Birth: 5 October 1909 Guildford, Surrey, UK
Father: Benjamin Lewis Oliver 1873-1940
Mother: Edith Amy Mansell 1879-1955
Christened: 19 December 1909 St Nicolas, Guildford, Surrey, UK
Marriage: 16 September 1942 Oswestry, Shropshire, UK
Wife: Margaret Poynton 1913-1980
Death: 27 December 1966 St Luke's Hospital, Guildford, Surrey, UK
Peter Desmond Oliver 1943
Birth of Kenneth Noel Oliver, mother's maiden name Mansell, in FreeBMD in October-December 1909 in Guildford (2A 93).
Entry in Ancestry Surrey, England, Church of England Baptisms, 1813-1921 for Kenneth Noel Oliver born 5 October 1909 baptised 19 December 1909 at St Nicolas Church, Guildford, parents Benjamin Lewis and Edith Amy Oliver. "Page 143 Baptisms solemnized in the Parish of S. Nicholas Guildford in the County of Surrey in the Year 1909 [...] [born] Oct 5th 09 [baptised] Dec 19th No. 1144 Kenneth Noel [parents] Benjamin Lewis [a] Salesman & Edith Amy Oliver [of] Farnham Road Guildford".
His brother was registered in July-September 1911 in Guildford and baptised on 19 November 1911 at St Nicholas, Guildford when the were living at West Hill Lodge, Farnham Road, Guildford.
In the 1911 census as Kenneth Noel Oliver aged 2 (Sic - in the index, 1.5 on the original), born in Guildford, Surrey, and living with Benjamin James and Edith Amy (parents?) and a servant (Kathleen Emily Anna Juniper aged 19, born in Richmond, Surrey and single) in seven rooms at 29 Farnham Road, Guildford, Surrey.
His sister was registered in October-December 1913 in Guildford and baptised on 25 January 1914 at St Nicholas, Guildford when they were living at Matopa Wodeland Road, Guildford.
I cannot locate the family in the 1921 census.
Eight entries in Ancestry Surrey, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1962 for Kenneth Noel Oliver address Thorney, Ennismore Avenue, Stoke, Guildford from 1931 to 1938, other occupants Benjamin Lewis and Edith Amy Oliver (parents?), Greville Rex Oliver (brother?) from 1933 to 1934, and Gowlen Lorna Oliver (sister?) from 1935.
In the 1939 England and Wales Register as Kenneth N Oliver born 5 October 1909, single, a stockbroker's clerk, National Wireless Register, Wireless Telegraphy Board London and living with Benjamin L and Edith A Oliver (parents?), Gwendolin L Oliver (sister?) and two others (brother?) at Thorney, Ennismore Avenue, Guildford, Surrey. In 1918, the Wireless Telegraphy Board was set up to coordinate interference problems in radio communication in the English Channel.
Marriage of Kenneth N Oliver and Margaret Poynton in FreeBMD in July-September 1942 in Oswestry (6A 1977).
Entry in the Cranleighan March 1943 Volume XVII No. 16 "[page] 807 Old Cranleighan Society [...] Marriages [...] Oliver-Poynton. - On September 16th, 1942. Kenneth Noel Oliver to Margaret Poynton". Magazine of Cranleigh School 8 miles SE of Guildford, Surrey.
His son was registered in October-December 1943 in Oswestry.
Six entries in Ancestry Surrey, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1962 for Kenneth N Oliver address 28 Ennismore Avenue, Stoke, Guildford from 1948 to 1955, other occupants Edith A Oliver (mother?), Margaret Oliver (wife?) in 1948 and 1955, Bernard W and Gwendolen L Taylor (brother-in-law and sister?) to 1951 and Jessie Bonner in 1955.
His mother died on 18 April 1955 at Thorney 28 Ennismore Avenue, Guildford and left £846 14s. 6d (except settled land) to Kenneth Noel Oliver bank official, and £4000 (limited to settled land) to Kenneth Noel Oliver bank official and Gwendolen Lorna Taylor married woman.
Eight entries in Ancestry Surrey, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1962 for Kenneth N Oliver address 17A Saffron Platt, Stroughton, Guildford from 1956 to 1962, other occupant Margaret Oliver (wife?).
Death of Kenneth N Oliver in FreeBMD in October-December 1966 aged 57 in Surrey SW (5g 476).
Entry in Ancestry England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1995 for Kenneth Noel Oliver died 27 December 1966 in Guildford probate 9 March 1967 in London. "Oliver Kenneth Noel of 17a Saffron Platt Guildford died 27 Dember 1966 at St. Lukes Hospital Guildford Probate London 9 March to Margaret Oliver widow Irene Roberts married woman and Peter Desmond Oliver insurance clerk. £16997".
Entry in Ancestry England, Newspapers.com™ Stories and Events Index, 1800's to current for Mr Kenneth Noel Oliver on 7 Jan 1967 in Guildford, Surrey in The Surrey Advertiser, County Times.
There are eight entries in Ancestry Family Trees for Kenneth Noel Oliver.
Kenneth Noel Oliver was my eleveth cousin.
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