I am trying to trace my Great Grandfather's family. His name was Lewis John Ball and I believe that he was born in Hewish c1863 and his family was probably connected with the Railway.
My Grandmother, Grandfather, Uncle and Aunty lived in Nissan huts at a place called Hillend on the outskirts of Banwell, my father and me moved in in about 1953.
The site is now a field and used to be near the aerojet factory which has also now gone to a housing estate. I have located it on google maps and identified the Bus Stop that my Gran used to use on going shopping in Weston.
My query is, has anybody got any photo,s or any stories from Hillend, the whole family was re-housed in Langford in the middle to late 1950's, our hut was situated right at the top of the site.
Any help would be great as I am trying to get my history together for my Grand Children.
I'm researching my grandmother's family,I think they lived at bottom of providence lane,I have a picture which shows her with sibblings David,Grace,Lillian and Dennis outside Rosery cottage in the 1930s.
Their parents were Fredrick Jones 1890-1931 and Elsie Evans 1892-1989
Vera Kathleen Jones(granma) went on too marry. George Amesbury 1912-1991 also from long Ashton
Any info to help build family tree were be amazing.
Hi I have been trying to find the birth registration record for my Great Grandmother Maria Agnes Mitchell she was born in Weston Super Mare in 1863, so I can apply for her birth certificate, the only record I can find with the name is a entry dated 1865 2 years after her birth would they leave it that long to register a birth in those days, any help would be great thanks
I've posted a stray photo on my site. It's identified in ink as "Sally Herbert" and was taken by Sydney Smyth of Waterloo Street, in Weston Super Mare, Somerset. Happy to share a copy.
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