1939 Register: 46 Gipsy Hill
Original register extract and accompanying Eric V Hawes transcript supplied by Antony Greenfield on 8 November 2026. Address and reference details below are from the accompanying transcript; the street name is not visible in the supplied crop.
Eric’s indexed entry
- Name: Eric V Hawes
- Sex: male; marital status: single
- Birth date: 14 February 1909
- Address: 46 Gipsy Hill, London; borough: Lambeth
- Schedule 150; sub-schedule 3; line 42; enumeration district ANRE
- Household members: five
Occupation
“Store Keeper” is legible. Following words appear to begin “Head Ware…” but are cropped at the right edge. “Head warehouseman” is a possible expansion, not a verified transcription, and is not entered as an established occupation.
Other household entries: provisional readings
| Entry | Birth date visible | Status / occupation reading |
|---|---|---|
| Charles Bradley (surname reading provisional) | 2 July 1874 | W; occupation partly legible, not transcribed |
| Hawes, Ellen F. | 13 November 1882 | M; unpaid housewife |
| George W. (ditto surname) | 27 December 1910 | S; Student |
| Mary entry; surname amended in later ink | 17 February 1919 | S; Railway Clerk |
These readings are provisional. The apparent surname amendment on Mary’s line may be relevant to the family-identified marriage to Rev Grant McClaren, but its spelling and amendment date have not been conclusively transcribed. No birth date or identity is silently substituted into another person’s record.
Research implications
Eric’s exact birthday agrees with the existing family date, and his single status precedes the documented marriage registration in April–June 1942. George’s apparent late-1910 birth date is compatible with a first-quarter 1911 registration. The Mary entry’s 17 February 1919 date is consistent with the date previously noted on Walter’s pension card, but the household identity and original wording should be checked before upgrading that earlier lead to a fully established birthday. Ellen F.’s name and date need reconciliation with the Frances Ellen Creese records.
The 1939 Register records dates as reported at the time; it is documentary support rather than a birth certificate. The partial occupation and ambiguous names are preserved as uncertain readings.