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THE BREWER FAMILY, part 6: Ellen Kate (nee Brewer) Hooper, known as Nellie (or Nell)
The photographs on this entry all feature Ellen Kate Brewer at four distinct stages of her life. Born in 1916, she was the youngest of the five children of Thomas William Brewer Junr. and Maud Kate (nee Fletcher) Brewer and indeed she seems to be the…
THE BREWER FAMILY, part 5: Margaret (Maggie) Bessie Brewer
Margaret Bessie Brewer was born 27 September 1910 (1), a middle child of Thomas William and Maud Kate (nee Fletcher) Brewer. The Brewer family was well established in Timberscombe, dating back to at least 1760 (2). Both her father and her…
THE BREWER FAMILY, part 4: Thomas William Fletcher Brewer
A photograph of Thomas William Fletcher Brewer and his wife, the former Hilda Emma Beaney. They married in October 1942 at her hometown, Tonbridge, Kent (1). Thomas, born 17January 1908, would have been 34-years-old and Hilda was 40, born at…
THE BREWER FAMILY, part 3: Florence Mary (nee Brewer) Hensley
Three photographs, ranging from 1932 to c. 1959, of members of the Brewer family, originally from Timberscombe. All are directly connected by Florence Mary (nee Brewer) Hensley, seen in all three images that were donated by her grand-daughter, Jo…
THE BREWER FAMILY, part 2: Thomas William Brewer, Junr. and Maud Kate (nee Fletcher) Brewer
Thomas William Brewer, Junr.'s birth year is often given as 1873 but on the 1939 England and Wales Register, he listed his birthday as 5 February 1872. Mr. Brewer was the only son of Thomas William and Fanny (nee Palfrey) Brewer of Slade Farm,…
THE BREWER FAMILY, part 1: Thomas William Brewer and Margaret Matilda (nee Knight) Brewer-- following Thomas Brewers in Timberscombe since at least 1760
When Thomas William Brewer died on 12 January 1930 (1), his obituary was headlined "PASSING OF AN OLD PARISHIONER ". It went on to say that he had "passed peacefully away, after a very short illness, in his 88th year". Pictured here in all four…
Fred Beadle, 1872-1959, of Stowey, Clouds, Croydon, Beasley (and more)
Fred Beadle was born in 1872 at Erith, Kent, the son of Frances John (Frank) and Rosa Jane (nee Clayton) Beadle. His father worked as a Coal Merchant and "Railroad Wharfinger" (1), a Middle English and now archaic term for the manager and/or owner…
Fred Andrews Bond, Dairyman, Cowman, Grenadier Guard, Gardener and Sub Postmaster, 1894-1963.
The top photograph is of Frederick Andrews Bond, identified as a dairyman delivering milk around Timberscombe, c. 1910 (1). Fred (as he was called) would be a young dairyman, probably about 15-years-old, as he was born 17 October 1894 in Roadwater…
The Weddings of Lily Stenner and Bessie Stenner at St. Petrock's, in 1908 and 1915
The top two photographs offer striking views of the closing ceremonies of early 20th century weddings at St. Petrock's Church in Timberscombe. The brides are sisters, which surely accounts for some of the similarities in the photographs but cannot…
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Timberscombe Cricket Club Players, Patrons and Supporters, in the Earlier 1960's (including the Rev. J.P. Martin)
An undated photograph, likely in the early 1960's, of a gathering at the Timberscombe Cricket Club on Cowbridge Road. It must have been an important…