Henry Young-Benson

b. 7 August 1848, d. 15 June 1922
Last Edited: 10 Aug 2016

Family:

Mary Jane Amelia Benson b. 1851, d. 30 May 1946

Elizabeth Fanny Stratton

d. 1901
Last Edited: 24 Oct 2013

Family:

Walter Bartholomew b. 1862, d. 1946

Citations

  1. [S143] General Register Office: Indexes to Marriages, Sep 1837 - 2006, "Jan-Mar 1885, Dartford, Vol 2a Page 499."
  2. [S141] General Register Office: Indexes to Deaths, Sep 1837 - 2006, "Jul-Sep 1901, Dartford, Vol 2a Page 341, age 34 years."

John Bartholomew

b. 14 February 1830
Last Edited: 24 Oct 2013

Family:

Sophie Turner

Child:

Walter Bartholomew+ b. 1862, d. 1946

John Wickens

b. 27 October 1864, d. 22 June 1936

Parents:

Father: Isaac Wickens b. c 1810, d. 1875
Mother: Amelia Hamlin b. c 1823
Last Edited: 1 Apr 2016
  • Birth*: John Wickens was born on 27 October 1864 at St John's, Keymer, Sussex, England.1
  • He was the son of Isaac Wickens and Amelia Hamlin.
  • Residence*: On 5 April 1885 John Wickens lived at 141 High St, Tonbridge, Kent, England.
  • Occupation*: John Wickens was a photographer on 5 April 1885.
  • Marriage*: John Wickens married Elizabeth Williams, daughter of John Williams, on 5 April 1885 at Steyning, Sussex, EnglandB.2
  • Anecdote*: According to his obituary, John and Elizabeth Wickens moved to Wales c1886.
  • Residence*: On 10 June 1888 John Wickens and Elizabeth Williams lived at 10 Crescent, Upper Bangor, Caernarvonshire, Wales.
  • Residence: On 13 March 1900 John Wickens and Elizabeth Williams lived at 42 Holyhead Rd, Bangor, Caernarvonshire, Wales, (from death certificate for their nephew George Hewitt.)
  • Death*: John Wickens died on 22 June 1936 at Ruthin, Denbighshire, Wales, at age 71.3
  • Burial*: John Wickens was buried on 25 June 1936 at Glannada Cemetery, Bangor, Gwynedd, Wales.
  • Anecdote*: Obituary for John Wickens - The Chronicle June 26th 1936

