14 Aug 2026                   
             Husband: James W Way  1  
              Father:
              Mother:
                Wife: Lillian Ellen Thursa Defoe  1   
        Married name: Lillian Ellen Thursa Way 
             Married: 1936                 in Essex  2
                Born: 26 Mar 1913          in London  3,4
                Died: 1985                 in Birchington, Kent  1,5,6
              Father: Herbert William Defoe   (1882 - 1954) 
              Mother: Ida Lillian Pountney   (1885 - 1956) 
 1  M  Michael James Way                                        |   Born: 15 Jan 1942 Essex 7,8
   sp. Patricia A M Lax                                         |Married:   2
       Born: (details excluded) Died:                           |   Died: Jan 2005 Kent 8,9

Sources:
(1) Elizabeth Orme pers. com. 
(2) Ancestry Marriage Index. 
(3) Kim Brackenbury pers. com. 
(4) Death record. 
(5) Robert Allison pers. com. 
(6) GRO index. 
(7) Ancestry Birth Index. 
(8) Peter Defoe via GenesReunited website. 
(9) Ancestry Death Index. 

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Updated 14 Aug 2026

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