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David BLACKNELL b. 18 Aug 1935 d. 7 Oct 20201

David BLACKNELL b. 18 Aug 1935 d. 7 Oct 20201 - Chronology

Date Kind Origin Details
1933 Other Eventi Family Event As Child [Parents] Ethel Blacknell
Type Marriage Witness
Place Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
1933 Christeningii Spouse Event [Spouse] Place Quigley's Point, County Donegal, Eire
1933 Other Eventi Family Event As Child [Parents] Robert Owen
Type Marriage Witness
Place Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
4 Feb 1933 Marriagei, iii, 2 Family Event As Child [Parents] Place Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
25 Feb 1933 Birthiv, v Spouse Event [Spouse] Place Crehennan, Quigley's Point, County Donegal, Eire
18 Aug 1935 Birthv, vi, 3 Event Place Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
1938 Other Eventii Spouse Event [Spouse] White Castle Primary School
Type School
Place Quigley's Point, County Donegal, Eire
1939 Other Eventvii, 4 Event 71 Melborne Road
Type Residence-Inferred Resident
Place Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
1947 Other Eventii, viii, 5 Spouse Event [Spouse] Wallaces Secretarial College
Type School
Place Londonderry, Northern Ireland
1949 Other Eventii, 6 Spouse Event [Spouse] Lynches Shirt Factory as a Supervisor/ Manager
Type Employment
Place Londonderry, Northern Ireland
About 1949 Other Eventviii Spouse Event [Spouse] Invisible mending at Singers
Type Employment
Place Londonderry, Northern Ireland
Between Apr 1950 and Apr 1951 Occupationix, 7 Attribute Clerk in the Ministry of Food
Place Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Between Apr 1951 and May 1956 Occupationix, 8 Attribute Office boy & trainee journalist
Place Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Between 1952 and 1956 Residencex Attribute 125 Bracknell Crescent, Whitemoor
Place Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
May 1956 Other Eventix, x, 9 Event National Service
Type Military Service
Place Aldershot, Hampshire
Feb 1957 Residenceii Spouse Attribute [Spouse] 21 Kitty Road
Place London
Feb 1957 Other Eventii, viii, 10 Spouse Event [Spouse] Choisy de Rougemont and Company Ltd at Lloyd’s
Type Employment
Place London
Feb 1958 Other Eventix, 11 Event War Office
Type Military Service
Place London
1959 Residenceii Spouse Attribute [Spouse] 37 Blenheim Road
Place London
1 Feb 1959 Other Eventxi Event Sergeant RASC S/23307083
Type Military Service
Place London
18 Mar 1961 Occupationxi Spouse Attribute [Spouse] Book keeper & shorthand typist
Place Mitcham, Surrey
18 Mar 1961 Other Event4 Event 37 Sunnymead Avenue
Type Residence-Inferred Resident
Place Mitcham, Surrey
18 Mar 1961 Other Eventxi, 12 Family Event As Spouse [Family] Roger Goad
Type Marriage Witness
Place Mitcham, Surrey
18 Mar 1961 Marriagexi, xii Family Event As Spouse [Family] Place Mitcham, Surrey
18 Mar 1961 Residence Spouse Attribute [Spouse] 37 Sunnymead Avenue
Place Mitcham, Surrey
18 Mar 1961 Other Eventxi Family Event As Spouse [Family] Methodist Church, Cricket Green, Mitcham
Type Marital Status
18 Mar 1961 Other Eventxi Family Event As Spouse [Family] James Quigley
Type Marriage Witness
Place Mitcham, Surrey
Feb 1963 Other Eventix Event NATO Intelligence - posted to HQ AFNE
Type Military Service
Place Oslo, Norway
1964 Other Eventxiii, 13 Spouse Event [Spouse] Sofiesgaten 66 C
Type Residence-Resident
Place Oslo, Norway
1964 Other Eventxiii, 13 Child Event As Father [Paul BLACKNELL] Sofiesgaten 66 C
Type Residence-Resident
Place Oslo, Norway
1964 Occupationxiii Attribute Soldier