    Death of Mr John Wickens
    A FAMOUS PHOTOGRAPHER
    The death occurred on Monday of Mr John Wickens, photographer, Bangor. He was 71 years of age.
    Throughout the country Mr Wickens was famed as a photographer, especially for his artistic views of Snowdonia and the Menai Straits , which adorn the walls of many residences in England and Wales.
    A native of Sussex, Mr Wickens served his apprenticeship as a photographer in Brighton and came to Bangor over fifty years ago. He made a feature of photographic studies, over which he spent a considerable time and which revealed a high level of artistry. He had three striking photographs of Nant Francon – in summer, winter and in rain. His picture of the Menai Straits taken from the roof the tubular bridge and showing a magnificent sweep of landscape and seascape always arrests the attention of the lover of the beautiful. A picture of which Mr Wickens was justly proud was that of the deer on snow covered Vaynol Park. The photographing of these timid animals was a tedious procedure and Mr Wickens spent many days hidden in a haystack with the lens of his camera peeping out. The deer would not come near the haystack, and Mr Wickens patience was well nigh exhausted when they “lined up” in perfect formation for a picture that is unique in many respects.
    “ROYAL GROUP”
    Another of his pictures and for which he gained the premier award in a national competition at Crystal Palace, was entitled “The Three Graces”. This was a charming group photograph of the daughters of a Wesleyan minister formerly resident in Bangor. Among his best groups was that taken at the entrance to Penrhyn castle on the occasion of the visit of the late King Edward, then Prince of Wales. In this group are King Edward and Queen Alexandra, the Queen of Norway, the second Baron Penrhyn and some of the other leading nobility of North Wales. For this picture Mr Wickens experimented with a new type of plate.
    Especially for one who loved nature and all that was beautiful, a great affliction befell Mr Wickens fifteen years ago when he was bereft of his sight. The business was carried on and is still in charge of his son-in-law Mr G. D. Evans. It was a sad blow for Mr Wickens to be blind but he took his affliction philosophically and made the best of it.
    LEARNT BRAILLE
    One of the first things he did was to learn Braille, being taught by Miss Leighton Greenwood, and he found an inmate in St David’s Hospital whose affliction was even greater than his own, for he was blind deaf and dumb. Mr Wickens regularly visited him at St David’s. He enabled this trebly-afflicted patient to communicate with friends in various parts of the globe, and gave him a new interest in life. He also interested himself in other patients at St David’s, and when in the hospital he was the life and soul of the institution where his enthusiasm was contagious. Ill health however ended these visits.
    Mr Wickens also spoke at meetings of the North Wales Society for the Blind from the point of view of a blind person, and he stressed that what the blind wanted was not pity but companionship.
    The senior deacon, Mr Wickens was a zealous worker of the English Baptist Church of Bangor. He was a convincing speaker; at times really eloquent and he supported Mr Lloyd George throughout his political career. He worked assiduously also for the local YMCA and was a member of several orchestral societies in the Bangor district playing the viola. He leaves a widow and a daughter, Mrs D. D. Evans.
    THE FUNERAL
    The funeral took place yesterday at Glanadda Cemetery. A short service was held at the English Baptist Church, in which part was taken by the pastor (the Rev Roland Howorth), the Rev Ceini Jones, Penuel, an old friend and the Re. Paul Bacon. “Oh rest in the Lord” from Mendelssohn’s Elijah was played by Mr F Stephenson, of Friars School. The chief mourners were: Mrs Evans (daughter); Mr G. D. Evans (son-in-law); Mr J Hugh Evans (grandson); Messrs Howard Lewis, T Charles Lewis and Mr Aspden.
    Transcribed from a cutting labelled “The Chronicle”, by Nigel Hewitt who says that it may be from The North Wales Chronicle.

Family:

Elizabeth Williams b. c 1861, d. 29 Dec 1937

Child:

Amelia Hamlin Wickens+ b. 10 Jun 1888, d. 25 Nov 1949

Citations

  1. [S142] General Register Office: Indexes to Births, Sep 1837-2006, "Oct-Dec 1864, Cuckfield, Vol 2b Page 144."
  2. [S143] General Register Office: Indexes to Marriages, Sep 1837 - 2006, "Apr-Jun 1885, Steyning, Vol 2b Page 495."
  3. [S141] General Register Office: Indexes to Deaths, Sep 1837 - 2006, "Apr-Jun 1936, Ruthin, Vol 11b Page 367, age 71 years."

Elizabeth Williams

b. circa 1861, d. 29 December 1937

Parents:

Last Edited: 25 Oct 2013

Family:

John Wickens b. 27 Oct 1864, d. 22 Jun 1936

Child:

Amelia Hamlin Wickens+ b. 10 Jun 1888, d. 25 Nov 1949

Citations

  1. [S143] General Register Office: Indexes to Marriages, Sep 1837 - 2006, "Apr-Jun 1885, Steyning, Vol 2b Page 495."

Amelia Hamlin Wickens

b. 10 June 1888, d. 25 November 1949

Parents:

Father: John Wickens b. 27 Oct 1864, d. 22 Jun 1936
Mother: Elizabeth Williams b. c 1861, d. 29 Dec 1937
Last Edited: 3 Jun 2018

Family:

David Griffith Evans

Child:

John Hugh Evans b. 5 Oct 1915, d. 12 Feb 1988

Citations

  1. [S142] General Register Office: Indexes to Births, Sep 1837-2006, "Jul-Sep 1888, Caernarvonshire, Vol 11b Page 453."

