Henry Percy Greathead Posted 28 November 2013 by Jan CooperHenry’s parents were Henry Percy and Eliza Greathead née Hunt both born in England. They married on 3 March 1889 and in April they set off on the Steam Ship Lusitania in April 1889 on an unassisted passage arriving in Sydney on 4 May 1889 to set up home in Australia. Their first son was born on 28 January 1890 but died shortly after. Henry Percy [Click to continue…]
John Edward PASK Posted 26 November 2013 by Stuart PaskJohn Edward PASK was born on 20 May 1873 in Manthorpe, Lincolnshire. He was the youngest son of John and Ann PASK née BELL. His father died on 30 April 1880 in Manthorpe, at the age of 62, leaving his mother with their two sons George Thomas PASK (1863-1919), and John Edward PASK, to bring up. In the census of 3 April 1881 in Bottom Road, Manthorpe, [Click to continue…]
Reginald George Rayment Posted 16 August 2017 by Roy RaymentReginald George Rayment was born on 24th January 1891 at Bengeo in Hertfordshire, England, the seventh and last child of a coachman named Isaac Rayment and his wife Jane Rayment née Knight. Reginald married Ethel Mary Fortnum at St Michael and All Angels Church in Paddington, London on 2nd August 1913 and they then worked together at Hertford [Click to continue…]
Stanley Edmund Hoe Posted 10 July 2019 by Linda HoeStanley was the eldest surviving son of William Henry Hoe and his 2nd wife Gertrude Wingate. Stanley Edmund was baptised on 11th August 1898, in Gainsborough Lincolnshire. In the 1911 England census, Stanley is the eldest of 4 children at home and attending school. On the 4th August 1914 Britain declares war on Germany. At first only men aged 18-41 [Click to continue…]
George William Ivall Posted 6 May 2014 by Philip TaylorGeorge William Ivall was born on 8 November 1880 in Somers Town, an area of North London between Euston and St Pancras Stations. His parents were George (1853-1932, a cabinet maker) and Alice Ivall (1856-1935, maiden name Newman). They had five children : Alice Elizabeth (1877-1939), George William (1880-1934), Rosa (1884-1884), Rose Lily (1885-1965) [Click to continue…]