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New Washington's Hostel Estate


The Hostel Estate, New Washington

'The Squatters'

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Civilian Residence Register, Hostel Estate, Washington - 15th October 1947

  Check to see if any of your family lived on The Hostel Estate in the autumn of 1947.

  (For ease of reference, the official numerical listings have been rearranged into alphabetical order.)

(A - M)
Register No. Surname Forename Prefab No.
1025 Allsopp Edward 11
1026 Elizabeth
1273 Alwell John 102a
1274 Rachel
1090 Anderson Thomas Y. 42a
1091 Mary P.
1080 Barkham John K. 37b
1081 Rhoda
1211 Barnes Joseph R. 72
1119 Barron Thomas W. 49b
1120 Elizabeth A.
1086 Beadle Thomas 41b
1087 Margaret
1172 Bell George 61
1173 Doris M.
1101 Bennett Thomas W. 44b
1102 Margaret T.
1293 Berry Edward 113
1294 Ethel
1286 Bird Frederick 107
1287 Audrey
1212 Bland Edna 72a
1058 Blood Charles H. 31a
1059 Margaret
1031 Brookes Thomas 14
1032 Madge
1177 Bottoms Sydney 62
1178 Bottoms Mary J. 62a
1179 Roland
1258 Button Edna M. 96b
1261 Cairns Thomas 98
1262 Violet C.
1019 Carter Mesheck 9
1020 Ann
1123 Casey Bernard 50b
1124 Constance H.
1038 Cockburn John 18
1039 Vera
1169 Collins Thomas 60a
1170 Mary
1248 Cooper James 93b
1249 Annie D.
1234 Coulson Fred 77a
1235 Elizabeth
1108 Cowan Samuel 46
1109 Annie
1042 Cullinan Joseph 19
1043 Margaret
1069 Daglish Frank 34b
1070 Ella M.
1078 Dawson John 36b
1079 Edna
1060 Devenport Christopher 32
1061 Elsie
1044 Dobson Edward 19a
1045 Jane
1256 Dodds William 96a
1257 Ethel
1269 Doughty Robert S. 101a
1270 Hilda
1067 Eland Thomas M. 34a
1068 Sheila
1265 Evans William 99a
1266 Elizabeth
1117 Fearon Joseph 49
1118 Catherine
1023 Finnigan Thomas 10
1024 Marie P.
1250 Fletcher William 94
1215 Gaddes Richard 73a
1216 Bridget
1133 Gill Doreen 54
1142 Gill James 55b
1143 Ivy
1206 Gonzales Leonard 70a
1207 Violet
1291 Grundy Leslie 112
1292 Hilda
1267 Hall James F. 100
1268 Alice J.
1247 Hall Jane G. 93a
1104 Hall Richard L. 45a
1105 Mary
1144 Harbin Clement 56
1145 Ann
1131 Harrison Robert 52
1132 Barbara
1150 Hedley John 57
1151 Irene
1035 Heslop Lawrence 16
1017 Hilton Peter K. 6a
1018 Patricia
1088 Hindhaugh Henry 42
1089 Annie
1188 Hobson Joseph R. 64
1189 Barbara
1243 Hodgson Charles 92a
1244 Isabella
1255 Hoggarth Matthew T.H. 95a
1223 Horrigan Margaret C. 75
1148 Horrigan Morris 56b
1149 Hannah
1194 Hunt Roland 67a
1195 Helen B.
1076 Husband Dixon D. 36a
1077 Marjorie
1175 Ingram Thomas A. 61b
1176 Sarah I.
1240 Jeffery Richard 78a
1103 Jemison Jack 45
1046 Johnson John B. 20
1047 Blanche I.
1134 Johnson Joseph 54a
1135 Ann
1204 Keerie John T. 70
1205 Florence T.
1190 Kelly Christopher 64a
1191 Hilda
1136 Kenyon Robert 54b
1137 Bessie
1036 King William 17
1037 Emily
1064 Lamb John 33
1021 Lowden Lawrence 9a
1022 Eleanor
1182 Lowden Henry 63
1183 Dorothy M.
1071 Lowden Sam 35
1072 Evelyn G.
1180 Lowery Matthew 62b
1181 Violet
1219 Lowery William 74a
1220 Barbara
1241 Mack Victor A. 92
1242 Audrey
