The 1939 Register

At the start of November “The 1939 Register” was released on the Find My Past website.  This register was a comprehensive survey of the civil population of England and Wales at the outbreak of World War 2.  The survey was taken on 29 September 1939, just 4 weeks after war was declared on Germany.  65,000 enumerators were employed to visit every house in England and Wales and record names, addresses, dates of birth, marital status and occupations of every person.  The information collected was used to issue identity cards, which had to be carried at all times during the war, and to set up Rationing books. Post war the register was used to issue NHS cards when the NHS was born.  After 1939 when a woman married her name was changed on The 1939 Register, thus the register contains both the woman’s married and maiden name.

The register is available to search on Find My Past and can be searched for free, but you see limited information.  However, if you want to see the original entry in its entirety a payment is required.

Because of data protection names of persons who were born after 1915 are hidden, unless they are known to have died. This does mean that many names are not available to search and on the register the data is blacked out.  Even with this limitation the register provides some interesting data. 

I have searched the register and can tell you the following about our family names

I have found 295 family members named on the 1939 register plus 26 women who were later to marry into the family.  The occurrence of the family name is as shown below

  

Surname	Number of Individuals
Titheridge	212
Titheradge	49
Tytheridge	14
Tidridge	7
Tutheridge	6
Teatheredge	2
Tedridge	1
Ones where I'm unsure ? Titheridge/Titheradge	5

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I expected the spelling of the surname to be better than on censuses but alas no, there are 22 spelling variations of the surnames occurring (probably even more that haven’t been found).

The name variations are

Fitheridge; Litheridge; Teatheredge; Teatheridge; Tedridge; Teteridge; Tetheridge; Tettiridge; Thitheride; Tidridge; Tiheradge; Titheradge; Titherage; Titheridge; Titherridge; Tithridge; Tittheradge; Totheridge Tothridge; Tutheride; Tutheridge; Tytheridge.

 
The most popular family Christian names were William Annie Albert and Dorothy.

The distribution of the family was much as expected with most of the family living in Hampshire (35%) followed by London (14%).  Nearly all the individuals lived south of Birmingham with just 4% living in Warwickshire or further north

The top ten counties where family members lived were

County	Number of Individuals
Hampshire	104
London	41
Essex	25
Surrey	22
Sussex	20
Middlesex	17
Berkshire	9
Kent	8
Dorset	7
Isle of Wight	6

 At a town level the greatest concentration of family members was in Droxford Rural District with 26 individuals listed.

Town (Rural District or County Borough or Municipal Borough)	Number of Individuals
Droxford R.D.	26
Southampton C.B.	17
Gosport M.B.	11
Islington	9
Wanstead and Woodford M.B.	8
Portsmouth C.B.	7
Petersfield R.D.	6
Reading C.B.	6
New Forest R.D.	6
Winchester M.B.	6

If you have viewed The 1939 Register and found out anything interesting about your Titheridge / Titheradge etc  ancesters please add a comment to tell us what you have learnt.?

Wordless Wednesday 7 - Shedfield Hampshire

Parish Church Shedfield, Hampshire
11 November 2015



St John the Baptist Church, Shedfield
Shedfield is home and burial place of many Titheridges,
including Noah John Titheridge and  family




 

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Rembering those family members who died in World War 2

Grave of Lance Bombardier Dayrell Titheridge
who died September 1939 

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: 

Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.

At the going down of the sun and in the morning,

We will remember them.

On Remembrance Sunday let us remember those family members who lost their lives in World War 2

Name	Date of Death	Age	Service and Rank	Burial Place	Family information
Dayrell Charles John TITHERIDGE	12 September 1939	24	Royal Artillery Lance Bombardier	Shedfield Churchyard	Son of Noah John Titheridge and Annie Louise Ferris of Droxford area of Hampshire
Barbara Ann TITHERADGE	17 April 1941	5	Civilian War Dead	Wanstead And Woodford, Municipal Borough	Adopted daughter of John Alfred Henry and Dorothy Florence Titheradge. Died at 10 Wansford Road Woodford, Essex
Leslie Frank TITHERIDGE	27 April 1941	21	Royal Navy Able Seaman on H.M.S. Wryneck	Chatham Naval Memorial	Son of John and Grace Maud Titheridge, of Edgware, Middlesex.
Jack Ronald TITHERIDGE	24 May 1941	21	Navy Army & Air Force Institute Canteen Assistant on H.M.S. Hood	Portsmouth Naval Memorial	Son of Benjamin James Titheridge and Eva Agnes Titheridge, of Gosport, Hampshire.
Arthur Charles TITHERIDGE	21 September 1941	21	Merchant Navy Sailor on  S.S. Vancouver (Glasgow	Tower Hill Memorial	Son of Albert and Florence Titheridge, of Hythe, Hampshire.
George William TITHERIDGE	3 June 1943	30	Royal Engineers Sapper 36 Fortress Company	Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery Burma	Son of Benjamin James Titheridge and Eva Anges Wells of Alverstoke, Hampshire
Kenneth Albert William TUTHERIDGE	10 June 1944	29	Royal Tank Regiment, R.A.C. Trooper in 5th Unit	Bayeux War Cemetery	Son of Albert James Tutheridge and Daisy Tutheridge, of Reading, Berkshire.
William Cecil TYTHERIDGE	24 October 1946	22	King's Shropshire Light Infantry Private 4th Battalion	Munster Heath War Cemetery	Son of Leonard and Minnie Eliza Tytheridge, of Plumstead, London.

