Harry Punchard (1903)

Born 20 May 1903 in Stow, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom [uncertain]

Husband of May Jackson — married about 1925 in Pontefract, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom

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Biography

Harry was born in 1903 in Stow registration district, Suffolk. No maiden name is given for his mother on his birth registration which suggests he was an illegitimate child.^[1]

Research Notes

Harry may have been born 20 May 1903 and married May Jackson living in Leeds (1939 register).^[2]

• married May Jackson daughter of blacksmith Herbert Jackson on 31 October 1925 at Pontefract, Yorkshire. Harry was a private in the York and Lancs Regiment who was living at the barracks in Pontefract
• no father's name given on marriage record

• appears in the National School Admission Registers & Log-Books 1870-1914 at Stowmarket, Suffolk in 1906 (via FindMyPast search result only - record not seen)

NOT the Harry Punchard in Brighton on 1911 census.

Sources

1. ↑ England & Wales General Register Office, GRO Online Index - Birth (https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content : accessed 23 Oct 2021), database entry for PUNCHARD, HARRY (Mother's maiden surname: - ). GRO Reference: 1903 J Quarter in STOW Volume 04A Page 1000.
2. ↑ 1939 Register: "1939 England and Wales Register"
   The National Archives; Kew, London, England; 1939 Register; Reference: RG 101/3455B
   Ancestry Sharing Link Ancestry uk Record 61596 #21063052 (accessed 15 January 2022)

   Name	Harry Punchard
   Gender	Male
   Marital Status	Married
   Birth Date	20 May 1903
   Residence Date	1939
   Address	3
   Residence Place	Leeds, Yorkshire (West Riding), England
   Occupation	Steel Works Fireman Heavy Worker
   Line Number	39
   Schedule Number	253
   Sub Schedule Number	1
   Enumeration District	KGKP
   Borough	Leeds
   Registration district	500-3
   Inferred Spouse	May Punchard
   Inferred Children	Kenneth Punchard Derek Punchard
   Household Members Age	Harry Punchard 36 May Punchard 36 Kenneth Punchard 13 Derek Punchard 7

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