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Title: Pipe of Ipswich
Post by: zulukraal on Monday 16 April 12 10:08 BST (UK)
Beginner...

A Pipe owned a department store in Ipswich in the 1930s. He had a daughter, Penelope Ann (my MIL, died 1995 in Richmond) by a woman who subsequently disappeared. as far as I know he then remarried and had a son David, still living.

Any pointers to info about Pipe and his first wife much appreciated.

Steve
Title: Re: Pipe of Ipswich
Post by: suzard on Monday 16 April 12 11:01 BST (UK)
If this is your penelope Ann -then you have her death reg a year"out" ??

Death reg
Penelope Ann Delanghe
born 15 Aug 1928
death reg July 1994
Richmond Upon Thames
25A 2481 9

Suz
Title: Re: Pipe of Ipswich
Post by: charlotteCH on Monday 16 April 12 11:05 BST (UK)
Steve, when did Pipe and his first wife marry please?

charlotte
Title: Re: Pipe of Ipswich
Post by: suzard on Monday 16 April 12 11:18 BST (UK)
This may be the scenario???
Birth reg
Vida E hammond
Dec qtr 1910
Bury St Edmunds
4a 866

Marriage reg
Vida E hammond
John C Pipe
Sept qtr 1927
St martin
1a 1471

Birth reg
Penelope A Pipe
mother's maiden name Hammond
Sept qtr 1928
Samford
4a 1547

possibly John C Pipe and Vida E divorced

Vida remarried
Marriage reg
Frank N Turner
Vida E Pipe or hammond
Mar qtr 1935
Westminster
1a 802

Death reg
Vida Evelyn Turner
born 14 Sept 1910
death reg April 2003
age 92
Hastings & Rother
B84A 456 1B


Suz
Title: Re: Pipe of Ipswich
Post by: charlotteCH on Monday 16 April 12 11:47 BST (UK)
Suz, You are a veritable ferret ;D   Well done.

charlotte
Title: Re: Pipe of Ipswich
Post by: Annette7 on Monday 16 April 12 11:52 BST (UK)
John Clifford Pipe was born 1890 Lowestoft, died June quarter 1968 Samford Registration District, Suffolk.

He married first as stated by suzard.

He then married a Sheila F. Gwynne-Furley Dec.qtr.1934 London City and the son you mention then born 1935 in Samford Regn. District, Suffolk.

John died in Jun.qtr.1968 Samford.

As to the department store in Ipswich - I'm a local and have never heard of it I'm afraid.   We didn't have many department stores at the time you are interested in - perhaps he had invested and was a director or something of one of them.

His father Edgar was a Bank Manager and John's initial occupation was in a bank also.

Annette
Title: Re: Pipe of Ipswich
Post by: Annette7 on Monday 16 April 12 12:04 BST (UK)
Vida, as stated by suzard, remarried in Westminster 1935.

In March quarter 1936 Westminster a daughter was born to a Turner (mmn Hammond) so Vida may have had another child as well.   I cannot see a marriage or death entry for said person so they may still be living.

Annette
Title: Re: Pipe of Ipswich
Post by: zulukraal on Monday 16 April 12 16:53 BST (UK)
Wow, so quick  8-)

Many thanks Suz, Charlotte, Annette. After Vida took off there was no contact between her and Penny, and there was quite a rift between Penny and Penny's step-relations, so she felt rather isolated. She made several attempts to trace Vida but before the internet it was too difficult. At least her children now have some answers.

So thanks again, very much appreciated

Steve
Title: Re: Pipe of Ipswich
Post by: zulukraal on Monday 16 April 12 17:46 BST (UK)

Oh, and it seems that John Clifford Pipe's shop in Ipswich was called Limmer and Pipe, and he lived in Elton Park House. Vida was also known as Gunkha
Title: Re: Pipe of Ipswich
Post by: Annette7 on Monday 16 April 12 18:12 BST (UK)
Had to google Limmer and Pipe as I honestly have never heard of it.   It seems it was in The Buttermarket although where exactly I can't establish.

