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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 29 Jul 2026

Richard Marshall - 1810
Thomas Cale - 1825
Alice Ripley - 1880
Reginald Lucraft - 1885
Annie Maria Shotton - 1886
Servall Herbert - 1895
William Edward Kirkham - 1896
HarriettTownsend Yapp - 1918
George Edward Price - 1921
Phyllis Mary Parrock - 1924

Anniversaries

Anniversaries for 29 Jul 2026

Charles Smith & Hannah Wray - 1843
Thomas Wyatt & Sarah Willoughby - 1865
James Richard Ward & Emma Elizabeth Onions - 1882
William Jesse Twining & Nellie Hyliands - 1911
Arthur Allison & Kate Maud Dukes - 1911
Ernest John Smith & Susan Hollie Yapp - 1920
Sidney Ernest Lewis & Ethel May Neal - 1925
James Wood Pepper & Hettie Clara Herbing - 1926
John William James & Pamela May Kemp - 1950

Deaths

Deaths for 29 Jul 2026

Alice Gertrude Bennett - 1916
Mary Alice Crowther - 1921
Robert Franklin Reynard - 1929
Martin Theodore Harrison - 1944
Myrtle F Miller - 1967
Thomas Mills - 1978
Leslie Harry Coates - 1985

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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