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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 17 Oct 2026

Gertrude Mary Parker - 1880
Evelyn Ryder - 1886
Winnifred Martha Forbes - 1898
Charles Henry Martin - 1921
Ronald James Rea - 1924
Mercy Joyce Roberts - 1925
Edward John Thurgood - 1927
Stanley Gordon Assinder - 1932
Arline Marian Eaton Roberts - 1933

Anniversaries

Anniversaries for 17 Oct 2026

Benjamin Moss & Jemima Hanks - 1722
William Tarrant & Mary Ricks - 1767
James James & Eliza Timms - 1839
Samuel Collett & Rebecca Tonks - 1853
James Smithson & Patience Andrews - 1864
George Embra & Sarah Ann Gardner - 1880
Mark Embra & Annie Newman - 1908
Arthur Vernon Baynes & Primrose Alexandra Day - 1926

Deaths

Deaths for 17 Oct 2026

James John Crawford - 1926
Charles Smith Millican - 1932
Percy Herbert Corbett - 1961
Daisy Easter - 1964
Muriel Blanche Galliers - 1973
Stanley Brewster - 1980
Ronald James Green - 2012

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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