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Personal data William Ernest Henry Wigg 

  • He was born on December 28, 1897 in Plomesgate, Suffolk. England.
    First name(s) William Ernest H Last name Wigg Birth year 1898 Birth quarter 1 Registration month -
    Mother's maiden name Caw-Drey District Plomesgate County Suffolk Country England Volume 4A
    Page 976 Record set England & Wales Births 1837-2006

    Name: William Ernest H Wigg Registration Year: 1898 Registration Quarter: Jan-Feb-Mar Registration District: Plomesgate
    Inferred County: Suffolk Volume: 4a Page: 976

    Name: William Ernest H Wigg Registration Year: 1898 Registration Quarter: Jan-Feb-Mar Registration District: Plomesgate Inferred County: Suffolk Volume: 4a Page: 976
  • Resident:
    • in the year 1901: Town Steps, Aldburgh, Suffolk.
      Name: Barbara Wigg Age: 36 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1865 Relation to Head: Head Gender: Female
      Birth Place: Lowestoft, Suffolk, England Civil Parish: Aldeburgh Ecclesiastical parish: St Peter and St Paul Town: Aldeburgh County/Island: Suffolk Country: England Registration District: Plomesgate Sub-registration District: Aldeburgh ED, institution, or vessel: 1 Neighbors: View others on page Piece: 1789 Folio: 5 Page Number: 1
      Household Schedule Number: 5 Household Members: Name Age Barbara Wigg 36 Florence Wigg 12
      Olive Wigg 10 Winifred Wigg 8 Dorothy Wigg 7 Katheleen Wigg 4 Harry Wigg 3
    • in the year 1911: Aldeburgh, Margaret Rd, New Barnet, Herts.
      Name: Herbert William Wigg Age in 1911: 27 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1884 Relation to Head: Son Gender: Male
      Birth Place: Aldeburgh, Suffolk, England Civil Parish: East Barnet County/Island: Middlesex Country: England
      Street Address: Aldeburgh, Margaret Rd, New Barnet, Herts Marital status: Single Occupation: Chef Registration District: Barnet Registration District Number: 131 Sub-registration District: Barnet ED, institution, or vessel: 15
      Piece: 7154 Household Members: Name Age Walter George Mee 31 Emma Mee 32 George Edward Mee 5
      Arthur Ryland Mee 4 Herbert William Wigg 27 Olive Ethel Wigg 20 Winnifred Barbara Wigg 19 Dorothy May Wigg 17
      Kathleen Mary Wigg 14 Ernest Henry Wigg 13
    • in the year 1939: 116 Glastonbury Road, Merton &, Morden, Surrey.
      Wigg Household (4 People) 116 Glastonbury Road , Merton and Morden U.D., Surrey, England
      FIRST NAME(S) LAST NAME(S) DOB SEX OCCUPATION MARITAL STATUS SCHEDULE SCHEDULE SUB NUMBER
      Winifred M Cawley 08 Dec 1901 Female Unpaid Domestic Duti Married 76 2
      William E H Wigg 28 Dec 1897 Male Surgical & Dental appliance Makers Vulcaniser Married 76 1

      Name: William E H Wigg Gender: Male Marital Status: Married Birth Date: 28/12/1927 (28 Dec 1927)
      Residence Year: 1939 Address: 116 Residence Place: Merton and Morden Surrey England
      Occupation: Surgical & Dental Applier?? Makers Vulcanizer Line Number: 34 Schedule Number: 76 Sub Schedule Number: 1
      Enumeration District: CMVG Borough: Merton and Morden Household Members Age Winifred M 38 (b. 08/12/01)
      William E H Wigg 52 (b. 28/12/1887)
  • He died on 2ND Q 1949 in Surrey North Eastern, England, he was 51 years old.
    First name(s) William E H Last name Wigg Gender Male Birth day - Birth month - Birth year 1898
    Age 51 Death quarter 2 Death year 1949 District Surrey North Eastern County Surrey Volume 5G
    Page 511 Country England Record set England & Wales Deaths 1837-2007

    Name: William E H Wigg Death Age: 51 Birth Date: abt 1898 Registration Date: Apr 1949 Registration Quarter: Apr-May-Jun Registration District: Surrey North eastern Inferred County: Surrey Volume: 5g Page: 511
  • This information was last updated on November 22, 2020.

Household of William Ernest Henry Wigg

He is married to Winifred Mabel Norcott.

They got married on April 20, 1924 at Hammersmith, London. England, he was 26 years old.

First name(s) Ernest H Last name Wigg Marriage quarter 2 Marriage year 1924 Ernest H Wigg married one of these people Winifred M Norcott Spouse's last name Norcott District Hammersmith District number - County London
Country England Volume 1A Volume as transcribed 1A Page number 496 Record set England & Wales Marriages 1837-2005

Surname First name(s) Spouse District Vol Page
Marriages Jun 1924 (>99%)
Norcott Winifred M Wigg Hammersmith 1a 496
WIGG Ernest H Norcott Hammersmith 1a 496

Marriage
20 Apr 1924 • Saint Luke, Shepherds Bush, England
Witnessess are brother Leonard, sister Gladys and J Norcott(possibly brother John)
Name: Ernest H Wigg Registration Date: Apr 1924 Registration Quarter: Apr-May-Jun Registration District: Hammersmith Inferred County: London Spouse: Winifred M Norcott Volume Number: 1a Page Number: 496

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Historical events

Birthday December 28, 1897

  • The temperature on December 28, 1897 was about 3.5 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1897: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • February 1 » Shinhan Bank, the oldest bank in South Korea, opens in Seoul.
    • February 28 » Queen Ranavalona III, the last monarch of Madagascar, is deposed by a French military force.
    • July 11 » Salomon August Andrée leaves Spitsbergen to attempt to reach the North Pole by balloon. He later crashes and dies.
    • July 26 » Anglo-Afghan War: The Pashtun fakir Saidullah leads an army of more than 10,000 to begin a siege of the British garrison in the Malakand Agency of the North West Frontier Province of India.
    • August 31 » Thomas Edison patents the Kinetoscope, the first movie projector.
    • September 12 » Tirah Campaign: In the Battle of Saragarhi, ten thousand Pashtun tribesmen suffer several hundred casualties while attacking 21 Sikh soldiers in British service.


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