EVELYN VIOLET PLUMB
From May through to September 2026, Andrew will be fulfilling his dream to hike the iconic Land’s End to John O’Groats! You are all warmly invited to follow Andrew’s epic journey on his Facebook page, “Andrew Beal LEJOG” https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61577588795730
As Andrew hikes the 1,300+ miles, he will raise funds for the Ipswich War Memorial Project to help finance our future exhibitions and research of the brave Ipswich men and women who lost their lives in conflict. If you would like to make a small donation, please click on the link: https://gofund.me/5d4a50570
Thank you for your love and support. Andrew & Helen – I.W.M.P.
Field of Honour
Born: 1924, York, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Died: 25th November 1947; age: 23; Died of Pulmonary Tuberculosis, at 5, Gippeswyk Road, Ipswich.
Residence: 5, Gippeswyk Road, Ipswich.
Employed: as a Grocer’s Clerk.
Rank: Leading Aircraftwoman; Service Number: 452666.
Regiment: Women’s Auxiliary Air Force.
Grave Reference:
C.31.77.
Ipswich.
Relatives Notified & Address: Daughter of Leonard & Eva Susanna Plumb, of Ipswich.
Father: Leonard Plumb, born June 1880, Halstead, Essex. A Moulder – Compressor Manufacturers. Immigrated to Canada in 1904 and 1911.
Mother: Eva Susanna Plumb (nee Bilke), born March 1890, Aldershot, Surrey. Later Eva was a Barnardo’s girl and was sent to Canada in June 1901.
CENSUS
1931 74, Lavinia Avenue, Swansea, Ontario, Canada.
Evelyn was 7 years old and living with her parents and siblings.
Leonard, 50, a Moulder – Iron Foundry.
Eva, 40.
Arthur John Leonard Plumb, 19, a Moulder – Iron Foundry, born York, Toronto.
Lilian Rose Plumb, 12, born York, Toronto.
May Plumb, 9, born York, Toronto.
Jean Adelaide Plumb, 3, born York, Toronto.
The Plumb family owned an eight-room house constructed of cement blocks; they had a radio and were members of the Baptist faith.
Evelyn was 11 years old when she and her family sailed from Montreal & Quebec on the ‘Ascania’ of the Cunard White Star Limited, arriving at the Port of London on the 20th September 1936. The Plumb family proposed to live at Clacton-on-Sea, Essex.
Leonard Plumb, 55, a Moulder.
Eva Plumb, 46, a Housewife.
Lily Plumb, 17, a Stenographer.
May Plumb, 14.
Jean Plumb, 9.
Bert Plumb, 5.
ENGLAND & WALES REGISTER 1939.
Evelyn was living with her parents & siblings at their family home – 5, Gippeswyk Road, Ipswich.
Leonard, an Iron Moulder.
Eva, unpaid Domestic Duties.
Jean.
Bert.
Probate to Eva Susanna Plumb – mother.
In 1954, in Ipswich, Bert Plumb, a commercial artist, married Sheila Woollard. Later that year, Bert and Sheila immigrated to Canada.
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