This photo was taken on April 23rd, 1938 after the wedding at Emmanuel Church, Weston-super-Mare of Sydney Arthur SMART (known as Jack) and Louisa Evelyn WATKINS. The reception, where this photo was taken was held above the Co-op on the corner of Whitecross Road and Severn Road. The bride was wearing a pale blue dress and the bridesmaids were in Ivory with hats to match.
Their daughter, society member, Ann CURRY, can name all in the photograph but is curious to know whether anyone else knows anything about the family.
In the back row, from left to right are:
Leonard SMART, brother of the groom, who later was a newsagent in Locking Road
Ernest Edward SMART, father of the groom, who lived in Sandford Road,
Iris SMART, née HARTREE, wife of Leonard
William JERVIS, brother-in law of the bride, married to her sister, Bessie
The Groom – Sydney Arthur SMART – known as Jack
The Bride – Louisa Evelyn WATKINS
Alfred Augustus WATKINS, father of the bride
Leonard PIPER, nephew of the bride
Lily PIPER, née WATKINS, sister of the bride
Oswald PIPER, brother-in law of the bride, married to Lily
Seated in the front are, from left to right:
Druzilla SMART, née TEECE, mother of the groom
Frances SMART, sister of the groom
Mary Jane WATKINS, known as Jenny, sister of the bride
Honor Elizabeth JERVIS née WATKINS, known as Bessie, sister of the bride and wife of William JERVIS – She is wearing black as she is in mourning for their two-year-old daughter, Ann Rose Elizabeth (Betty) who had died from meningitis in February 1938.
There are several graves in Milton Road Cemetery for members of these families. If anyone is researching them please let us know so that Ann can continue her research. She is particularly interested in her mother’s family – the WATKINS. The birth of Louisa Evelyn WATKINS, Ann’s mother, was registered in Bedwelty in 1917, her parents being Alfred Augustus WATKINS and Annie BAKER who were married there in 1900. Thank you
Clevedon cars published by Marion Hollingsbee on Mon, 26/06/2017 - 21:34
I wonder if anyone is able to go to the Salthouse pub in Clevedon and see if there is a metal plaque on a wall there which advertises Stephens cars. I had a photo which a friend, who isn't local, took for me, but I have mislaid it. If someone could take a photo and email it to me I'd be grateful. I live a long way away. The cars still take part in the Veteran car race each year, being privately owned. My grandfather, Charles Abraham Palmer, worked for Richard Stephens, and we have an original mounted photo, with him driving one of the cars (steering lever, no steering wheel). I'd be so pleased if someone is able to help. marionhollingsbee@gmail.com
I am trying to research my grandmothers occupation and from conversations with my family I understand she worked for R J Drapers who had a factory in Clevedon. I've been trying to research online but even their own website doesn't mention the factory except to say the facilities were taken over by the company in the 1950s.
Does anyone know of the address or is anyone able to point me in the right direction for my research. I would like to get a bit more information about my grandmothers time with the company. Would it be acceptable to email the company to see if they hold any records about her time with them?
My Aunt Miss Debra Kim Wightman died before I was born and am finding it difficult to get any information other that her date of birth - 3 Aug 1960 and the date of registration of her death May 1985 (Both events registered in WSM
I have been told she died after falling from (or jumping from!) a bridge in Bristol and her body was found some 3 months later
I have looked at various online newspaper databases but cannot see anything for this area or time period :(
I hope to be able to travel to WSM at somepoint and try the local library myself, in the meantime would anyone have any information on her?
We had a query in the library yesterday from someone who has recently moved into Palmer Street in Weston wanting to know more about John PALMER after whom Palmer Street is said to be named. He was christened in Worle in 1807 s/o William & Mary and can be traced through the censuses living in Weston as a Builder until his death in 1878 when he was buried in Weston Cemetery. He was a member of the Burial Board set up to oversee the planning of the Cemetery in the 1850s and was responsible for the building of the Cemetery Chapels and the top lodge, as well as other buildings in Weston-super-Mare and the surrounding area.
His parents were William PALMER and Mary PAIN who were married in Banwell in 1805 - Has anyone researched this family further?
Are any members of W-s-M FHS also members of Somerset and Dorset FHS? If so, can you tell me if they offer access to parish transcriptions in the same detail that Weston-super-Mare FHS provides? I belong to several other family history societies and I have not yet found one that provides the level of information and support that Weston does.
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