Yes I certainly will. U have been very helpful ..from me and my family. Thank you xhi lisa happy to help i have just looked again at the list of names on the memorial in my book and yes nellie duggans name IS also there it was added to the list at a later date...i have 2 rellies on the memorial and have taken photos of their names..at least you now know that the facts you were given are correct...have a great christmas and will you keep us informed about any developements regarding finding out who your dads dad was
lyn
No I didn't know this. 23rd March is my youngest sisters birthday. Xand just to finish lisa i have been looking at your grandad edward duggans ww1 service records which makes very interesting reading...you may already know this but if not he died on 23rd march 1919 from influenza and pheumonia at little bromwich hospital..
lyn
more digging. This is where Nellie ended up. Your have to excuse me I'm just so excited at finding out about my nan.
So pleased we could help you Lisa, like Lyn said if you find out any more please let us know. I lived in gordon Street, off Garrison Lane when I was young and the maisonettes were built on the site where houses had been bombed. I never realised until quite lately how badly that area had been affected.
All the best, Lynn.
Yes very traumatic, very sad. His cousin informed me that my dad had a very hard life..As an adult he developed MS in his early forties then cancer and died aged just 52 ..I wonder sometimes if the shock bought on the MS ..I always remember my mom saying nellie adored my dad but after her mom died she had no support and so put him into care..then she ended up in Barnsley hall hospital and died aged just 25..its a very sad story.lisa it must have been very traumatic for a young lad of just 6 to be involved in the bombings and to most likely witness his mom being taken to hospital never to come home awful as war was
lyn
Hi Lisa there was a Jim Duggan i worked with at Severn Trent Water, i was a Joiner and he worked with the gangs putting new pipes into the ground , he also did a lot on the union side. Raz XDid you see this Lisa?
I see my Great Grandmother Hannah Tovey. What is the document. ?Did you see this Lisa?
Thanks. The duggan is quite a common name really. It's the place they grew up and the name together that's of interest to me. We may be related tho.Hi Lisa there was a Jim Duggan i worked with at Severn Trent Water, i was a Joiner and he worked with the gangs putting new pipes into the ground , he also did a lot on the union side. Raz X
Obituary?I see my Great Grandmother Hannah Tovey. What is the document. ?
Lyn, Whitfields was a bedstead maker factory in Watery Lane, so possibly Hannah worked there at the time?
Lynn.
Last Name | Forename(s) | Date of Injury | Location of Injury | Age | Civil Defence Status | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Duggins | Nellie | 22/11/1940 | Whitfields, Watery Lane | Civilian | View | |
Tovey | Hannah | 22/11/1940 | Whitfields, Watery Lane | 60 | Civilian |
Would it be beacuse she died in Worcestershire Lyn? The UK Civilian list where I found those 2 entries is divided up into the different counties. Bit of a mystery why she was taken there, unless she too was doing war work. Do you know the dates Bordesley Green was bombed?
Lynn.
Interesting Lyn, i hadnt spotted you could click on it for more information. So perhaps Hannah died instantly but Nellie was taken to the Emergency hospital in Worcestershire, as she died a month after Hannah?
Lynn
lynn i would think that is highly likely yes clicking on the extra info can be very useful info wise...again so sad that both hannah and nellie were both working at whitfields at the time it was bombed and nellies son ronnie lost both his mom and his nan...yet another case of being in the wrong place at the wrong time
Wow thank you..so I assume if I want to apply for a death certificate for Nellie i do so from Bromsgrove registry as Nellie died Barnsley Hall in bromsgrove..?yes its hannahs obituary lisa this is from the birmingham air raids site ...watery lane is off garrison lane..as you said earlier nellie duggan died in hospital from her wounds...all very sad...interesting to read that hannah did not die at the house where she lived so it looks like she was visiting someone in watery lane when the bomb hit being in the wrong place at the wrong time which i have seen so many times
Hannah Tovey Address 6 Block, 6 House, West Holme, Garrison Lane. was killed on the 22 November 1940 at Whitfields, Watery Lane. Hannah was 60 years of age when this happened.
lyn
Is that a spelling error on Nellie's last name? It says Duggins not Duggan.ahh well done lynn i have now found both nellie duggan and hannah tovey on the BARRA site...they must have both been working at whitfields bedstead makers when it was hit...on the 39 register nellies occupation is an assembler
Last Name Forename(s) Date of Injury Location of Injury Age Civil Defence Status Duggins Nellie 22/11/1940 Whitfields, Watery Lane Civilian View Tovey Hannah 22/11/1940 Whitfields, Watery Lane 60 Civilian
Yes I wondered as to why Bromsgrove ...although I have read somewhere Barnsley hall was used as a military hospital during ww1 and then again during ww1Would it be beacuse she died in Worcestershire Lyn? The UK Civilian list where I found those 2 entries is divided up into the different counties. Bit of a mystery why she was taken there, unless she too was doing war work. Do you know the dates Bordesley Green was bombed?
Lynn.
Ww2 I mean.Yes I wondered as to why Bromsgrove ...although I have read somewhere Barnsley hall was used as a military hospital during ww1 and then again during ww1
Is that a spelling error on Nellie's last name? It says Duggins not Duggan.