Birth: 6 December 1911 Boroughbridge, West Riding, Yorkshire, UK
Father: William Fairbank Abbey 1853-1937
Mother: Amy Elsworth Reynard 1878-1940
Christening: 14 January 1912 St Andrew, Aldborough, Yorkshire, UK.
Marriage: October-December 1936 Skipton, West Riding, Yorkshire, UK
Husband: Frank Driver 1911-a1953
Marriage: January-March 1980 Worthing, West Sussex, UK, West Riding, Yorkshire, UK
Husband: George Wooller Jennings 1912-1997
Death: 26 January 1984 1 Fell View Square, Grassington, North Yorkshire, UK
Roberta Madeleine Driver [Baker] 1939 2007
Howard I Driver 1944
Vivyan Ashley Driver 1953-1985
Birth of Eleanor M Abbey, mother's maiden name Reynard, in FreeBMD in January-March 1912 in Gt Ouseburn (9a 134).
Entry in Ancestry North Yorkshire, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1921 for Eleanor Mildred Abbey baptised 14 January 1912 in Aldborough, parents William Fairbank and Amy Abbey. "Page 168 Baptisms solemnized in the Parishof A;dborough in the County ofYorkin the Year 1911 [...] Jan 14th 1912 No. 1326 Eleanor Mildred [parents] William Fairbank [a] Postman & Amy Abbey [of] Spring Gardens Aldbor".
Her sister was born on 30 July 1916, registered in July-September 1916 in Great Ouseburn and baptised on 2 September 1916 at St Andrew, Aldborough when they were living at Spring Gardens, Aldborough, Boroughbridge.
In the 1921 census as Eleanor Mildred Albey (sic) born in Boroughbridge, Yorkshire in 1912 and living with William Fairbank and Amy Albey (parents?), Horace Albey (brother?), and Amy Kathleen and Hilda Mary Albey (sisters?) in Embsay with Eastby, Skipton, Yorkshire (West Riding).
Three entries in Ancestry West Yorkshire, England, Electoral Registers, 1840-1962 for Eleanor Mildred Abbey addresses Baildon Lodge, Station Road, Baildon Shipley in 1935, other occupants Edgar Harold and Sarah Annette Wrigglesworth and Lilian White, and Scargill, Kettlewell with Starbottom, Skipton from 1937 to 1938.
Marriage of Eleanor M Abbey and Frank Driver in FreeBMD in October-December 1936 in Skipton (9A 103).
Two entries in Ancestry West Yorkshire, England, Electoral Registers, 1840-1962 for Eleanor Mildred Driver addresses South Cote, Town Head, Grassington, Skipton in 1939, other occupant Frank Driver (husband?) and 1 Fell View Square, Grassington, Skipton in 1940, other occupant Frank Driver (husband?).
In the 1939 England and Wales Register as Eleanor M Driver born on 6 December 1911, and living with Frank Driver (husband?) and Roberta Driver (daughter?) at 1 Fell View, Skipton, Yorkshire West Riding.
Her daughter was born on 6 September 1939 and registered in October-December 1939 in Skipton, and her son was registered in October-December 1944 in Skipton.
Two entries in Ancestry West Yorkshire, England, Electoral Registers, 1840-1962 for Eleanor Mildred Driver addresses South Cote, Town Head, Grassington, Skipton in 1939, other occupant Frank Driver (husband?) and 1 Fell View Square, Grassington, Skipton in 1940, other occupant Frank Driver (husband?).
There are three entries in Ancestry All West Yorkshire, England, Electoral Registers, 1840-1962 for Eleanor M Driver address 1 Fell View Square, Grassington, Skipton from 1954 to 1956, other occupant Frank Driver (husband?).
Her second daughter was registered in October-December 1953 in Staincliffe.
There are seven entries in Ancestry All West Yorkshire, England, Electoral Registers, 1840-1962 for Eleanor M Driver address 1 Fell View Square, Grassington, Skipton from 1945 to 1951, other occupants Frank Driver (husband?) and Clarice H Driver (sister-in-law?) from 1946 to 1949.
Her second daughter was registered in October-December 1953 in Staincliffe.
There are three entries in Ancestry All West Yorkshire, England, Electoral Registers, 1840-1962 for Eleanor M Driver address 1 Fell View Square, Grassington, Skipton from 1954 to 1956, other occupants Frank Driver (husband?).
Her husband died in April-June 1955 in Staincliffe.
There are six entries in Ancestry All West Yorkshire, England, Electoral Registers, 1840-1962 for Eleanor M Driver address 1 Fell View Square, Grassington, Skipton from 1957 to 1962, other occupant Roberta M Driver (daughter?) in 1962.Marriage of Eleanor M Driver and George W Jennings in FreeBMD in January-March 1980 in Worthing (18 1110).
Entry in the Register of Deaths for Eleanor Mildred Jennings born 6 December 1911 died in January 1984 in Staincliffe (2 2897).
Entry in Ancestry England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1995 for Eleanor Mildred Jennings died 26 January 1984 in Squ Grassington nr Skipton North Yorks, probate 27 February 1984 in Leeds. "Jennings, Eleanor Mildred of 1 Fell View Squ Grassington nr Skipton North Yorks died 26 January 1984 Administration Leeds 27 February Not exceeding £ 40000".
There are seven entries in Ancestry Family Trees for Eleanor Mildred Abbey.
Note that Skipton became part of Staincliffe in 1947, which was transfered from West Riding Yorkshire to North Yorkshire in 1974.
Eleanor Mildred Abbey was the second cousin of Thomas Abbey, husband of Ruth Cross, first cousin once removed of Albert Alfred Cross, husband of Florence Violet Luff, my half second cousin once removed.
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