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Five Family Trees from both my sides of the family and my husband's family as well. Also included the Badcock/Peace side from my aunt.Her grandmother, Mary Eliza Meaker had walked around the Thurloxton area of Somerset getting the reocrds of her family from the local churches, probably around 1900.

The James family originally came from Chipping Campden, before moving to Birmingham for work. Other James families stayed in the area and some also moved down to Kent.

The Bowen name didn't start out life as Bowen but Bown/e. Only this side of the family changed the name. The family are originally from Leicestershire.

The Young family originate in Hull, East Yorkshire.

The Kirkham family originate in Madeley, Shropshire. Many of the family were miners and moved around mining towns across the England.

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Birthdays

Birthdays for 12 Oct 2026

Alice Elizabeth Alker - 1860
Eliza Emily Green - 1862
Mary Ann Elizabeth Venn - 1883
Agnes Cunningham - 1897
Mary Frances Meikle - 1901
Frances Stewart Howell - 1903
Hannah Harrison - 1906
Stella Ciceley Smith - 1908
Mary Florece Hornbuckle - 1909
John Clifford Barwick - 1912
Arthur James Bunten - 1916
William James Chapman - 1921
Donald Simpson - 1925
Bruce Joseph Collier - 1926

Anniversaries

Anniversaries for 12 Oct 2026

William James & Elizabeth Dunn - 1813
Ebenezer William North & Alice Lovell - 1890
Edwin Sykes & Clarice Higgins - 1924
John Attwood & Lilian Abel - 1929

Deaths

Deaths for 12 Oct 2026

Harold H Herbert - 1918
Francis Millican - 1920
Emma James - 1935
Annie Clara Mason - 1958
Hannah Hodgetts - 1958
Rowland Cullingford - 1983
William Brian Bown - 2007
John Barry Gill - 2016

People

William Yapp — William Henry Yapp

Born 20 March 1867, Rochford, Worcestershire

Died 3 February 1936 5, Hawkesley Drive, Northfield

Stella Yapp — Stella Mamie Yapp

Born 3 March 1896, Meadow Green, Whitbourne, Herefordshire

Died 6 October 1973, 5, Hawkesley Drive, Northfield

Edna Yapp — Edna Cecilia Yapp

14 June 1898, Meadow Green, Whitbourne, Herefordshire

15 September 1992, Stratford upon Avon, Warwickshire

Sybil Yapp — Sybil Winifred Yapp

24 March 1902, Droitwich, Worcestershire

1985, Birmingham, West Midlands

Places

Hawkesley Drive — Hawkesley Drive

Home of the Yapp family between abt 1918 and 1973

Oakwood Farm — Oakwood Farm

Home of the Bowen family between abt 1935 and 2003

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