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Eva Okill was born 1904/JUN, her parents were George Okill and Emma nee Downes and Eva was the last of their ten children.  Sadly Eva died on 24th November 1909 when the family were living at 128 Blackhorse Lane, Walthamstow.  We think it likely that Eva, whose family were Methodists, was buried in Queen's Road Cemetery, probably in the area designated for non-conformist use.  Can anyone confirm this, please.

John Jones was born 30/8/1891, place unknown; died Rochford, Essex 1967.  He was a civil servant and during the 1939/45 war he was posted to the Birmingham area where he worked in a secret unit responsible for the supply and distribution of armaments

That is all the information we have about him so I realise that this post is a very long shot, but hope that someone might recognise either him or the building which housed his office, where the photograph was taken.

My son-in-law has a Bible which has been passed down through his late mother's family. On the flyleaf two names are written in an elaborate script:  John Rose 1798 and Sarah Elsom 1767.  John was my son-in-law's direct ancestor and was easily traced but I can find no reason for Sarah's name being in the Rose family Bible or any explanation of the date 1767.

The Rose family lived in Sutterton, Lincolnshire (registration district Boston) until comparatively recently and I did find some Elsoms living there as well but couldn't find any connection to the Rose family, so here is another challenge for clever Rootschatters.

Thank you for your interest and, hopefully, help!

Please can anyone tell me if the house at 24 Bushnell Road, Upper Tooting, S.W.17 was being used as some sort of nursery/pre-school in 1942.  If it was it may have been run by a lady named  Dorothy Hunt.