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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 22 Aug 2026

Elizabeth Hussey Tarrant - 1817
Charles Arthur Skinner - 1874
Wilbur Franklin Dudley - 1880
Thomas Humphrey Andrews - 1890
Elsie May Bailey - 1897
Charles Henry Price - 1903
Male Hartwick - 1906
Edward Ernest Foulger - 1911
Thomas Upchurch Merry West - 1912
Reginald Wood Lucraft - 1914
James Aubrey Roberts - 1921
Olwen Eileen James - 1925
Olive Violet Clendon - 1927
Florence A Jones - 1930

Anniversaries

Anniversaries for 22 Aug 2026

William Jones & Harriet Clarke - 1858
William Hulme & Rosanna Elcock - 1880
Danzy George Challis & Florence Blanche Franklin - 1900
Richard Harold Yapp & Mary Jean Pauls - 1942

Deaths

Deaths for 22 Aug 2026

Thomas Cale - 1849
Male Hartwick - 1906
Edward Jones Higgins - 1964
George Henry Samuel Carter - 1965
Iva Mae Allen - 1971
Sarah Ellen Kirkham - 1977
Thelma Joan Mann - 1982

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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