Person:Ernest Kingham (1)

Ernest Arthur Kingham was born on 10th October 1901 at Harpenden in Hertfordshire, son of Sophia Jane Kingham, formerly Gayton, and her husband Arthur William Kingham, a railway porter. The 1911 census finds the family living at Batford, close to Harpenden East station, which is therefore probably where Ernest's father worked. Batford at the time straddled the parishes of Harpenden and Wheathampstead; the family lived the Wheathampstead side of the boundary, but had a Harpenden postal address.

In 1925, Ernest married Minnie Nicholls, who was also from Harpenden. They had two sons in the late 1920s in the Harpenden area, after which they moved to the north-western suburbs of London. Ernest worked on the railways, based at the London Midland and Scottish Railway's Cricklewood sidings.

At the outbreak of the Second World War the family was living at 16 Midland Brent Terrace (later renamed Brent Terrace), immediately overlooking the Cricklewood sidings. Ernest was working as a railway passenger shunter at the time.

Ernest lived at Brent Terrace for the rest of his life. He died on 8th September 1989, aged 87. Minnie outlived him by about 15 years.

1. ↑ Births index, in General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration. (London: General Register Office).

   b. Ernest Arthur KINGHAM, December Quarter 1901, St Albans Registration District, Volume 3a, page 694, mother's maiden name Gayton

2. ↑ Church of England. Harpenden Parish Registers.

   BAPTISMS solemnized in the Parish of Harpenden in the County of Hertford in the Year One thousand nine hundred and one
   No.	When Baptized	Child's Christian Name	Parents Name		Abode	Quality, Trade, or Profession	By whom the Ceremony was performed
   			Christian	Surname
   928	1901 Dec[ember] 15th Born Oct[ober] 10th 1901	Ernest Arthur	Arthur William & Sophia Jane	Kingham	Wheathampstead	Porter	W.A. Long, Assist[ant] Curate

3. ↑ England. 1911 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom: The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), (formerly the UK General Register Office.))
   Class RG14; Piece 7665; Schedule 274, 2 Apr 1911.

   Address: St Georges Cottages, Batford, Harpenden (but in the parish of Wheathampstead), Hertfordshire
   Four rooms occupied
   Arthur William Kingham, head, male, 31 [1879/80], married 11 years, 6 children born alive, 6 children still living, Railway Porter - Porter Guard, worker, b. Harpenden, Hertfordshire
   Sophia Jane Kingham, wife, female, 35 [1875/6], married, b. Brafield, Northamptonshire
   Bessie Kingham, daughter, female, 10 [1900/1], School, b. Harpenden, Hertfordshire
   Ernest Arthur Kingham, son, male, 9 [1901/2], b. Harpenden, Hertfordshire
   Clement John Kingham, son, male, 7 [1903/4], b. Harpenden, Hertfordshire
   Elizabeth Alice Kingham, daughter, female, 5 [1905/6], b. Harpenden, Hertfordshire
   Arthur Henry Kingham, son, male, 3 [1907/8], b. Harpenden, Hertfordshire
   Frederick William Kingham, son, male, 11 months [1910], b. Harpenden, Hertfordshire

4. ↑ General Register Office. 1939 Register
   Hendon Municipal Borough, 29 Sep 1939.

   Address: 16 Midland Brent Terrace, Hendon, Middlesex
   KINGHAM, Ernest A. / male / 10 Oct 1901 / married / R[ai]l[wa]y Passenger Shunter
   KINGHAM, Minnie / female / 26 Jun 1903 / married / Unpaid domestic duties
   [three other records closed]

5. ↑ Deaths index, in General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration. (London: General Register Office).

   d. Ernest Arthur KINGHAM, September 1989, Hendon Registration District, Volume 13, page 411, born 10 Oct 1901

6. ↑ England. National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations),1858 onwards. (Ancestry.com).

   1989
   KINGHAM, Ernest Arthur of 14 Brent Terr Cricklewood London died 8 September 1989 Probate Bristol 12 October Not exceeding £100000 8980604642X