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Old 08-01-10, 09:26
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Name - "official" name and what they were known as
Wallace Henry King

Date and place of birth
17th November 1871
Northgate Street, Beccles, Suffolk


Names of parents
Arthur Edward King & Jane Eliza Watson

Date and place of baptism - if applicable
18th August 1872 "Suffolk County Bts"
IGI ref C132171 - 0919557
If anyone knows how to discover the specific church please let me know


Details of each of his or her marriages - if any
1st October 1895
St Mary Magdalen Church, Wandsworth


Occupation(s) - if any
He started off as an ironmonger, by 1901 he also had a shop. Between 1911 and his death in 1949 he was the managing director of a furniture retail shop in Norwich called 'Wallace King' - I believe it still exists (?).

Military service - if any
unknown

Addresses where they lived - and please list which censuses you have or haven't found him/her on.
1881- Northgate Street, Beccles
1891- 12 Magdalen Street, Norwich
1895- 82 Park Lane, Norwich
1901- 209 College Road, Norwich
1911- 26 Prince of Wales Road, Norwich
1949- The Gables, Framingham Pigot, Norfolk


Date, place and cause of death
19th January 1949
A private patients nursing home, Norwich & Norfolk Hospital
1a) Heart failure b) Auricular fibrilation 2) Simple prostatic enlargement
after a cystostomy operation a few days before.


Date and place of burial / cremation.
22nd January 1949, Framingham Pigot
but the funeral service was at St Peter Mancroft in Norwich
I have copies of the obituary and funeral report published in the Eastern Daily Press


Details of will / administration of their estate - if applicable
unknown

Memorial inscription - if any
unknown
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Old 08-01-10, 09:45
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I suppose the obvious way to find out which church he was baptised at would be to go to the Suffolk Record Office and look through the PR's for various churches, starting with the most likely, but it would be rather a long trip for you!
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Old 08-01-10, 10:19
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lol!!

I rather doubted that I'd be able to find out on line.

Never mind - that's the great thing with this hobby - It will keep until I have the time...
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Old 08-01-10, 10:21
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Just checked FreeReg, not on there. I suppose the obvious place would be Beccles, the church looks like it's St Michael's.

Have you tried emailing the County Record Office Sarah?

You have a date, wouldn't take much looking up.
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There used to be a furniture shop in Hitchin called Wallace King, when I first lived here in the 1980s. Can't remember when it closed. It's now Clement Joselyne, very expensive and opposite is a 9 TP shop!
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ooo - I just googled - there are two 'Wallace King Interiors' in Norwich and one in Cambridge. I'm guessing the Hitchin one was related too.

Thanks Nell.

His sons took over when he died in 1949
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We bought some furniture (Ladderax) from Wallace King in Hitchin in the early 1970's. I sold most of it recently (2 houses later, it didn't fit the room) but still have one bay.
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Hi there. Wallace was my great-great Grandfather. This information is fascinating- thank you.
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No doubt you already have this now, but.... (Marg was correct!):

Source Suffolk Baptism Index (Part 4)
Record set Suffolk Baptism Index 1538-1911
First name(s) Wallace Henry
Last name King
Baptism year 1872
County Suffolk
Country England
Place Beccles
Mother's first name(s) Jane Eliza
Father's first name(s) Arthur Edward
Baptism date 18 Aug 1872
Parish St Michael
Father's occupation Merchant's Clerk
Residence Beccles
Notes bn 17 Nov 1871
Entry No 414
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