Birth: 26 June 1897 Frensham, Surrey, UK
Father: Alfred James (Jim) Hutchings 1875-1953
Mother: Kate Fullick 1874-1966
Christening: Unknown
Marriage: Marriage: 8 August 1925 St Mary the Virgin, Frensham, Surrey, UK
Wife: Harriet Rose Grace 1902-1981
Death: January 1986 SW Surrey, UK
Believed none - adopted son Norman William Hutchings 1927-2001
Birth of William James Hutchings in FreeBMD in July-September 1897 in Farnham (2a 132).
In the 1901 census as William J Hutching (sic - in the index, Hutchings on the original) aged 3, born in Frensham, and living with his parents (Alfred J and Kate), sister (Florence K) , and a boarder (James W Dedmanaged 42, born in Haslemere, single and employed as an ordinary agricultural labourer) at 2 The Street, Frensham.
In the 1911 census as William James Hutchings aged 13, and living with his parents (Alfred James and Kate), and sister (Florence Kate?) in five rooms in The Street, Frensham, Farnham, Surrey.
He appears in a photograph of the Frensham Drum and Fife Band taken at Waverley Abbey in 1912 (in Farnham Herald: The Drums are Still Playing - date unknown).
Marriage of William J Hutchings and Rose Grace in FreeBMD in July-September 1925 in Farnham (2a 356).
Entry in Ancestry Surrey, England, Marriages, 1754-1937 for William James Hutchings aged 28, father Alfred James Hutchings, and Rose Grace, aged 23, father George Grace, on 8 August 1925 at Frensham St Mary. "1925 Marriage solemnized at the parish church in the parish of Frensham in the County of Surrey No. 20 8th August 1925 Alfred James Hutchings aged 28, a bachelor and gardner of Frensham, father Alfred James Hutchings, a miller, and Rose Grace, a spinster of Frensham, father George Grace, a labourer. Married in the parish church according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Established Church after banns in the presence of us, John George Ackerman and Agnes Elizabeth Grace".
They adopted a son Norman William Hutchings born in 1927.
There are twelve entries in Ancestry Surrey, England, Electoral Registers, 1918-1945 for William James Hutchings address The Street, Frensham, Farnham in 1923 to 1926, other occupants Alfred James and Kate Hutchings (parents?), and South Hill Bungalow, Dockenfield in 1928 to 1936, other occupant Rose Hutchings (wife?), and another for William J Hutchings 2 Willey Mill Cottages, Farnham in 1945, other occupants Alfred J and Kate Hutchings (parents?) and Rose Hutchings (wife?).
They lived at 5 Sampsons Cottages, West Street, Farnham.
His wife died in SW Surrey in 1981.
Entry in the Register of Deaths for William James Hutchings, born on 26 June 1897, in January 1986 in Surrey SW (17 1433).
Shirley West and Matthew Savill have entries in Ancestry Public Member Trees for William James Hutchings born in September 1897 in Frensham, Surrey, parents Alfred James Hutchings and Kate Fullick.
William James Hutchings was my first cousin once removed.
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