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Diss : 1939 National Registration
Surname: BRYANT

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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 = 23 from 126676
ID	No.	H/H	Name	Gender	DoB	Status	Occupation	Address	Notes
5766	1012	1	BRYANT Jeremiah	M	26.04.1859	M	Retired lumber yard hand	2 Burston Road, Diss	-
5767	1012	2	BRYANT Mahala A	F	20.06.1868	M	Unpaid domestic duties	2 Burston Road, Diss	-
5921	1063	5	BRYANT Lily H	F	02.09.1897	S	Certificated school teacher	Mount Street, Diss	-
6024	1095	1	BRYANT Alfred A	M	31.12.1888	M	Wholesale and retail grocer and provision merchant	21 Frenze Street, Diss	-
6025	1095	2	BRYANT Cissie A	F	07.01.1912	M	Unpaid domestic duties	21 Frenze Street, Diss	-
6129	1129	1	BRYANT George H	M	14.01.1900	M	Postman	Walcot Road, Diss	Wartime role: A.R.P. G.P.O. Auxillary Fire Service
6130	1129	2	BRYANT Ruth M	F	14.03.1902	M	Unpaid domestic duties	Walcot Road, Diss	-
6131	1129	4	BRYANT Joyce M	F	28.09.1930	S	At school	Walcot Road, Diss	-
6142	1134	1	BRYANT Roger A	M	13.01.1895	M	Wholesale and retail grocer	Walcot Road, Diss	Wartime role: Special Constable
6143	1134	2	BRYANT Dora M	F	02.03.1899	M	Unpaid domestic duties	Walcot Road, Diss	-
6310	2043	1	BRYANT Ernest B	M	08.03.1874	M	Company director - grocer	97 Denmark Street, Diss	-
6311	2043	2	BRYANT Eliza Hannah	F	29.11.1874	M	Unpaid domestic duties	97 Denmark Street, Diss	-
6312	2043	3	BRYANT Emma Gwendoline	F	16.04.1900	S	Incapacitated	97 Denmark Street, Diss	-
6812	2219	1	BRYANT Ivan	M	11.02.1885	M	Post office overseer	36 Mount Pleasant, Diss	Wartime role: A.R.P. Diss Post Office
6813	2219	2	BRYANT Hilda A	F	13.10.1891	M	Unpaid domestic duties	36 Mount Pleasant, Diss	-
8594	4161	1	BRYANT Margaret	F	23.12.1859	W	-	The Wilderness, Diss	-
8648	4189	2	BRYANT Daisy M	F	06.10.1900	W	Unpaid domestic duties	21 Church Street, Diss	-
8649	4189	3	BRYANT Kenneth	M	09.04.1924	S	Outfitter	21 Church Street, Diss	-
8661	4191	1	BRYANT Edward A	M	27.06.1886	M	Salesman mineral water (heavy worker)	5 Chapel Street, Diss	-
8662	4191	2	BRYANT Anna E	F	10.04.1887	M	Unpaid domestic duties	5 Chapel Street, Diss	-
8663	4191	3	BRYANT Joan	F	09.12.1917	M	Unpaid domestic duties	5 Chapel Street, Diss	-
8664	4191	4	BRYANT Edward A	M	23.06.1928	S	At school	5 Chapel Street, Diss	-
8665	4191	5	BRYANT Gerald E	M	14.03.1938	S	Under school age	5 Chapel Street, Diss	-
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