Joseph Arthur Tift was born on 1 June 1913
at 11 Union Street in Banbury in Oxfordshire.
He was the son of
John George Tift and his wife Alice, born Alice Julia Knibb.
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Arthur Joseph, son of John George and Alice Julia Tift, of 11 Union Street, was baptised at Banbury parish church on 19 June 1913. His father was a blacksmith.
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Joseph married in July 1955 in Coventry, Warwickshire.
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Joseph died in February 1995 in Coventry, Warwickshire, England.
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↑Birth Registration: England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915, original data from General Register Office. Ancestry Record 8912 #55428995 (accessed before 18 October 2012),
Name: Joseph A Tift Birth: Sep 1913 in Northamptonshire, Oxfordshire, Warwickshire, United Kingdom Death:.
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General Register Office, birth registration index online (https://www.gro.gov.uk/); accessed 26 March 2022:
TIFT, JOSEPH ARTHUR;
GRO Reference: 1913 Jul-Sep Quarter in BANBURY registration district; Volume 03A Page 2267;
mother's maiden name: KNIBB
↑ 3.03.1Death Registration: England & Wales, Death Index: 1916-2005, original data from General Register Office. Ancestry Record 7579 #1197538 (accessed before 18 October 2012),
Birth date: 1 Jun 1913, Death date: Feb 1995, Death place: Coventry, Warwickshire, England.
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The parish register also confirms the date of birth:
Banbury parish register of baptisms:
Oxfordshire History Centre: reference PAR21/1/R2/6:
Ancestry Record OxfordshireBaptisms #460181