30
May
2023
Mary Evans Will 1879
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 →
14
Apr
2023
James Evans, Auctioneer
James Evans was born on 20 Jun 1827, the third son of Richard Evans of Pendeford Hall. Continue reading →
06
Apr
2023
Wolverhampton and Staffordshire Banking Co.
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 →
26
Mar
2023
Henry Evans Will 1923
Henry Evans, the youngest son of Richard Evans of Pendeford Hall died at midday 1 Jul 1923. He was aged 83. Continue reading →
19
Mar
2023
Jane Stanley
Jane Stanley was the second oldest daughter of Edward Stanley, 3rd Earl of Derby. She married Edward Sutton, 4th Baron Dudley in 1566 and bore him two sons. She died a few days after the birth of the second son, John Sutton, in Dec 1569. Continue reading →
14
Mar
2023
Francis Throckmorton Marriage Bond 1571
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 →
09
Mar
2023
John Bach of Dudley, died 1640
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 →
26
Feb
2023
Thomas Clifton, died 1729
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 →
26
Dec
2022
Humphrey Woodhouse, died 1629
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 →
08
Nov
2022
Charles Hellier Davis Evans
Charles Hellier Davis Evans, known as Hellier, was the eldest son of Charles Evans. He was born on 28 May 1873 in Gisborne, New Zealand. Just as his father Charles communicated with his brother, Henry, back in England so too did Hellier with his first cousin Molly Downing. Continue reading →
14
Oct
2022
Hunt Buttons from the Evans family
Amongst the heirlooms of the Evans family of the Red Lion, Wolverhampton are several envelopes full of 19th century sets of buttons. Continue reading →
30
Sep
2022
The Griffin family at Beacon Lodge
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 →
27
Sep
2022
Lady Shakespeare’s Postcard
One postcard from Amy Shakespeare, wife of Sir Geoffrey Hithersay Shakespeare has survived in our archive. Continue reading →
26
Sep
2022
Jessica Campbell Segrave
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 →
16
Sep
2022
Clarence Henry Kennett Marten
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 →
20
Aug
2022
Alpha and Theta Evans, Gisborne Portraits, 1897
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 →
16
Aug
2022
Te Arai Homestead, Gisborne, New Zealand
Amongst the photos kept by Henry Evans and his daughter Molly, are some from Henry’s brother Charles Evans sent from Gisborne, New Zealand. Continue reading →
08
Aug
2022
Donald Morgan in Paris, 1937
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 →
25
May
2022
Thomas Smalbroke of Handsworth
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 →
14
May
2022
William Cookes of Snitterfield, died 1617
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 →