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Gloucestershire / Re: TANDY FAMILY
« on: Sunday 05 June 11 19:04 BST (UK) »
Dear Lesley,
Edith Sophia Devereux, born Redmarley Newent Worcestershire 1874. Parents George Devereux and Anne Goode. Edith married John Dance in Newent 1894. She was widowed before the 1911 census. In 1911 she was living in Chas End Street, Berrow, Ledbury. Edith's occupation is recorded as "Laundress at Eastnor Laundry," over an hour's walk. Service at Eastnor Castle was continued by the next generation, particularly in the grounds. The census lists seven children: William (aged 15), Ada (13) Gladys (11) Beatris (10) Arthur (
Perival (6) and Ernest (4). I remember Ada as an old lady, quite a character, living in Stensham. I think Mum knew most of them, particularly remembering her aunts Beat and Gladys. There was some question as to whether Percy was adopted. Edith's youngest daughter, Gwendoline Amanda Dance, my maternal grandmother (whom I knew well) was born at Grey Cottage Berrow, Upton on Severn, on 6th June 1913. Edith remarried in 1917, Arthur Wagstaff in Upton. She died at Strensham in 1962, just before I was born, Mum remembers her with great affection. Gwendoline Amanda married William James Bridges Selley (my grandfather, who I knew well) in 1932 in Upton. Grandpa was a gardener and agricultural worker, like many of his generation starting on the farm at the age of thirteen. Gwen and Bill had six children: Monica, Pam (died in infancy), Fredrick, Josephine, Cynthia and Yvonne. Monica, Josephine and Cynthia have children. All, excluding Pam, are still living. Grandpa moved the family to Leicestershire in 1944, just before the end of the war. He worked on the Co-Op estate; a really new idea in those days, different than working from the landowners at Eastnor. He became foreman of one of the farms and retired to Wigston in south Leicestershire. Bill died in 1988, Gwen in 1996. I think I may have written more than I should in one message. I hope this is of some interest to you, although it moves away from your direct line. Grandpa's mother was Alice May Tandy. She was born in 1872 in Cheltenham. However her father's family seem to have been in Great Comberton Pershore Worcestershire for generations. I have been given some info. on them, if you think it may tie up with your Tandy's at all. I would be really interested in anything you have on the Devereux family. Kindest Regards Jacqui
Edith Sophia Devereux, born Redmarley Newent Worcestershire 1874. Parents George Devereux and Anne Goode. Edith married John Dance in Newent 1894. She was widowed before the 1911 census. In 1911 she was living in Chas End Street, Berrow, Ledbury. Edith's occupation is recorded as "Laundress at Eastnor Laundry," over an hour's walk. Service at Eastnor Castle was continued by the next generation, particularly in the grounds. The census lists seven children: William (aged 15), Ada (13) Gladys (11) Beatris (10) Arthur (
Perival (6) and Ernest (4). I remember Ada as an old lady, quite a character, living in Stensham. I think Mum knew most of them, particularly remembering her aunts Beat and Gladys. There was some question as to whether Percy was adopted. Edith's youngest daughter, Gwendoline Amanda Dance, my maternal grandmother (whom I knew well) was born at Grey Cottage Berrow, Upton on Severn, on 6th June 1913. Edith remarried in 1917, Arthur Wagstaff in Upton. She died at Strensham in 1962, just before I was born, Mum remembers her with great affection. Gwendoline Amanda married William James Bridges Selley (my grandfather, who I knew well) in 1932 in Upton. Grandpa was a gardener and agricultural worker, like many of his generation starting on the farm at the age of thirteen. Gwen and Bill had six children: Monica, Pam (died in infancy), Fredrick, Josephine, Cynthia and Yvonne. Monica, Josephine and Cynthia have children. All, excluding Pam, are still living. Grandpa moved the family to Leicestershire in 1944, just before the end of the war. He worked on the Co-Op estate; a really new idea in those days, different than working from the landowners at Eastnor. He became foreman of one of the farms and retired to Wigston in south Leicestershire. Bill died in 1988, Gwen in 1996. I think I may have written more than I should in one message. I hope this is of some interest to you, although it moves away from your direct line. Grandpa's mother was Alice May Tandy. She was born in 1872 in Cheltenham. However her father's family seem to have been in Great Comberton Pershore Worcestershire for generations. I have been given some info. on them, if you think it may tie up with your Tandy's at all. I would be really interested in anything you have on the Devereux family. Kindest Regards Jacqui