Birth: 25 September 1903 Croydon, Surrey, UK
Father: Albert Arthur Bailey 1878-1936
Mother: Lydia Martin 1878-1962
Marriage: April-June 1924 Colchester, Essex, UK
Husband: Stanley Claude Godfrey 1903-1983
Death: 21 December 1988 6 Singleton Court, Great Cornard, Suffolk, UK
Birth of Doris Esther Bailey in FreeBMD in October-December 1903 in Croydon (2a 252).
Her sister was born in Colchester in 1905.
In the 1911 census as Doris Esther Bailey aged 7, born in Croydon, Essex (sic)and living with her parents (Albert Arthur and Kydia) and sister (Vera Eliza) in six rooms at 15 Golden Noble Hill, Colchester, Essex.
A sister was born in Colchester in 1913.
Entry in her father's service records for Esther Bailey born on 25 September 1903 in Croydon and in 1915 the family were living at 15 Golden Noble Hill, Colchester.
Marriage of Dora E Bailey and Stanley C Godfrey in FreeBMD in April-June 1924 in Colchester (4a 1751).
Her son and daughter were born in Watford in 1925 and 1928.
In the 1939 England and Wales Register as Doris E Godfrey born 25 September 1903, married, a ladies hairdress assistant to her husband, and living with Stanley C Godfrey (husband?) and two others (son and daughter?) at 44 Woodford Road, Watford, Hertfordshire.
Her husband died in Bury St Edmunds in 1983.
Entry in the Register of Deaths for Doris Esther Godfrey, born 25 September 1903, in December 1988 in Sudbury (10 3102).
Entry in Ancestry England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1995 for Doris Esther Godfrey died 21 December 1988 at Cornard Sudbury Suffolk, probate 7 April 1989 in Ipswich. "Godfrey, Doris Esther of 6 Singleton Ct Great Cornard Sudbury Suffolk died 21 December 1988 Probate Ipswich 7 April £127843".
Entry in Ancestry Public Member Trees for Doris Esther Bailey born in Croydon, Surrey on 25 September 1903, parents Albert Arthur Bailey and Lydia Martin, her marriage to Stanley Claude Godfrey in Colchester, Essex in June 1924, her two children, and her death in Sudbury, Essex on 21 December 1988.
Doris Esther Bailey was the mother of Joy Mildred Godfrey, wife of Percy Thomas George Capel, my fifth cousin twice removed.
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