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Piper, Jesse Henry Erskine

Piper, Jesse Henry Erskine

Male 1920 - 2010  (89 years)

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  • Name Piper, Jesse Henry Erskine  [1
    Nickname Pip 
    Birth 1 Jun 1920  Mitcham Lane, Streatham, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4, 5
    Gender Male 
    Census 19 Jun 1921  37 Mitcham Lane, Streatham, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Age: 1y 
    Possessions Abt 1925  [7
    story on Marine Life 
    Possessions Est Nov 1927  [8
    "Word of Comfort and Consolation" 
    Education Bef Dec 1929  Streatham Grammar School, Streatham, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [9
    Streatham Grammer School 
    • Form i Div i
    Possessions Between 1930 and 1939  [10
    Book: Gadsby's Hymns 
    Possessions Abt 1930  [11
    Friar Tuck picture transfers 
    Education From Sep 1930 to 1937  McCabe Commercial School, 8 London Road, Maidstone, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [12, 13, 14
    McCabe Commercial School 
    Possessions 13 Nov 1932  Maidstone, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [15
    Order of Remebrance Day Service 1932 
    Residence From 6 Dec 1933 to 28 Aug 1936  Mount Pleasant Preparatory School, 343 Loose Road, Maidstone, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [16, 17, 18, 19, 20
    Interest 10 Apr 1935  Corn Exchange, Maidstone, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [21
    dancing 
    Occupation From May 1937  Dearle and Henderson, Maidstone, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [13
    trainee surveyer 
    Occupation From 1 Jun 1938 to 31 May 1940  13 St John Street, Adelphi, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [22
    Apprentice quantity surveyor 
    Occupation From 1939 to 1945  [23
    Surveyor in the British Army 
    • BDR 992677, J Piper
      44/13th, Anti-Tank Regiment
      Royal Artillery, Middle East Forces
    A0046a
    A0046a
    Keywords: archive photograph
    Census 29 Sep 1939  The Elms, 66 London Road, Maidstone, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [24
    Occupation 29 Sep 1939  The Elms, 66 London Road, Maidstone, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [24
    quantity surveyer 
    Occupation Est 1940  [25
    Gunner 
    • Service numbe: 992677
    Possessions Est 1940  [26
    "How to treat a young wife" booklet 
    Possessions Est 1940  [27
    The Soldier's Bible 
    Possessions Jan 1940  Maidstone, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [28
    a job reference from King Street Church, Maidstone 
    Residence 22 Jun 1940  The Elms, 66 London Road, Maidstone, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [29
    Examination 9 Jul 1940  The Chartered Surveyers' Institution. 12 Great George Street, Westminster, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [29
    • Professional exmination
    Possessions 17 Jul 1940  The Elms, 66 London Road, Maidstone, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [30
    a collection of silver items 
    Possessions 8 Dec 1940  The King's Palace Theatre, Vicarage and Tithebarn Street, Preston, Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [31
    theatre programmes for King's Palace Theatre, Preston 1940 
    Residence 18 Feb 1941  34 Signal Training Regiment RA, Preston, Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [20, 32
    Medal Est 1945  [33
    The 1939 - 1940 star 
    Medal Est 1945  [33
    The Africa Star 
    Medal Est 1945  [33
    The Defence Medal 
    Occupation From Mar 1945 to 19 Jun 1946  Syria Find all individuals with events at this location  [34
    Warrant Officer class 2. Royal Engineers 
    Residence From Apr 1945 to 19 Jun 1946  Syria Find all individuals with events at this location  [34
    Residence Sep 1945  Damascus, Syria Find all individuals with events at this location  [35
    Occupation Aft 1945  [36
    quantity surveyer 
    Occupation 12 Jun 1946  Palestine Find all individuals with events at this location  [37, 38
    QMS in Royal Engineers 
    Residence 12 Jun 1946  Palestine Find all individuals with events at this location  [37
    Residence From 1947 to 1953  The Elms, 66 London Road, Maidstone, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [20
    Possessions 9 Jul 1949  [39
    a programme of Maidstone charter celebrations 1949 
    Possessions 4 Sep 1951  South Bank, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [40, 41
    a souvenir weather forcast of the Festival of Britain 1951 
    Occupation From 11 Feb 1953 to 1960  Maidstone, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [42, 43
    quantity surveyer 
    Residence 11 Feb 1953  The Elms, 66 London Road, Maidstone, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [42
    Possessions 19 Jun 1954  Scout Headquarters, Tovil, Maidstone, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [44
    a programme for Maidstone UN Association garden fete, 1954 
    Possessions From 1958 to 1959  72A London Road, Maidstone, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [45
    documents relating to Sarah Weeks estate 1958 
    Possessions Abt 1958  [46
    membership of the People's League for the Defence of Freedom 
    Residence From 15 Mar 1958  Piarita, 72a London Road, Maidstone, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [47, 48
    Possessions Apr 1958  [49
    a deed of covenant in favour of Miss Miriam Pearson 
    Residence May 1959  Maidstone, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [50
    Residence 22 Jun 1962  RAF Rheindahlen, Rheindahlen, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location  [51
    Occupation From 24 Dec 1963 to 16 Oct 1964  The British Army of the Rhine, , Germany Find all individuals with events at this location  [52, 53, 54
    military quantity surveyor 
    Occupation From 16 Oct 1964  Ministry of Public Building and Works, Victoria, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [54
    Occupation Bef 1970  [55
    general secretarial worker 
    Occupation Between 1970 and 1980  Croydon, Surrey, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [55
    personal secretary to Director of Works in PSA 
    Occupation Aft 1980  Croydon, Surrey, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [55
    Senior personal secretary to undersecretary in PSA 
    Occupation From 19 Jun 1986 to 25 Jul 1986  The World Bank, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Find all individuals with events at this location  [56
    World Bank financial adviser 
    Interest 1995  [57
    ecology 
    Possessions 1997  [58
    letters about the Piper name 
    Occupation 16 May 2010  Maidstone, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Quantity Surveyor (retired) 
    Residence 16 May 2010  72A London Road, Maidstone, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Death 16 May 2010  Maidstone Hospital, Maidstone, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 5, 59, 60
    Cause: Aspriratin Pneumonia, Coronary Artery Bypass Graft, Cerebral Vascular Accident, Dresslers  
    • Witness Role: Informant: [I112] Edna Yolanda PIPER [5]
    Cremation 24 May 2010  Vintners Park Crematorium, Maidstone, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [59
    Burial 23 Jul 2010  All Saints Church, Staplehurst, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
    Person ID I107  Jennerations
    Last Modified 29 Feb 2024 

