Mary Evans (nee Shaw-Hellier) died on 8 Dec 1878 in Tettenhall. She was 77 years old and having written her will in 1874, probate was granted to her son Henry Evans on 13 Mar 1879. Continue reading →
When Henry Evans died, aged 83, on 1 July 1923, a large proportion of his estate was comprised of Barclays Bank B Shares. These must have been earned through a succession of Bank mergers from 1889 to 1916, when Barclays became the successor bank in a consolidation of the industry. Continue reading →
In the Worcester Archives is to be found the marriage bond between Francis Throckmorton and the heiress Anne Sutton. Francis Throckmorton, famous for being at the centre of the eponymous Throckmorton plot against Queen Elizabeth I, married Anne Sutton at an unknown date and they had at least one child. Continue reading →
John Bach of Dudley, yeoman, left a will, probate 12 Aug 1640. He names his wife as Isabel and his children in the order William, Richard and John and daughters Isabel and Elizabeth. Continue reading →
Thomas Clifton, a nailer from Halesowen, died about 31 Dec 1729 and left a will, held at Worcester, probate dated 9 Jan 1729/30. He is very likely the grandfather of Job Clifton (1734-1815). Unlike his putative grandson he is literate and signs his will. Continue reading →
Humphrey Woodhouse of Rowley Regis, who died and left a will in 1629, is an interesting genealogical link between the Turton, Woodhouse, Darby families at this time, all discussed in detail elsewhere on this site Continue reading →
Amongst the heirlooms of the Evans family of the Red Lion, Wolverhampton are several envelopes full of 19th century sets of buttons. Continue reading →
The Sep 1939 register helps us understand who was living and working at Beacon Lodge in the 1930’s. It shows that up at the remote lodge, Emma Griffin, the widow of William Henry Griffin, was still in residence. She was born on 16 Aug 1883 making her 56 and is described as ‘Caretaker’. Living with her were Clifford Jones , a 16 yr old ‘farm worker’ and Beatrice Burton , a 15 yr old ‘domestic servant’ Continue reading →
Jessica Campbell Stone was the second wife of Charles William Segrave, whose first wife Mary Lucy Harwood, an American, had died in 1898. The couple married in St George Hanover Square on 11 Jun 1901. Continue reading →
Henry Marten was born on 20 Oct 1872 together with his twin sister Isabel Caroline Patricia Marten. They were the children of Alfred George Marten and nephew and niece of Henry John Marten, the water engineer. Henry and his sister were therefore first cousins of Florence Eliza Marten (later Evans) Continue reading →
Amongst the collection of photos kept by Henry Evans are the portraits of his two nieces Alpha and Theta Evans. They are the two older daughters of his brother Charles Evans, and form part of a batch of six surviving photos sent back to England in about 1897. Continue reading →
Donald Morgan, aged 14, and his father William Henry Morgan visited Paris, probably in the late Summer of 1937. As later related by Donald, they stayed in the Hotel des Etats Unis, near the Madeleine. Continue reading →
Thomas Smalbroke of Handsworth died and left a will, probate 1649. He was the second son of Thomas Smalbroke (will PCC 1609) and his wife Elizabeth Colmore, born in about 1584. Both the Smalbrokes and Colmores owned substantial amounts of land around what is now the city centre of Birmingham Continue reading →
When William Cookes died in Snitterfield, Warwickshire in 1617, he was a wealthy man with eight surviving children. His oldest son was Henry Cookes of Handsworth who was married to Anna or Ann Cookes, discussed on this site. Continue reading →