The 1962 probate record shows that Robert died at the Whitlingham Hospital in Trowse Newton, Norfolk County, England. They were living in a council house situated on Station Road in Ditchingham.

Robert Aldous

Born: 10 SEP 1883 in Thwaite, Norfolk County, England

Father: Charles Aldous (1853 to 1904)
Mother: Eliza Todd (1854 to 1928)

Spouse: Mabel Elizabeth Buck (1902 to 1980)

Married: 14 MAR 1922 in Ditchingham, Norfolk County, England

Children:

Eric George Aldous (29 DEC 1924 to 7 OCT 1996)
Gwyneth Joyce Aldous (19 MAY 1933 to 20 OCT 2004)
Margaret J Aldous (1935 to Unknown/Still Living)

Died: 28 SEP 1962 in Trowse Newton, Norfolk County, England

Probate:

The 1962 probate record shows that Robert died at the Whitlingham Hospital in Trowse Newton, Norfolk County, England. They were living in a council house situated on Station Road in Ditchingham.

Timeline:

1891 Broome, Norfolk County, England
1901 Ditchingham, Norfolk County, England
1904 Death of father, Charles
1911 Ditchingham, Norfolk County, England
1922 Marriage to Mabel
1924 Birth of son, Eric
1928 Death of mother, Eliza
1933 Birth of daughter, Gwyneth
1935 Birth of daughter, Margaret
1939 Ditchingham, Norfolk County, England
1951 Death of sister, Jane
1953 Death of sister, Eliza
1955 Death of brother, William
1961 Death of brother, Charles
1962 Death and Burial

Occupation: a bridge-man for a railroad (1911), agricultural laborer (1939)

Records:

1891 to 1911 England Census Records
1939 England and Wales Register
England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915
Norfolk, England, Transcripts of Church of England Baptism, Marriage and Burial Registers, 1600-1935
England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975
England & Wales, Marriage Index: 1916-2005
Norfolk, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1940
England, Select Marriages, 1538–1973
England & Wales, Death Index: 1916-2005
England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations),1861-1941

Variations of Surname: none

Spouse:

Mabel Elizabeth Buck:

Mabel was born on 6 DEC 1902 in Kirstead Green, Norfolk County, England. She died in 1980 in Earsham, Norfolk County, England.

Mabel’s father was Charles Alfred Buck. He was born on 27 APR 1872 in Bedingham, Norfolk County, England. He died in 1944 in Thwaite St Mary, Norfolk County, England.

Mabel’s mother was Ann Maria Taylor. She was born in 1876 in Brooke, Norfolk County, England. She died in 1952 in Thwaite St Mary, Norfolk County, England.

Mabel had five brothers and sisters, all born in Norfolk County, England:

Rosa Violet Buck (1901 Long Stratton)
Alice Maria Buck (1905 Woodton)
Thirza Jane Buck (1907 Woodton)
Charles Alfred James Buck (1910 Bedingham)
Edith Kathleen Buck (1916 Bedingham)

Daughters:

Gwyneth Joyce Aldous:

Gwyneth was born on 19 MAY 1933 in Ditchingham, Norfolk County, England. She died on 20 OCT 2004 in Bungay, Suffolk County, England.

Gwyneth married Archie George Vincent in 1956 in Norwich, Norfolk County, England. Two known children were born to this marriage:

Andrew R Vincent (1958)
Mark J Vincent (1960)

Archie George Vincent was born on 9 JULY 1932 in Weybread, Suffolk County, England. He died on 18 JUNE 2010 in Bungay, Suffolk County, England.

Margaret J Aldous:

Margaret was born in 1935 in Ditchingham, Norfolk County, England. Death date unknown.

Margaret married a man named Douglas J Hill in 1958 in Norwich, Norfolk County, England. I do not know if or how many children were born to this marriage.

Margaret and Douglas may have divorced.

Margaret may have married a man named Roger K Wilson in 1982 in Norwich, Norfolk County, England.

I have no information on either of these two men.

Notes:

Here are some links to websites that helped with my Aldous family research:

Aldous.net (Aldous family history and family tree)
Ancestors of Tim Farr, Descendants of Stephen Farr (family tree)
Reid-Schroeder Genealogies (family tree)
The Tree of Us (family tree)
Family Search (family tree website)
The Internet Surname Database (surname meaning and origins)
House of Names (coat of arms)

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