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Gem & Clive's 3rd Anniversary - some memories of Mauritius

Belle Mare Plage, Mauritius, 19 May 2009.

What a gorgeous family we have :)

The Holts - Martin, Stephen, Gemma, Clive and Elaine

Will, Martin, Grandad, Stephen, Steve, Grandma and Clive.

 All I can hear in my head looking at this photo is the song "lets hear it for the boys"!

 Elaine, Clive, Nigel and Stephen.

 The Merrow-Smiths - Steve, Gemma, Clive and Will.

What a fabulous turn-out in Aber.

Good to see the sun and I hope everything went well.
 I wish I could have been there, but I am afraid my running days are over God Bless You All.   Dad

Kate Lisa and Molly running the 'Race for Life' Sunday 13th May

The Smiths

mail, a photo by crestweed on Flickr.

Jazzer Smith the day before his 28th birthday

THANK YOU ALL,  Dad

Two Beautiful Mums

Cathy and Mother, a photo by crestweed on Flickr.

Molly's hair joujoued up daily by Joanne of Wheatley

May 11

Think of my beautiful Mum today on what would be her birthday

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Shamley Green

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Memories

Thanks for this.
Mum and I walked up this little road way back, and stood outside STREATLEY
As part of my nostalgia we also went to a little village called Shamley Green where my Auntie Kathleen lived and where I got over my childhood illness.  There was a motor cycle racing track not far away and I can still smell the petrolly smell of those bikes, even today. It wasn't petrol but some high powered essence.

High Path Road

Francis Frith photos It is hard to imagine isn't it what it was like in those days during and after the world wars as attitudes to being told what to do have changed so much for good reason, but to do so makes one wonder how one may or may not have coped.

The interest for me has been ignited perhaps by tributes to the Falkland campaigners from 30 years ago, many of the survivors still damaged, enduring post traumatic stress, flash backs and loss of faculty with family members unable to help.

Granddad Len's luck was remarkable coming from High Path Road in Merrow. From this small village, 10 of the 44 that fell came from his road.

Family Tree

I never knew my Grandfather - he must have died before Beryl was born in 1925, as he is not on Beryl's Christening photo, but Grandma, Dad's younger brother Edgar and Auntie Kathleen and Freddie are.

You mention Anthony, but he was known to me as Freddie.   I didn't know him very well as he was born in Canada.  We never mixed.  I don't know how he died.  Only Beryl would have known that but she hated him, as he 'tried it on' with her.

Tree

Great Aunt Kathleens son Anthony died in Windsor in 1940 aged 18.
Any idea how?

What about Great Grandad Smith?

He only lasted a few years after the Great War didn't he?


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family tree - Merrows

family tree - Merrows

William Smith (1867) married Lilian Spooner (1869) in 1895 Leonard William Smith born in Woking 12/4/1897, died in London on 18th March 1965, who married Patricia Martha Arnell (b.14/4/1903) on 4/6/1924 in Cowes, Isle of Wight, Died in John Radcliffe Infirmary Oxford 20th October 1965. Children; Leonicia Beryl, born 11/4/1925, Patrick Hugh Merrow 29/3/1927, June Marjory (17/6/29) and Denis Basil Merrow on 11/7/1933 (d.1992).
1. Lenny, (Leonicia Beryl. born in Haskell Road, Parkhurst, Isle of Wight on 11th April 1925) Married Alan Jeffrey Woolhouse on 28/12/46 (d.5. November 1992) children Linda June 18/6/1950 (d,2006) and Susan on 30/6/1952. (Who married Kevin Nicholas in Gower, South Wales, one child Katey. Later divorced from Kevin and married Keith Edwards in Kidderminster.
2. Patrick (Patrick Hugh Merrow, born 13 Rooke Street, Parkhurst, Isle of Wight on 29th March 1927) Married Margaret Sylvia Morgan (11/05/1929) on 26/12/1953. Sadly she died on 11th February 2010 Children Stephen Hugh (13/10/1954) who married Barbara Steele, in 1979 and who sadly died of leukaemia in John Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford in 1978. Children Gemma Elaine (23/3/79 in Middlesborough) and William ?John born 3/2/1980 in Aldershot.
Catherine Margaret (26/7/1956) who met John Roberts in 1984. Not married but 3 Children Edmund Liam Merrow-Smith(2/5/1991, Thomas Huw Roberts Merrow-Smith and Kate Nellie Merrow-Smith.
Julian Andrew (24/2/1959) married Ruth Eleanor Phillips (13.February 1964) on 29/10/01, adopted Louis Joseph in May 2011, born in Mali West Africa on 13/10/2009
Nicholas John(1960) married Karen Dodwell in Brill, Bucks on 19th October 1965, divorced and later married Jen Hwei Sng in Singapore on 17/1/98. Children Claire En (27/11/99) and Daniel (8/12/2002)
Peter James(21st December 1963) m. Janet Hamilton Rowe(25/7/60) Children Jessica Hamilton (6/9/91), 

Leonard William Merrow-Smith
If you want to learn more about Leonard, read Dad's Diary -  The First Merrows, You will see he was born in Woking and lived all his early life in High Path Road, Merrow

Great Grandfather

One of the problems of tracing our male line past Granddad Len is how many Smiths there are in the records and how many William Smiths there were in Surrey- and how big Surrey was in the 19th century.

Brixton and South Norwood were both in the county at the time.

However, the fact that the 18 year old Leonard met his father in while both were serving in Malta in 1915 has lead me to this record.
Do we think Great Grandfather Smith was born in Croydon?

This record is for the duration of the war and relates to working on the railways. I wonder if the given address is related to his previous employment.
Interesting to note that in the Merrow Village online community site, there is reference to Mrs Smith of Streatly Cottage High Path Road Merrow receiving news that Private L Smith had passed through the action unscathed.


Does it ring any bells

ancestors

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