See also
Husband:
Herbert MATTHEWS (1878-1971)
Wife:
Esther HARRIS (1878-c. 1962)
Children:
Marriage:
23 Aug 1905
witnesses were R W LIDMAN and Martha MATTHEWS
Name:
Herbert MATTHEWS
Sex:
Male
Father:
Mother:
Birth:
16 Oct 1878
Baptism:
8 Dec 1878 (age 0)
Bixley3
Census:
1881 (age 2-3)
Whitlingham6
2, living with parents John (48, farm steward for 600 acres of arable and 390 acres of grazing employing 42 men, 9 boys and 7 women) and Sophia (42), siblings Marion (20), Martha (18), Edward (16, carpenter), Albert (14, scholar), James (12, scholar), Laura (9, scholar), John (7, scholar) and Maud (4, scholar), and general servant Alice GOLDSPINK (14)
Census:
1891 (age 12-13)
Whitlingham7
Address: Whitlingham Farm Water Side, Whitlingham
12, scholar, living with parents John (58, farm steward) and Sophia (50), siblings Marian (27, assisting with work in farm house), Martha (25, assisting with work in farm house), John (17, assistant farm steward) and Agnes Maud (14, scholar), and visitors Kate May WILKINSON (14, scholar) and Walter CLARKE (12, scholar)
Census:
1901 (age 22-23)
Whitlingham8
Address: Farm House, Whitlingham
22, butcher, living with parents John (68, farm steward) and Sophia (63), siblings Marion (36), Martha (34), John (27, farm steward) and Agnes (24, draper's assistant), uncle Robert (widower, 63, living on own means), and visitor Florence LARMAN (23)
Census:
1911 (age 32-33)
Norwich, Norfolk9
Address: 4 Shipstone Road, Norwich
32, butcher, living with wife Esther (33) and daughter Marjorie (4)
1939 Register:
1939 (age 60-61)
Whitlingham5
Address: Hall Farm, Whitlingham
farmer, b.16.10.1878, daughter and son-in-law living with them
Death:
25 Jul 1971 (age 92)10
reg: Bishop Stortford, Hertfordshire
Name:
Esther HARRIS
Sex:
Female
Father:
Mother:
Birth:
26 Jan 1878
Norwich, Norfolk5
Census:
1901 (age 22-23)
Norwich, Norfolk11
Address: Lord Raglan Tavern 30 Bishop Bridge Road, Norwich
23, assistant in tavern, living with mother Jane (widow, 57, licenced victualler)
Census:
1911 (age 32-33)
Norwich, Norfolk9
Address: 4 Shipstone Road, Norwich
33, living with husband Herbert (32, butcher) and daughter Marjorie (4)
1939 Register:
1939 (age 60-61)
Whitlingham5
Address: Hall Farm, Whitlingham
unpaid domestic duties, b.26.01.1878, daughter and son-in-law living with them
Death:
c. 1962 (age 83-84)12
reg: Norwich Outer, Norfolk
Name:
Hilda Marjorie MATTHEWS
Sex:
Female
Spouse:
Birth:
3 Jan 1907
Census:
1911 (age 3-4)
Norwich, Norfolk9
Address: 4 Shipstone Road, Norwich
4, living with parents Herbert (32, butcher) and Esther (33)
1939 Register:
1939 (age 31-32)
Whitlingham15
Address: Hall Farm, Whitlingham
unpaid domestic duties, b.03.01.1907, living with her parents
Death:
20 Sep 2000 (age 93)
Probate:
27 Nov 2000
Ipswich, Suffolk16
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Date of death uncertain
Civil Registration - marriage. 1905 Q3 Norwich 4B 293. Cit. Date: Q3 1905.
Parish register - marriage. Norwich St. Mary Magdalen. Cit. Date: 23 August 1905.
Parish register - baptism. Bixley. Cit. Date: 8 December 1878.
Civil Registration - birth. 1878 Q4 Henstead 4B 197. Cit. Date: Q4 1878.
1939 Registration. RG101/6557G/002/19 : TRMS. Cit. Date: 1939.
1881 Census. RG11 1958 151 28. Cit. Date: 1881.
1891 Census. RG12 1537 129 27. Cit. Date: 1891.
1901 Census. RG13 1853 116 2. Cit. Date: 1901.
1911 Census. RG14 PN11277 RD225 SD1 ED23 SN168. Cit. Date: 1911.
Civil Registration - death. 1971 Q4 Bishop Stortford 4B 43. Cit. Date: Q4 1971.
1901 Census. RG13 1837 20 31. Cit. Date: 1901.
Civil Registration - death. 1962 Q2 Norwich Outer 4B 649. Cit. Date: Q2 1962.
Civil Registration - birth. 1907 Q1 Norwich Norfolk 4B 116. Cit. Date: Q1 1907.
Civil Registration - death. 2000 M09 Harlow Essex 4721A 25A 288. Cit. Date: September 2000.
1939 Registration. RG101/6557G/002/22 : TRMS. Cit. Date: 1939.
Probate Death Index. Cit. Date: 27 November 2000.
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