See also

Wallace Albert Hodge (1907-1987)

Individual Events and Attributes

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1987, Certified Copy of an Entry of Death for Wallace Albert Hodge

  • Birth:

  • 6 Apr 1907

  • Plympton, Devon2 3

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  • His death registration gives his date of birth and his birth registration the area in which he was born. He had a twin brother Horace James.

  • Census (living with parents):

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 3)

  • 1911 Census - living with parents

  • Census (living with parents):

  • 19 Jun 1921 (age 14)

  • 1921 Census - living with parents

  • Occupation:

  • frm 1930 to 1965 (age 22-58)

  • a wholesale confectioner; Plymouth, Devon4

  • Executor:

  • 2 Apr 1931 (age 23)

  • Charles was executor for estate of Florence Mary Jane Cook

  • Residence:

  • frm Sep 1933 to 1937 (age 26-30)

  • 3 Eton Place, Plymouth, Devon5 6

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  • Their daughter was born there in December 1933 and it is believed that they moved there after they were married lived there until business problems forced them to move to cheaper accommodation. It was an elegant double fronted Victorian terrace house.

  • Father:

  • 1 Jan 1934 (age 26)

  • Reported the birth of his daughter Joan

  • Witness:

  • 24 Dec 1957 (age 50)

  • Wallace witnessed the Marriage of Jack Peter William Ward and Joan Elizabeth Hodge

  • spouse:

  • 31 Dec 1986 (age 79)

  • Death of spouse Dorothy

  • Death:

  • 12 Nov 1987 (age 80)

  • Greenbank Hospital7 8

  •  

  • Cause: respiatory failure

    Address: Plymouth, Devon

    He had always been a heavy smoker and suffered from shortness of breath.

  • Death Registration:

  • 13 Nov 1987

  • Register Office7

  •  

  • Address: Plumouth

Marriage

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1939, 1939 Register for Household of Wallace A Hodge

  • Spouse:

  • Dorothy Annetta Dominy (1910-1986)

  • Children:

  • Joan Elizabeth Hodge

  • Marriage:

  • 8 Sep 1933 (age 26)

  • The Register Office9 10 11 12

  •  

  • Address: Plymouth, Devon

    Stanley Dominy was the bride's father, W. Cooper who was probably the Best Man as well as a witness and Frank Hodge was the groom's brother. The groom's parents were dead but some of his surviving siblings may have been there. As the bride's father was a witness he was certainly there together with is wife Lavinia. Whether there were any other guests is not known. Dorothy was 5 months pregnant when she married Wallace so it may have been a marriage of convenience. However, it is known that Dorothy was being courted by both Wallace and his twin brother Horace who was killed in a motorcycle accident in 1931 and obviously the courtship with Wallace continued after Horace's death.

  • Residence (family):

  • frm 1937 to 1986 (age 29-79)

  • Plymouth, Devon13

  •  

  • Address: 16 ErmingtonTerrace, Mutley

    They had a small flat on the top floor of a three story house with a living room, a double bedroom, a single bedroom which was used by their daughter Joan until she left home in 1957, and a kitchenette on the landing. Dorothy's parents lived on the floor below until their deaths after which two of their friends John Bonney who was an electrical fitter in the dockyard and his sister Peggy who was a sister in Greenbank Hospital moved in.

    Initially they rented their flat from the owner Mrs Motley who lived on the ground floor with her unmarried daughter, but in the 1960s or 70s they bought the house from Miss Motley after her mother died. Miss Motley continued to live there until her death. After Dorothy's death in January 1987 Wallace continued to live there until his death in November 1987 when the house passed to their daughter Joan. She sold it with John and Peggy as sitting tenants.

    At sometime in the 60s the house was renumbered to 20 Ermington Terrace.

  • 1939 Register (Household):

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 32)

  • Plymouth, Devon14

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  • Address: 16 Ermington Terrace

    The household consisted of Wallace, Dorothy and their daughter Joan. The entry for Joan has been redacted but it is known that she was a member of the household.

Sources

1.

General Register Office, Certified Copy of an Entry of Birth for Joan Elizabeth Hodge, (General Register Office on 4 Feb 2009 in response to Application No 901333/1). Custom Id: BXCD 606742; Wallace Albert Hodge father of Joan Elizabeth Hodge. Jack Ward, The Nook, Silver Street

Bampton

Tiverton

Devon

EX16 9NR. Tel: 01398332458, Email: familyhistory@blackwithies.demon.co.uk.

2.

General Register Office, Civil Registration Index (England & Wales) for Birth of Wallace Albert Hodge, (FreeBMD website). Custom Id: Births 1907 Apr-Jun, Registration District Plympton, Volume 5b, Page 167; Quarter and Year Apr-Jun 1907Surname HodgeGiven Names Wallace AlbertRegistration District Plympton. General Register Office. Call Number: Births.

