BREWER Family in Bath, Avon Somersetshire?

[hoarder]

Hi David
All would seem to fall in place as you say as regards the 3 years and yes I would agree with you it is how you interpret what was written about the 20 years and what you suggest makes sense.

Still seems rather odd that Ernest Woods fails to include William in his list of siblings but there may be reasons for it we will never know.

This photo still seems to be my Achilles heel and you may well be right. I had not taken James Woods age into account.  The uniform being worn is 1902 pattern and the wearer is a Lance Corporal. The thing that led me to think it was James is that in a postcard sent by Ernest in 1909 of a group of soldiers, Ernest asks his dad if he recognizes anyone. I am enclosing a scan of the reverse of the picture so that you can see exactly what and how it was written. Based on the style of dress of those in the pic I still feel it predates 1934 and that Kate wrote this when she discovered the photo. Whilst I am willing to accept it may well be Henry Brewer & his wife Kate with Constance & Reginald, it only works if the date of 1934 is not when the pic was taken as by that time Constance would have been 23 and married.

Have a look at the scan and see if you agree that the way it is written doesnt prove it is the date of the photo
   

[DRH123]

Well, that's certainly a "Mrs".  The second initial could well be an "E". The owner surely must be Katie Elizabeth Brewer nee Woods.

The date could certainly be when she acquired the card. If that style of uniform was not still in use in 1934 then the picture must have been taken earlier.

If it's not her husband and family then the only other possibility that occurs to me is Ernest James Woods and his family. He appears to have married in 1907, to either Mary Gilbert or Grace Johnstone, but I've no idea if he had any children.

David

[hoarder]

Hi again David

I agree with you.

Ernest was a full time soldier who enlisted in 1902 and I have no mention of any children, he wasnt discharged until 1946 (with a break between the wars) so I dont feel the family group has anything to do with him.

To me it makes more sense that it is Kate and Henry with their two children and the date on the back doesnt refer to the date of the picture.  This would also make sense because Charlotte was born in 1911 in the picture im guessing she is maybe 3 or 4 so her father would be in uniform as he enlisted in 1914.

Can I once again thank you for all your  help, with that initial information about Baths BMD I doubt I would have solved this so quickly.   
Regards Rod