See also
Name:
Arthur James Wakefield
Sex:
Male
Father:
Mother:
1883, Register Entry for Baptism of Arthur James Wakefield
Birth:
16 Aug 1883
The 1939 Register gives his date of birth as 16 Aug 82. However, his birth registration was in the third quarter of 1883 which gives a more likely date of birth as 16 Aug 83.
Baptism:
9 Sep 1883 (age 0)
Wesleyan Methodist Chapel4
Address: Grenville Place, Clifton, Gloucestershire
Census (living with parents):
5 Apr 1891 (age 7)
1891 Census - living with parents
Census (living with parents):
31 Mar 1901 (age 17)
1901 Census - living with parents
Census (living with parents):
2 Apr 1911 (age 27)
1911 Census - living with parents
spouse:
11 Aug 1952 (age 68)
Death of spouse Dorothy
Beneficiary:
25 Feb 1953 (age 69)
Beneficiary in the will of Dorothy May Jacobs
Death:
20 Apr 1977 (age 93)
Address: 12 Richmond Park Road
The grant of probate gives the date and place of his death.
Probate:
27 Jun 1977
Bristol5
His estate was valued at £36,276 which was a considerable sum at the time. It is unlikely to have come from savings from his employment as an insurance agent (1921 Census and 1939 Register) so it was probably from the sale of his house at 12 Richmond Walk Clifton where he known to have lived since before the 1939 Census. The executors and beneficiaries are unknown. As far as is known he had no children and his wife Dorothy and sister Comfort were dead.
1921, 1921 Census for Household of Arthur James Wakefield in Clifton, Bristol
Spouse:
Marriage:
28 Mar 1921 (age 36)
Address: Grenville Place, Clifton, Gloucestershire
A partial transcription on the FamilySearch (LDS) website does not include an image of the register entry or specific details of the chapel or the rite - only that the transcription is from a non-conformist church record and that the event took place in Bristol. As Arthur was baptised in the Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Grenville Place, Clifton, Bristol it is assumed that the marriage took place there.
Census for household:
19 Jun 1921 (age 37)
Bristol, Gloucestershire9
Address: 215 Hotwell Road
The household consisted of Arthur and his wife Dorothy. They had the 5 roomed house to themselves.
1939 Register (Household):
29 Sep 1939 (age 56)
Clifton, Bristol, Gloucestershire10
Address: 12 Richmond Park Road
The household consisted of Arthur and his wife Dorothy. As well as his daytime job as an insurance agent Arthur is a special constable. They are sharing the house with an electrical engineering student Rabindea Bose and a furnishing salesman Kenneth Symes. The Register treats all four as a single household.
1891 England Census for Household of Frederick W. Wakefield in Clifton, Bristol, (Ancestry website). Custom Id: RG12/1967, Folio 83, Page 17, Schedule 120; Name, age and place of birth. Cit. Date: 5 April 1891. National Archives. Call Number: RG12/1967.
England and Wales Birth Registration Index, Arthur James Wakefield, Q3 1883, Barton Regis, Vol. 6a, Page 60, General Register Office.
1939 Register: Arthur J Wakefield, 29 September 1939, National Archives, RG101/4978C, Item 4.
Non-conformist Records for Baptism of Arthur James Wakefield, Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Grenville Place, Clifton, Gloustershire, 9 September 1883, Bristol Archives.
Grant of Probate: Arthur James Wakefield, 27 June 1977, Principal Probate Registry, 1977 Vergette-Webster Page 8389.
England and Wales Death Registration Index, Arthur James Wakefield, Q2 1977, Bristol, Vol. 22 Page 1038, General Register Office.
Non-conformist Records for Marriage of Arthur James Wakefield and Dorothy May Jacobs, Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Grenville Place, Clifton, Gloucestershire, 28 March 1921, Bristol Archives.
England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, Arthur J Wakefield and Dorothy M Jacobs, Q1 1921, Bristol, Vol 6a, Page 441, General Register Office.
1921 England, Wales & Scotland census, 215 Hotwell Road, Bristol, Gloucestershire, RG15/11808, Schedule 30, head of household: Arthur James Wakefield, National Archives.
1939 Register: Arthur J Wakefield, 29 September 1939, National Archives.