Person:Percy Timothy (1)

Percy Lionel Timothy was born on 21st January 1890 at Wigan in Lancashire, son of Anne Webb and Peter Vincent Timothy, a physician and surgeon. Percy's parents were not married at the time, and so his birth was actually registered as Percy Lionel Webb, although he does not appear to have used the surname Webb after his birth. Percy's father was not free to marry his mother as he had a wife from whom he was separated. Percy had eight surviving older half-siblings from his father's first marriage, although as they lived with their mother it seems unlikely that Percy had much, if any, contact with them. Percy's parents did eventually marry in 1905, after his father's first wife had died.

The family moved frequently through Percy's childhood. They appear in the 1891 census in Wigan, living at 95 Wallgate, but by 1893 they had left Lancashire and moved down to Essex, where they had a daughter in 1893 and a son in 1895. They then briefly returned to Lancashire, having a daughter in Manchester in 1896. By 1900 they were living at Longton in Staffordshire, where one of Percy's younger brothers died aged five, and where the family appear in the 1901 census living at 50 Uttoxeter Road. The family finally settled around 1903 in Great Yarmouth on the Norfolk coast.

The 1911 census finds Percy living with his parents and siblings at 33 South Quay in Great Yarmouth. By this time he was working as an apprentice engineer.

Percy's parents died a few weeks apart in 1919: his mother died on 3rd March and his father on 22nd April.

Percy never married. He moved to Birmingham where he worked as an engineer's turner. At the outbreak of the Second World War he was living at 13 Alexander Road there. He died in Birmingham in 1962, aged 71.

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

   b. Percy Lionel WEBB, March Quarter 1890, Wigan Registration District, Volume 8c, page 62, mother's maiden name blank

2. ↑ England. 1891 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 RG12; Piece 3052; Folio 97; Page 13, 5 Apr 1891.

   Address: 95 Wallgate, Wigan, Lancashire
   Peter Vincent Timothy, head, married, male, 59 [1831/2], Physician & Surgeon Registered, employer, b. St Giles, London
   Annie Timothy, wife, married, female, 31 [1859/60], b. Knutsford, Cheshire
   Bernard Vincent Timothy, son, male, 10 [1880/1], Scholar, b. Manchester, Lancashire
   Earnest Augustus Timothy, son, male, 5 [1885/6], b. Liverpool, Lancashire
   Maude Eveline Timothy, daughter, female, 3 [1887/8], b. St Ann's, Lancashire
   Percy Lionel Timothy, son, male, 1 [1889/90], b. Wigan, Lancashire
   Ellen Swift, servant, single, female, 17 [1873/4], Domestic Servant, b. St Helens, Lancashire
   Margaret Alice Duckworth, visitor, single, female, 16 [1874/5], b. Ashton in Makerfield, Lancashire

3. ↑ England. England. 1901 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 RG13; Piece 2617; Folio 90; Page 42, 31 Mar 1901.

   Address: 50 Uttoxeter Road, Longton, Staffordshire
   Peter V. Timothy, head, married, male, 69 [1831/2], Physician, own account, working at home, b. City of London
   Annie Timothy, wife, married, female, 41 [1859/60], b. Knutsford, Cheshire
   Ernest A. Timothy, son, single, male, 15 [1885/6], b. Liverpool, Lancashire
   Maude E. Timothy, daughter, single, female, 13 [1887/8], b. St Helens, Lancashire
   Percy L. Timothy, son, single, male, 11 [1889/90], b. Wigan, Lancashire
   Gertrude Timothy, daughter, single, female, 9 [1891/2], b. Wigan, Lancashire
   Ethel M. Timothy, daughter, single, female, 7 [1893/4], b. West Ham, Essex
   Florence Timothy, daughter, single, female, 4 [1896/7], b. Manchester, Lancashire

4. ↑ 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 11068; Schedule 300, 2 Apr 1911.

   Address: 33 South Quay, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
   8 rooms occupied
   Peter Vincent Timothy, head, male, 79 [1831/2], married 26 years, 7 children born to marriage, 5 children still living, Physician & Surgeon, own account, b. Cripplegate, London
   Annie Timothy, wife, female, 51 [1859/60], married, b. Knutsford, Cheshire
   Ernest Augustus Timothy, son, male, 25 [1885/6], single, Plater, working for employer, b. Liverpool
   Percy Lionel Timothy, son, male, 21 [1889/90], single, Engineer Apprentice, working for employer, b. Wigan, Lancashire
   Gertrude Timothy, daughter, female, 19 [1891/2], single, Home work, b. Wigan, Lancashire
   May Ethel Timothy, daughter, female, 17 [1893/4], single, Home work, b. London
   Florence Timothy, daughter, female, 14 [1896/7], Scholar, b. Manchester

5. ↑ ^5.0 5.1 General Register Office. 1939 Register
   Birmingham County Borough, 29 Sep 1939.

   Address: 13 Alexander Road, Birmingham, Warwickshire
   Leech, Esther S. / female / 1 Oct 1878 / widow / Unpaid Domestic Duties
   Leech, Ethel H. / female / 2 May 1915 / married / Unpaid Domestic Duties
   [two records closed]
   Timothy, Percy / male / 21 Jan 1890 / single / Engineers Turner, Heavy work
   Lidstone, Thomas / male / 3 Jun 1917 / single / Capstan Hand
   Peaple, John W[illia]m / male / [obscured] 1907 / single / Telecommunition Instrumens [sic]
   [one record closed]
   West [later changed to Jones], Betty B. / female / 21 Jul 1916 / single / Hospital nurse

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

   d. Percy TIMOTHY, March Quarter 1962, Birmingham Registration District, Volume 9c, page 556, aged 71 [1890/1]