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William Frederick Bignell[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]

Male 1907 - 1959  (51 years)

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  • Name William Frederick Bignell  [2, 4, 7]
    Birth July 1907  Southampton, Hampshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Gender Male
    Occupation 1951  Lancaster, Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Nursing Register, Royal Infirmary, Lancaster
    General Register
    Registration; Date 27 Mar 1951 Publisher; General Nursing Council for England & Wales 
    Residence 1951  Lancaster, Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Residence 1959  5 golgotha road, Lancaster, Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Death 15 Jun 1959  Haverthwaite, Ulverston, Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4] 
    Probate 4 Nov 1963  Lancaster, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Person ID I322186343959  Hurst Improbable Family Tree
    Last Modified 15 Jun 2026

    DNA Tests  2 DNA tests are associated with William Frederick Bignell 

    Mother Alice Bignell,   b. 1887, Alresford, Hampshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F8171  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Grace Alice Brown,   b. 20 Jun 1908, Lambeth Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Nov 1997, Lancaster, Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 89 years)
    Marriage Oct 1932  Lancaster, Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Children 
     1. Frederick Derek Bignell,   b. 20 Aug 1933, Lancaster, Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2019, 11898 Hawthorne St, Maple Ridge, Fraser Valley West, British Columbia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years)
     2. Douglas Charles Bignell
     3. Raymond Bignell
    Family ID F6245  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 15 Jun 2026

  • Sources 
    1. [S_2080810673] Ancestry, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.), Ancestry Family Tree.

    2. [S_2081643012] Ancestry.com, England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations),1861-1941, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010.Original data - Principal Probate Registry. Calendar of the Grants of Probate and Letters of Administration made in the Probate Registries of the High Court of Justice in England. Londo).

    3. [S_1639762725] Ancestry.com, 1911 England Census, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.Original data - Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA), 1911. Data imaged from the National Archives, London, England. ).
      Name: William Frederick Bignell
      Birth: abt 1908
      Death:

    4. [S_2081219493] Ancestry.com, England & Wales, Death Index: 1916-2005, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.Original data - General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes. London, England: General Register Office. © Crown copyright. Published by permission of the Contro), General Register Office; United Kingdom; Volume: 10f; Page: 561.

    5. [S_2081229561] Ancestry.com, England & Wales, Marriage Index: 1916-2005, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, 2010.Original data - General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes. London, England: General Register Office. © Crown copyright. Published by permission of the Contr), General Register Office; United Kingdom; Volume: 8e; Page: 1548.

    6. [S_2081219547] FreeBMD, England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.Original data - General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes. London, England: General Register Office. © Crown copyright. Published by permission of the Contro).

    7. [S1109447721] Ancestry.com, UK & Ireland, Nursing Registers, 1898-1968, (Ancestry.com Operations Inc.).


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