1895Receives 100 acres of land two and a half miles North of Stephens from his
mother.
Birth Certificate
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Registration district: Tonbridge
Sub-district: Tonbridge
County of: Kent
When and where born: 24 March 1886 High Street Tonbridge
Name: Thomas George
Sex: Boy
Father: William John Day
Mother: Emily Madgwick Day formerly Lillywhite
Occupation of Father: Jeweller
Informant: W J Day Father High Street Tonbridge
When registered: 4 May 1886
Registrar: Jos. Ian Collins
Information from the Commercial Register, Public Library, Tonbridge Kent.
Discovered by Pamela Forster (nee Day) in 1988.
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Place of birth of Thomas George Day 135 High Street Tonbridge
Before 1872 the Premises were owned for a long time by Chard Gunmakers
From 1872 - 1886 by Thomas Day & Co. Auctioneers, Valuers, House & Land Etate
Agents.
From 1886 - by Cecil Mitchell Clockmaker.
When seen by Pam in 1988 it had just closed down as a Chinese Restaurant.
Also in the Commercial Register;
Dr. H. M. Day MD, Surgeon, The Elms, Shipbourne Road, Tonbridge Kent
Accoridng to Pam, Thomas George Day moved to Richmond Surrey at six months of
age
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1891 Census PRO Ref: ? Folio: ? Page: 21
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8 Sydney Road Richmond, Surrey
Elsie Day Daughter 6 Kent, Tonbridge
Thomas G Day Son 5 Kent, Tonbridge
Phoebe Day Daughter 1 Surrey, Richmond
Minnie J Dickinson Help U 20 Domestic Servant Hertford, Ware
1901 Census PRO Ref: RG13/0675 Folio: 159 Page: 27
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22 Sidney Road, Richmond, Surrey
William J Day Head M 43 Watchmaker Employer at home Kent, Maidstone
Emily M Day Wife M 43 Surrey, Richmond
Elsie Day Daughter S 16 Kent, Tonbridge
Thomas G Day Son 15 Kent, Tonbridge
Percy F Day Son 13 Surrey, Richmond
Phoebe Day Daughter 11 Surrey, Richmond
Muriel Day Daughter 9 Surrey, Richmond
Dorothy Day Daughter 7 Surrey, Richmond
1902
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Joined the Richmond and Barnes Conservative Association
about 1905
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Became clerk to Sir Thomas Skewes-Cox
1914
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Joined the Richmond Volunteer Rifles
1915
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Joined the Artists' Rifles and in November took a commission in the Sherwood
Foresters
Abstracted from: "The Regimental Roll of Honour and War Record of the Artists'
Rifles (1/28th, 2/28th and 3/28th Battalions, The London Regiment TF):
Commissions, Promotions, Appointments and Rewards for Service in the Field
Obtained by Members of the Corps"
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Regimental Number in Artists' Rifles: 3311
Name: Day, Thomas George
Commissioned: 7 Nov 1915
Regiment into which commissioned: 8th (Territorial) Battalion, The Sherwood
Foresters, (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment)
Highest Rank Achieved: Lieutenant
There is no mention of him being wounded.
Marriage Certificate
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Solemnized at: St Johns Church
Parish: Richmond
County of: Surrey
When Married: 25 April 1916
Name and Surname: Thomas George Day Mabel Florence Maud King
Age: 30 30
Condition: Bachelor Spinster
Rank or Profession: Lieutenant, 8th Sherwood Foresters
Residence: Marsh Chapel, Lincolnshire 211 Lower Mortlake Rd
Richmond
Father: William John Day Walter John King
Father's Rank or profession: Traveller Dairyman
Married in: Church of St John
according to the rites of: The Church of England
Married by: R A Harrison
Witnesses: Walter John King
William John Day
About 1920
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Joined Calvert Smith, solicitors as managing clerk, while working for them he
was appointed registrar for the Richmond District.
Electoral register 1921 and spring of 1922
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Thomas George Day and Mabel Florence Maud Day are registered at 211 Lower
Mortlake Road with Mabel's father Walter King.
