See also
Name:
Ivy Ella S. Wakefield1
Sex:
Female
Father:
Mother:
Birth:
1901
The 1911 Census give a calculated year of birth of 1902 but her birth was registered in the quarter ending September 1901. Both sorces agree on her birthplace.
Birth Reg1:
Sep 1901 (age 0)
Bristol, Gloucestershire3
Sister's marriage:
12 May 1907 (age 5-6)
Marriage of sister Amy to John Wallace
Census (living with mother):
2 Apr 1911 (age 9-10)
1911 Census. Living with mother
Census (living with mother):
19 Jun 1921 (age 19-20)
1921 Census. Living with mother
living in the household:
29 Sep 1939 (age 37-38)
1939 Register - Living in household of Sidney G Hewins4
Occupation:
btw 1940 and 1956 (age 38-55)
-; Greenbank Police Station, Plymouth, Devon5
Policewoman||The evidence is based on a single incident. On one occasion Pat Wallace (Ivy's great niece) and her Grandmother (Ivy's sister) visited Ivy in Greenbank Police Station where Pat was given an enamel plate with a slice of bread and jam on it and a mug of tea and told to take it to a prisoner in one of the cells. She remembers that Aunty Ivy was in uniform and unlocked the door of the cell for Pat. As the custody of prisoners in police cells are the responsibly of the police Ivy must have been a policewoman. As this was in the late 1940s or early 1950s it is just possible that Ivy has been recruited during the war when women who did not have children were required to do 'war work'. She probably retired at the age of 55.
Present (sibling):
24 Sep 1956 (age 54-55)
Present at the burial of her sister Amy Winifred
Death:
c. 1976 (age 74-75)
Plymouth, Devon6
||The dedication of 'To our dear sister Amy, Her sisters Lottie, Bessie, Ivy & Hilda' indicates that Ivy was still alive at the time of her sister Amy's death on 24 Sep 1956. However a search for death registeration proved fruitless in locating the date and place of Ivy's death. Her great-neice Pat Ward (née Wallace) who is the source of much information about the Wakefields moved away from Plymouth shortly after Amy's death and lost contact with Ivy and has no recollection of her death. It is assumed that Ivy continued to live in Plymouth and as the Wakefields were fairly long lived it is assumed that she died in her 70s.
Spouse:
Children:
Marriage:
1922 (age 20-21)
Islington, Greater London7
Divorce:
A search for Wilfred's death found that he had died in 1974 in Redbridge. This was a surprise as it was known that his wife Ivy was living alone in Plymouth in the 1950s. A search for a second marriage found that Wilfred had remarried in 1940. Ivy never remarried. Ivy must have divorced Wilfred sometime between the birth of their second child in 1924 and Wilfred's remarriage in 1940 and 1939 is a best guess. She is shown as divicorced in the 1939 Register. The grounds for the divorce are not known.
1911 England Census for Household of Eliza Emily Wakefield in East Stonehouse, Devon. Ivy E. S. Wakefield. National Archives. Call Number: RG14/13006.
Ibid. Ivy E. S. Wakefield age 9 (i.e. born in 1902) in Bristol, Gloucestershire. National Archives. Call Number: RG14/13006.
CRI(E&W) for Birth of Ivy Ella J. Wakefield, Event Type: Birth, Registration District: Bristol, Volume: 6a, Page: 78, (Period, Jun-Sep 1901). Quarter and Year Jul-Sep 1901Surname WakefieldGiven Names Ivy Ella S.Registration District Bristol. General Register Office. Call Number: Births.
1939 Register: Sidney G Hewins, 29 September 1939, National Archives, RG101/6777B.
J. P. W. Ward, Memoir - The Wallace Family - Reminiscences of Patricia Hélène Ward, (2009 & updated as necessary). Para 2 - John and Amy Wallace extract.On one occasion Pat and her Grandmother visited Aunt Ivy in Greenbank Police Station where Pat was given an enamel plate with a slice of bread and jam on it and a mug of tea and told to take it to a prisoner in one of the cells. She remembers that Aunty Ivy was in uniform and unlocked the door of the cell for Pat. As the custody of prisoners in police cells are the responsibly of the police Ivy must have been a policewoman. As this was in the late 1940s or early 1950s it is just possible that Ivy has been recruited during the war when women who did not have children were required to do 'war work'. Wallace-Boyle Database.
Funeral Director, Floral Tributes - Sacred to the Memory of Amy Winifred Waring. Page 124 SEP 1956 To our dear sister Amy, Her sisters Lottie, Bessie, Ivy & Hilda. Madeline Blackham.
CRI(E&W) for Marriage of Wilfred E. R. Sears and Ivy E. R. Wakefield, Event Type: Marriage, Registration District: Islington, Volume: 1b, Page: 827, (Period, Jul-Sep 1922). Quarter & Year Jul-Sep 1922Registration DistrictIslingtonGroom's NameWilfred E. R. SearsBride's NameIvy E. S. Wakefield. General Register Office. Call Number: Marriages.
CRI(E&W) for Marriage of Wilfred E.R. Sears and Lilian W. Harwood, Event Type: Marriage, Registration District: Ilford, Volume: 4a, Page: 1813, (Period, Apr-Jun 1940). CRI(E&W) for Marriage of Wilfred E. R. Sears (659) to Lilian W. Harwood (674)Quarter & Year Apr-Jun 1940Registration DistrictIlford, EssexGroom's NameWilfred E R SearsBride's NameLilian W Harwood. General Register Office. Call Number: Marriages.
CRI(E&W) for Death of Wilfred Ernest R. Sears, Event Type: Death, Registration District: Redbridge, Volume: 14, Page: 1341, (Period, Jul-Sep 1974). Quarter and Year Jul-Sep 1974Surname SearsGiven Names Wilfred Ernest R.Date of Birth25 Jan 1901 Registration District Redbridge. General Register Office. Call Number: Deaths.