The Orys and Cook Family Tree » Sydney William Peter Dimmick Preskett (1886-1954)

Personal data Sydney William Peter Dimmick Preskett 

  • He was born on October 8, 1886 in Warsash Hampshire. England.
    First name(s) SIDNEY WILLIAM P D
    Last name PRESKETT
    Birth year 1886
    Birth quarter 4
    Registration month -
    Mother's last name -
    District Fareham
    County Hampshire
    Country England
    Volume 2B
    Page 549
  • Profession: in the year 1939 Carpenter.
  • Resident:
    • in the year 1891: Fleetend Hill, Fareham, Hampshire.
      1891 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
      Fleet End, Titchfield, Fareham, Hampshire, England

      First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Gender Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
      William Preskett Head Of Family Married Male 32 1859 Farm Labourer Littlehampton
      Laura Preskett Wife Married Female 31 1860 - Hampshire, England
      Mildred Preskett Daughter - Female 6 1885 Scholar Hampshire, England
      Sidney W P D Preskett Son - Male 4 1887 Scholar -
      Harold George Preskett Son - Male 1 1890 - -
      Elizabeth Dimmick Mother Widow Female 80 1811 - -
    • in the year 1901: Fleetend Hill, Fareham, Hampshire.
      1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
      Fleet End, Hook with Warsah, Fareham, Hampshire, England

      First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Gender Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
      William Preskett Head Widower Male 41 1860 General Laborer Littlehampton, Sussex, England
      Sidney Preskett Son Single Male 14 1887 - Titchfield, Hampshire, England
      Harold Preskett Son Single Male 12 1889 - Titchfield, Hampshire, England
      Elizabeth Dimmick Mother-In-Law Widow Female 90 1811 - Titchfield, Hampshire, England
      Lydia Dimmick Sister-In-Law Single Female 43 1858 - Titchfield, Hampshire, England
    • in the year 1911: Fleetend Hill, Fareham, Hampshire.
      1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
      Fleet End Warsash Hts, Hook with Warsash, Hampshire, England

      First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Sex Occupation Age Birth year Birth place
      William Preskett Head Widower Male Farm Labourer 51 1860 Wecton Sussex
      Mildred Elizabeth Preskett Daughter Single Female - 26 1885 Havant Hants
      Sidney William Preskett Son Single Male Carpenter 24 1887 Fleet End Warsash Hants
    • in the year 1939: Fleetend Hill, Fareham, Hampshire.
      Preskett Household (2 People)
      Fleetend Hill , Fareham U.D., Hampshire, England

      FIRST NAME(S) LAST NAME(S) DOB OCCUPATION
      Amy Preskett 24 Oct 1882 Domestic Duties Unpaid
      Sidney William Preskett 08 Oct 1886 Carpenter
  • He died on October 17, 1954 in The Laurels, Fleet End, Warsash, Hampshire, he was 68 years old.
    Death of Sidney

    Name: Sidney W P D Preskett
    District: Gosport... County: Hampshire... Year: 1954... Quarter: 4... Year of Birth: 1886... Age: 68... Volume: 6b... Page: 0245...

    First name(s) SIDNEY W P D Last name PRESKETT Gender Male Birth day - Birth month - Birth year 1886
    Age 68 Death quarter 4 Death year 1954 District Gosport County Hampshire Volume 6B Page 245
    Country England
  • Probate on May 5, 1955 naar Winchester, Hampshire. England.
    Effects ¹2,839- 8s - 4d to Roand Preskett and his wife Catherine.
  • This information was last updated on July 31, 2022.

Household of Sydney William Peter Dimmick Preskett

He is married to Amy Cawley.

They got married June 1911 at Eastbourne, East Sussex. England, he was 24 years old.

Name Amy Cawley Event Type Marriage Registration Quarter Apr-May-Jun Registration Year 1911 Registration District Eastbourne
County Sussex Event Place Eastbourne, Sussex, England Volume 2B Page 189 Line Number 90

Amy Cawley probably married one of the following people Name Alice Gausden Name Alfred H Kennett Name Sidney W P D Preskett
First name(s) AMY Last name CAWLEY Marriage quarter 2 Marriage year 1911 Registration month -
MarriageFinder™ AMY CAWLEY married one of these people Sidney W Preskett, Alfred H Kennett District Eastbourne District number - County Sussex Country England Volume 2B Page 189

Marriages Jun 1911 (>99%)
Cawley Amy Eastbourne 2b 189
Preskett Sidney W P D Eastbourne 2b 189

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Historical events

Birthday October 8, 1886

  • The temperature on October 8, 1886 was about 10.9 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 100%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1886: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • April 8 » William Ewart Gladstone introduces the first Irish Home Rule Bill into the British House of Commons.
    • May 1 » Rallies are held throughout the United States demanding the eight-hour work day, culminating in the Haymarket affair in Chicago, in commemoration of which May 1 is celebrated as International Workers' Day in many countries.
    • May 4 » Haymarket affair: A bomb is thrown at policemen trying to break up a labor rally in Chicago, United States, killing eight and wounding 60. The police fire into the crowd.
    • June 10 » Mount Tarawera in New Zealand erupts, killing 153 people and burying the famous Pink and White Terraces. Eruptions continue for three months creating a large, 17km long fissure across the mountain peak.
    • October 28 » President Cleveland dedicates the Statue of Liberty.
    • November 30 » The Folies Bergère stages its first revue.

Day of death October 17, 1954

  • The temperature on October 17, 1954 was between 13.4 °C and 17.6 °C and averaged 15.2 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.9 hours. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1954: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 10.6 million citizens.
    • May 6 » Roger Bannister becomes the first person to run the mile in under four minutes.
    • June 18 » Carlos Castillo Armas leads an invasion force across the Guatemalan border, setting in motion the 1954 Guatemalan coup d'état.
    • June 27 » The Obninsk Nuclear Power Plant, the Soviet Union's first nuclear power station, opens in Obninsk, near Moscow.
    • September 3 » The German submarineU-505 begins its move from a specially constructed dock to its site at Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry.
    • September 26 » The Japanese rail ferry Tōya Maru sinks during a typhoon in the Tsugaru Strait, Japan, killing 1,172.
    • October 18 » Texas Instruments announces the first transistor radio.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia

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