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Diss : 1939 National Registration
Surname: MARTIN

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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 = 39 from 124353
ID	No.	H/H	Name	Gender	DoB	Status	Occupation	Address	Notes
5757	1008	4	MARTIN Iris	F	03.05.1925	S	At school	13 Heywood Road, Diss	-
6022	1094	3	MARTIN Rachel J	F	30.08.1918	M	Housewife	22 Frenze Street, Diss	-
6197	2008	5	MARTIN C	M	05.10.1874	W	Boiler maker	33 Stanley Road, Diss	-
6518	2114	1	MARTIN Kate	F	20.01.1876	W	-	37 Mount Street, Diss	-
6694	2180	4	MARTIN Maurice	M	22.01.1914	M	Chauffeur	9 Heywood Road, Diss	Wartime role: A.F.S. London C.C. District
6730	2192	3	MARTIN Bertha M	F	17.06.1911	S	Mat maker	8 Mount Pleasant, Diss	-
6795	2214	1	MARTIN Ernest E	M	20.11.1902	M	Electrical linesman heavy worker	31 Mount Pleasant, Diss	-
6796	2214	2	MARTIN Ellen A	F	06.10.1894	M	Unpaid domestic duties	31 Mount Pleasant, Diss	-
6797	2214	5	MARTIN Jane	F	25.03.1930	S	At school	31 Mount Pleasant, Diss	-
6798	2214	7	MARTIN Janet	F	23.07.1934	S	At school	31 Mount Pleasant, Diss	-
6799	2215	1	MARTIN George	M	04.07.1903	M	Motor driver	32 Mount Pleasant, Diss	-
6800	2215	2	MARTIN Jessie E	F	15.01.1905	M	Unpaid domestic duties	32 Mount Pleasant, Diss	-
6802	2215	4	MARTIN Betsy E	F	07.03.1930	S	At school	32 Mount Pleasant, Diss	-
7734	3177	2	MARTIN Ernest O	M	30.07.1888	W	Shoe repairer	5 Denmark Street, Diss	-
7779	3196	1	MARTIN Jack	M	09.11.1906	M	Chauffeur	26 Denmark Street, Diss	-
7780	3196	2	MARTIN Edna M	F	23.05.1908	M	Unpaid domestic duties	26 Denmark Street, Diss	-
7856	3224	1	MARTIN Charles	M	12.11.1877	M	Matting weaver	57 Denmark Street, Diss	-
7857	3224	2	MARTIN Angelina	F	16.06.1874	M	Householder	57 Denmark Street, Diss	-
7858	3224	3	MARTIN Annie L	F	01.04.1903	M	Cleaner (daily)	57 Denmark Street, Diss	-
7859	3224	5	MARTIN Joan M	F	08.09.1916	S	Brushmaker	57 Denmark Street, Diss	-
7860	3224	6	MARTIN -	F	00.00.0000	S	Brushmaker	57 Denmark Street, Diss	-
7867	3227	1	MARTIN Annie E	F	25.06.1863	W	Unpaid domestic duties	60 Denmark Street, Diss	-
7868	3228	2	MARTIN Frederick	M	13.11.1885	S	General labourer	60 Denmark Street, Diss	-
7871	3228	3	MARTIN Blanche A	F	13.04.1909	S	Brush hand	61 Denmark Street, Diss	-
7934	3252	1	MARTIN \agnes J	F	00.00.0000	-	Unpaid domestic duties	33 Fair Green, Diss	-
7935	3252	2	MARTIN Phyllis B	F	23.06.1914	S	Domestic cleaner	33 Fair Green, Diss	-
7936	3252	3	MARTIN Thomas W E	M	30.12.1918	S	Wood sawyer	33 Fair Green, Diss	-
8020	3278	1	MARTIN Thomas	M	14.11.1857	M	Old age pensioner	11 Fair Green, Diss	-
8021	3278	2	MARTIN Alice M	F	09.06.1864	M	Old age pensioner	11 Fair Green, Diss	-
8022	3278	3	MARTIN Frederick W	M	11.06.1891	S	Matting weaver	11 Fair Green, Diss	-
8023	3278	4	MARTIN Walter	M	11.07.1893	S	General labourer	11 Fair Green, Diss	-
8024	3278	5	MARTIN Sidney R	M	11.05.1895	S	General labourer	11 Fair Green, Diss	-
8025	3278	6	MARTIN Leslie	M	23.12.1909	S	-	11 Fair Green, Diss	-
8059	3289	1	MARTIN Alice M	F	27.08.1897	S	Charwoman	3 Stanley Road, Diss	-
8060	3289	2	MARTIN Kathleen	F	03.03.1922	S	Boot shop assistant	3 Stanley Road, Diss	-
8145	3321	1	MARTIN Joan M	F	08.09.1916	S	Brushmaker	57 Denmark Street, Diss	-
8243	4037	8	MARTIN Daphne B	F	21.08.1917	S	Dairymaid, assisting parents	Champneys, Diss	-
8244	4037	9	MARTIN Marjorie	F	05.01.1879	M	Dairy farmer	Champneys, Diss	-
8245	4037	10	MARTIN Helmuth F	M	16.04.1883	M	Aeronatical engineer (retired), now farming	Champneys, Diss	-
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