My 2xgreat grandparents suffered the loss of two baby daughters before Ellen, their 11th child, was born. She grew up in Redbourn, and worked as a machinist in a waterproof clothing factory in nearby St Albans, Hertfordshire. War seems to have been a backdrop to much of her family life. WW1 saw her marry and … Continue reading Ellen Ephgrave (1889-1969): Wars and Waterproofs
Essex
Harriett Elizabeth Stocking (1879-1945): A large family
Harriett was the fourth of my 2xgreat grandparents' 19 children and had her own large family of ten with her husband Alfred Edmund Ilott Bishop. They lived their lives in Camberwell and then Norwood in London, dying in the final throws of WW2. They gave a home to her widowed sister and their ten children … Continue reading Harriett Elizabeth Stocking (1879-1945): A large family
Fage sons in WW1: Fred, Albert and Jesse
My maternal great grandparents had eight children, seven of whom survived to adulthood. Their three sons all joined the forces and fought in WW1, and one was taken Prisoner of War. My grandmother would have been 17 when war broke out; she and the rest of the family no doubt had an anxious time waiting … Continue reading Fage sons in WW1: Fred, Albert and Jesse
My Stocking Roots 