If any of these individuals are your relatives please use the comment to tell us about them and perhaps post a picture.

Wordless Wednesday 6 - Portsmouth Naval Memorial

Titheridge sailors remembered - Portsmouth Naval Memorial

4 November 2015

Portsmouth Naval Memorial on Southsea sea front.
Those remembered include
George Titheridge Royal Navy died May 1915
William Henry Titheridge Royal Navy died May 1915
Jack Ronald Titheridge NAAFI died May 1941




 

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From Titheridge to Titheradge

Church gate in Swanmore,
Frederick's home village on 1851 census

 Frederick Titheridge was the fifth of nine children born to Richard Titheridge and Mary Ann Lasham. He was born on 29 July 1842 in the Droxford area of Hampshire.  On 1851 census he was living at Swanmore, Droxford with his parents and four siblings.

Frederick joined the Royal Navy on 24 April 1860 when aged 18, joining at HMS Britannia in Portsmouth. He enlisted for 10 years and then extended this for another 10 years. On enlistment he was described as 5 foot 5.5inches with brown hair, grey eyes and fresh complexion. Throughout his naval career his conduct was generally good or very good, although in 1865 there is a record of gaol in Cork for “breaking leave”. He served as a stoker in the navy and was discharged from the Royal Navy on 16 January 1880 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

His Record of continuous service shows him serving on the following ships

• HMS Britannia enlisted 24 April 1860.
• HMS Agamemnon 27 April 1860 to 12 October 1862
• HMS Hawker 19 October to 22 February 1865
• HMS Narcissus 20 March 1865 to 1 July 1869
• HMS Asia 18 July 1869 to 30 November 1869
• HMS Rinaldo 1 December 1869 to 2 July 1872
• HMS Duke of Wellington 3 July 1872 to 27 December 1872
• HMS Asia 1 January 1873 to 21 May 187
• HMS Pearl 27 May 1873 to 13 January 1877
• HMS Nympho 14 January 1877 to 6 January 1879
• HMS Wolverine 7 January 1879 to 16 January 1880

 
Having served nearly 20 years in the Navy Frederick disembarked at Sidney New South Wales in January 1880.  The following year he married Martha Hannah Pritchard, who was 18 years his junior. The marriage took place on 4 June 1881 at St Thomas Church, Narrandera, New South Wales over 300 miles from Sydney. Frederick and Martha had 10 children  

     Margaret born 1879or 1881 died 1964
     John Albert born 1882 died 1892
     Frederick born 1884 died 1938
     Daniel born 1885 died 1961
     Richard Joseph born 1888 died 1969
     Leonard Arthur born 1890 died 1968
     George William born 1892 died 1960
     Henry David Alexander born 1894 died 1967
     Elsie Beatrice born 1895 died 1972
     Rita Muriel born 1897 died 1988

 Frederick worked in Australia as a railway employee.  Frederick died 17 February 1914 in Molong, New South Wales and Martha died nearly 30 years later on 16 September 1943 in Orange, New South Wales.

Frederick served his entire navy career with the surname Titheridge but when he landed in Australia he spelt his surname Titheradge.  He married under this surname and all his children and descendants took on this new version of the surname, Titheradge. Later generations had no idea they were actually descended from the Titheridge line and that this new spelling variation was only begun in 1880.   

Wordless Wednesday 5 H. B. H. Tytheridge

Henry Burton Holdup Tytheridge
28 October 2015







Drawing of
Henry Burton Holdup Tytheridge
born in 1847 in Chelsea
and died in 1918 in Chiswick.

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