Eleanor Davies Posted 20 November 2014 by Departed MemberEleanor Davies, Royal Red Cross and BarMy great aunt Eleanor Davies was born 24 Dec 1875 in Glasgow (the daughter of Warren Davies and Eleanor (formerly Sewell). Warren Davies, an iron puddler from Newport, Monmouthshire, and Eleanor Sewell, from Newcastle upon Tyne, were married by Primitive Methodist Minister John Davison on 14 Jun 1872 at the [Click to continue…]
William David Ivall Posted 23 April 2014 by Philip TaylorWilliam David Ivall was a son of Harry Ivall (1869-1935), who married Emily Ann Carpenter (1862-1942) in 1896 in Hemel Hempstead, where Emily was born. They moved to Upton Park, West Ham where they had three children, Hilda Maria (born 1897), William David (born 1898) and Harry Robert Ivall (b1905). The 1901 census shows Harry (32, a draper’s assistant), [Click to continue…]
James Arthur Rayment Posted 12 September 2017 by Roy RaymentJames Arthur Rayment was born on 6th September 1889 at Balwyn in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. He was the fourth of eight children from the marriage of James Rayment and Harriet Ratten but was only eight years old when his mother Harriet died. Brought up by his father he did reasonably well at school, after leaving which he earned his living as a [Click to continue…]
James Oliver Drake Posted 8 January 2015 by Departed MemberJames Oliver Drake was born in 1898 in Weymouth, Dorset, the older son of James and Blanche (formerly Oliver). James was a Private with the 1st Battalion of the King's Liverpool Regiment, and died 16 Apr 1918. His name is on the Arras Memorial (Bay 3) For more on this Dorset family contact me on drake@one-name.org