Place Oslo, Norway
1964 Residencexiii Attribute Sofiesgaten 66 C
Place Oslo, Norway
12 Jun 1964 Son Father [Family] Paul BLACKNELL b. 12 Jun 1964
12 Jun 1964 Birthxiv Child Event As Father [Paul BLACKNELL] Place Oslo, Norway
1 Nov 1964 Christeningxiii Child Event As Father [Paul BLACKNELL] Place Oslo, Norway
Address St. Edmund's Oslo
Address, City Oslo
1 Nov 1964 Other Eventxiii Child Event As Father [Paul BLACKNELL] Roger Goad
Type God Father
1 Nov 1964 Other Eventxiii Child Event As Father [Paul BLACKNELL] Maureen Goad
Type God Mother
Dec 1965 Educationix Attribute Qualified CIS Exams
Place Oslo, Norway
3 Sep 1966 Other Eventxv Event Staff Sergeant
Type Military Service
Place Oslo, Norway
3 Sep 1966 Other Eventxv, 13 Spouse Event [Spouse] Sofiesgaten 66 C
Type Residence-Resident
Place Oslo, Norway
3 Sep 1966 Residencexv Attribute Sofiesgaten 66 C
Place Oslo, Norway
3 Sep 1966 Other Eventxv, 13 Child Event As Father [Andrew Charles BLACKNELL] Sofiesgaten 66 C
Type Residence-Resident
Place Oslo, Norway
3 Sep 1966 Birthxv, xvi Child Event As Father [Andrew Charles BLACKNELL] Place Oslo, Norway
Address Red Cross Hospital Oslo
Address, City Oslo
3 Sep 1966 Son Father [Family] Andrew Charles BLACKNELL b. 3 Sep 1966
3 Sep 1966 Other Eventxv, 13 Child Event As Father [Paul BLACKNELL] Sofiesgaten 66 C
Type Residence-Resident
Place Oslo, Norway
Oct 1966 Other Eventx, 13 Child Event As Father [Andrew Charles BLACKNELL] 37 Sunnymead Avenue
Type Residence-Resident
Place Mitcham, Surrey
Oct 1966 Other Eventx, 13 Child Event As Father [Paul BLACKNELL] 37 Sunnymead Avenue
Type Residence-Resident
Place Mitcham, Surrey
Oct 1966 Other Eventx, 13 Spouse Event [Spouse] 37 Sunnymead Avenue
Type Residence-Resident
Place Mitcham, Surrey
Oct 1966 Residencex Attribute 37 Sunnymead Avenue
Place Mitcham, Surrey
1967 Residencexvi Attribute 37 Sunnymead Avenue
Place Mitcham, Surrey
1967 Other Eventxvi, 13 Child Event As Father [Andrew Charles BLACKNELL] 37 Sunnymead Avenue
Type Residence-Resident
Place Mitcham, Surrey
1967 Other Eventxvi, 13 Spouse Event [Spouse] 37 Sunnymead Avenue
Type Residence-Resident
Place Mitcham, Surrey
Feb 1967 Other Eventix, 14 Event Type Military Discharge
Place Mitcham, Surrey
Feb 1967 Occupationix Attribute Accounts department - Smith Meters
Place Mitcham, Surrey
26 Mar 1967 Christeningxvi Child Event As Father [Andrew Charles BLACKNELL] Place Mitcham, Surrey
Address Mitcham Methodist Church
1968 Occupationix Attribute Accounts Department - GP Bancroft Ltd
Place Croydon, Surrey
Aug 1968 Occupationix, 15 Attribute Accounts Department - Strand Electrical Engineering
Place London
Jan 1969 Occupationix Attribute Westminster Press - Assistant to the Assistant Company Secretary
Place London
Aug 1969 Residencev, x, 16 Attribute 4 Mayfair Close
Place Beckenham, Kent
Aug 1969 Other Eventv, x, 17 Spouse Event [Spouse] 4 Mayfair Close
Type Residence-Resident
Place Beckenham, Kent
Aug 1969 Other Eventv, x, 17 Child Event As Father [Andrew Charles BLACKNELL] 4 Mayfair Close
Type Residence-Resident
Place Beckenham, Kent
Aug 1969 Other Eventv, x, 17 Child Event As Father [Paul BLACKNELL] 4 Mayfair Close
Type Residence-Resident
Place Beckenham, Kent
20 Nov 1970 Naturalisationv Spouse Event [Spouse] United Kingdom
Place Beckenham, Kent
1974 Occupationix, 18 Attribute Westminster Press - Assistant Company Secretary
Place London
13 May 1975 Other Eventx, 19 Child Event As Father [Paul BLACKNELL] 11 Holmdene Close
Type Residence-Resident
Place Beckenham, Kent
13 May 1975 Other Eventx, 19 Child Event As Father [Andrew Charles BLACKNELL] 11 Holmdene Close
