Vital Statistics
Roy Arthur Pinsent: 1934 – 2023 GRO0769 (Unknown, Bideford, Devon)
Wife (GRO1455)
Married: 1955: Kingsteignton, Devon
Children by Wife (GRO1455):
Daughter (GRO0590)
Son (GRO0641)
Family Branch: Bristol
PinsentID: GRO0769
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Roy Arthur was the younger son of William Henry Pinsent by his wife Olive May (née Perry). He was born in Newton Abbot in February 1934. His twin brother, sadly, died within a few months of their birth.
Roy became a “bus conductor” in Newton Abbot. He married Wife (GRO1455), a “clerk” who was the daughter of a “clay-worker,” in Kingsteignton, in 1955. They had a daughter and a son who both move up to London and married, so the family line may well continue.
It was probably Roy who foiled a young prisoner’s bid for freedom after being informed by a Torquay Magistrate that he was going to be remanded in custody in 1997 . Mr Pinsent, the “Court Usher,” said: “I got hold of the young man after he jumped out of the dock. I was not hurt this time, but I was headbutted by a prisoner I managed to stop in the foyer of Torquay magistrates’ court last month.” Clearly, it was a dangerous job (Torbay Express and South Devon Echo: Tuesday 4th November 1997)!
The Electoral Rolls show that Roy and Wife (GRO1455) were still living in Newton Abbot in 2002. Roy died there in April 2023.
Family Tree
GRANDPARENTS
Grandfather: Unknown: xxxx – xxxx
Grandmother: Ada Pinsent: 1874 – 1903
PARENTS
Father: William Henry Pinsent: 1900 – 1965
Mother: Olive May Pinsent: 1899 – 1995
MALE SIBLINGS (BROTHERS)
Dennis William Pinsent: 1929 – 2005
Roy Arthur Pinsent: 1934 – 2023
Ivor Henry Pinsent: 1934 – 1934
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