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Drew Family in Suffolk

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Susan

Susan Report 19 Oct 2012 12:42

I am looking for any information regarding my Grandfather Percy Robert Drew (born 1904 in Hackney) to Catherine Ann Drew. He grew up in Lowerstoft, Suffolk but I would really like to know more.

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it Report 19 Oct 2012 12:44

The only info you will get is BMDS and the 1911 census I,m afraid Unless there were some misdemeanor sometime and these are documented.

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it Report 19 Oct 2012 12:48

heres his birth
Name: Percy Robert Drew
Date of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep 1904
Registration district: Hackney
Inferred County: London
Volume: 1b
Page: 492

and death
Name: Percy Robert Drew
Birth Date: 23 Jun 1904
Date of Registration: Oct 1994
Age at Death: 90
Registration district: Surrey Mid-eastern
Inferred County: Surrey
Register Number: EMV54
District and Subdistrict: 7561
Entry number: 211



with his mum in 1911

Name: Percy Robert Drew
Age in 1911: 7
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1904
Relation to Head: Step Son
Gender: Male
Birth Place: Hackney, London, England
Civil parish: Cookley
County/Island: Suffolk
Country: England
Street Address: Cookley, Halesworth, Suffolk
Occupation: School
Registration district: Blything
Registration District Number: 216
Sub-registration district: Leiston
ED, institution, or vessel: 4
Household schedule number: 33
Piece: 10950
Household Members:
Name Age
James Foster Phillips 31
Catherine Ann Phillips 27 edit born Lowestoft
Percy Robert Drew 7

Source Citation: Class: RG14; Piece: 10950; Schedule Number: 33; .

Catherine had been married 5 years to James and they had no children to date

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it Report 19 Oct 2012 12:50

Name: Catherine Ann Drew
Date of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec 1905
Registration district: Blything
Inferred County: Suffolk
Volume Number: 4a
Page Number: 2117

spouse James Foster Phillips

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it Report 19 Oct 2012 12:57

Its possible Catherine came from Suffolk and returned there

Name: Catherine Ann Drew
Date of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec 1883
Registration district: Mutford
Inferred County: Suffolk
Volume: 4a
Page: 882


The marriage cert to James should give her fathers name ,if known



edit:: her death

England & Wales, Death Index: 1916-2006 about Catherine A Phillips
Name: Catherine A Phillips
Birth Date: abt 1883
Date of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec 1934
Age at Death: 51
Registration district: Blything
Inferred County: Suffolk
Volume: 4a
Page: 1194

Susan

Susan Report 19 Oct 2012 12:57

Many thanks.

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it Report 19 Oct 2012 13:03

Name: James Forster Phillips
Date of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar 1880
Registration district: Blything
Inferred County: Suffolk
Volume: 4a
Page: 797


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Name: James Phillips
Birth Date: abt 1880
Date of Registration: Apr-May-Jun 1963
Age at Death: 83
Registration district: Samford
Inferred County: Suffolk
Volume: 4b
Page: 1025

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it Report 19 Oct 2012 13:10

1891 England Census about Catherine Drew
Name: Catherine Drew
Age: 7
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1884
Relation: Daughter
Father's Name: Henry Drew
Mother's name: Ellen Drew
Gender: Female
Where born: Lowestoft, Suffolk, England
Civil parish: Lowestoft
Ecclesiastical parish: Lowestoft
Town: Lowestoft
County/Island: Suffolk
Country: England
Street Address: Rotterdam Road

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Education:

Employment status:

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Registration district: Mutford
Sub-registration district: Lowestoft
ED, institution, or vessel: 18
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 1495
Folio: 12
Page Number: 18
Household Members:
Name Age
Henry Drew 27 employed on a Dredger
Ellen Drew 26
Catherine Drew 7
Emily Drew 5
Alfred Drew 1

Source Citation: Class: RG12; Piece: 1495; Folio: 12; Page: 18; GSU roll: 6096605.


1901
1901 England Census about Catherine A Drew
Name: Catherine A Drew
Age: 17
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1884
Relation: Servant
Gender: Female
Where born: Lowestoft, Suffolk, England
Civil parish: Lowestoft
Ecclesiastical parish: Lowestoft St Margaret and St Peter
County/Island: Suffolk
Country: England
Street Address:81 Albert Street

Occupation:gen domestic servant

Condition as to marriage:

Education:

Employment status:

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Registration district: Mutford
Sub-registration district: Lowestoft
ED, institution, or vessel: 19
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 224
Piece: 1805
Folio: 69
Page Number: 34
Household Members:
Name Age
James C Cooper 52
Rhoda F Cooper 48
May C Cooper 20
James C Cooper 18
Lily M Cooper 17
George W Cooper 15
Millie B Cooper 12
Frank H Cooper 10
Ernest S Cooper 9
Alfred J Cooper 7
Catherine A Drew 17

Source Citation: Class: RG13; Piece: 1805; Folio: 69; Page: 34.


so after 1901 she went down to the London area to have Percy in 1904

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it Report 19 Oct 2012 13:21

her parents marriage
Name: Henry William Drew
Date of Registration: Apr-May-Jun 1883
Registration district: Mutford
Inferred County: Suffolk
Volume Number: 4a
Page Number: 1131

spouse Ellen Mary A Jones


You can check her mums maiden name against Catherine's birth cert