Doris (Hopkinson) Binns (1909 - 1994)

Born 19 Jan 1909 in North Bierley, Yorkshire, England

Ancestors

Died 11 Sep 1994 at age 85 in Bradford, Yorkshire, England

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Biography

• 19 Jan 1909 Birth: Doris Hopkinson birth is recorded in North Bierley registrar 1Q 1909. No mother maiden name. Exact DoB from Baptism record.
• 7 Mar 1909 Baptism: Doris Hopkinson is baptized in the Methodist Church (Bradford), DoB recorded as 19 Jan 1909. Parents are Fred Hopkinson (laborer) and Alice (Jefferson) Hopkinson of 3 Acomb Terrace, Wyke, Yorkshire.
• 1911 Census: Doris Hopkinson (2, born in Wyke) is living in 2 Hanson Place, Wyke, Yorkshire with her father Fred Hopkinson (25, born in Buttershaw, a laborer), her mother Alice Hopkinson (26, born Darlington, Durham) and one sibling; Charles Sydney (5, born in Middlesborough, Yorkshire).
• 1Q 1931 Marriage #1: Charles H Wood marriage to Doris Hopkinson is recorded in North Bierley registrar 1Q 1931.
• 1Q 1932 Birth of Daughter: Barbara Wood birth is recorded in Bradford registrar 1Q 1932. Mother maiden name Hopkinson.

****NLH Note: Barbara Wood (b. 9 Dec 1931) is living with her grandparents Fred and Alice Hopkinson at time of the 1939 Census.

• 1939 Census: Doris Wood (b. 12 Jan 1909, a woollen Cloth Weaver) is living at 126 Charteris Road, Bradford with her husband Charles Wood (b. 18 Nov 1910, a motor lorry driver for a general cleaner). There is a hand-written note on page indicating Doris later marries a Binns.
• 2Q 1940 Birth of Daughter: Cynthia C Wood birth is recorded in Bradford registrar 2Q 1940. Mother maiden name Hopkinson.
• 4Q 1941 Birth of Son: Charles F Wood birth is recorded in Bradford registrar 4Q 1941. Mother maiden name Hopkinson.
• 2Q 1947 Birth of Son: Edwin Wood birth is recorded in Bradford 2Q 1947. Mother maiden name Hopkinson.

****NLH Note: Doris’s husband Charles Heeley Wood (b. 18 Nov 1910) died 3Q 1969 in Bradford.

• 4Q 1977 Marriage#2: Ellis Binns marriage to Doris Wood is recorded on Bradford 4Q 1977.
• 11 Sep 1994 Death: Doris Binns (b. 12 Jan 1909) death is recorded in Bradford registrar Sep 1994. Exact DoD from Probate
• 27 Sep 1994 Probate: Doris Binns of 40 Saffron Drive, Allerton, W Bradford died 11 Sept 1994. Probate in Leeds 27 Sept - estate not exceeding GBP 125K.

Sources

• Birth: General Register Office, England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes, Volume 9B, Page 135.
• Baptism: West Yorkshire Archive Services. West Yorkshire Nonconformist Records. Bradford, Calderdale, Kirklees, Leeds, and Wakefield. Film Ref# 5D81/6 - Page 447 of 765
• 1911 Census: National Archives of UK: Census returns for England and Wales - 1911; Class RG14, Piece 26605, Image 336 of 595, Enumeration District 19
• Marriage#1: General Register Office, England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes, Volume 9B, Page 125.
• 1932 Birth of Daughter: General Register Office, England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes, Volume 9B, Page 225.
• 1939 Census: National Archives of the UK, Census Returns of England and Wales 1939, Class: RG101/3333E, Enumeration District: KBBX.
• 1940 Birth of Daughter: General Register Office, England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes, Volume 9B, Page 30.
• 1941 Birth of Son: General Register Office, England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes, Volume 9B, Page 12.
• 1947 Birth of Son: General Register Office, England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes, Volume 2B, Page 151.
• Marriage #2: General Register Office, England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes, Volume 9B, Page 12.
• Death: General Register Office, England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes, District 0811D, Register D53A, Entry 184.
• Probate: Principal Probate Registry. Calendar of the Grants of Probate and Letters of Administration made in the Probate Registries of the High Court of Justice in England. London,