In Q2 1927 when Richard Cyril was 28, he married Frances Irene GAY in Okehampton Reg Dist, Devon, England. Born in Q1 1897 in Northwich Reg Dist, Cheshire, England. Christened on 24 Jan 1897 in Witton-Cum-Twambrooks, Cheshire, England. Frances Irene died in Exeter, Devon, England, in Q4 1955; she was 58.
- England & Wales, Death Index: 1916-2005
Name: Frances I Slocombe
Birth Date: abt 1897
Date of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec 1955
Age at Death: 58
Registration district: Exeter
Inferred County: Devon
Volume: 7a
Page: 357
RESEARCH NOTES:
- couldn’t find suitable birth registration in Devon. Perhaps:
England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915
Name: Frances Irene Gay
Date of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar 1897
Registration district: Northwich
Inferred County: Cheshire
Volume: 8a
Page: 262
If so, then she was baptised:
England & Wales Christening Records, 1530-1906
about Frances Irene Gay
Name: Frances Irene Gay
Gender: Female
Birth Date: abt 1897
Christening Date: 24 Jan 1897
Christening Place: Witton-Cum-Twambrooks, Cheshire, England
Father's Name: Samuel Dight Gay
Mother's Name: Emilie
If so, then 1901 census is:
1901 England Census
Name: Frances Irene Gay
Age: 4
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1897
Relation: Daughter
Father's Name: Samuel Dight Gay
Mother's Name: Emilie Gay
Gender: Female
Where born: Northwich, Cheshire, England
Civil parish: Northwich
Ecclesiastical parish: Witton St Helen
County/Island: Cheshire
Country: England
Street Address: [99 Witton Street]
Registration district: Northwich
Sub-registration district: Northwich
ED, institution, or vessel: 16
Household schedule number: 76
Piece: 3342
Folio: 13
Page Number: 17
Household Members:
Name Age
Samuel Dight Gay 51 - postmaster
Emilie Gay 44
Florence Gay 23
Lucy Gay 17
Mabel Gay 15
Kate Gay 10
Frederick Gay 7
Frances Irene Gay 4
George Brand 77 - wid. retired warrant officer
Source Citation: Class: RG13; Piece: 3342; Folio: 13; Page: 17.
[note that all the family except Frances were born in Exeter Devonshire] - see film.