Recent content by carolannesmith

these are my family i had assumed my grandad was younger than he was. yes, he was born in 1880 in alton, hamps and died in1925 in aston brum. the young herbert would have been my uncle who died in the canal. hav u any advice how i might research his death, either an inquest or a report in the...

i have had some luck with my family tree:- grandad Herbert thomas sawkins b1880 alton, hampshire d1925 aston, bham. wife annie simpson died when she fell on a house fire in aston. his elder brother sidney james sawkins b1877, i lose track of him. can't work out whether he died when 6 or moved...

i am carol sawkins and lynne n hil r my sisters. whats ur name?

this is my grandma and uncle. thank u so so much. cas

this is def my family. all ties in with family history. grandad died when my father frederick (born 1915) was young, poss in 1925. frederick, dad, married my mom in 1940 and moved out. his suviving brother alfred then lived with his mom in wolsey street til she died in house fire in 1963...

born around 1890. married to annie simpson in 1914. father of three boys Frederick, Herbert and Alfred. His fathers name was also Herbert Thomas, his son herbert died i believe by drowning in a canal in 1926. any help with my grandfathers details would be greatly appreciated, unable to find him...

i agree i think this is my grandad although i think he may have been born in 1890 but i can't find him on the 1911 census! anyluck with his father of the same name?

as stated in title completely new t site. i hav had a little luck with census but am struggling t research my dad's family. his surname was sawkins and both his father and grandfather were called herbert thomas sawkins. my grandfather married annie simpson in 1914 when he was 24 and she was 27...