Willers family, Bishop Stortford 1917

[kimhulme]

Hi. I don't want to go to a lot of trouble finding out who would like this postcard; they're welcome to it. It must add to someone's family history? I think it was 'Mumsie' rather than Muriel? Cheers.

[softly softly]

Info only, c/o Mr Hands* is Mr Frederick George Handscomb who occupied 20 High St, Bishop's Stortford.

John

[kimhulme]

Realise now that  the card is addressed to Pte   F G (private - miltary - in digs?)

[LizzieL]

I think it does say Mumsie. It looks like a child sending the card from St Albans to his / her father who was lodging in Bishops Stortford and is referring to his /her mother. The nickname Dimples makes me think the writer is more likely a girl. The address has been written in a different, more adult hand

[Milliepede]

Dimples is rather sweet. 

[CaroleW]

MRI has an entry for Frederick G Willers Private - Army Service Corps
Reg number M2/155852

[LizzieL]

The only F G I can find of the right age to have served in WW1 was a Frederick George b abt 1888, death reg 1968 in Chipping Norton, Oxon. He may be the one (occupation chauffeur) who married in 1924 as a widower to Jessie Barbara McCallum and baptised in Mitcham, Surrey s/o as Frederick George s/o William Henry Albert  and  Lucy Charlotte Willers (father's name same on baptism and marriage record).

[LizzieL]

Looks like William Henry A Willers married Lucy Charlotte Kilby in Q2 1888, Croydon district which covers Mitcham

[softly softly]

My own take on this.

Frederick George Willers born c1887/8

1st Marriage to Annie A (Agnes) Pepler sq 1913******** died dq 1923 aged 34**** Mumsie

Daughter Joan Annie Agnes Willers born jq 1914****** Dimples***marries 1934-Turley
5 Turley/Willers births 1935-53

Death of Thomas Osborne Turley 1977

Joan is with her paternal grandparents in 1921

Joan on 1939 register

Joan remarries 1982 -Jones

Joan dies 1992 with same dob as 1939 register.

Frederick remarries Jessie B McCullum

John