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Family of James Frederick Kett and Maria Hales

Husband: James Frederick Kett (1875-1918)
Wife: Maria Hales (1873-1966)
Children: James Mellish Kett (1900-1966)
Frank Stanley Kett (1901-1989)
Leonard William Kett (1902- )
Ida Ethel May Kett (1903-1993)
Grace Irene Clare Kett (1905-1989)
Margaret Edna Gertrude Kett (1908-1994)
Marriage 1898 Depwade, Norfolk

Husband: James Frederick Kett

Name: James Frederick Kett
Sex: Male
Father: James Mellish Kett (1848-1888)
Mother: Albertina Elizabeth Roberts (1849-1939)
Birth 1875 Hainford, Norfolk
Baptism 7 Jan 1875 (age 0) All Saints, Hainford, Norfolk
Census 1881 (age 5-6) Living with parents
Census 1891 (age 15-16) Farmer's son, living with mother
Census 1901 (age 25-26) Farmer, Low Common, Bunwell, Norfolk
Census 1911 (age 35-36) Farmer, Low Commongowers Farm, Bunwell, Norfolk
Death 19 Nov 1918 (age 42-43) Bunwell, Norfolk

Wife: Maria Hales

Name: Maria Hales
Sex: Female
Father: William Hales (c. 1839-1885)
Mother: Elizabeth Smith (c. 1842-1923)
Birth 17 Jun 1873 Bunwell, Norfolk
Birth fact 1873 (age 0) 1873 Jun Qtr, Depwade, 4b/233
Census 1881 (age 7-8) Living with parents
Census 1891 (age 17-18) Census: visiting Attfields in Lee (unmarried)
Census 1911 (age 37-38) Wife in household (married 12 years, 8 children, 6 living, 2 dead)
Death fact 1966 (age 92-93) 1966 Mar Q, Depwade, 4b/611 (aged 92)
Death 5 Jan 1966 (age 92) The Old Rectory, Bunwell, Norfolk

Child 1: James Mellish Kett

Name: James Mellish Kett
Sex: Male
Spouse: Ethel Mary Gosling (1910-1984)
Birth 1900 Bunwell, Norfolk
Birth fact 1900 (age 0) 1900 Mar Qtr, Depwade, 4b/250
Census 1901 (age 0-1) Living with parents
Census 1911 (age 10-11) Living with parents
Death fact 1966 (age 65-66) 1966 Dec Q, Norwich, 4b/767 (aged 66)
Death 9 Dec 1966 (age 65-66) Norfolk and Norwich Hospital, Norwich, Norfolk

Child 2: Frank Stanley Kett

Name: Frank Stanley Kett
Sex: Male
Birth 19 Jan 1901 Bunwell, Norfolk
Birth fact 1901 (age 0) 1901 Mar Qtr, Depwade, 4b/240
Census 1901 (age 0) Living with parents
Census 1911 (age 9-10) Living with parents
Death 11 Jan 1989 (age 87) Wayland, Norfolk

Child 3: Leonard William Kett

Name: Leonard William Kett
Sex: Male
Birth 1902 Bunwell, Norfolk
Birth fact 1902 (age 0) 1902 Jun Q, Depwade, 4b/237
Census 1911 (age 8-9) Living with parents
Occupation 27 Mar 1924 (age 21-22) Farmer, Manor Farm, Aslacton, Tivetshall, Norfolk
Emigration 27 Mar 1924 (age 21-22) from Sailed London to Melbourne, Australia, on board "Themistodes"
Occupation 1931 (age 28-29) Labourer, Warrnambool Road, Terang, Corangamite, Victoria, Australia (Elect. Reg.)

Child 4: Ida Ethel May Kett

Name: Ida Ethel May Kett
Sex: Female
Spouse: Joseph Albert Colchester (1904-1982)
Birth 10 May 1903 Bunwell, Norfolk
Birth fact 1903 (age 0) 1903 Jun Q, Depwade, 4b/243
Census 1911 (age 7-8) Living with parents
Death 7 Jan 1993 (age 89) Wayland, Norfolk

Child 5: Grace Irene Clare Kett

Name: Grace Irene Clare Kett
Sex: Female
Spouse: Stanley Thomas English (1903-1985)
Birth 28 Apr 1905 Bunwell, Norfolk
Birth fact 1905 (age 0) 1905 Jun Q, Depwade, 4b/234
Census 1911 (age 5-6) Living with parents
Death 16 Nov 1989 (age 84) Norwich, Norfolk

Child 6: Margaret Edna Gertrude Kett

Name: Margaret Edna Gertrude Kett
Sex: Female
Spouse: Percival Thurrell (1897-1966)
Birth 26 Feb 1908 Bunwell, Norfolk
Birth fact 1908 (age 0) 1908 Jun Q, Depwade, 4b/223
Census 1911 (age 2-3) Living with parents
Death 26 Oct 1994 (age 86) Norwich, Norfolk

Note on Husband: James Frederick Kett

KETT James Frederick of Bunwell Norfolk died 19 November 1918. Probate London 24 January 1919 to Maria Kett widow and William Hales farmer. Effects £824 10s. 3d.

Note on Wife: Maria Hales (1)

Maria Kett: From at least 1929 until about 1933 there was a shop on Bunwell Hill run by Mrs Maria Kett but from her own house. Her husband Iames Frederick Kett, who had farmed Park Farm, Bunwell, died in 1918. She never remarried and died at Bunwell Old Rectory in 1966.

Bunwell A Village History, Vol.1 (Bunwell Heritage Group, 2014), page 138

Note on Wife: Maria Hales (2)

KETT Maria of The Old Rectory Bunwell Norfolk died 5 January 1966. Probate Norwich 7 February to James Mellish Kett retired farm worker. £338.