    Father Piper, Henry Isaac,   b. 10 Jul 1891, 46 High Street, Staplehurst, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Sep 1985, Hawkhurst Cottage Hospital, Hawkhurst, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 94 years) 
    Mother Weeks, Minnie,   b. 1 Apr 1893, Paley Farm, Cranbrook, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Nov 1927, 207 Mitcham Lane, Streatham, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 34 years) 
    Marriage 1 Jan 1920  All Saints Church, Staplehurst, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [61, 62, 63, 64
    • Witness Role: Witness: [I198] Jesse WEEKS
      Witness Role: Witness: [I113] Mary Jane PRALL [61]
    Count of Children
    Photos
    A1501
    A1501
    Keywords: archive photograph
    Family ID F93  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Soave, Iolanda Margherita,   b. 22 Nov 1922, Damascus, Syria Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 16 May 2010 (Age < 87 years) 
    Marriage 17 May 1946  Beirut, Lebanon Find all individuals with events at this location  [65, 66
    Children 
     1. Piper, A.J.
     2. Piper, E.Y.
    Family ID F6  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 26 Aug 2021 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 1 Jun 1920 - Mitcham Lane, Streatham, London, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - Age: 1y - 19 Jun 1921 - 37 Mitcham Lane, Streatham, London, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsEducation - Streatham Grammer School - Bef Dec 1929 - Streatham Grammar School, Streatham, London, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsEducation - McCabe Commercial School - From Sep 1930 to 1937 - McCabe Commercial School, 8 London Road, Maidstone, Kent, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsPossessions - Order of Remebrance Day Service 1932 - 13 Nov 1932 - Maidstone, Kent, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - From 6 Dec 1933 to 28 Aug 1936 - Mount Pleasant Preparatory School, 343 Loose Road, Maidstone, Kent, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsInterest - dancing - 10 Apr 1935 - Corn Exchange, Maidstone, Kent, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - trainee surveyer - From May 1937 - Dearle and Henderson, Maidstone, Kent, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Apprentice quantity surveyor - From 1 Jun 1938 to 31 May 1940 - 13 St John Street, Adelphi, London, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 29 Sep 1939 - The Elms, 66 London Road, Maidstone, Kent, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - quantity surveyer - 29 Sep 1939 - The Elms, 66 London Road, Maidstone, Kent, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsPossessions - a job reference from King Street Church, Maidstone - Jan 1940 - Maidstone, Kent, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 22 Jun 1940 - The Elms, 66 London Road, Maidstone, Kent, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsExamination - 9 Jul 1940 - The Chartered Surveyers' Institution. 12 Great George Street, Westminster, London, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsPossessions - a collection of silver items - 17 Jul 1940 - The Elms, 66 London Road, Maidstone, Kent, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsPossessions - theatre programmes for King's Palace Theatre, Preston 1940 - 8 Dec 1940 - The King's Palace Theatre, Vicarage and Tithebarn Street, Preston, Lancashire, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 18 Feb 1941 - 34 Signal Training Regiment RA, Preston, Lancashire, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Warrant Officer class 2. Royal Engineers - From Mar 1945 to 19 Jun 1946 - Syria Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - From Apr 1945 to 19 Jun 1946 - Syria Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Sep 1945 - Damascus, Syria Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 17 May 1946 - Beirut, Lebanon Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - QMS in Royal Engineers - 12 Jun 1946 - Palestine Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 12 Jun 1946 - Palestine Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - From 1947 to 1953 - The Elms, 66 London Road, Maidstone, Kent, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsPossessions - a souvenir weather forcast of the Festival of Britain 1951 - 4 Sep 1951 - South Bank, London, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - quantity surveyer - From 11 Feb 1953 to 1960 - Maidstone, Kent, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 11 Feb 1953 - The Elms, 66 London Road, Maidstone, Kent, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsPossessions - a programme for Maidstone UN Association garden fete, 1954 - 19 Jun 1954 - Scout Headquarters, Tovil, Maidstone, Kent, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsPossessions - documents relating to Sarah Weeks estate 1958 - From 1958 to 1959 - 72A London Road, Maidstone, Kent, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - From 15 Mar 1958 - Piarita, 72a London Road, Maidstone, Kent, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - May 1959 - Maidstone, Kent, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 22 Jun 1962 - RAF Rheindahlen, Rheindahlen, Germany Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - military quantity surveyor - From 24 Dec 1963 to 16 Oct 1964 - The British Army of the Rhine, , Germany Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - personal secretary to Director of Works in PSA - Between 1970 and 1980 - Croydon, Surrey, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Senior personal secretary to undersecretary in PSA - Aft 1980 - Croydon, Surrey, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - World Bank financial adviser - From 19 Jun 1986 to 25 Jul 1986 - The World Bank, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Quantity Surveyor (retired) - 16 May 2010 - Maidstone, Kent, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 16 May 2010 - 72A London Road, Maidstone, Kent, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - Cause: Aspriratin Pneumonia, Coronary Artery Bypass Graft, Cerebral Vascular Accident, Dresslers - 16 May 2010 - Maidstone Hospital, Maidstone, Kent, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCremation - 24 May 2010 - Vintners Park Crematorium, Maidstone, Kent, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 23 Jul 2010 - All Saints Church, Staplehurst, Kent, England Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 

