PW Indi

Alternative names

Vera WEST (Married)

Ancestors

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Albert DUXBURY

1905 - 1985

of Blackburn, Lancashire

Vera DUXBURY

1928 - 1993

of Blackburn, Lancashire

Henry 'Harry' HOOLE

1872 - 1930

Bricklayer's labourer of Blackburn, Lancashire

Ada HOOLE

1907 - 1949

of Blackburn, Lancashire

Placeholder PARKES

~1567 - ~1617

(D) Sampson PARKES

~1626 - 1684

Husbandman of Waterfall, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire

(D2) Sampson PARKES

~1648 - bur.1746

Husbandman of Mayfield, Ashbourne, Staffordshire

Ann [PARKES]

~1626 - ~1726

Sampson PARKES

~1717 - ~1780

Elizabeth PARKS

~1681 - bur.1738

of Cauldon, Waterfall, Staffordshire

John PARKES

bap.1755 - 1836

of Cauldon, Waterfall, Staffordshire

Ann GOLD

~1707 - ~1782

John PARKES

1795 - 1854

Potter of Hanley, Staffordshire

Sarah CARR

~1763 - ~1829

John PARKES

1822 - 1882

Manager of Brick & Tile Works of Hanley, Staffordshire

John TAYLOR

~1749 - ~1830

of Stoke On Trent, Staffordshire

Susannah TAYLOR

1792 - 1833

of Hanley, Staffordshire

Elizabeth [TAYLOR]

~1762 - ~1812

Henry John PARKES

1844 - 1901

Terracotta maker (earthernware) of Hanley, Staffordshire

John KNIGHT

~1723 - ~1808

Blacksmith

Samuel KNIGHT

1764 - 1839

Blackmith of Newcastle under Lyme, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire

James KNIGHT

1790 - 1863

Engine driver of Bagnall, Staffordshire

John BARNETT

~1687 - ~1762

of Leek, Staffordshire

William BARNETT

bap.1723 - bur.1774

of Leek, Staffordshire

Jane WHITON

~1687 - ~1762

of Leek, Staffordshire

Thomison BARNETT

bap.1764 - bur.1811

of Leek, Staffordshire

Jane [BARNETT]

~1719 - ~1769

Mary Ann KNIGHT

~1823 - 1875

Painter of Hanley, Staffordshire

Mary DEAKIN

~1795 - 1864

of Burton On Trent, Staffordshire

Clara PARKES

1874 - 1939

of Tamworth, Staffordshire

Thomas MILES

~1644 - 1694

Yeoman of Shenton, Leicestershire

Thomas MILES

bap.1675 - bur.1730

Yeoman of Shenton, Leicestershire

Mary [MILES]

~1633 - ~1733

Thomas MILES

bap.1704 - ~1762

Yeoman of Shenton, Leicestershire

Thomas MASON

~1680 - 1730

Yeoman of Dadlington, Leicestershire

Anne MASON

~1666 - ~1718

of Barlestone, Leicestershire

Ann [MASON]

~1691 - 1741

of Shenton, Leicestershire

John MILES

bap.1721 - 1773

of Norton Juxta Twycross, Leicestershire

Mary LANGLEY

~1687 - ~1762

of Norton Juxta Twycross, Leicestershire

Edward MILES

bap.1755 - 1839

Agricultural labourer of Clifton Campville, Staffordshire

Edward GODDARD

~1605 - ~1680

of Lichfield, Staffordshire

Thomas GOTHARD

bap.1655 - ~1716

of Lichfield, Staffordshire

Andree BEECH

~1576 - ~1661

of Audley, Staffordshire

Dorothia BEECH

bap.1614 - ~1676

of Audley, Staffordshire

Thomas GOTHARD

bap.1682 - ~1748

of Lichfield, Staffordshire

Anne CREES

~1644 - bur.1727

of Lichfield, Staffordshire

Mary GOSSARD

bap.1717 - ~1782

of Lichfield, Staffordshire

Mary HOWELL

~1681 - ~1756

of Lichfield, Staffordshire

John MILES

bap.1791 - 1867

Agricultural labourer of Clifton Campville, Staffordshire

Elizabeth WARDLE

~1757 - 1844

Agricultural labourer of Clifton Campville, Staffordshire

Edward MILES

bap.1816 - 1873

Brewery labourer of Clifton Campville, Staffordshire

Thomas HUGHES

~1745 - ~1828

of Netherseal, Leicestershire

Mary HUGHES

1786 - 1871

Labourer's wife of Netherseal, Leicestershire

Mary [HUGHES]

