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HUTCHINGS, Priesthood
1889 - 1964 (74 years) Has no ancestors but one descendant in this family tree.
1881 - 1975 (93 years)-
Name HUTCHINGS, Priesthood Birth 25 May 1889 Sheerness, Kent, England 
Gender Male Death 1964 Colchester Registration District, Essex, England Person ID I6071 Edgoose Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
Family HOLMES, Mary Elizabeth, b. 31 Mar 1881, Fosdyke, Lincolnshire, England d. 1975, Colchester Registration District, Essex, England (Age 93 years) Marriage 19 Mar 1914 Doncaster, Yorkshire, England Children 1. HUTCHINGS, James Henry, b. 25 Mar 1916, Queenborough, Kent, England d. 2006, Colchester Registration District, Essex, England (Age 89 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]Family ID F1885 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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PRIESTHOOD HUTCHINGS 1889-1964
The birth of Priesthood HUTCHINGS was registered in 1889.
(GRO September Q 1889 Sheppey 2a 881)
The marriage between Priesthood HUTCHINGS and Mary Elizabeth HOLMES took place at the Free Christian Church, Hall Gate, Doncaster, Yorkshire on 19 March 1914. Priesthood HUTCHINGS was a 24 year old bachelor, a potter, of 32 King Street, Blue Towown, Sheerness, Kent, and son of Priesthood HUTCHINGS, a dockyard labourer. Mary Elizabeth HOLMES was a 32 year old spinster of no occupation and daughter of James HOLMES, a trade union official. She gave the address of her parents, 4 St. Vincent Avenue, Wheatley, as her residence at the time of marriage. The witnesses were W. HOLMES and Ethel HUTCHINGS.
(GRO March Q 1914 Doncaster 9c 1126)
Their son James H. HUTCHINGS was born in 1916.
(GRO June Q 1916 [HOLMES] Sheppey 2a 1983)
The 1939 register of 190 St. Andrew's Avenue, Colchester M.B., Essex:
*Priesthood HUTCHINGS, born on 25 May 1889, married, railway porter, loading porter, heavy worker;
Mary E. HUTCHINGS, born 31 May 1881, married, unpaid domestic duties;
James H. HUTCHINGS, born 25 March 1916, single, railway porter, heavy worker;
Charles A. LANKESTER, 9 December 1893, single, railway porter, parcels porter, motor driver, heavy worker.
(RG101/1504D/001/17)
The death of Priesthood HUTCHINGS aged 75 was registered in 1964.
(GRO September Q 1964 Colchester 4a 506)
NOTES & QUERIES:
According to Mike and Veronica POWELL he was known as Press.
(revised 28.05.2018)