Type Residence-Resident
Place Beckenham, Kent
13 May 1975 Residencex, 20 Attribute 11 Holmdene Close
Place Beckenham, Kent
13 May 1975 Other Eventx, 19 Spouse Event [Spouse] 11 Holmdene Close
Type Residence-Resident
Place Beckenham, Kent
1978 Occupationix, 21 Attribute Westminster Press - Company Secretary
Place London
Jul 1987 Education Child Attribute As Father [Paul BLACKNELL] BEng(Hons) 2:2 in Electrical & Electronic Engineering
Place Huddersfield, Yorkshire
10 Sep 1987 Occupation Child Attribute As Father [Paul BLACKNELL] Design Engineer - Analog Devices
Place East Molesey, Surrey
Aug 1988 Residence Child Attribute As Father [Paul BLACKNELL] 84, Croydon Road, Penge
Place London
1989 Occupationix, 22 Attribute Westminster Press & Financial Times - Company Secretary
Place London
1 Sep 1991 Occupation Child Attribute As Father [Paul BLACKNELL] Design Manager - Analog Devices
Place Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Sep 1991 Residence Child Attribute As Father [Paul BLACKNELL] 121 Charles Street
Place Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Sep 1992 Other Event Child Event As Father [Paul BLACKNELL] 21 Beacon Street
Type Address
Place Boston, Massachusetts, United States
18 Aug 1995 Retirementix Event Financial Times Group/Westminster Press Ltd.
Place London
1 Apr 1996 Occupationxvii Child Attribute As Father [Paul BLACKNELL] Software Engineering Manager - VocalTec Communications
Place Tongham, Surrey
15 Mar 1999 Other Eventiii, 23 Event David Blacknell
Type Death Informant-Informant
Place Beckenham, Kent
1 Apr 1999 Occupationxviii Child Attribute As Father [Paul BLACKNELL] Software Product Manager - VocalTec Communications
Place Tongham, Surrey
17 Mar 2001 Occupationxix Child Attribute As Father [Paul BLACKNELL] Sales Consultant - Siebel Systems
Place Egham, Surrey
1 Feb 2006 Occupation Child Attribute As Father [Paul BLACKNELL] Account Manager - Oracle Corporation
Place Reading, Berkshire
1 Jun 2014 Other Event Child Event As Father [Paul BLACKNELL] Key Account Director - Oracle Corporation
Type Profession
Place Reading, Berkshire
7 Oct 2020 Deathxx, xxi, xxii, xxiii, xxiv Event Place Beckenham, Kent
Address 62 Kenwood Drive 62 Kenwood Drive Beckenham, Kent BR3 6QY
Address, Addr1 62 Kenwood Drive
Address, City Beckenham
Address, State Kent
Address, Zip BR3 6QY
Cause I (a) Carcinomatosis (b) Metastatic Malignant Melonoma
9 Oct 2020 Other Eventxx Event Paul Blacknell, son, present at the death
Type Death Informant
Place Farnham, Surrey
29 Oct 2020 Other Event24 Event Eulogy
Type Story
Place Beckenham, Kent
29 Oct 2020 Other Eventxxi, xxii, 25 Spouse Event [Spouse] Beckenham Methodist Church
Type Funeral-Mourner
Place Beckenham, Kent
29 Oct 2020 Other Event26 Event Family Tribute
Type Story
Place Beckenham, Kent
29 Oct 2020 Other Eventxxi, xxii, 25 Child Event As Father [Paul BLACKNELL] Beckenham Methodist Church
Type Funeral-Mourner
Place Beckenham, Kent
29 Oct 2020 Other Eventxxi, xxii Event Beckenham Methodist Church
Type Funeral
Place Beckenham, Kent
29 Oct 2020 Other Eventxxi, xxii, 25 Child Event As Father [Andrew Charles BLACKNELL] Beckenham Methodist Church
Type Funeral-Mourner
Place Beckenham, Kent
30 Oct 2020 Burialxxiii, 27 Event Place West Clandon, Surrey
Address Clandon Natural Burial Ground Clandon Wood Epsom Road West Clandon GU4 7FN
Address, Addr1 Clandon Wood
Address, Addr2 Epsom Road
Address, City West Clandon
Address, Zip GU4 7FN
30 Oct 2020 Other Eventxxiii Event Clandon Wood, plot W18I/5/6
Type Burial
Place West Clandon, Surrey
30 Oct 2020 Other Eventxxiii, 28 Child Event As Father [Andrew Charles BLACKNELL] Clandon Wood, plot W18I/5/6
