Elijah Gayton
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Elijah Eglen Gayton (1899 - 1968)

Elijah Eglen "Ern" Gayton
Born in Mitford, Norfolk, Englandmap
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Husband of — married Nov 1926 in Lexden, Essex, Englandmap
Husband of — married 1930 in Tendring, Essex, Englandmap
Died at age 69 in Colchester, Essex, Englandmap
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Biography

Elijah Eglen Gayton was born in 12 Apr 1899[1] in Mitford, Norfolk[2].

He appears on the 1901 Census[3] with his family in Shipdham, Norfolk. By the time of the 1911 Census[4] the family lived in Wymondham.

He married Lily Sebborn in 1926[5] in Essex. In 1930 he remarried to Doris Hamblion[6] following Lily's death. The couple had one child, Molly.

On 7 Sep 1935 he was best man at the wedding of his brother Frederick[7].

He appears on the 1939 Register[8] in Mytchett, Farnborough, with his wife Doris and daughter Molly. He was a Warrant Officer Class 1 with the RAFC (Royal Army Service Corps).

He passed away on 21 Apr 1968 in Colchester, Essex[9][10] and was buried in Colchester Cemetery[11].

Sources

  1. 1939 Register - Findmypast, https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=TNA%2FR39%2F1898%2F1898A%2F017%2F28
  2. England & Wales births 1837-2006 - Findmypast, https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=BMD/B/1899/2/AZ/000225/272
  3. 1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census - Findmypast, https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=GBC/1901/0014170206
  4. 1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census - Findmypast, https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=GBC/1911/RG14/11342/0365/1
  5. England & Wales Marriages 1837-2005 - Findmypast, https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=BMD/M/1926/4/AZ/000392/150
  6. England & Wales Marriages 1837-2005 - Findmypast, https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=BMD/M/1930/4/AZ/000431/031
  7. Diss Express 13 Sep 1935, pg 6. https://search.findmypast.co.uk/bna/viewarticle?id=bl%2f0001528%2f19350913%2f159
  8. 1939 Register - Findmypast, https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=TNA%2FR39%2F1898%2F1898A%2F017%2F28
  9. England & Wales deaths 1837-2007 - Findmypast, https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=BMD/D/1968/2/AZ/000340/050
  10. H.M Government, Probate registry entry for 1968, Gayton, Elijah Eglen https://probatesearch.service.gov.uk/Calendar?surname=gayton&yearOfDeath=1968#calendar
  11. "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV2Y-TZ31 : 13 December 2015), Elijah Eglen Gayton, 1968; Burial, Colchester, Colchester Borough, Essex, England, Colchester Cemetery and Crematorium; citing record ID 80949280, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.




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