Kelly's Directory 1922
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TGDay living at 61 Gainsborough Road Richmond
26 October 1923
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As registrar, registered first birth at Richmond Registry Office
21 December 1923 death certificate of William John Day
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Thomas G Day, son, 61 Gainsborough Road is the informant
24 December 1923 Funeral of William J Day
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The mourners were:
Thomas G Day Son
Percy F Day Son
Albert E Day Brother
William Day Cousin
George Lillywhite Brother-in-Law
Frank Lillywhite Brother-in-Law
Anthony Lillywhite Brother-in-Law
Geoffrey Lillywhite Nephew
Floral tributes were as follows:
from your loving wife and the girls Elsie, Phoebe, Muriel and Dorothy,
Tom and Mabs (son and daughther-in-law)
Percy and Alice (son and daughther-in-law)
Bert and family (brother)
Charlie and family (brother)
Baby John (Grandson)
Baby Yvonne (grand-daughter)
Lucy and Florrie;
Emmie, Alf, Amy and Edie;
Philip and Helene;
George, Frank and Tizzie;
Aunt Beuzie;
Anthony, Edith, Marjorie and Mabel;
Geoffrey and Peg;
Phoebe, Ben and Sally;
Grandma and Grandpa King and Family;
Emily;
Electoral register 1924
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Thomas George Day and Mabel Florence Maud in 61 Gainsborough Road
14 April 1926 Death certificate of Walter John King
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Thomas G Day, Son-in-Law, In attendance, named as informant, resident at 61
Gainsborough Richmond
Principal Probate registry Index 25 June 1926
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King, Walter John of 26 Pagoda Avenue Richmond Surrey died 14 April 1926
Probate London 25 June to Mabel Florence Maud Day (wife of Thomas George Day)
and the said Thomas George Day clerk. Effects £3,554 6s 6d.
1931 Census
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As registrar he was the census officer for the district
Electoral register 1934
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Registered in 28 Pagoda Avenue Richmond.
They both remained resident here until they died.
1934
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Appointed full time registrar for births marriages and deaths for the sub
district of Richmond and Barnes, when the registration districts were
readjusted.
He was vice chairman of the Registrar's Association of England And Wales for
15 years.
1940 Census
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As registrar he was the census officer for the district
1942
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Became a member of the Georgian Group
1 October 1949 marriage certificate of Walter David Mansel Thomas and Margaret
Brideen Day
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Thomas George Day was a witness.
1951 Census
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As registrar he was the census officer for the district
2 October 1951 death certificate of Mabel Florence Maud Day
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Thomas G Day, widower of the deceased, 28 Pagoda Avenue is the informant.
Principal Probate registry Index 15 December 1951
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Day, Mabel Florence Maud of 28 Pagoda Avenue Richmond Surrey (wife of Thomas
George Day) died 2 October 1951 Administration London 15 December to the said
Thomas George Day registrar of births and deaths and John Bartlett Day
schoolmaster. Effects £2,581 11s 4d.
29 September 1953
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signed his last death ceetificate as registrar at Richmond, Surrey
1953
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Retired
1955
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Became organiser of the Richmond Citizen's Advice Bureau, located in the Old
Vestry House (nicknamed the 'Little Hut') in Paradise Road, Richmond
Principal Probate Registry Index 7 October 1960
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Day, Phoebe of 10a Godwin Road Clive Vale Hastings spinster died 29 August
1960 at 24 York Avenue Hove Sussex Administration London 7 October to Thomas
George Day retired registrar of births deaths and marriages. Effects £323 19s
6d.
Death Certificate
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Registration district: Surrey Northern
Sub-district: Kingston Hill
County : Surrey
When and where died: 31 May 1962 26 Wolverton Avenue Kingston
Name: Thomas George Day
Sex: Male
Age: 76 years
Occupation & usual address: 28 Pagoda Avenue Richmon
Registrar of Births Deaths & Marriages (Retired
Cause of Death: 1a Carcinomatosis
1b Carcinoma of Lung
Certified by M A Skivington MB
Informant: J Bartlett Day, Son, 28 Pagoda Avenue Richmond
When registered: 1 June 1962
Registrar: B. F. Ridgway
Following his death a commemorative seat was placed by the river Thames close
to the Richmond Canoe Club. The seat bears a brass plaque which reads;
"Thomas G. (Tommy) Day 1886-1962 Lifelong resident and former registrar who
devoted his life to the town and people of Richmond"
Principle Probate Registry Index 1 August 1962
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Day, Thomas George of 28 Pagoda Avenue Richmond Surrey died 31 May 1962 at 26
Wolverton Avenue Kingston upon Thames Probate London 1 August to John Bartlett
Day Schoolmaster and Peter Bartlett Dat designer and model maker. Effects
£4,770 5s 4d.
