Looking for the rich/price family

[Astoness]

hi folks i have here some little treasures..trouble is they are not my treasures and i would dearly love to give them back to the family they belong to..they have been in my brothers safe keeping for some years now cant be sure if he got them from a car boot or found them in skip...

looking peter roy rich or any members of his family..peter was baptised at st pauls church bordesley green in 1926 and in later years lived at 31 clifton road sutton coldfield...it really would be great if i could give these back

here are the things i have..

his baptism card..

 

[Astoness]

road operators certificate dated 1956

 

[Astoness]

on the back of this photo it says P R RICH and gives the address as 31 clifton road sutton coldfield

 

[Astoness]

and last is this old postcard on the back it says alfred john rich aged 2 years 2 months...no date..

 

[MWS]

Alfred J Rich birth registered Bham 1919 (mmn Price)

Peter Roy Rich born 28 Apr 1926 birth registered Bham S (mmn Price) death reg Bham 1976.

Neville R Rich birth registered Bham S 1928 (mmn Price)

Alfred H Rich marriage to Lilian G Price registered Aston 1917

Alfred Henry Rich born 13 Jan 1896 Dawlish death reg Bham 1974

Lilian Gertrude Price born 17 Mar 1897 Southwark (?) death reg Bham 1977

 

[MWS]

There's only one marriage registered in Bham for a Peter R Rich and that's in 1971 to an Anne B Duffy.

Only the one birth for a Neville R Rich in England between 1911 and 1955 and only one marriage reg in Blackpool 1949 to a Doris K Lunn.

There are 4 Rich/Lunn children registered all in Blackpool - Donald R 1949, Barry D 1951, Sandra L 1953 & Lisa Louise 1967.

 

[MWS]

Neville R seemed to be still living in 2012 in Blacpool.

And there's a an Alfred J Rich listed as living in Sutton Coldfield in 2002 - 2004.

Can't see any death for an appropriate Alfred J Rich and there are some marriages but not in Bham/Sutton Coldfield.

 

[Astoness]

fantastic MWS and so fast as well..i think you have just confirmed that the other photos i have here are of lillian gertrude price b 1897 southwark which is in london and she marr alfred rich 1917 aston...will just sort them out and post them...

many thanks

lyn

 

[MWS]

There are marriages for Barry, Sandra and Lisa in Blackpool and Barry and Lisa seem to have had children.

 

[Astoness]

so looking like peter rich was lillians son and he passed away a year before his mom...

 

[Astoness]

MWS see what you think...this is a pic of who i beleive to be lillian gertrude price b 1897 southwark london..the photographer was fred viner walworth road ive googed that it was in southwark..if this is lillian you will see from the following photos that she has a very distintive face especially the eyes...

 

[Astoness]

this is a touching letter to lily from her dad who was living at rochester house southwark (wonder what sort of place that was) looks like the date could be 1907 or 9 ???

 

[Astoness]

postard lily sent with a photo of herself on it dated 17.12.16 so mid ww1 postcard comes from washwood heath road..

 

[Astoness]

another post card sent by lily dated june 7th 1917

 

[Astoness]

post card sent by lily june 27th 1917 to her mom and dad

 

[Astoness]

got a visitor will put the others on asap

lyn

 

[Astoness]

think this could be lily with hubby alfred...just wondering what the colours on his jacket signifies.

 

[Astoness]

lily in garden with i would think one of her children...

 

[Astoness]

older lady with same child

 

[Astoness]

child in garden

 

[Astoness]

lily at seaside..

 

[brummie nick]

think this could be lily with hubby alfred...just wondering what the colours on his jacket signifies.

They look like medal ribbons.

 

[Astoness]

They look like medal ribbons.

hi nick they could well be..dont know why but the first thing that sprang to my mind was naval ribbons...dont know why as i am useless at that sort of thing lol

lyn

 

[Astoness]

just had an idea to look on ancestry to see if anyone has a family tree thats connected to this family..so many times people throw away old family photos never thinking that in years to come there could be folk desperate to see anything of their rellies...in this case its not just one photo but several so for now i shall keep them safe in the hopes that they can find their rightful home...

 

[MWS]

There's a definite resemblance between the girl and the other photos to my eye.

Some really lovely photos and I would be very pleased if someone had photos like that of my family.

 

[Astoness]

i agree MWS a collection of smashing family photos etc just hope that one day someone turns up to claim them..only had a quick look on ancestry for family trees but no luck so far...thanks again for the research you did it really helped...

lyn

 

[pjmburns]

this is a touching letter to lily from her dad who was living at rochester house southwark (wonder what sort of place that was) looks like the date could be 1907 or 9 ???

There is a Rochester House Southwark which is a listed building at 45 Dolben Street, Camberwell. I can't at the moment find it in an old directory to see what it was used for in 1907.

Janice

 

[Astoness]

thanks janice i bet that is the one....will try and find out what it was used for around 1907

lyn

 

[Astoness]

janice not sure if ive got this right but ive just been on street view and it looks like the building is now called thompson house..there is a blue plaque up but i cant zoom in to make out what it says...

lyn

 

[Astoness]

the blue plaque is for mary wollestonecraft early womens activist...still need to try and find out what the building was used for though..