Ida Ruth (Bishop) Newnham (1906 - 1997)

Born 14 Oct 1906 in Bromley, Kent, England, United Kingdom

Died 1997 at about age 90 in Devon, England, United Kingdom

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Biography

Ida Ruth Bishop was born on 14 Oct 1906 in Bromley, Kent, England to John George Medbree Bishop and Ruth Mary (Castle) Bishop. Her birth was registered in Bromley in the last quarter of the year, with mother's maiden name Castle.^[1]

In 1911 Ida Ruth Bishop (age 4) lived in Bromley with her father John George M (44, Postman), mother Ruth Mary (38), and three siblings: Leslie Ernest (12, School), Dennis Medbree (8, School), and Gertrude May (7, School), as well as two boarders: William P Fitzgerald (22, Window Cleaner) and Margaret E May (20, Daily Domestic).^[2]

Ida R Bishop married Howard M Newnham in 1933. The marriage was registered in Woolwich, London in the last quarter of the year.^[3]

Ida and Howard had two sons:

1. Robert M Newnham (1934-)
2. Patrick Richard Newnham (1943-)

Ida Ruth Newnham passed away in 1997. Her death was registered in West Devon in the last quarter of the year.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2FND-YPC : 1 October 2014), Ida Ruth Bishop, 1906; from "England & Wales Births, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Birth Registration, Bromley, Kent, England, citing General Register Office, Southport, England. [mother's maiden name included on the GRO Index (https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/indexes_search.asp)]
2. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XWD7-971 : 21 December 2018), Ida Ruth Bishop in household of John George M Bishop, Bromley, , Kent, England; from "1911 England and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 14, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
3. ↑ "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV84-7HMV : 8 October 2014), Ida R Bishop and null, 1933; from "England & Wales Marriages, 1837-2005," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing 1933, quarter 4, vol. 1D, p. 2175, Woolwich, London, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.
4. ↑ "England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVZ6-DHJX : 4 September 2014), Ida Ruth Newnham, Nov 1997; from "England & Wales Deaths, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Death Registration, West Devon, Devon, England, General Register Office, Southport, England. [death registration includes date of birth: 14 Oct 1906]