Point of Interest
TGD, as Registrar, signed Sally's birth certificate
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Birth Certificate
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Registration district: Tonbridge
Sub-district: Tonbridge
County of: Kent
When and where born: 24 March 1886 High Street Tonbridge
Name: Thomas George
Sex: Boy
Father: William John Day
Mother: Emily Madgwick Day formerly Lillywhite
Occupation of Father: Jeweller
Informant: W J Day Father High Street Tonbridge
When registered: 4 May 1886
Registrar: Jos. Ian Collins
Information from the Commercial Register, Public Library, Tonbridge Kent.
Discovered by Pamela Forster (nee Day) in 1988.
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Place of birth of Thomas George Day 135 High Street Tonbridge
Before 1872 the Premises were owned for a long time by Chard Gunmakers
From 1872 - 1886 by Thomas Day & Co. Auctioneers, Valuers, House & Land Etate
Agents.
From 1886 - by Cecil Mitchell Clockmaker.
When seen by Pam in 1988 it had just closed down as a Chinese Restaurant.
Also in the Commercial Register;
Dr. H. M. Day MD, Surgeon, The Elms, Shipbourne Road, Tonbridge Kent
Accoridng to Pam, Thomas George Day moved to Richmond Surrey at six months of
age
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1891 Census PRO Ref: ? Folio: ? Page: 21
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8 Sydney Road Richmond, Surrey
Elsie Day Daughter 6 Kent, Tonbridge
Thomas G Day Son 5 Kent, Tonbridge
Phoebe Day Daughter 1 Surrey, Richmond
Minnie J Dickinson Help U 20 Domestic Servant Hertford, Ware
1901 Census PRO Ref: RG13/0675 Folio: 159 Page: 27
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22 Sidney Road, Richmond, Surrey
William J Day Head M 43 Watchmaker Employer at home Kent, Maidstone
Emily M Day Wife M 43 Surrey, Richmond
Elsie Day Daughter S 16 Kent, Tonbridge
Thomas G Day Son 15 Kent, Tonbridge
Percy F Day Son 13 Surrey, Richmond
Phoebe Day Daughter 11 Surrey, Richmond
Muriel Day Daughter 9 Surrey, Richmond
Dorothy Day Daughter 7 Surrey, Richmond
1902
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Joined the Richmond and Barnes Conservative Association
about 1905
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Became clerk to Sir Thomas Skewes-Cox
1914
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Joined the Richmond Volunteer Rifles
1915
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Joined the Artists' Rifles and in November took a commission in the Sherwood
Foresters
Abstracted from: "The Regimental Roll of Honour and War Record of the Artists'
Rifles (1/28th, 2/28th and 3/28th Battalions, The London Regiment TF):
Commissions, Promotions, Appointments and Rewards for Service in the Field
Obtained by Members of the Corps"
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Regimental Number in Artists' Rifles: 3311
Name: Day, Thomas George
Commissioned: 7 Nov 1915
Regiment into which commissioned: 8th (Territorial) Battalion, The Sherwood
Foresters, (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment)
Highest Rank Achieved: Lieutenant
There is no mention of him being wounded.
Marriage Certificate
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Solemnized at: St Johns Church
Parish: Richmond
County of: Surrey
When Married: 25 April 1916
Name and Surname: Thomas George Day Mabel Florence Maud King
Age: 30 30
Condition: Bachelor Spinster
Rank or Profession: Lieutenant, 8th Sherwood Foresters
Residence: Marsh Chapel, Lincolnshire 211 Lower Mortlake Rd
Richmond
Father: William John Day Walter John King
Father's Rank or profession: Traveller Dairyman
Married in: Church of St John
according to the rites of: The Church of England
Married by: R A Harrison
Witnesses: Walter John King
William John Day
About 1920
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Joined Calvert Smith, solicitors as managing clerk, while working for them he
was appointed registrar for the Richmond District.
Electoral register 1921 and spring of 1922
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Thomas George Day and Mabel Florence Maud Day are registered at 211 Lower
Mortlake Road with Mabel's father Walter King.
