Preece Family Tree

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Pedigree

1. Joseph Richard Deacon
   1. Evelyn Knight
      1. Joseph Ronald Deacon
         1. Gladys Hilda Jones
            1. Theodore Joseph Ronald Deacon

Ancestors

Joseph Ronald Deacon
*3 June 1904
+15 December 1931

Joseph Richard Deacon *between October 1877 and December 1877 +11 January 1942

Clarke
*
+...

Evelyn Knight
*about 1877
+8 December 1954

Source References

1. UK Government: National Probate Calendar
   1. • Date: 8 February 1932
      • Page: Joseph Ronald Deacon
      • Citation:

        DEACON Joseph Ronald of 6 Blackwood-road Streetly Staffordshire died 15 December 1931 Administration Birmingham 8 February to Gwladys Hilda Deacon widow. Effects £317 16s. 10d.

2. Birmingham Daily Gazette
   1. • Date: 19 December 1931
      • Page: Page 11
      • Citation:

        LICHFIELD FUNERAL.

        The funeral took place at Lichfield, yesterday, of Mr. Joseph Ronald Deacon, only son of Councillor and Mrs. J. R. Deacon, of Lichfield, and a member of the firm of Messrs. J. R. Deacon and Son, builders and contractors, of Lichfield and Walsall, whose sudden death at the age of 27, occurred at Streetly, the previous Tuesday. A crowded congregation included all the firm's employees, and members of Lichfield City Council.

3. Lichfield Mercury
   1. • Date: 25 December 1931
      • Page: Page 5
      • Citation:

        THE LATE MR. RONALD DEACON.

        Funeral at St. Chad's, Lichfield.

        The funeral of Mr. Joseph Ronald Deacon, the only son of Councillor and Mrs. J. R. Deacon, of St. Chad's Road, Lichfield, whose sudden death from a chill at the age of 27 years was reported in our columns last week, took place at St. Chad's Church on Friday afternoon.

        The service was conducted by the Rector (the Rev. C. P. Way) and the church was crowded, a very considerable body of workmen employed by Mr. Deacon attending, both from Lichfield and the various districts, to pay their last respects to his son.

        The mourners included Councillor J. R. Deacon (father), Mrs. Ronald Deacon (widow), Mrs. Deacon (grandmother), Mr. T. K. Startin and Mrs. Startin (uncle and aunt), Mrs. Parker (aunt), Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Deacon (cousins), and Mr. F. E. Boardman (Walsall). Amongst those present were the Rev. H. S. Cresswell (vicar of St. Mary's (Lichfield), Councillor F. Garratt, Mr. A. L. Garratt (Sheriff of Lichfield), Alderman T. Andrews, Mr. T. Oswald Moseley, Mr. H. H. Brown, Mr. G. S. Russell, Mr. R. J. Barnes, Mr. J. S. Brown, Councillor and Mrs. W. H. Bowering, Councillor W. B. Littler, Councillor E. Hammond, Mr. and Mrs. Skeffington, Mr. F. Foster (Whittington), Mrs. Cartmale, Mr. Harley (Birmingham), Mr. A. R. Myring, Mr. W. Griffin, Mr. W. H. Mason (Burton), Mr. T. W. Biddulph (Burton), Mr. Bushell (Birmingham), Mr. C. C. Gray (Walsall), Mr. F. R. Pennell (Washwood Heath), Mr. Kitching (Birmingham), Mr. Freeman (Birmingham), Mr. E. Woolley (Birmingham), Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Wootton, Mr. W. Wootton, and others.

        The bearers were four of the oldest employees.

        The service was of a simple nature, consisting of the hymn "Peace, perfect peace," Psalm 90, the lesson, and finally the hymn "On the Resurrection morning."

        The body was afterwards interred at St. Chad's Churchyard.

        Wreaths were sent from the following :- Father and Mother; Wife and Children; Marjorie; Auntie Florrie and Uncle Jim; Charlotte; Aunt and Uncle (Banbury); Auntie, Uncle and Eric (Coalville); Uncle and Aunt (Stafford Road); Uncle, Auntie and Evelyn (Dordon); Billy and Doris; George, Doris and Millicent; Office Staff; Joiners' Shop and Machine Shop; No. 2 Workshop; Emloyees (St. Chad's Yard); Employees (Ansell's, College Road); Employees at Walsall; Employees at Penkridge; Outside Employees, Lichfield (two wreaths); Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Brown; Mr. and Mrs. Scribbans (Little Aston Hall); Mr. and Mrs. A. Cartmale and Family; Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Shipley; Mr. and Mrs. Griffin and Family; Mrs. Grierson; John Shaw and Joseph Alan Shaw; Mrs. Hatchett and Family; Mr. and Mrs. Skeffington; All at Kington; Lieut.-Col. J. A. Connell; Mrs. Davis and Daughter; Mr. and Mrs. R. Jefferies; Mr. and Mrs. Boardman and Noel; Mr. and Mrs. Garratt and Family; Mr. C. Thornburn; W. H. Mason and Son; Mr. And Mrs. J. S. Brown; Mr. and Mrs. Littleford; Joe Smith; Mr. and Mrs. Ivison and Jack; All at Newton Regis; Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Barnes; Mr. and Mrs. Hall (Brownhills); John Thorneloe and Sons; Mr. Nadin; Mr. J. Cotterill; and Mrs. Brown.

