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Warwickshire / Re: Witton Cemetery
« on: Thursday 25 August 22 09:34 BST (UK)  »
Brilliant pieces of jigsaw! Thanks again Jool  :D


John and Eleanor had a daughter Nora born 1898 so Alistair will be their grandson then.

Steve

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Warwickshire / Re: Witton Cemetery
« on: Wednesday 24 August 22 21:26 BST (UK)  »
Quote from: Jool on Wednesday 24 August 22 21:02 BST (UK)
Are the Lodge Hill maps on Findagrave any help?  Scroll to the bottom of this link, click the map photos then click view original for a clearer image.

https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/2134060/lodge-hill-cemetery-and-crematorium/photo

By the way, does the 319 Shenley Fields Road address in the newspaper clip mean anything to you.  If not I may be able to help with that. (Alistair Wilkinson b. 1921, mother's maiden name Lee?)

No it doesn't as they lived in Sparkbrook. As John died in the QE, I would guess his wife stayed nearby temporarily to be able to visit easily etc. Alistair Wilkinson is the owner of 319? A nephew by the sounds?

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Warwickshire / Re: Witton Cemetery
« on: Wednesday 24 August 22 20:52 BST (UK)  »
Oh wow, thank you very much. So often we (well I do!) looks at this stuff and can never see the wood for the trees!

Relatives on my maternal side are buried at Lodge Hill so I know it well - but now I need a Lodge Hill plot map  ;D

Thanks again Jool

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Warwickshire / Re: Witton Cemetery
« on: Wednesday 24 August 22 18:29 BST (UK)  »
Thank you for the link Jool.

I have tried that register before and am not certain of the find, sadly

My GGF John Edward Lee: was born 1867. I have a death of a John E Lee in February 1941 in the right area of Birmingham and at the right age. There is a May 1941 probate showing DOD 9th February 1941. Snap again. And a Witton Cemetery burial that only states 1941and gives no middle name but I've assumed this must be him. But, the only John Lee Witton burial match for 1941 is November 1941 on the burial records. So the Witton burial might not be my man. Loath to spend a tenner on speculation  ???

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Warwickshire / Witton Cemetery
« on: Wednesday 24 August 22 15:28 BST (UK)  »
Apologies all, I know 'finding graves in Witton' has been round a few times before but not for a few years according to search. Does anyone have an up to date, best method of finding a grave location in Witton? The burial I am looking at was in 1941.

Thanks
Steve

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Warwickshire Lookup Requests / Re: Williams - Wardell marriage
« on: Tuesday 05 July 22 14:58 BST (UK)  »
Thanks all.

They could well have married later, but how to prove it?

I believe William Thomas married Gertrude Williams in 1895. They are on the 1901 census as a family but helpfully he is listed as Thomas William.
 
Emeltom, I previously had the Williams - George marriage down as my path but I now know their son was definitely born September 1875 so this one (birth Q Dec 1874) isn't a match.

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Warwickshire Lookup Requests / Williams - Wardell marriage
« on: Tuesday 05 July 22 12:35 BST (UK)  »
Hope someone can help, I can't see for looking!

I have a Thomas William Williams born 4th quarter 1875 (24th September I believe) in Birmingham and his mother's maiden name shows on FindMyPast as "Wardell". But I can't find a marriage between Miss Wardell and Mr Williams.  ???

Steve
 

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Kent / Re: Ian Fraser H Low
« on: Saturday 27 November 21 17:51 GMT (UK)  »
Hmm, maybe he only visited during the war and liked it so much he came back later?

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Kent / Re: Ian Fraser H Low
« on: Saturday 27 November 21 13:30 GMT (UK)  »
Thank you Rosie and Carole, some good pointers there.

No connection at all actually! The father of a friend of mine was an RAF test pilot and he died in a plane crash a few months before she was born. Because of this she's always interested in RAF 'stories'. He family have holidayed near Orford in Sussex a few times recently and it turns out the cottage they stay in was once owned/occupied by Mr Low. He was RAF during the war and the village of Orford was force evacuated to be taken over for military use. From this she's become a bit obsessed with where he came from, why he was there and where he went. As I say, I think it's the RAF angle that interests her.

Steve

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