See also

Walter Patrick Griggs (1901-1967)

Individual Events and Attributes

  • Birth:

  • 17 Mar 1901

  • Hastings, Sussex1 2 3

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  • His birth registration give the year and his nephew (by marriage) Jack Richmond (aka Jack Ward) remembers that it was on St Patrick's day (17 March). The story goes that when he was born he was very weak and not expected to survive. However, when a Roman Catholic priest baptised him the baptismal water revived him. Hence he was called Patrick as he was born on St Patrick's day.

  • Census (living with parents):

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 0)

  • 1901 Census - living with parents

  • Baptism:

  • 3 Jan 1904 (age 2)

  • St John the Evangelist Church4

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  • Address: Upper St Leonards, Sussex

    He was baptised some 3 years after his birth which is slightly unusual as children were normally baptised a few week after birth. His older brother Albert Henry Gerald Roy who was 6 years older than Walter was baptised on the same occasion. His parents would also have been present but who else is not known.

  • Present (sibling):

  • 3 Jan 1904 (age 2)

  • Present at Baptism of his brother Albert Henry Gerald Roy

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 10)

  • St Leonards-on-Sea, Sussex5

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  • Address: 76 London Road

    He and his brother Albert were living with their uncle and aunt Leonard and Edith Morgan. Leonard and Edith's son Earnest was also living in the same household. The total of five people had only two rooms. The census return was completed by Edith which indicates that Leonard who was head of the household and was working as a decorator was either illiterate or had difficulty in writing. Why Walter and Albert were not living with their parents is not known.

  • Register (living with parents):

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 38)

  • 1939 Register - Living with parents

  • Death:

  • 10 Jan 1967 (age 65)

  • home6 7

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  • Address: 21b Montpelier Crescent, Brighton

  • Probate:

  • 13 Mar 1967

  • Bristol7

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  • The estate was worth £626. Administration indicates that Patrick did not leave a will and judging from the surname the administrator was probably related to the deceased. How the estate was distributed is unknown but as Patrick was unmarried and both his parents were dead it may have gone to the administrator.

Sources

1.

General Register Office, Civil Registration Index (England & Wales) for Birth of Walter Patrick Griggs, (Apr-Jun 1901; Volume 2b; Page 20). Quarter and Year Apr-Jun 1919Surname GriggsGiven Names Patrick J.Mother's Maiden NameMcCarthyRegistration District Southwark. General Register Office. Call Number: Births.

2.

J P W Ward, As I Remember It, (Not published). Chapter 2 The War Years 1939-1945... Brighton ... where Uncle Harry and Fan lived with Fan's son Patrick (September 1939). Patrick's birthday was on St Patrick's day 17 March. Jack Ward, The Nook, Silver Street

Bampton

Tiverton

Devon

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

3.

1939 England and Wales census, 21b Montpelier Crescent, Brighton, Sussex, 1939 Register; Registration District 79/1; Schedule 488; Sub-Nos 1-5, head of household: Harry Mackellow, General Register Office.

4.

Parish Register for Baptism of Walter Patrick Griggs, St John the Evangelist, Upper St Leonards, Sussex, 3 January 0190, East Sussex Records Office.

5.

1911 England and Wales census, 76 London Road, St Leonards-on-Sea, Hastings, Sussex, RG14/4758; Enumeration District 09; Registration District 69, head of household: Leonard Harvey Morgan, National Archives.

6.

England and Wales Death Registration Index, Walter P Griggs, Q1 1967, Brighton, Volume 5h; Page 155, General Register Office.

7.

England & Wales National Probate Calendar: Walter Patrick Griggs, 13 March 1967, Bristol Probate Registry, Page 373.