        The funeral arrangements were carried out by Messrs. F. M. and J. Wait, of Bird Street, Lichfield.

        Mr. and Mr.s J. R. Deacon and Family wish to thank the many kind friends for the exceedingly kind letters of sympathy in their sad bereavement; also for beautiful floral tributes.

   2. • Date: 18 December 1931
      • Page: Page 5
      • Citation:

        DEATH OF MR. RONALD DEACON.

        Tragic Sequel to a Chill.

        We deeply regret to record the death of Mr. Joseph Ronald Deacon, the only son of Councillor and Mrs. J. R. Deacon, of St. Chad's Road, Lichfield, which took place with tragic suddenness at Blackwood Road, Streetly, on Tuesday morning. Mr. Deacon, who was only 27 years of age, caught a chill during the week-end, and took to his bed on Monday. The seriousness of his illness was not then apparent, but he died in the early hours of the following morning. Mr. Frank Cooper conducted an enquiry on Wednesday and recorded a verdict of death from natural causes. It was stated by Dr. McNab that after a post-mortem examination he found the cause of death to have been acute pneumonia.

        Mr. Deacon was an old Lichfield Grammar School boy, and completed his education at Trent College. He then became an articled pupil with Messrs. Jefferies and Shipley, architects, of Walsall, and later joined his father in the firm of Messrs. J. R. Deacon and Son.

        The funeral will take place at 2 p.m. to-day (Friday) at St. Chad's Church, Lichfield.

      • Citation:

        DEATHS.

        DEACON. - On December 15th, 1931, at Blackwood Road, Streetly, Joseph Ronald Deacon, only and beloved son of Joseph Richard and Evelyn Deacon, of Lichfield, aged 27.

         

   3. • Date: 7 February 1930
      • Page: Page 5
      • Citation:

        A MOTORIST'S OFFENCE.

        Heavy Fine for Being Drunk in Charge.

        At the Birmingham Police Court on Wednesday, before the Stipendiary (Lord Ilkeston), Joseph Ronald Deacon (26), 6, Blackwood Road Streetly, was fined £10 and ordered to pay £1 1s. costs for being drunk in charge of a motor car early on Wednesday morning in Stephenson Street and Stephenson Place.

        Defendant pleaded guilty, and it was stated that P.c. Brown's attention was directed to the man's erratic driving shortly after midnight. He concluded that the driver was drunk, and took him into custody. His opinion was supported by Dr. Wilkes, police surgeon, who was called to see defendant at Newton Street Police Station.

4. Staffordshire Advertiser
   1. • Date: 11 June 1927
      • Page: Page 12
      • Citation:

        [GREAT HAYWOOD]

        Fatal Accident to a Child. - A verdict of accidental death was returned at an inquest held by Mr. S. W. Morgan at the Staffordshire General Infirmary, on Thursday, relative to the death of Charles Herbert Smith, the four-year-old son of Charles Smith, milk retailer, of Little Tixall. The evidence showed that on Saturday morning deceased was seen to run across the Stone Road at Great Haywood and fall in front of a motor-car. After medical treatment at home the child was removed to the Infirmary, where an operation was performed in the hope of saving its life, but death ensued from hemorrhage, caused by a fracture of the skull. Evidence was given that the car, which was driven by Joseph Ronald Deacon, of Lichfield, was proceeding at a moderate pace and on its proper side, and that the driver, who sounded the horn, had no chance of avoiding the accident. - The jury expressed the opinion that no blame whatever attached to the driver of the car.

5. Walsall Observer and South Staffordshire Chronicle
   1. • Date: 8 February 1930
      • Page: Page 7
      • Citation:

        WHY THE DRIVING WAS ERRATIC.

        At the Birmingham Police Court on Wednesday, Joseph Ronald Deacon (26), of 6, Blackwood Road, Streetly, was ordered by the Stipendiary to pay a fine of £10 and a guinea costs for being drunk in charge of a motor-car in Stephenson Street and Stephenson Place, to which the defendant pleaded guilty. A constable stated that shortly after midnight his attention was called to Deacon's erratic driving, and forming the opinion that he was drunk, took him into custody. His opinion was supported by that of a police surgeon who was called to see the man.

6. General Register Office: England & Wales Birth Index
7. General Register Office: England & Wales Death Index
8. General Register Office: England & Wales Marriage Index