Birth: 5 June 1915 31 Landseer Road, Hove, East Sussex, UK
Father: William Charles Corps 1891-1918
Mother: Winifred Edith Pitts 1892-1972
Christening: 31st March 1918 St Barnabas, Hove, East Sussex, UK
Marriage: 9 December 1936 St Barnabas, Hove, East Sussex, UK
Husband: Arthur Leslie Thompsett 1912-1993
Death: 23 May 2010 Hilgay, Keymer Road, RH15 0AL, Burgess Hill, West Sussex, UK
Terence Gaythorne Thompsett 1947-a1974
Birth of Winifred I Corps, mothers maiden name Pitts, in FreeBMD in July-September 1915 in Stenying (2B 387).
Entry in Ancestry East Sussex, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1920 for Winifred Irene Corps born 5 June 1915 and baptised on 31 March 1918 at Hove St Barnabas, parents William Charles and Winifred Edith Corps. "Page 164 Baptism solemnized in the Parish of [blank] in the Diocese of [blank] County of [blank] in the Year One thousand nine hundred and [blank] [...] 5th June 1915 31st March 1918 No. 1473 Winifred Irene [parents] William Charles [a] Soldier [and] Winifred Edith Corps [of] 31, Landseer Rd Hove". All the blanks were last completed on page 15 "St. Barnabus, Hove","Chichester", "Sussex" and "Ten".
Entry in Ancestry UK, World War I Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923 for Winifred Irene Corps born 5 June 1915 child of William Charles Corps Other Ranks died Cornock Ae-Costello P and Winifred Edith Corps widow.
Her father died on 30 April 1918 in France.
A half-sister was born on 24 August 1919 and registered in October-December 1919 in Steyning, father unknown.
In the 1921 census as Winifred Irene Corps aged 6 years 0 months, born in Sussex, father dead, and living with her widowed mother (Winifred Edith) in two rooms at 31 Landseer Road, Hove, Sussex.
A half-sister was registered in January-March 1922 in West Bromwich, father unknown.
Entry in Ancestry East Sussex, England, Electoral Registers, 1705-1963 for Winifred Irene Corps address 31 Landseer Road, Hove in 1929, other occupant Winifred Edith Corps (mother?) and another family.
Marriage of Winifred I Corps and Arthur L Thompsett in FreeBMD in October-December 1936 in Hove (2B 758).
Entry in Ancestry East Sussex, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1936 for Winifred Irene Corps aged 21, father William Charles Corps, a spinster, and Arthur Leslie Thompsett on 9 December 1936 at Hove St Barnabus. "Page 216 1936. Marriage solemnized at S. Barnabus Church in the Parish of S. Barnabus, Hove in the County of Sussex. [No. 431 December 9th 1936 Arthur Leslie Thompsett [aged] 24 [a] Bachlor [and] Builders Merchant [of] 132 Sackville Rd Hove [father] Arthur Henry Thompsett [a] Gardener, [and] Winifred Irene Corps [aged 21 [a] Spinster [of] 31 Landseer Rd Hove [father] William Charles Corps Deceased. Married in the above Church according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Church of England after Banns [...] in the Presence of us, Arthur John Greenfield [and] Albert William Greenfield".
In the 1939 England and Wales Register as Winifred I Thompsett born 5 June 1915, married and living with Arthur L Thompsett (husband?), Winifred E Celas (sic - in the index, original illegible, widowed mother) and two others at 31 Landseer Road, Hove, Sussx.
Three entries in Ancestry East Sussex, England, Electoral Registers, 1705-1963 for Winifred I Thompsett address 21 Gleton Avenue, Hangleton, Lewes from 1945 to 1947, other occupant other occupant Arthur L Thompsett (husband?).
Her son was registered in July-September 1947 in Worthing.
Four entries in Ancestry East Sussex, England, Electoral Registers, 1705-1963 for Winifred I Thompsett address 43 West Way, Hangleton, Hove from 1959 to 1963, other occupant, other occupant Arthur L Thompsett (husband?).
Her husband died in November 1993 in Brighton.
Two entries in Ancestry All UK, Phone Book Indexes, 2001 and 2003 for Winifred I Thompsett living in Hove, East Sussex in 2001 and 2003.
Entry in Ancestry UK, Electoral Registers, 2003-2010 for Ms Winifred I Thompsett address 43 West Way BN3 8LS, Hove, East Sussex from 2003 to 2008, and two for Winifred Thompsett address Fallowfield, 182 Linley Drive, TN34 2BY, Hastings, East Sussex from 2008 to 2009, and Hilgay, Keymer Road, RH15 0AL, Burgess Hill, West Sussex in 2009.
Entry in 192.com for Winifred I Thompsett in the Electoral Roll 2002-08 living in Hove, East Sussex, BN3 and two for Winifred Thompsett in the Electoral Roll 2008 living in Hastings, East Sussex TN34 and in the Electoral Roll 2009 living in Burgess Hill, West Sussex RH1.
Entry in People Trace UK for Winifred I Thompsett address 43 West Way Hove BN3 8LS from 2008 to 2012, and two for Winifred Thompsett address 182 Linley Drive, Hastings TN34 2BY from 2008-2009, and Keymer Road, Burgess Hill RH15 0AL in 2009.
Entry in the Register of Deaths for Ms Winifred Irene Thompsett on 23 May 2010 aged 94 in Burgess Hill, West Sussex RH15.
There are twenty one entries in Ancestry Family Trees for Winifred Irene Corps.
Part of Steyning which was in East Sussex became Hove on 1 April 1935.
Winifred Irene Corps was the great granddaughter of William Corps, husband of Tryphena Chambers Horsley, wife of Thomas Luff, my half first cousin twice removed.
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