18 Aug 2023                   
                Wife: Edith Metcalfe    
                Born:  2 Sep 1896          in Haddenham, Cambridgeshire  1
              Census: 1901                 in Haddenham, Cambridgeshire   (see note 1)
             Resided: 1939                 in Cambridge  1
             Resided: 1949 - 1970          at 126 Foster Road, Trumpington  2
                Died:  2 Jul 1979          in Cambridge  3,4 (see note 2)
              Buried: 1979                 in Trumpington  
              Father: Ezra Metcalf   (1859 -     ) 
              Mother: Charlotte Ann Aubrey   (1858 -     ) 
             Husband: Ralph Francis A Nightingale     
             Married: 1922                 in Cambridgeshire  5 (see note 3)
                Born:  1 Apr 1893          in Devon  5 (see note 4)
              Census: 1901                 in Devon   (see note 5)
          Occupation: 1948                 Civil Service Messenger  6
              Member: 1948                 Trumpington Allotment Society  6
             Resided: 1948 - 1970          at 126 Foster Road, Trumpington  2,6
              Member: 1955                 Trumpington Allotment Society  6
                Died: 31 May 1971          in Cambridge  5,4 (see note 6)
              Buried: 1971                 in Trumpington  
              Father: Richard Clark Nightingale   (1864 -     ) 
              Mother: Jessie Ley M Patchcott   (1868 -     ) 
           M Child 1: Geoffrey Ralph Nightingale      
                Born:  2 May 1923          in Berkshire  3,1 (see note 7)
             Resided: 1939                 in Cambridge  1
          Occupation: 1939                 Apprentice Instrument Maker  1
             Resided: 1949 - 1955          at 126 Foster Road, Trumpington  2
                Died: 1992                 in Yorkshire  3 (see note 8)
Notes 
           F Child 2: Molly Nightingale      
                Born: 21 Mar 1927          in London  3,1 (see note 9)
             Resided: 1939                 in Cambridge  1
             Resided: 1949 - 1970          at 126 Foster Road, Trumpington  2
                Died: 2004                 in Cambridge  3 (see note 10)

Sources:
(1) 1939 Register. 
(2) Electoral Register. 
(3) Index on ancestry.co.uk. 
(4) Monumental Inscription. 
(5) FreeBMD website. 
(6) Trumpington Allotment Society records. 


Event Notes
Note (1) Age 4, born Haddenham, with family
Note (2) Sep 1979 Cambridge 9 0588   born 2 Sep 1896
Note (3) Sep 1922 Ely 3b 1396
Note (4) Jun 1893 East Stonehouse 5b 301
Note (5) Age 7, born Stonehouse, with family
Note (6) Jun 1971 Cambridge 4a 576   born 1 Apr 1893
Note (7) Jun 1923 Windsor 2c 804   mothers surname Metcalfe
Note (8) May 1992 Leeds 5 801   born 2 May 1923
Note (9) Mar 1927 St George Hanover Square 1a 574   mothers surname Metcalfe
Note (10) Sep 2004 Cambridge   born 21 Mar 1927

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