~1757 - ~1807

Alice MILES

1849 - 1902

Machinist of Tamworth, Staffordshire

John TILL

~1711 - ~1796

of Whitgreave, Stafford, Staffordshire

Christopher TILL

bap.1759 - 1838

Labourer of Mavesyn Ridware, Staffordshire

Richard ABERLEY

~1675 - 1725

Shoemaker of Blithfield, Staffordshire

Walter ABERLEY

bap.1690 - bur.1780

of Blithfield, Staffordshire

Mary [ABERLEY]

~1651 - ~1701

Elizabeth ABERLEY

bap.1722 - ~1783

of Blithfield, Staffordshire

William WORRAL

~1651 - ~1736

of Great Hayword, Colwich, Staffordshire

Ann WORRAL

bap.1692 - bur.1747

of Colwich, Staffordshire

Christopher TILL

1787 - 1859

Agricultural labourer of Elford, Staffordshire

Thomas HACKET

1719 - bur.1794

of Orgreave, Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire

Sarah HACKET

bap.1753 - ~1819

of Alrewas, Staffordshire

Margaret BANKS

~1725 - 1805

of Alrewas, Staffordshire

Mary TILL

1814 - 1879

Labourer's wife of Swinfen Or Whittington, Staffordshire

Edward CHEADLE

~1601 - bur.1684

of Uttoxeter, Staffordshire

Edward CHEADLE

bap.1646 - bur.1714

of Uttoxeter, Staffordshire

Idith PERSALL

~1600 - ~1675

of Uttoxeter, Staffordshire

Moore CHEADLE

bap.1670 - bur.1724

Drummer - 1st Foot Guards of Uttoxeter, Staffordshire

Anne [CHEADLE]

~1632 - ~1682

Edward CHEADLE

1699 - ~1749

of Uttoxeter, Staffordshire

Mary [CHEADLE]

~1670 - bur.1702

of Uttoxeter, Staffordshire

Walter CHEADLE

bap.1730 - ~1792

of Whittington, Lichfield, Staffordshire

John CHEADLE

1756 - 1816

of Whittington, Lichfield, Staffordshire

Robert DEAKIN

~1653 - ~1730

of Whittington, Lichfield, Staffordshire

Joseph DEAKIN

bap.1687 - bur.1769

Farmer of Whittington, Lichfield, Staffordshire

Sarah MOORE

1653 - ~1713

of Amington, Tamworth, Staffordshire

Mary DEAKIN

bap.1733 - bur.1780

of Shenstone, Staffordshire

Henry BROWN

~1622 - bur.1705

Husbandman of Bentley, Warwickshire

Edward BROWN

bap.1662 - 1722

of Shustoke, Warkwickshire

Unknown HIGHAM

~1543 - ~1593

Edward HIGHAM

~1584 - bur.1663

of Mancetter, Warwickshire

Hannah HIGHAM

bap.1631 - ~1693

of Mancetter, Warwickshire

John WOOD

~1547 - bur.1625

of Mancetter, Warwickshire

Elizabeth WOOD

bap.1597 - ~1657

of Mancetter, Warwickshire

Elizabeth HEAWARD

~1547 - ~1622

of Sibson, Leicestershire

Elizabeth BROWN

1696 - bur.1746

of Comberford, Tamworth, Staffordshire

Susanna BALEMAN

~1662 - ~1732

of Tamworth, Staffordshire

Alice CHEADLE

bap.1796 - 1828

of Whittington, Lichfield, Staffordshire

Francis NEVILL

bap.1696 - bur.1766

Farmer of Alcester, Warwickshire

Thomas NEVILL

1722 - bur.1761

of Whittington, Lichfield, Staffordshire

Joseph COTTERILL

~1652 - bur.1738

of Lichfield, Staffordshire

Mary COTTERILL

bap.1700 - bur.1782

of Lichfield, Staffordshire

John WALTHOE

~1619 - bur.1703

of Amerton, Staffordshire

Grace WALTHOE

bap.1662 - bur.1729

of Lichfield, Staffordshire

George GRYME

bap.1581 - ~1631

of Stowe by Chartley, Staffordshire

James GRYME

bap.1599 - bur.1654

of Stowe by Chartley, Staffordshire

Mary GRYME

bap.1629 - bur.1702

of Stowe by Chartley, Staffordshire

Anne [GRYME]

