Birth: 20 April 1902 Littlehampton, West Sussex, UK
Father: James Wakeford 1860-1944
Mother: Ruth Fullick (Fulleck, Tullick) 1865-1925
Christening: 13 July 1902 St Mary, Littlehampton, West Sussex, UK
Married: October-December 1931 Portsmouth, Hampshire, UK
Husband: Ronald Hector Diaper 1903-1993
Death: 20 October 1959 Southlands Hospital, Shoreham by Sea, West Sussex, UK
Burial: 24 October 1959 Grave A 754, Littlehampton Burial Ground, Littlehampton, West Sussex, UK
Lawrence John Unwin Diaper 1932-1997
Ruth S Diaper 1935-1937
Daphne Mae Diaper [Provan, Vannest] 1940-1965
Birth of May Fullick Wakeford in FreeBMD in April-June 1902 in E Preston (2b 361).
Entry in Ancestry West Sussex, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1920 for May Fullick Wakeford born 20 April 1902 and baptised 13 July 1902 at Littlehampton, St Mary, parents Janes and Ruth Wakeford. "Page 86 Baptisms solemnized in the Parish of [blank] in the County of [blank] in the Year One Thousand eight hundred and [blank] [...] 1902 July 13 No. 687 May Fullick [born] 20 April 1902 [parents] James [a] Railway Labourer & Ruth Wakeford [of] 49 Gloucester Rd, Lttlehampton". The blanks were completed on Page 46 with "Littlehampton", "Sussex" and "ninety eight".
Her sister was born on 5 May 1907 and baptised on 9 May 1907 at St Mary, Littlehampton when they were living at 49 Gloucester Road, and her sister was registered in January-March 1911 in East Preston.
In the 1911 census as May Wakeford aged 8, born in Littlehampton, Sussex, and living with her parents (James and Ruth), two sisters (Ethel and Ruth) and a boarder (John Johnson aged 34, born in Pulborough, Sussex, single and a gas fitter) in five rooms at 49 Gloucester Road, Littlehampton, Sussex.
In the 1921 census as May Fullick Wakeford born in Littlehampton in 1902 and living with Ruth Wakeford (mother?) and Ruth Wakeford (sister?) in Littlehampton, East Preston, Sussex. Her father was living in Wick, Poling, Angmering. There is also a link to the Hampshire Telegraph "apparently normal when he left to go to work. Miss May F. Wakeford said that the Strudwicks had"
Her mother died on 11 September 1925 at 41 Gloucester Road, Littlehampton.
Four entries in Ancestry All West Sussex, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1963 for Mayor (sic - in the index, May on the original) Fullick Wakeford address 41 Gloucester Road, Littlehampton, Chichester from 1926 to 1932, other occupants James Strudwick (brother-in-law) in 1926 and 1928, Ruth Strudwick (sister?) in 1928 and John George Johnson to 1928, and Donald Bertram D'arcy in 1931.
Marriage of May F Wakeford and Ronald H Diaper in FreeBMD in October-December 1931 in Portsmouth (2b 1365).
Her son was born in East Preston in 1932 and daughter was born in Worthng in 1935.
In the 1939 England and Wales Register as May F Diaper born 20 April 1902, married, and living with Ronald H Diaper (husband?), Lawrence J U Diaper (son?) and one other at Osprey, Lyminster Road, Littlehampton, Sussex.
Her daughter was born in Worthing in 1940.
Death of May F Diaper in FreeBMD in October-December 1959 aged 57 in Worthing (25h 765).
Entry in Ancestry England & Scotland, Select Cemetery Registers, 1800-2022 for May Fullick Diaper buried 24 October 1959 in grave A 754, Littlehampton, West Sussex. "Register of Burials in the Burial Ground provided by the Burial Board in the Parish of Littlehampton. Established under the Burials (beyond the Metropolis) Act, 16 & 17 Vict., cap. 134 [...] No. 7 May Fullick Diaper Wife of Ronald aged 57 died Shoreham of L'ton on 24 October 1959 in A 754 in unconsecrated ground reopen".
Entry in Ancestry England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1995 for May Fullick Diaper died 20 October 1959 in Sussex Probate 27 November 1959 in London. "Diaper May Fullick of 49 Lyminster Road Littlehampton Sussex (wife of Ronald Hector Diaper) died 20 October 1959 at Southlands Hospital Shoreham-by-Sea Sussex Administration London 27 November to the said Ronald Hector Diaper harbour master. Effects £403 8s. 3d."
There are sixteen entries in Ancestry Family Trees for May Fullick Wakeford.
May Fullick Wakeford was my fourth cousin once removed.
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