Generation Twelve - David N Breach 1930 - 2001

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This generation of the Breach family lived/live in Yorkshire. Places include, Leeds, Malton and Doncaster.

G12 - David N Breach and Muriel 1930 - 2001

David and Muriel Breach on their wedding day in 1961

David Norman Breach was born on 24^th September 1930 in Malton, North Yorkshire. He was the only child of David Percy Breach (b. 1907) and Nora Fox (b. 1910). After a move to Leeds the family finally settled in Doncaster; firstly living in the Wheatley area then at 43 Fairfield Road, York Road, Doncaster.

David Norman with his mother
Nora Breach (Fox) in 1930

After leaving school David worked at a couple of garages in Doncaster before joining his father Percy at his own garage in Bentley, near Doncaster. He took an engineering course at Technical College between 1948 and 1950 initially. Between 1951 and 1956 he completed his National Service in the RAF and further studied engineering. After which he went into partnership with his father at the garage in Bentley. D.P. Breach and Son was a small business with no other employees but was well respected. David took over the business in 1974 following Percy’s death and ran it until his retirement in 1996.

David Norman with daughter Alison at D P Breach & Son,
Bentley, in 1966

David married Muriel (living) on the 25th of March 1961 at St John's Church in Balby, Doncaster. They had a bungalow built in Arksey where I was born in 1962, and then my sister Jill was born in 1966.

L to R: Jill, David, Muriel and Alison Breach in 1986

Although David was a tee-totalling non-smoker he had heart problems stemming from a heart attack he suffered at the age of forty five in early 1976. things worsened after his retirement and he died on the 1st of June 2001 following by-pass surgery at Leeds General Infirmary. He was aged seventy.

1. Alison Julia 1962 - 

Alison in 1963

I was born at home in Arksey in July 1962. I married Ronald Vainlo in 1987 and we have one son, Paul. 

2. Jill Susan 1966 - 2019

Jill in 1966

Jill Susan Breach was born on the 8th of February 1966 at home in Arksey, Doncaster. She was the second daughter of David Norman and Muriel Breach, and my younger sister. 

After leaving school Jill worked in offices for employers such as Doncaster Council, DuPont and Webasto. She met her partner Julien whilst at DuPont in the early 1990's. 

In the late 1990's Jill and Julien (who didn't marry) moved to Stokesley in North Yorkshire. After a few years they moved to Burneston near Bedale, again in North Yorkshire. Jill worked for a work-wear company in their offices. 

Sadly, in 2016 Jill was diagnosed with a rare form of eye cancer (ocular melanoma) and had her left eye removed. Two years later it was found that the cancer had spread to her liver and it was incurable.

Jill passed away in a hospice in Darlington on August the 25th 2019. She was 53 years old. 

Jill Breach in 2018

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As Muriel (my Mum) is still living, no further information is included here for privacy reasons. Therefore, this is the end of the Main Ancestral Line.

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Alison Vainlo 2022