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Diss : 1939 National Registration
Surname: BROWN

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Around 1938 there was considerable unrest in Europe. In the House of Commons in December 1938 it was announced that if there was a war, a Register would be taken of the personal details of every civilian in Great Britain and Northern Ireland. This Register proved to be a critical tool in aiding the war effort, used to issue identity cards, organise call-up, facilitate rationing, and much more.
On September 1st, 1939, Germany invaded Poland, and Britain declared war on the 3rd. On September 5th, the National Registration Act received royal assent and Registrar General Sir Sylvanus Vivian announced that National Registration Day would be September 29th.
Having issued forms to more than 41 million people, the enumerators were charged with the task of visiting every household in Great Britain and Northern Ireland to collect the names, addresses, marital statuses and other key details of every civilian in the country, issuing identity cards on the spot.
These identity cards were essential items from the point the Register was taken until 1952 when the legal requirement to carry them ended. Until then, every member of the civilian population had to be able to present their card upon request by a police officer or other official or bring them to a police station within 48 hours. The reasons were numerous - it was essential to know who everyone was and to track their movements as they moved house, as well as to keep track when babies were born and people passed away.
The main contents of the information was address, schedule number, sub number, surname, first name(s), role (for institutions only), gender, date of birth, marital status, and occupation. The data was ordered so that the content of households could be seen and hence some inferrence of relationships could be made.
The 1939 Register is probably the most important documents in 20th century Britain. The information it contains not only helped toward the war effort, it was also used in the founding of the NHS. In addition, the 1931 census was destroyed in a fire and the 1941 census was never taken. It is the only surviving overview of the civil population of England and Wales spanning the period 1921 - 1951. Especially from a genealogist’s point of view it bridged a census gap that risked losing an entire generation.
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Records found = 30 from 124353
ID	No.	H/H	Name	Gender	DoB	Status	Occupation	Address	Notes
6026	1095	5	BROWN Kathleen B	F	-	S	School teacher	21 Frenze Street, Diss	-
6139	1132	4	BROWN Frederick H J	M	28.08.1922	S	Farm labourer	Walcot Road, Diss	-
6329	2046	1	BROWN George	M	31.12.1897	M	Market gardener own account	100 Denmark Street, Diss	-
6330	2046	2	BROWN Victoria M	F	#VALUE!	M	Unpaid public house work general	100 Denmark Street, Diss	-
6331	2046	3	BROWN Mary M	F	18.06.1920	S	-	100 Denmark Street, Diss	Wartime role: First Aid
6332	2046	4	BROWN Clifford G	M	04.04.1928	S	At school	100 Denmark Street, Diss	-
6510	2110	2	BROWN George	M	19.10.1913	S	Farm labourer	33 Mount Street, Diss	-
6619	2151	1	BROWN Alfred A	M	08.09.1871	M	Retired	25 Sunnyside, Diss	-
6620	2151	2	BROWN Alice F	F	18.01.1871	M	Unpaid domestic duties	25 Sunnyside, Diss	-
6677	2174	1	BROWN George	M	13.11.1893	M	Mat maker	3 Heywood Road, Diss	-
6689	2179	1	BROWN Edward	M	28.06.1885	M	Mat maker	8 Heywood Road, Diss	-
6690	2179	2	BROWN Grace	F	26.01.1901	M	Unpaid domestic duties	8 Heywood Road, Diss	-
7456	3084	2	BROWN Edith M	F	15.01.1893	S	Teacher school	91 Victoria Road, Diss	-
7672	3156	5	BROWN Hilda M	F	03.03.1924	S	Domestic servant	49-50 Mere Street, Diss	-
7834	3216	1	BROWN William F	M	11.12.1884	M	Auxillary postman	49 Denmark Street, Diss	-
7835	3216	2	BROWN Florence A	F	11.12.1906	S	Grocery shop assistant	49 Denmark Street, Diss	-
7836	3216	3	BROWN Alice M	F	15.09.1881	M	Unpaid domestic duties	49 Denmark Street, Diss	-
8258	4043	1	BROWN Dick	M	13.11.1899	M	Builders labourer	7 Vinces Lane, Diss	-
8259	4043	2	BROWN Gladys L	F	18.02.1905	M	Unpaid domestic duties	7 Vinces Lane, Diss	-
8260	4043	3	BROWN Doreen	F	01.08.1925	S	At school	7 Vinces Lane, Diss	-
8261	4043	7	BROWN Baby	F	13.09.1939	S	Under school age	7 Vinces Lane, Diss	-
8359	4083	1	BROWN Fred H	M	23.11.1896	M	G.P.O. Postman Driver	40 Victoria Road, Diss	-
8360	4083	2	BROWN Frances M	F	03.11.1901	M	Unpaid domestic duties	40 Victoria Road, Diss	-
8361	4083	4	BROWN Joan E	F	04.10.1930	S	At school	40 Victoria Road, Diss	-
8528	4140	1	BROWN James G	M	09.04.1895	M	Post Office Mail Driiver	20 Frenze Road, Diss	-
8529	4140	2	BROWN Hilda E	F	02.01.1897	M	Unpaid domestic duties	20 Frenze Road, Diss	-
8530	4140	3	BROWN Alec J C	M	12.02.1919	S	Footman	20 Frenze Road, Diss	-
8531	4140	4	BROWN Percy G	M	14.11.1920	S	Post Office C.S. and T.	20 Frenze Road, Diss	-
8609	4169	1	BROWN Thomas	M	28.12.1878	M	General labourer	11 Church Street, Diss	-
8610	4169	2	BROWN Mary A	F	09.05.1873	M	Unpaid domestic duties	11 Church Street, Diss	-
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