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Drew Family in Suffolk

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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

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 13:03

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

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 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

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 12:48

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 12:44

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.

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.