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Showing posts with label gramps. Show all posts

Showing posts with label gramps. Show all posts

5 January 2025

Henry and Mary Webber (Gramp's grandparents on his mum's side)

This is part of my family research.

Henry John Webber

1866 - 1934
Date of birth: Oct 1866
Place of birth: Colchester, Essex
Married to Mary S Webber on Oct 1885 (He was 20, she was 19)
Date of death: 12 Jan 1934 (Aged 68)
Place of death: Clacton-On-Sea, Essex, England

Mary Susannah Clements

1966 - 1945
Date of birth: April 1866
Place of birth: Colchester, Essex, England
Date of death: March 3, 1945 (Aged 78)
Place of death: Colchester, Essex, England

Children

Winifred Mary (1891–1966) (Gramp's mum)
Annie Amelia (1887–1954)
Arthur Henry (1892–1955)

Relationship to me

Great Great Grandparents

Documents

Marriage registry: Oct 1885

Death registry: Mary Clements 1945

4 January 2025

George and Annie Sorrell (Gramp's grandparents on his dad's side)

This is part of my family research.

George Frederick Sorrell

1858–1920
Place of birth: Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire.
Parents: George and Elizabeth Sorrell
Occupation: Policeman
Married to Annie Emma Rowles in 1881
Died: 24 January 1920 (Aged 62)
Place of death: Bournemouth, Hampshire

Annie Emma Rowles

Born: 1859
Place of birth: Witney, Oxfordshire

Children

George Frederick Sorrell (born in 1887) (Gramp dad)
Bertha Alice (?)
Frank, Hydra, Edward (?)

Relationship to me

Great Great Grandparents

Registries

George Frederick's birth registry 1858

George Frederick's baptism

26 Dec 1858 at Bledington, Gloucestershire, England

George Sorrel Marriage registry: 1881

The Police Gazette, Friday 4 May 1900

Article mentioning George F. Sorrell in his capacity as policeman

Annie Emma Rowles birth registry 1859

Annie Emma marriage registry 1881

29 December 2024

Tony and Dorothy Sorrell (Gran and Gramps)

On familysearch.org and ancestry.com , I also found some of Gran and Gramp's registries. This is part of my family research.

Gramps

Full name: Anthony George Sorrell
Lived: 1919 - 2003
Born: 25 April 1919
Place of birth: England
Father: George Sorrell (1887 - 1962)
Mother: Winifred Mary Sorrell (1891 - 1966)
Married Ellen Amy Dorothy Bishop in 1941
Occupation: Bank manager
Passed away: 16 Sep 2003 (Aged 84)
Place of death: Woodside Village Health Care, Rondebosch

Gran

Full name: Ellen Amy Dorothy Bishop
Lived: 1920 - 2002
Date of birth: 25 January 1920
Place of birth: England
Father: Charles Sydney Bishop (1873 - 1952)
Mother: Amy Bishop (1882 - 1920)
Brother: David Bishop
Passed away: 16 September 2002 (Aged 82)
Place of death: Woodside Village Aged Care, Rondebosch

Children

Jilly Lesley Donnelly (Born 1941) (My mum)
Patricia Vanderbeck

Relationship to me

Grandparents on my mother's side

Gramp's birth certificate: 1919

Gramp's birth register: 1919

Gran's birth certificate

Gran's baptism: 1920

Gran's death certificate: 2002

Gramps's death certificate: 2003

Gran's brother and his family

Gran had a brother, David Bishop. He was a successful civil servant and played a "secret role" during World War 2.
David married Tidd later in life. She had been married before with a child. She was older than him and he met her while boarding.
David and Tidd had two children. Michael is a doctor and has travelled to far away places to do charity work. Jean is a piano teacher who teaches adults.
Michael and Jean have 3 children. Charlotte is very musical and has twins. Lucy lives in Tasmania. Nicholas is a prosthetics engineer.

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20 February 2024

Photos of Gramps

Some wonderful photos of Gramps though his life.

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