Type Burial-Attendee
Place West Clandon, Surrey
30 Oct 2020 Other Eventxxiii, 28 Child Event As Father [Paul BLACKNELL] Clandon Wood, plot W18I/5/6
Type Burial-Attendee
Place West Clandon, Surrey
22 Feb 2021 Other Eventxxiv, 29 Child Event As Father [Andrew Charles BLACKNELL] at the Principal Registry
Type Probate-Executor
22 Feb 2021 Other Eventxxiv, 29 Child Event As Father [Paul BLACKNELL] at the Principal Registry
Type Probate-Executor
22 Feb 2021 Probatexxiv Event at the Principal Registry
? Residencex Attribute 9 Dursley Close
Place Bulwell, Nottinghamshire
? Residencex Attribute 59 Spring Bank
Place Grimsby, Lincolnshire
? Residencex Attribute 71 Melbourne Road, Aspley
Place Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Death Spouse Event [Spouse] She is dead but no details are known
? Residencex Attribute Gregory Boulevard
Place Nottingham, Nottinghamshire

Notes

1. (Medical):See attached sources.; [Note Record]
2. Kitty Harrison was against the marriage as Doris was under 21. Married in Nottingham Registry Office.; [Note Record]
3. Collin Maternity Hospital, Mansfield Road; [Note Record]
4. Role: Inferred Resident
5. Shorthand, typing, book keeping
6. Worked for 6 or more years at Lynches Shirt Factory as a Supervisor/ Manager, employing staff etc.
7. A "thoroughly miserable" time
8. Kirk Publishing Company - owned a number of titles including Notts Echo. Really enjoyed it - "happy time". Trained to be journalist but never quite qualified (he deferred National Service). He used to do his story hunting in the morning, race off to Trent Bridge and watch the cricket from 12-2pm, then back to the office to write up the stories and back to the cricket after their lunch!
9. Aldershot initially for 6 months, then War Office from Nov 1956
10. Worked here for most of the time between 1957 and moving to Oslo.
11. Signed on as a regular for 9 years. War office (transferred to the Director of Military Operations DMO) from 2/1963
12. Roger was Best Man
13. Role: Resident
14. Army settlement until 2/1967
15. Covent Garden
16. Sold Sunnymead Avenue for approx £3,000-4,000. Purchased Mayfair Close for approx. £5,900 Sold Mayfair Close 1975 £18,000
17. Role: Resident Sold Sunnymead Avenue for approx £3,000-4,000. Purchased Mayfair Close for approx. £5,900 Sold Mayfair Close 1975 £18,000
18. Had spoke to Cecil Dawson (his boss) about not happy with career prospects who listened but said nothing. Two days later he called him in and told him of his promotion
19. Role: Resident Purchased 1975 for £22,300 Sold 1986 for £95,000
20. Purchased 1975 for £22,300 Sold 1986 for £95,000
21. Dawson retired
22. Additional responsibility (Pearsons was the parent of WP & FT)
23. Role: Informant
24. https://www.blacknellfamilyhistory.co.uk/david-blacknell-eulogy/
25. Role: Mourner
26. https://www.blacknellfamilyhistory.co.uk/david-blacknell-family-tribute/
27. Plot number W18I/5/6; [Note Record]
28. Role: Attendee
29. Role: Executor

Citations

i. Marriage Certificates.; Page marriage certificate for Ernest Blacknell and Doris Harrison, married 4 Feb 1933; Nottingham registration district; [Source Record]; Certainty Unknown ('4')
ii. Personal knowledge of Maureen Jeffries (nee Quigley), [ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE]\.; Page Email dated 1 Mar 2021.; [Source Record]; Certainty Secondary Evidence
iii. Death Certificates.; Page death certificate for Doris Blacknell, died 13 Mar 1999; Nottingham registration district; [Source Record]; Certainty Unknown ('4')
