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Pike Family
published by Eddie Prest - 7 years 9 months 15 days ago.
I have just started to develop a family tree. My grandfather was George Richard Charles Pike born in wsm in 1892. My great grandfather was Alexander James Pike, born in 1847/8, died in 1900. Alexander and family lived in Rose Lawn (now the Citizens Advice Bureau), having purchased it from Hans Price. My grandfather's brother William E Pike lived in wsm all his life, lastly in Bleadon. His wife was Edith, my grandfather's wife was Lillian. Alexander was married twice, first to Mary Ann Flower in 1869, then to Sarah Maria Ann Dance in 1890. There were ten children, five from each marriage. Can anyone expand this thread at all please?

Henry Butt
published by Les Martels - 7 years 9 months 15 days ago.

It was so good to find that Henry Butt was a person as years ago,  my mother told me a tale of when she first met my father.  She was in the Winter Gardens with her little sister in the early 1930's when my father approached her and started 'chatting her up'.  She asked him his name and he told her Henry (true) and when she pressed him for his surname, he supposedly looked at a plaque on the wall or bench and read Henry BUTT so told her his name was Henry Butt.  It must have worked as she married him a short while later when she was only 18.


Queen Alexandra's Memorial Hospital
published by Pat Hase - 7 years 9 months 15 days ago.

The building, situated in the Boulevard, is still there but now converted into housing called Henry Butt House BS23 1NF. Regarding the medal,

I have now assertained (from Brian Austin who also has a medal given to one of his family) that they were presented by Henry Butt to those who contributed to the fund raising.


Queen Alexandra's Memorial Hospital
published by - 7 years 9 months 18 days ago.

I thank you very much Pat for the information and the postcard image, is the hospital still standing and where was it constructed, I am guessing on the sea front. My interest in this medal is growing, who was given these medals, were they given on the grand opening of the Hospital? 


Queen Alexandra's Memorial Hospital
published by Pat Hase - 7 years 9 months 18 days ago.

Whar an interesting find!   The Hopital was opened in 1928 by the Duke and Duchess of York (Later King George VI and Queen Elizabeth (known to us all today as the Queen Mother)

Much of the funding for the hospital was raised by Henry Butt who was later the first Mayor of Weston in 1937.Weston Hospital - the Boulevard

 


Susanna Tripp and Samuel Day
published by - 7 years 9 months 21 days ago.

Hi Debbie,

I hope you find what you need I can't think of anything to try except the burial records to see what they could suggest, but I like you have to work out where in the vast family tree of my grandad's Samuel fits in. It doesn't help that they use the same names so much, but I am sure I will get there like you.  


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