  • Photos
    A0025
    A0025
    Media Date: EST 1933
    Keywords: archive photograph
    A0025
    A0025
    Media Date: EST 1933
    Keywords: archive photograph
    A0027
    A0027
    Media Date: EST 1934
    Keywords: archive photograph
    A0027
    A0027
    Media Date: EST 1934
    Keywords: archive photograph
    A0028
    A0028
    343 Loose Road, Maidstone, Kent, UK
    Media Date: 1934
    Keywords: archive photograph
    A0028
    A0028
    Media Date: 1934
    Keywords: archive photograph
    A0039
    A0039
    Keywords: archive photograph
    A0039
    A0039
    Keywords: archive photograph
    A0042
    A0042
    Keywords: archive photograph
    A0042
    A0042
    Keywords: archive photograph
    A0058
    A0058
    Keywords: archive photograph
    A0058
    A0058
    Keywords: archive photograph
    A0002
    A0002
    Media Date: 30 AUG 1959
    Keywords: archive photograph
    At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.
    A0065
    A0065
    St John Baptist Church, Margate, Kent
    Media Date: 30 AUG 1958
    Keywords: archive photograph
    At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.
    piper and weeks
    piper and weeks
    Media Date: EST 1928
    Keywords: archive photograph
    piper and weeks
    piper and weeks
    Media Date: EST 1928
    Keywords: archive photograph
    Henry Isaac Pipers wedding
    Henry Isaac Pipers wedding
    Taken in the back garden of Loose Road home, according to mum
    Media Date: 5 AUG 1931
    Keywords: archive photograph
    At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.
    A0633
    A0633
    Media Date: 1 MAR 1935
    Keywords: archive photograph
    Grave H I Piper & M Piper
    Grave H I Piper & M Piper
    Keywords: Headstone
    A0633
    A0633
    Media Date: 1 MAR 1935
    Keywords: archive photograph
    grave J Piper
    grave J Piper
    Media Date: 24 AUG 1018
    Keywords: Headstone