~1589 - ~1639

Elizabeth NEVILL

1757 - 1817

of Whittington, Lichfield, Staffordshire

Richard DEAKIN

~1599 - ~1684

of Lichfield, Staffordshire

Richard DEAKIN

bap.1640 - bur.1706

of Lichfield, Staffordshire

William DEAKIN

bap.1661 - ~1711

of Lichfield, Staffordshire

Joan KENDRICKS

bap.1630 - bur.1717

of Rugeley, Staffordshire

Richard DEAKIN

bap.1695 - ~1769

of Lichfield, Staffordshire

Alice [DEAKIN]

~1656 - ~1706

Alice DEAKIN

bap.1730 - bur.1789

of Lichfield, Staffordshire

Sarah HEAWOOD

~1690 - bur.1743

of Lichfield, Staffordshire

Spouses and Descendants

Generations

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Vera DUXBURY

1928 - 1993

of Blackburn, Lancashire

m. William Frederick Royston WEST (1928 - 2002)

A Private Individual

Narrative and Notes

In 1939 Vera was attending, and presumably boarded at, the Royal Cross Primary School at Brockholes Row, Preston. It was and still is Lancashire’s only school for deaf children. It was founded in 1894 by Miss Mary Cross of Myerscough as the Cross Deaf and Dumb School, with the Royal title conferred by Queen Victoria in 1897.

Timeline

Personal Family World

Date

Age^*

Event

Place

25 Sep 1928

Birth

¹²³

Blackburn, Lancashire

29 Sep 1939

Census

⁴

Royal Cross Deaf & Dumb School, Blackburn New Road, Preston, Lancashire

Q4 1949

Death of mother Ada HOOLE

⁵

Blackburn, Lancashire

Q4 1956

Marriage to husband William Frederick Royston WEST

⁶

Bristol, Gloucestershire

Q3 1985

Death of father Albert DUXBURY

⁷

Blackburn, Lancashire

Q2 1993

Death

⁸

Bristol, Gloucestershire

29 May 2002

Death of husband William Frederick Royston WEST

⁹¹⁰

Bristol, Gloucestershire

Documented age, Calculated age, Estimated age

Citations

1 - England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index 1837-1915

First name(s)
Vera
Last name
Duxbury
Birth quarter
4
Birth year
1928
Mother's maiden name
Hoole
District
Blackburn
County
Lancashire
Country
England
Volume
8E
Page
444
Record set
England & Wales Births 1837-2006

2 - 1939 England and Wales Register - 29th September 1939

Royal Cross Deaf & Dumb School, Blackburn New Road, Preston, Lancashire
First name(s)
Last name(s)
DOB
Sex
Occupation
Marital status
Schedule
Schedule Sub Number |
Vera
West (Duxbury)
25 Sep 1928
Female
At School
Single
6
16
Ref: RG101/4584I/010/5 Letter Code: NMQE

3 - England & Wales, Death Registration Index 1837-2007 and United Kingdom Deaths 2007-2017

First name(s)
Vera
Last name
West
Gender
Female
Birth day
25
Birth month
9
Birth year
1928
Age
-
Death quarter
2
Death year
1993
District
Bristol
District number
3011H
Register number
H12C
Entry number
074
Date of registration mm/yy
0693
County
Gloucestershire
Country
England
Record set
England & Wales Deaths 1837-2007

4 - 1939 England and Wales Register - 29th September 1939

Royal Cross Deaf & Dumb School, Blackburn New Road, Preston, Lancashire
First name(s)
Last name(s)
DOB
Sex
Occupation
Marital status
Schedule
Schedule Sub Number |
Vera
West (Duxbury)
25 Sep 1928
Female
At School
Single
6
16
Ref: RG101/4584I/010/5 Letter Code: NMQE

