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Actually, originally posted under Amy Parkinson (her maiden name)...hope it's not confusing, but I've had no responses in the two years it's been there...& perhaps the Robinson surname (from her second husband) is more logical.
Her son was Geoffrey York Wade (one of 4 sons actually) & he...
This is my grandfather.
Geoffrey was born in 1902 while his family were living living at 253 Dudley Rd (I think!).
His parents were Alfred M (b1862 Newport; d1907) and Amy (b1868, nee Parkinson; remarried 1913 Tom Robinson; d1952).
He first married a Russian emigree, Lydia (or Leeda) Garkina (or...
This is my great grandmother.
In 1891 Amy was living at 14 Sandon Rd Edgbaston with her parents William (b1844 South Shields; a schools inspector; died 1903) and Eliza (b1845 Chelsea; d1935), and siblings Edith and Thomas Maynard, a bank clerk (he emigrated to South Africa, as had an elder...