Four Trees -Our Great Grandmothers

[Zelley]

Thanks to all of those that have made posts on this thread.  It continues to be an exciting journey following the greatt grandmothers in their many journeys in the local counties or far away places such as Canada and Australia.  I had two go to Canada and one to Australia while the other remained in London Town,

[thenanny2die4]

Dad was an illegitimate, workhouse baby, so I only have three - some recent intriguing information though about his mother's whereabouts around the time of his birth...

Mary Jane Carr - Wiltshire.  Lived in Imber; the village which no longer exists since it was taken over by the MoD during WW2.

Fanny Eliza(beth) Bint - Berks/Oxon, later Kent/Sussex border.  My favourite just because of her silly name.  Lots of twins in her family.  She was a twin herself, to brother Herbert.

Priscilla King - Kent.  More twins in this family and a King marrying a King which I've avoided dealing with up to now.

[Galium]

Frances Thomas, (1862-1949), born in Aberyswyth. Her father was a master mariner. A lively woman who liked to tell a good tale- without letting the truth spoil it too much. She was my great grandfather's second wife and taught him to read and write.

Emily Cornelia Romig, (1867-1937), born in Antigua to a missionary family.

Lucy Palmer, (1855-1924), born in Ramsey, Huntingdonshire to a family of Ag. Labs. She was a dressmaker and apparently a nasty old witch (according to my aunt).

Rebecca Palmer, (1854-1935), not related to Lucy as far as I know, but also born in Huntingdonshire, at Brington. She was a nurse. My father remembers that she was old, dressed in black, "and I had to kiss her!"

[deeiluka]

Mine were....

Lydia Tomblin Clarke - born in Market Overton, Rutland. She lived in Kings Lynn as a married woman and died at quite a young age.

Mary Ellen Coles born in Raunds, Northamptonshire, and lived all her life there.

Emily Elizabeth Selway - born in Bathwick but came to South Australia as a 1 year old with her parents in 1848.

Sarah Elvina Button - born in Barking, Essex and came to South Australia in 1878 as a 4 year old with her parents. I remember Nanna Sarah quite well as I was 17 when she died.

The only one I don't have a photograph of is Lydia.

......dee

[jax]

Found my 4th and missing great grandmother just before xmas (didnt I Patience aka Thriza?)

I have

Emma Fidler (nee Butcher) born Faversham b: 1876

Kate Daisy (nee Law) b 1888

Patience Thriza Twyman (nee Hilden) dont know where she was born as her family were travellers, rumoured to be romany gypsies, but I'm still to find the proof on that one.. - she was hard to find though.. b abt 1896

Jane Louisa Jones (nee Kenealy) born Lydd in Kent 1873

I am lucky to have photos of Emma, Kate and Patience - but not Jane 

and I love them all 

jax

[Trees]

Susan GILES b 18 Jul 1852 Hampton Poyle Oxfordshire
Elizabeth Skellet MELLOR b 31 Dec 1850 Aston Warwickshire
Kate CHAMBERS b 3 Nov 1859 Birmingham
Jemima Elizabeth ELLARD b 2 Aug 1863 Birmingham

I also have the eight Gt Gt Grandmothers
Eliza ALLEN b 1827 Middle Barton Oxfordshire
Eleanor HODGES b 1828 Clains Worcester
Elizabeth SKELLET b 1823 Austry Warwickshire
Isabella WILLIAMS b 1816 Birmingham
Ann Maria STANFIELD b 1843 Birmingham
Sarah NEEDLE b 1829 Tadmarton Oxfordshire
Caroline BIRD b 28 Mar 1824 Birmingham
Ann STANDLEY b 1823 Warwick Warwickshire

and 16 Gt GT Grandmothers
Jemima STANFIELD b 1819 Birmingham
Tabitha HAKESLEY b 1794 Braunston Northamptonshire
Elizabeth NEEDLE b 1800 Londonderry
Mary SMITH b 1798 Preston on the Weald Moors  Shropshire
Mary Ann RAY b 1786 Birmingham
Maria BLOWER b 1799 Birmingham
Elizabeth TIMMS b 1801 Warwick Warwickshire
Elizabeth KIBLER b 1772 Alveston Warwickshire
Elizabeth MERCER b 1798 Duns Tew Oxfordshire
Mary DUNSBY b 1791 Kidlington Oxfordshire