Kelly's Directory 1922
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TGDay living at 61 Gainsborough Road Richmond
26 October 1923
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As registrar, registered first birth at Richmond Registry Office
21 December 1923 death certificate of William John Day
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Thomas G Day, son, 61 Gainsborough Road is the informant
24 December 1923 Funeral of William J Day
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The mourners were:
Thomas G Day Son
Percy F Day Son
Albert E Day Brother
William Day Cousin
George Lillywhite Brother-in-Law
Frank Lillywhite Brother-in-Law
Anthony Lillywhite Brother-in-Law
Geoffrey Lillywhite Nephew
Floral tributes were as follows:
from your loving wife and the girls Elsie, Phoebe, Muriel and Dorothy,
Tom and Mabs (son and daughther-in-law)
Percy and Alice (son and daughther-in-law)
Bert and family (brother)
Charlie and family (brother)
Baby John (Grandson)
Baby Yvonne (grand-daughter)
Lucy and Florrie;
Emmie, Alf, Amy and Edie;
Philip and Helene;
George, Frank and Tizzie;
Aunt Beuzie;
Anthony, Edith, Marjorie and Mabel;
Geoffrey and Peg;
Phoebe, Ben and Sally;
Grandma and Grandpa King and Family;
Emily;
Electoral register 1924
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Thomas George Day and Mabel Florence Maud in 61 Gainsborough Road
14 April 1926 Death certificate of Walter John King
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Thomas G Day, Son-in-Law, In attendance, named as informant, resident at 61
Gainsborough Richmond
Principal Probate registry Index 25 June 1926
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King, Walter John of 26 Pagoda Avenue Richmond Surrey died 14 April 1926
Probate London 25 June to Mabel Florence Maud Day (wife of Thomas George Day)
and the said Thomas George Day clerk. Effects £3,554 6s 6d.
1931 Census
---------------------
As registrar he was the census officer for the district
Electoral register 1934
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Registered in 28 Pagoda Avenue Richmond.
They both remained resident here until they died.
1934
--------
Appointed full time registrar for births marriages and deaths for the sub
district of Richmond and Barnes, when the registration districts were
readjusted.
He was vice chairman of the Registrar's Association of England And Wales for
15 years.
1940 Census
---------------------
As registrar he was the census officer for the district
1942
--------
Became a member of the Georgian Group
1 October 1949 marriage certificate of Walter David Mansel Thomas and Margaret
Brideen Day
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Thomas George Day was a witness.
1951 Census
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As registrar he was the census officer for the district
2 October 1951 death certificate of Mabel Florence Maud Day
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Thomas G Day, widower of the deceased, 28 Pagoda Avenue is the informant.
Principal Probate registry Index 15 December 1951
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Day, Mabel Florence Maud of 28 Pagoda Avenue Richmond Surrey (wife of Thomas
George Day) died 2 October 1951 Administration London 15 December to the said
Thomas George Day registrar of births and deaths and John Bartlett Day
schoolmaster. Effects £2,581 11s 4d.
29 September 1953
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signed his last death ceetificate as registrar at Richmond, Surrey
1953
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Retired
1955
--------
Became organiser of the Richmond Citizen's Advice Bureau, located in the Old
Vestry House (nicknamed the 'Little Hut') in Paradise Road, Richmond
Principal Probate Registry Index 7 October 1960
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Day, Phoebe of 10a Godwin Road Clive Vale Hastings spinster died 29 August
1960 at 24 York Avenue Hove Sussex Administration London 7 October to Thomas
George Day retired registrar of births deaths and marriages. Effects £323 19s
6d.
Death Certificate
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Registration district: Surrey Northern
Sub-district: Kingston Hill
County : Surrey
When and where died: 31 May 1962 26 Wolverton Avenue Kingston
Name: Thomas George Day
Sex: Male
Age: 76 years
Occupation & usual address: 28 Pagoda Avenue Richmon
Registrar of Births Deaths & Marriages (Retired
Cause of Death: 1a Carcinomatosis
1b Carcinoma of Lung
Certified by M A Skivington MB
Informant: J Bartlett Day, Son, 28 Pagoda Avenue Richmond
When registered: 1 June 1962
Registrar: B. F. Ridgway
Following his death a commemorative seat was placed by the river Thames close
to the Richmond Canoe Club. The seat bears a brass plaque which reads;
"Thomas G. (Tommy) Day 1886-1962 Lifelong resident and former registrar who
devoted his life to the town and people of Richmond"
Principle Probate Registry Index 1 August 1962
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Day, Thomas George of 28 Pagoda Avenue Richmond Surrey died 31 May 1962 at 26
Wolverton Avenue Kingston upon Thames Probate London 1 August to John Bartlett
Day Schoolmaster and Peter Bartlett Dat designer and model maker. Effects
£4,770 5s 4d.
Point of Interest
TGD, as Registrar, signed Sally's birth certificate
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