  • Sources 
    1. [S865] Family Tree H Piper, F0415.

    2. [S497] Funeral Order of Service forJ Piper 2010, F0090.

    3. [S795] Grave marker for J Piper.

    4. [S888] Certificate of registration of birth 1920, F0434.

    5. [S1000] Death Maidstone, Kent (Maidstone Hospital) 16 May 2010 Jesse Henry Erskine Piper, (BAN 884897).

    6. [S2091] Census 1921 37 Mitcham Lane, Streatham, London, England RG15/02341/260, (RG15/02341/260), 19 Jun 1921.

    7. [S858] handwritten story on Marine Life - A Hidden Fairyland, F0409.

    8. [S908] Words of Comfort and Consolation, F0455.

    9. [S1270] Sir Walter Scott, Ivanoe.

    10. [S1063] Gadsby's Hymns 1930, (C J Farncombe & Sons).

    11. [S1044] Friar Tuck picture transfers, F0580.

    12. [S1257] The school Magazine of The McCabe Commercial School, Maidstone Dec 1930.

    13. [S1260] The school Magazine of The McCabe Commercial School, Maidstone May 1937.

    14. [S1263] The school Magazine of The McCabe Commercial School, Maidstone January 1947.

    15. [S902] Remembrance Day order of service 1932, F0448.

    16. [S583] Household accounts of H I Piper1922 - 1930, F0162.

    17. [S711] Proof of Kent County Year Book entry for H I Piper 1934?, F0289.

    18. [S852] Conveyancing document for The Elms 1936, F0403.

    19. [S1064] Hymns Ancient and Modern 1927, (William Clowes and Sons Ltd.).

    20. [S1108] F E M Jenner, Tribute to J Piper from F Jenner, F0625.