I'm 8 missing from the next generation back
But its taken me 20 years to find these may be if I'm spared I;ll find the others in the next 20 years 
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Mary HARTLAND b 1792 Broadwas Worcestershire
Sarah MOULE b 1794 Ombersley Worcestershire
Ann WILKINS b 1792 Appleby Leicestershire
Pheobe CHESHIRE b 1785 Carlton Leicestershire
Elizabeth HARTLEY b 1778 Birmingham
Maria WILMOT b 1796 ?






















 

[stonechat]

Yes from left to right

Clara Maria Clark b1858 Oundle, Northants, daughter of a watchmaker and married a watchmaker's son, Frederick Douglas of Egham Surrey. He started a bakery in Egham High St.
He Died in 1901 aged 51, leaving Clara with 7 children and a bakery to run. It must have been quite a task. She lived until 1933, the bakery was still going strong, though she left it to her unmarried daughter Ethel, instead of my grandfather Frederick Douglas jun.

Lucy Ann Holmes 1860 -  1906 Born in Birmingham. She was the 10th of 11 surviving children. 6 of her siblings ended up abroad in New York, Winnipeg, and Armidale, NSW, Australia. Her mother died in 1867, and father in 1871 after moving to Worcester. She was brought up by he sister Sue (Susanne). She married William Henry Pullen, a gardener, and had 3 children , but died in 1906. Wiliam later remarried after moving to Staines with his employers. He lived until 1943.

Ann Lee b 1848 in Upperthong, hear Holmfirth in W Yorkshire. She was the daughter of a cordwainer(shoemaker). Her mother died in 1850. The Holmfirth flood was in 1853, this must have had a terrific impact, address at birth was Uppermill, so they were close to the river.
By 1861 the family had moved to Glossop in Derbyshire, though Ann was visiting older married sister in Yorkshire. Ann married twice. 1) In Ashton-under Lyne in 1866 William Aldous, Suffolk born,  whose family moved to Derbyshire. By 1881 they were in Worsboro Yorkshire, he was working as a fireman in a mine. William must have died about this time but I never found it. There were two children 2) Edward Jackson my gt grandfather, first an under manager, then a manager of Coal mines in Cheshire and Lancashire. There were two children born in Hyde 1890 and 1891, It appears the marriage did not take place until 1896 though. They lived in Bolton and Bredbury, Edward died in 1921. Within a couple of years, Harry, her son was injured in a pit fall (he was under manager in a colliery). Unable to work in a mine, he moved south with his married sister and Ann went to. She  in Shepperton Middlesex, minor films stars would lodge with them from Shepperton Studios. She died aged 92 in 1940. Within months her son-in law and grandson also died.

Eliza Leah.  1858-1895. She was born in Werneth, Cheshire, to a Cotton Dresser. She married Richard Bond Cocks a clerk of Works from Denton, in 1874. They had five children, but Eliza died in 1895. Richard remarried three times, and died in 1925.

Clearly we know more about some than others but without all, I would not be here


Bob

[Trees]

Hi Stonechat
Where in Worcester did Lucy Ann Holmes family go? I have an Ann Holmes b 1773 in Great Witley Worc. she died in 1858 in Ombersley having married Samuel MOULE she was a daughter of Samuel and Mary HOLMES  any connection?
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[stonechat]

Lucy was born Birmingham to William Holmes and Caroline Whately.
William was born in Worcester, and his family must have moved to bbirmingham when he was young.

So he was returning to his birthplace.

In 1881 she was with her sister Susannah Davis at 14 Church Walk Worcester

So sorry there is no connection, unless it is further back.

William's father John Holmes married Susannah Probert on 27 Sep
1812 in Claines, Worcestershire
I have never found baptisms for either

Bob