schedule:234. Cit. Date: 25 July 2025.

5.

UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG101 piece: 1701E page6 line:20 letter code:DHID. Cit. Date: 25 July 2025.

6.

Birth Certificate. own copy, GRO digital image. Cit. Date: 26 July 2025. Family Archive, Held by David and Sue Wilkinson.

7.

England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG13 piece:1749 folio:69 page:2 schedule:10. Cit. Date: 23 July 2025.