The Friends of Key Hill & Warstone Lane Cemetery shows the entry below. This is my GF's step brother and I wondered where the information for the entry was obtained as my GGM was also known as Annie Bennett. In 1901, at the time my GGF (also John Bennett) died , the family were living in Clissold street. The occupants were listed as Annie Bennett, widow, Frederick Usher, librarian plus my GF, John and his other siblings, from a previous marriage, who are shown as Rosa and Norman S (indicating Smith). Is there any way the website entry can be amended to include my GGMs missing former name? My GGM seems to have had traumatic life, outliving 4 husbands, all of whom, including herself, were laid to rest in Warstone Cemetery. At the time of Frederick's death she was living in Boulton Road Handsworth.
Ps this prompted a recollection from my Dad who, along with my GF helped clear out the house in Boulton Road after Annie died in 1941. She had collection of newspapers, laid neatly in several chests, covering the whole of the WW1 period. My GGF kindly donated many them to a local chip shop and burned the rest in the back garden along with other stuff. At some point My GF asked my Dad if he had emptied any contents from a vase. My Dad said that he had thrown everything on the fire. My GF went quite pale and he made everyone take cover - it appears the vase contained a clip of WW1 rifle ammunition - which duly went off in the back garden! Not sure who it belonged to as I don't think Frederick saw active service, so it could have been my GF or his Brother Norman?
Remembering Gunner Frederick USHER 31713 Royal Field Artillery died 10 June 1920 in Aston, Birmingham. Buried in Warstone Lane Cemetery.
Frederick birth is indexed in the March Quarter 1885 Birmingham. His parents were Alfred James USHER and Annie USHER nee THOMAS, formerly known as Annie SMITH and later known as Annie JARMAN.
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