5 - England & Wales, Death Registration Index 1837-2007 and United Kingdom Deaths 2007-2017

First name(s)
Ada
Last name
Duxbury
Gender
Female
Birth day
-
Birth month
-
Birth year
1907
Age
42
Death quarter
4
Death year
1949
District
Blackburn
County
Lancashire
Volume
10B
Page
384
Country
England
Record set
England & Wales Deaths 1837-2007

6 - England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1916-2005

First name(s)
Vera
Last name
Duxbury
Marriage quarter
4
Marriage year
1956
Registration month
-
MarriageFinder ™

Vera Duxbury married one of these people
William F West

Spouse's last name
West
District
Bristol
District number
-
County
Gloucestershire
Country
England
Volume
7B
Volume as transcribed
7B
Page number
170
Record set
England & Wales Marriages 1837-2005

7 - England & Wales, Death Registration Index 1837-2007 and United Kingdom Deaths 2007-2017

First name(s)
Albert
Last name
Duxbury
Gender
Male
Birth day
16
Birth month
9
Birth year
1905
Age
-
Death quarter
3
Death year
1985
District
Blackburn
Register number
985
County
Lancashire
Volume
40
Page
176
Country
England
Record set
England & Wales Deaths 1837-2007

8 - England & Wales, Death Registration Index 1837-2007 and United Kingdom Deaths 2007-2017

First name(s)
Vera
Last name
West
Gender
Female
Birth day
25
Birth month
9
Birth year
1928
Age
-
Death quarter
2
Death year
1993
District
Bristol
District number
3011H
Register number
H12C
Entry number
074
Date of registration mm/yy
0693
County
Gloucestershire
Country
England
Record set
England & Wales Deaths 1837-2007

9 - England & Wales, Death Registration Index 1837-2007 and United Kingdom Deaths 2007-2017

First name(s)
William Frederick R
Last name
West
Gender
Male
Birth day
1
Birth month
1
Birth year
1928
Age
-
Death quarter
2
Death year
2002
District
Bristol
District number
3011C
Register number
C34C
Entry number
281
Date of registration mm/yy
0502
County
Gloucestershire
Country
England
Record set
England & Wales Deaths 1837-2007

10 - England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1858-2019

First name(s)
William Frederick Royston
Last name
West
Death year
2002
Death date
29 May 2002
Probate year
2002
Probate date
18 Sep 2002
Residence town
-
Registry
Bristol
County
Gloucestershire
Country
England
Document type
Grant and will
Number
1003568
Record set
England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1858-2019

First name(s)	Vera
Last name	Duxbury
Birth quarter	4
Birth year	1928
Mother's maiden name	Hoole
District	Blackburn
County	Lancashire
Country	England
Volume	8E
Page	444
Record set	England & Wales Births 1837-2006

First name(s)	Last name(s)	DOB	Sex	Occupation	Marital status	Schedule	Schedule Sub Number \|
Vera	West (Duxbury)	25 Sep 1928	Female	At School	Single	6	16

First name(s)	Albert
Last name	Duxbury
Gender	Male
Birth day	16
Birth month	9
Birth year	1905
Age	-
Death quarter	3
Death year	1985
District	Blackburn
Register number	985
County	Lancashire
Volume	40
Page	176
Country	England
Record set	England & Wales Deaths 1837-2007

First name(s)	William Frederick R
Last name	West
Gender	Male
Birth day	1
Birth month	1
Birth year	1928
Age	-
Death quarter	2
Death year	2002
District	Bristol
District number	3011C
Register number	C34C
Entry number	281
Date of registration mm/yy	0502
County	Gloucestershire
Country	England
Record set	England & Wales Deaths 1837-2007

First name(s)	William Frederick Royston
Last name	West
Death year	2002
Death date	29 May 2002
Probate year	2002
Probate date	18 Sep 2002
Residence town	-
Registry	Bristol
County	Gloucestershire
Country	England
Document type	Grant and will
Number	1003568
Record set	England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1858-2019