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Mervyn Hay Wake         1884-1952
Mervyn was born at Sunderland,on 28 August 1884 of Henry Hay Wake and Isabella Thompson. He married Jessie Eudora Wawn, on 22 October 1912. Mervyn died on 11 April 1952.


Jessie Eudora Wawn       1885-1953
Jessie was born about 1885, the daughter of Middlemost and Jenny Eudora Wawn, in Sunderland, County Durham.
I have found the following children:


Mervyn Hay Wake         1884-1952
Mervyn was born at Sunderland, on 28 August 1884 of Henry Hay Wake and Isabella Thompson. He married Jessie Eudora Wawn, on 22 October 1912. Mervyn died on 11 April 1952.


Jessie Eudora Wawn       1885-1953
Jessie was born about 1885, the daughter of Middlemost and Jenny Eudora Wawn, in Sunderland, County Durham.
I have found the following children:
Verna Eudora Born 4 Oct 1913   Married Benjamin Richard Higgs
Joan Hay Born abt 1915   Married Robert Harker Aird
Birth of Parents
Mervyn Hay Wake b: 28 Aug 1884       Bishopwearmouth, County Durham         1884 4Q Sunderland 10a 614
son of Henry Hay Wake, and Isabella Thompson

Jessie Eudora Wawn b: abt 1885       Sunderland, County Durham         1885 3Q Sunderland 10a 561
daughter of Middlemost and Jenny Eudora Wawn, Consulting Engineer

Marriage
22 Oct 1912
Mervyn Hay Wake (28)
Jessie Eudora Wawn (27) 		Christ Church, Bishopwearmouth       1912 4Q Sunderland 10a 1157
Bachelor, Civil Engineer, Father: Henry Hay Wake, Civil Engineer
Spinster, Father: Middlemost Wawn, Consulting Engineer, 6 Belle Vue
after Banns, Wit: Jenny Eudora Wawn, Tom Noel Wawn, Enid Hay Wake

The Wedding Party

The Wedding Party
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Children
Verna Eudora Wake b: 4 Oct 1913  c: 30 Oct 1913   Christ Church, Bishopwearmouth   1913 4Q Sunderland 10a 1393
daughter of Mervyn Hay and Jessie Eudora Wake, 9 Kensington Terrace, Civil Engineer
Joan Hay Wake b: abt 1915  c: 8 Jul 1915       Christ Church, Bishopwearmouth   1915 3Q Sunderland 10a 1361
daughter of Mervyn Hay and Jessie Eudora Wake, 9 Kensington Terrace, Civil Engineer

Death
Mervyn Hay Wake Died 11 Apr 1952, Age 67,       Royal Infirmary, Sunderland       1952 2Q Sunderland 1a 879
Residence: 5 Hillside, Sunderland

DURHAM   17 Jun 1952                         Probate
WAKE, Mervyn Hay, of 5 Hillside, Sunderland, died 11 April 1952, at The Royal Infirmary, Sunderland, Probate Durham, 17 June, to Jessie Eudora Wake, widow.
  Effects £1,763 1s.

Summary of the Will of Mervyn Hay Wake
of Sunderland, County Durham, Civil Engineer		 1884 - 1952     Dated 5 November 1914
(He left £1,763 1s 0d)
Trustees and Executors: Wife Jessie Eudora Wake, and
Leonard Scott Iliff, of Sunderland, Solicitor, Doctor of Laws.
To my Wife, Jessie Eudora:               All my property, real and personal.
CODICIL TO MY WILL       Dated 17 March 1949
Mervyn Hay Wake, 5 Hillside, Sunderland,
County Durham, Civil Engineer
EXECUTORS:               Son-in-law, Robert Harker Aird, and
John Iliff, 51 John Street, Sunderland
If My Wife Jessie Eudora should predecease me:
My Daughters Verna Eudora Higgs and Joan Hay Aird: all my real and personal estate in equal shares

Death
Jessie Eudora (Wawn) Wake Died 12 Jul 1953, Age 68,       1953 3Q W.Cheshire 10a 489
of Glencoe, 15 Higfield Estate, Parkgate Road, Chester,
at daughter's home in Shrublands, Hoole Road, Chester.

DURHAM   14 Sep 1953                         Probate
WAKE, Jessie Eudora, of Glenco, 15 Highfield Estate, Parkgate-road, Chester, widow, died 12 July 1953, at Shrublands, Hoole-road, Chester, Probate Durham 14 September, to Robert Harker Aird, petroleum engineer, and John Iliff, solicitor.   Effects £3,968 18s. 7d.

SPECIAL THANKS  to Carmen Higgs, from Australia, a descendent of Verna Eudora Wake, for photos provided above.