iv. Birth Certificates; Page birth certificate 2187340 (1933), Margaret Quigley; [Source Record]; Certainty Unknown ('4')
v. Confirmation of Registration as a Citizen.; Page B231808, Registration of Margaret Blacknell; [Source Record]; Certainty Unknown ('4')
vi. Birth Certificates.; Page birth certificate for David Blacknell, born 18 Aug 1935; Nottingham registration district, Bulwell sub-district; [Source Record]; Certainty Unknown ('4')
vii. 1939 Register. RG 101. The National Archives of the UK, London; Page Nottingham, Ernest Blacknell household.; [Source Record]; Certainty Primary Evidence
viii. Personal knowledge of Isobel Worsley (nee Miller), [ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE]\.; Page Letter dated 20 Feb 2021.; [Source Record]; Certainty Primary Evidence
ix. Blacknell, David. interview by Paul Blacknell. personal knowledge, not recorded. .; [Source Record]; Certainty Primary Evidence
x. Emails to Paul Blacknell; [Source Record]; Certainty Unknown ('4')
xi. Marriage Certificates.; Page marriage certificate for David Blacknell and Margaret Quigley, married 18 Mar 1961; Surrey North Eastern registration district; [Source Record]; Certainty Unknown ('4')
xii. Confirmation of Registration as a Citizen.; Page 18379, Registration of Margaret Blacknell; [Source Record]; Certainty Unknown ('4')
xiii. "Baptisms," Certificates. .; Page certificate for Paul Blacknell; St. Edmund's, Oslo.; [Source Record]; Certainty Unknown ('4')
xiv. Birth Certificates.; Page birth certificate for Paul Blacknell, born 12 Jun 1964; British Consul at Oslo registration district; [Source Record]; Certainty Unknown ('4')
xv. General Register Office, Southport; Page entry for Andrew Blacknell; item 85; [Source Record]; Certainty Unknown ('4')
xvi. "Baptisms," Certificates. .; Page certificate for Andrew Blacknell; Mitcham Methodist Church.; [Source Record]; Certainty Unknown ('4')
xvii. Birth Certificates.; Page birth certificate for Tom David Blacknell, born 25 Jan 1997; West Surrey registration district; [Source Record]; Certainty Unknown ('4')
xviii. Birth Certificates.; Page birth certificate for Harry George Blacknell, born 30 Dec 1998; West Surrey registration district; [Source Record]; Certainty Unknown ('4')
xix. Birth Certificates.; Page birth certificate for Joe Edward Blacknell, born 10 Sep 2001; West Surrey registration district; [Source Record]; Certainty Unknown ('4')
xx. Death Certificates.; Page death certificate for David Blacknell, died 7 Oct 2020; Bromley registration district, Bromley sub-district; [Source Record]; Certainty Unknown ('4')
xxi. Obituraries, Newspapers; Page "The Times, Register," 16 Oct 2020, p. 55, col. 6.; Text David died peacefully on 7th October 2020, aged 85, and is survived by his beloved wife, Gretta, his brother, John, sons, Paul and Andrew and seven grandchildren, Anna, Tom, Libby, Harry, Joe, Jed and Ben. The funeral will take place at midday on 29th October at Beckenham Methodist Church.; [Source Record]; Certainty Unknown ('4')
xxii. Obituraries, Newspapers; Page "News Shopper, Family Announcements," 21 Oct 2020, p. 22, col. 2.; Text Died peacefully age 85 at home on 7 October. Survived by Gretta, Paul, Andrew and seven grandchildren. Funeral at Beckenham Methodist 29th October.; [Source Record]; Certainty Unknown ('4')
xxiii. Burial register. Digital images.; Page order for interment of David Blacknell, 30 Oct 2020, "Burial register, entry 782," (accessed 3 Nov 2020); [Source Record]; Certainty Unknown ('4')
xxiv. District Probate Registry.; Page David Blacknell, died 7 October 2020; [Source Record]; Certainty Unknown ('4')