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« on: Sunday 08 March 09 13:05 GMT (UK) »
I am new to this site so can anyone help, I have tried everything else I can think of.
I am looking for anything on my grandfather James Alfred Tuppen. I can find no trace of him or his father in any part of the BMD or any of the census records although he is in the new 1911 one.
All I have is the marriage certificate to my grandmother Mary Winborn (Winborne). They were married in 1906 Eastbourne and my grandfather, then 36, was living in Tideswell Rd, Eastbourne and was a fishmonger, his father is down as Alfred Tuppen, a gardener.
At some time between the the two world wars my grandmother (with or without my grandfather) set up a cafe, called Tuppens, in North St, Eastbourne which was then later moved to Susans Rd next to the back entrance of the Bus Garage. At some point, probably after ww2 my Uncle,Kenward, and his wife took it over until they retired in mid 70s. Be interested also if anyone remembers it.