« Reply #14 on: Thursday 30 March 06 18:37 BST (UK) »
Hi All,
I am lucky enough to know about all of my Gt Grandparents!! My Gt Grandfathers were:
George Albert Parker b. 1887, Linton Heath, Derbyshire. d. 1952, Birmingham. He started out a miner then became a tram guard in Blackpool and Birmingham. Also worked in the staff canteen at the Cadbury's factory in Birmingham after he retired.
Thomas Gibson b. 1878, Ardwick, Manchester, Lancashire. d. 1963, Birmingham. He was an Engineer and an inventor of sorts although he never patented anything!
Arthur George Cyril Bauer/Bower b. 1895, Kentish Town, London. d. 1968, Isleworth, Middlesex. He was in the Royal Field Artilllery during the First World War and afterwards worked for the Board of Trade as a civil servant. He was evacuated during World War 2 to Buxton in Derbyshire. He was the only member of the family to anglicise his surname!
Robert Sydney Phillips b. 1884, Croydon, Surrey. I don't as yet know when he died!! He was a soldier during World War 1 and was a bricklayer in civillian life.
They all led interesting lives, through hardship and otherwise!
Regards,
David
Aitcheson, Aldred, Batty, Bauer, Bone, Brewer, Dean, Doyle, Durant, Fife, Finney, Gibson, Graham/Grayham, Hall, Harrison, Hersey, Hill, Holliss, Hudson, Hussey, Insley, Kelsey, King, Laver, Longmore, Luke, Mellor, Newman, North, Parker, Phillips, Porter, Read, Robinson, Rowel, Spink, Sproxton, Steer, Stevenson, Tanner, Witty/Whitty, Warburton, Wood.
(For more information on the above surnames please check the Surname Interest Table below.)