    21. [S905] Dance review programme 1935, F0451.

    22. [S1348] Apprenticship documents 1938, F0689.

    23. [S388] A0046a (Reliability: 3).

    24. [S1930] Register 1939 The Elms, 66 London Road, Maidstone, Kent, England RG101/1748B/022/18, (RG101/1748B/022/18), 29 Sep 1939.

    25. [S907] Golden Thoughts booklet, F0454.

    26. [S911] Marriage Guidance Council booklet, F0458.

    27. [S912] The Soldier's Bible, F0459.

    28. [S840] Letter from Herber Heywood, January 1940, 1.0560.

    29. [S910] Examination letter 1940, F0457.

    30. [S839] list of silver 1940, F0390.

    31. [S896] Theatre programmes for Palace Theatre Preston 1940, F0442.

    32. [S903] Programme for 'Signal for Joy' variety show 1941, F0449.

    33. [S1865] Artifact: Medal - War medals of Jessie Piper, F0872.

    34. [S841] Letter from S Dunnery, 19 June 1946, 1.0561.

    35. [S611] Map and list of amusements in Damascus 1945, F0190.

    36. [S873] Family research J Piper, F0421.

    37. [S901] Invitation to party 1946, F0447.

    38. [S909] Army message form, F0456.

    39. [S895] Maidstone charter celebrations programme 1949, F0441.

    40. [S894] Festival of Britain souvenir weather forcast 1951, F0440.

    41. [S1097] Bus ticket ot Festival of Britain 1951, F0614.

    42. [S884] Birth Maidstone, Kent (West Kent General Hospital) 4 Feb 1953 Edna Yolanda Piper, (113), F0775.

    43. [S904] Invitation to Guild of Surveyers dinner dance 1960, F0450.

    44. [S897] Programme for UN assoc garden fete 1954, F0443.

    45. [S857] Documents relating to the estate of S Weeks and E Pearson 1958, F0408.

    46. [S893] membership letter of The People's League for the Defence of Freedom, (From J Piper), F0439.

    47. [S586] Wedding invitation 1978, F0165.

    48. [S837] Income return for Weeks estate 1958, F0388.

    49. [S842] Documents relating to a deed of covenant in favour of M Pearson 1958, F0393.

    50. [S1050] Letter from Jesse Piper to Flora Jenner, 2 July 1959, 1.0553.

    51. [S1165] Flora Jenner, Log of trip from Cyprus to England 1962, F0647.

    52. [S1306] Terms of employment for army quantity surveyor, F0650.

    53. [S1014] Mortgage documents from J Piper for M C Lane, F0552.

    54. [S2874] Letter from Jesse Piper to Henry Piper, 27 September 1964, 1.0369.

    55. [S906] CV for J Piper c1988, F0452.

    56. [S1313] Jesse Piper, Letter concerning H I Piper will, F0657.

    57. [S1339] Certificate of tree planting, F0680.

    58. [S874] Letters about Piper name families, F0422.

    59. [S684] Funeral arrangements for Jesse Piper 2010, F0263.

    60. [S1017] Medical Certificate of cause of death J Piper 2010, F0555.

    61. [S1127] Marriage certificate of Henry Isaac Piper and Minnie Weeks, 1 January 1920, F0909.

    62. [S1847] Unpublished Narrative: Piper, Henry - Henry I Piper, F0760.

    63. [S1912] Parish Register for Marriage of Henry Isaac Piper and Minnie Weeks, All Saints Church, All Saints Church, Staplehurst, Kent, England, 14 January 1920, (292).

    64. [S1783] Diary/Journal: Piper, Erskine - Personal Journal of Erskine Piper (addition of Henry Piper after 1919) Vol 2 (1908 - 1923).

    65. [S1592] jesse Piper, Family Tree of Soave, F0773. (Reliability: 2).

    66. [S883] photocopy of marriage certificate J Piper, F0430.