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SYLVESTER, William Joseph
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Name SYLVESTER, William Joseph Birth 11 Dec 1910 Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England
Gender Male Death Apr 1984 Grimsby Registration District, Lincolnshire
Person ID I1487 Edgoose Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
Father SYLVESTER, William Edwin, b. 1883, Caistor Registration District, Lincolnshire
d. 1964, Grimsby Registration District, Lincolnshire
(Age 81 years) Relationship natural Mother LOCKING, Florrie, b. 7 Nov 1888, Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England
d. 1971, Grimsby Registration District, Lincolnshire
(Age 82 years) Relationship natural Marriage 1910 Grimsby Registration District, Lincolnshire
Family ID F854 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family EDGOOSE, Gladys Margaret, b. 15 Mar 1917, Wisbech Registration District, Cambridgeshire
d. 1990, Grimsby Registration District, Lincolnshire
(Age 72 years) Marriage 1 Sep 1949 Grimsby Registration District, Lincolnshire
Family ID F347 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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Notes
WILLIAM JOSEPH SYLVESTER 1910-1984
The birth of a William J. SYLVESTER was registered in 1910. According to his death registration he was born on 11 December 1910 which is inconsistent with the date of registration.
(GRO September Q 1910 Grimsby 7a 614)
The 1911 census of 22 Wellogate, Grimsby, Lincolnshire:
William Edwin SYLVESTER, head, married, aged 26, barber, born in Grimsby;
Florrie SYLVESTER, wife, married 1 year, born in Grimsby;
*William Joseph SYLVESTER, son, aged 6 months (sic), born in Grimsby.
(RG14PN19947 RG78PN1197A RD422 SD1 ED2 SN396)
William Joseph SYLVESTER, a 38 year old bachelor, labourer, of Victor Street, Grimsby, Lincolnshire, and son of William Edwin SYLVESTER, pensioner, married Gladys Margaret EDGOOSE, a 32 year spinster of Victor Street, Grimsby, and daughter of Bertram Horace EDGOOSE, firewood merchant, at St. Luke's, Grimsby, on 1 September 1949. Witnesses were B. H. EDGOOSE and R. SYLVESTER.
(FreeReg)
The death of a William SILVESTER (sic) aged 73 years was registered in 1984.
(GRO April 1984 Grimsby 7 434)
(revised 22.08.2021)