Elton Park House sounds like it must have been in the Hadleigh Road area of Ipswich.

Annette
Title: Re: Pipe of Ipswich
Post by: suzard on Monday 16 April 12 19:10 BST (UK)
Wartime childhood in Ipswich -kindred spirits givea a good description of Limmer & and Pipe's high class grocers

There has also been a Limmer & Pipe meat paste pot lid sold on ebay!!!!! Don't know what it fetched???


Suz
Title: Re: Pipe of Ipswich
Post by: zulukraal on Wednesday 18 April 12 10:48 BST (UK)
It seems that Vida's parents were Evelyn FE Hammond and Winifred M Prance, and she had a step brother, Octavius, from Evelyn's second marriage to Aileen Vera Garrett. Plenty to go on now 8-)
Title: Re: Pipe of Ipswich
Post by: suzard on Wednesday 18 April 12 11:27 BST (UK)
Octavius would be half brother if they shared 1 parent

???

Suz
Title: Re: Pipe of Ipswich
Post by: suzard on Wednesday 18 April 12 11:49 BST (UK)
This may be of interest

Octavious Arthur E Hammond b. 10 Nov 1928 died 1998 (-who we believe was half brother to Vida Evelyn) didn't marry until he was in his early 40's and it seems his first born daughter was given the same forenames as your mother in law

So maybe she wasn't forgotten by her mum's family???

If you need more information I will PM you

Suz
Title: Re: Pipe of Ipswich
Post by: zulukraal on Wednesday 18 April 12 12:43 BST (UK)
Hi Suz

I've been lucky and now have a bit of info from elsewhere, including a couple of pictures of Vida.

Vida's dad Evelyn had a third wife, Dilys Gwendoline Morris/Cook who died in 1983 in Swindon.

There seems to be a fair bit of info about the Hammonds and Pipes... phew!

Info about Octavious very welcome  8-)

Steve
Title: Re: Pipe of Ipswich
Post by: suzard on Wednesday 18 April 12 18:59 BST (UK)
Will PM you

Suz
Title: Re: Pipe of Ipswich
Post by: mcmp on Thursday 19 April 12 08:39 BST (UK)
Hi Steve,
If you want any details of John's ancestry back several generations I can help with that.  Likewise I have some details regarding the family line from his son David, and their connection with the Wakefield family (Bt Wakefield of Kendal).
John would be a distant cousin of mine (6th)

Michael Pipe
Title: Re: Pipe of Ipswich
Post by: zulukraal on Thursday 19 April 12 11:00 BST (UK)
Hi Michael

That's very kind, yes please. We've just started building the Delanghe tree on Ancestry.com - it's currently private, but if you'd like to have a look let me know. David is my wife's uncle and I believe he's done some research but haven't got around to asking him yet. I've yet to learn what to call the various relationships  8-)

Steve

DeLanghe, DeClerck - Belgium
Hammond, Pipe, Prance - Suffolk
Owen, Jackson, Brett, Johnson, Herbert, King - London
Title: Re: Pipe of Ipswich
Post by: mcmp on Thursday 19 April 12 13:44 BST (UK)
Hi David

I will send a private message.

Michael
Title: Re: Pipe of Ipswich
Post by: davetur on Tuesday 01 April 25 16:39 BST (UK)
Hi
I seem to have come to this after several years, so I don't know if anyone will reply. I see that Zulukraal has the following names listed: Delanghe, Hammond, Pipe and Prance. I have been chasing up the Prance family tree, so the connection is via Winifred Mary Prance B. 1883 and her brother Miles Herbert Prance B. 1868. I am particularly interested in Miles Herbert Prance and perhaps his sons (Miles Howard and Herbert Guy Prance). I would be grateful for any information on this family. I have all the usual census data, but sometimes family recollections carry so much more weight. I have a tree on Ancestry for the Prance family.
Dave