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I have a wonderful photograph of my Grandmother and Grandfathers wedding in Birmingham 1915. I can identify some of the Jarrett - Robinson family but there are still many that i have no idea who they are and am wondering if anyone out there in the Jarrett - Robinson family would know.
So the...
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...