1098 Marsden William 44
1099 Olive
1236 Marshall William 77b
1237 Elizabeth
1029 Mason Frederick T. 13
1030 Helen
(M - Z)
Register No. Surname Forename Prefab No.
1015 Mason Robert 5a
1016 Elsie R.
1054 Mayne Thomas 27
1055 Mary
1280 McDougal Alexander 105
1094 McMann Joseph 43
1095 Hilda
1082 McMann Peter 38
1096 McMann William 43b
1097 Jessie B.
1125 McQuilliam Thomas 51
1126 Elizabeth
1013 Mitchinson Joseph 5
1014 Martha
1121 Mitford Charles D. 50a
1122 Rosalie
1208 Moody Cicely 71
1200 Moon Frederick 69a
1201 Margaret I.
1290 Moor Joseph 111
1062 Moore George 32a
1063 Ann
1209 Neal Anthony B. 71a
1210 Eleanor A.
1282 Ness William 105a
1283 Rhoda
1127 Nichol Maurice 51a
1128 Mary
1202 Norton John R. 69b
1203 Ethel
1048 O'Brian Sophia 20a
1253 Oliver Thomas W. 95
1254 Florence
1217 Parkin George G. 74
1218 Elizabeth A.
1100 Patterson Albert B. 44a
1196 Price Alfred 68
1197 Kathleen
1263 Proudfoot Thomas B. 99
1264 Susan
1156 Prudhoe Arthur 58
1157 Christine
1158 Prudhoe Robert 58a
1159 Isabella
1160 Prudhoe Norman 58b
1161 Martha
1162 Prudhoe John 59
1163 Henrietta
1251 Rackley Douglas A. 94a
1252 Evelyn
1154 Reed James 57b
1155 Ursula
1152 Reid Robert D. 57a
1153 Miriam
1275 Robinson John C. 103a
1276 Laura
1174 Robinson William 61a
1164 Routledge James W. 59a
1165 Sarah W.
1238 Scott Gilbert 78
1239 Alice
1051 Seatory Joseph 26
1232 Simpson David 77
1233 Laura
1073 Simpson James L. 35a
1074 Isabella
1259 Simpson Robert H.L.R. 97a
1260 Sarah A.
1092 Simpson Stephen 42b
1093 Dorothy
1049 Skillcorn Arthur 24
1050 Irene
1084 Sloan James 41
1085 Elizabeth J.
1277 Smith Walter 104
1278 Wilhelmina
1224 Smith William 75b
1225 Margaret
1171 Snell Alexander 60 (b?)
1184 Sowerby George 63a
1185 Mary
1052 Spacey Joseph 26a
1053 Theresa
1230 Stobart Osborn 76b
1231 Georgina
1138 Storey William 55
1139 Lillian
1027 Swan George 12
1028 Doris
1146 Swift Ramsey 56a
1147 Noreen
1288 Tatters James 110
1289 Josephine
1192 Todd Daniel 67
1193 Evelyn S.
1198 Trevor James 69
1199 May
1106 Trotter William A. 45b
1107 Lily
1284 Trueman William 106
1285 Sarah J.
1221 Tyson James 75
1222 Esther A.
1228 Wardle Irene 76a
1229 Robert
1226 Watson Albert 76
1227 Agnes
1129 Watson Kenneth 51b
1130 Georgina
1033 Watson Thomas D. 15
1034 Eva
1056 Watson William F. 31
1057 Enid M.
1140 Whitfield Peter Leo 55a
1141 Iris
1065 Whitfield Walter 34
1066 Irene
1279 Whittle Elizabeth 104a
1040 Wilkins William 18a
1041 Ivy
1116 Wilkinson George 48a
1114 Wilkinson John E. 48
1115 Daisy R.
1166 Williams Donald J. 59b
1167 Gladys
1186 Williams Roland 63b
1187 Isabella
1168 Wilson Alexander 60
1083 Wilson Elsie 38b
1281 Wilson Margaret A. 105
1112 Wilson Robert 46b
1113 Mary
1271 Wilson Thomas A. 102
1272 Mary A.
1213 Wilson William 73
1214 Margaret J.
1110 Wilson William R. 46a
1111 Ellen
1245 Young Albert 93
1246 Gladys
1075 Young Edward 36
 

The above information, images and data was supplied by David M. Simpson, author of  No Homes for Heroes.
It tells the story of New Washington's Hostel Estate and its civilian squatters.
Thanks, David.