18 Aug 2023                   
                Wife: Evelyn Frances Coombs    
                Born: 13 Jun 1891          in Somerset  1,2 (see note 1)
              Census: 1921                 at Willingdon, 222 Hills Road, Trumpington   (see note 2)
             Resided: 1921 - 1925          at Willingdon, 222 Hills Road, Trumpington  3
             Resided: 1939                 in Kent  1
                Died: 1976                 in Wiltshire  4 (see note 3)
              Father: Alfred Francis Coombs 
              Mother: Mary Evelyn Little 
             Husband: Sydney Philip Start     
             Married: 1916                 in Hampshire  2 (see note 4)
                Born: 17 May 1879          in Lancashire  2,1 (see note 5)
          Occupation:                      Engineer Commander, Royal Navy  5,6
              Census: 1921                 at Willingdon, 222 Hills Road, Trumpington   (see note 6)
             Resided: 1921 - 1925          at Willingdon, 222 Hills Road, Trumpington  5,3
             Resided: 1939                 in Kent  1
                Died: 1969                 in Kent  2 (see note 7)
              Father:
              Mother:
           F Child 1: Evelyn Betty Leonora Start      
                Born: 10 Sep 1917          in Hampshire  7,8 (see note 8)
              Census: 1921                 at 222 Hills Road, Trumpington   (see note 9)
                Died: 1974                 in Wiltshire  2 (see note 10)
           M Child 2: John Murray Start      
                Born: 1919                 in Hampshire  7 (see note 11)
              Census: 1921                 at 222 Hills Road, Trumpington   (see note 12)
             Resided: 1960                 in Kenya   (see note 13)

Sources:
(1) 1939 Register. 
(2) FreeBMD website. 
(3) Electoral Register. 
(4) Index on ancestry.co.uk. 
(5) Spalding's Directory (Kelly's after WW2) 
(6) 1921 census. 
(7) GRO index. 
(8) Death record. 


Event Notes
Note (1) Sep 1891 Axbridge 5c 509   mothers surname Little
Note (2) Age 30, born Weston super Mare, with husband Sydney P Start and two children,
also visitor her sister Mary Coombs
Note (3) Sep 1976 Salisbury 23 1831   born 13 Jun 1890 (sic)
Note (4) Sep 1916 Winchester 2c 253
Note (5) Jun 1879 Salford 8d 68
Note (6) Age 42, born Broughton.  Engineer Commander, Royal Navy, with wife Evelyn F
and two children
Note (7) Dec 1969 Maidstone 5f 1620   born 17 May 1879
Note (8) Dec 1917 Winchester 2c 214   mothers surname Coombs
Note (9) Age 3, born Compton, with family
Note (10) Jun 1974 Salisbury 23 1918   born 10 Sep 1917
Note (11) Mar 1919 Winchester 2c 223   mothers surname Coombs
Note (12) Age 2, born Compton, with family
Note (13) On Google Books: The Kenya Gazette has him being awarded the Colonial Special
Constabulary Medal, dated 18 Jan 1960

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