3.

General Register Office, Civil Registration Index (England & Wales) for Death of Wallace Albert Hodge, (FMP website). Custom Id: Deaths Nov 1987 Plymouth, Volume 21, Page 2038; Date of Birth: 6 April 1907. Cit. Date: 1987. General Register Office. Call Number: Deaths.

4.

General Register Office, Certified Copy of an Entry of Birth for Joan Elizabeth Hodge, (General Register Office on 4 Feb 2009 in response to Application No 901333/1). Custom Id: BXCD 606742; In January 1834 Wallace Albert Hodge is shown as a Wholsale Confectioner (Sweets). Jack Ward, The Nook, Silver Street

Bampton

Tiverton

Devon

EX16 9NR. Tel: 01398332458, Email: familyhistory@blackwithies.demon.co.uk.

5.

Ibid. Date of Birth5 Dec 1933Place of Birth3 Eaton Place, PlymouthNameJoan ElizabethFather's NameWallace Albert HodgeMother's NameDorothy Annetta HodgeInformant's SignatureW. A. Hodge, FatherInformant's Residence3 Eaton Place, Plymouth. Jack Ward, The Nook, Silver Street

Bampton

Tiverton

Devon

EX16 9NR. Tel: 01398332458, Email: familyhistory@blackwithies.demon.co.uk.

6.

J P W Ward, Notes on the Hodge and Dominy Families, (2010 onwards). 16 Ermington TerraceJoan Hodge's parents rented a small flat on the top floor of a three story house at 16 Ermington Terrace (later renumbered to 20 Ermington Terrace - or was it the other way round?). Ermington Terrace was a terrace of large late Victorian houses which overlooked the railway cutting to the north of North Road Station before it entered the tunnel under Mutley plain. The flat had a living room, a double bedroom, a single bedroom which was used by their daughter Joan until she left home in 1957, and a kitchenette on the landing. Dorothy's parents rented two rooms on the floor below. One room was a combined living and bedroom, and the other room was a kitchen. They remained there until their deaths after which two of Wallace and Dorothy's friends John Bonney who was an electrical fitter in the dockyard and his sister Peggy who was sister in Greenbank Hospital moved in. Their landlady Mrs Motley and her unmarried daughter lived on the ground floor. After Mrs Motley'. Jack Ward, The Nook, Silver Street

Bampton

Tiverton

Devon

EX16 9NR. Tel: 01398332458, Email: familyhistory@blackwithies.demon.co.uk.

7.

Death certificate of Wallace Albert Hodge, 12 November 1987, Jack Ward.

8.

General Register Office, Civil Registration Index (England & Wales) for Death of Wallace Albert Hodge, (FMP website). Custom Id: Deaths Nov 1987 Plymouth, Volume 21, Page 2038; Cit. Date: November 1987. General Register Office. Call Number: Deaths.

9.

General Register Office, Certified Copy for an Entry of Marriage for Wallace Albert Hodge and Dorothy Annetta Dominy, (27 Feb 2009 in resonse to Application Number 1006006-1). Custom Id: MXE232510; Cit. Date: 8 September 1933. Jack Ward, The Nook, Silver Street

Bampton

Tiverton

Devon

EX16 9NR. Tel: 01398332458, Email: familyhistory@blackwithies.demon.co.uk.

10.

J P W Ward, Notes on the Hodge and Dominy Families, (2010 onwards). Jack Ward, The Nook, Silver Street

Bampton

Tiverton

Devon

EX16 9NR. Tel: 01398332458, Email: familyhistory@blackwithies.demon.co.uk.

11.

General Register Office, Civil Registration Index (England & Wales) for Marriage of Wallace A Hodge and Dorothy A Dominy, (FMP website). Custom Id: Marriages 1933 Jul-Sep, Registration District Plymouth, Volume 5b, Page 688; Cit. Date: Q3 1933. General Register Office. Call Number: Marriages.

12.

General Register Office, Certified Copy of an Entry of Birth for Joan Elizabeth Hodge, (General Register Office on 4 Feb 2009 in response to Application No 901333/1). Custom Id: BXCD 606742; Cit. Date: 5 December 1933. Jack Ward, The Nook, Silver Street

Bampton

Tiverton

Devon

EX16 9NR. Tel: 01398332458, Email: familyhistory@blackwithies.demon.co.uk.

13.

J P W Ward, Notes on the Hodge and Dominy Families, (2010 onwards). 16 Ermington Terrace. Cit. Date: from 1937 to 1987. Jack Ward, The Nook, Silver Street

Bampton

Tiverton

Devon

EX16 9NR. Tel: 01398332458, Email: familyhistory@blackwithies.demon.co.uk.

14.

1939 Register: Wallace A Hodge, 29 September 1939, National Archives, RG101/6775B, Item 4, Line 36, Item 4, Line 36.