David Griffith Evans

Last Edited: 3 Jun 2018

Family:

Amelia Hamlin Wickens b. 10 Jun 1888, d. 25 Nov 1949

Child:

John Hugh Evans b. 5 Oct 1915, d. 12 Feb 1988

Henry Thomas Smith

Last Edited: 24 Oct 2013

Family:

Lois Annie Nye b. 1860, d. 1945

Citations

  1. [S143] General Register Office: Indexes to Marriages, Sep 1837 - 2006, "Oct-Dec 1889, Eastbourne, Vol 2b Page 128."

Florence Maud Lewis

Last Edited: 25 Oct 2013

Family:

Stanley Reginald Wilkins b. 18 May 1921, d. 1998

Citations

  1. [S143] General Register Office: Indexes to Marriages, Sep 1837 - 2006, "Jul-Sep 1964, Eastbourne, Vol 5h Page 463."

Sophie Turner

Last Edited: 24 Oct 2013

Family:

John Bartholomew b. 14 Feb 1830

Child:

Walter Bartholomew+ b. 1862, d. 1946

George W Nye

b. circa 1867

Parents:

Father: George James Nye b. 3 May 1841
Mother: Anne Sophia Harris b. 1845, d. 1880
Last Edited: 24 Oct 2013

Citations

  1. [S69] 1871 Census for England, "RG10 piece 1061 folio 67 page 11."

Laura Nye

b. 1870

Parents:

Father: George James Nye b. 3 May 1841
Mother: Anne Sophia Harris b. 1845, d. 1880
Last Edited: 24 Oct 2013

Citations

  1. [S69] 1871 Census for England, "RG10 piece 1061 folio 67 page 12."

John Williams

Last Edited: 25 Oct 2013
  • Occupation*: John Williams was a printer on 5 April 1885.

Family:

Child:

Elizabeth Williams+ b. c 1861, d. 29 Dec 1937

George Hewitt

b. 1883, d. 13 March 1900

Parents:

Father: Henry Hewitt b. c 1858
Mother: Jane Wickens b. c 1857
Last Edited: 25 Oct 2013

Citations

  1. [S142] General Register Office: Indexes to Births, Sep 1837-2006, "Jan-Mar 1883, Brighton, Vol 2b Page 272."

Mark Paul Wilkins

b. 1967
Last Edited: 25 Oct 2013

Citations

  1. [S142] General Register Office: Indexes to Births, Sep 1837-2006, "Jul-Sep 1967, Eastbourne, Vol 5h Page 308."

Scott Conrad Wilkins

b. 1971
Last Edited: 25 Oct 2013

Citations

  1. [S142] General Register Office: Indexes to Births, Sep 1837-2006, "Jan-Mar 1971, Eastbourne, Vol 5h Page 853."

Edith Rose Harris

b. 1895, d. 3 April 1951
Martha Harris (nee Southon) is at the back. On the right of her is Frederick William Finley (i.e.the tall man). On the left of her is one of her sons. In front of her is Edith Rose Finley (nee Harris). On the right of her is her father Henry Harris who is married to Martha Southon. On the left of her is one of her brothers. The photo was taken at Selmeston, Sussex where Frederick William Finley was the local policeman.

Parents:

Father: Henry Harris b. 1867, d. c 1935
Mother: Martha Southon b. 1867, d. 1920
Last Edited: 2 Dec 2015
  • Birth*: Edith Rose Harris was born in 1895 at Brighton, Sussex, EnglandB.1
  • She was the daughter of Henry Harris and Martha Southon.
  • Marriage*: Edith Rose Harris married Frederick William Finley, son of Harry Finley and Ruth Wren, in 1920 at Brighton, Sussex, EnglandB.2
  • Married Name: As of 1920, her married name was Finley.
  • Death*: Edith Rose Harris died on 3 April 1951 at St Mary's Hospital, Eastbourne, Sussex, England.3
  • Anecdote*: OBITUARY: The death occurred suddenly on Tuesday, at St Mary's Hospital, Eastbourne, of Mrs Edith Rose Finley, a well-known Selmeston resident. She was the wife of Mr. Fred Finley, of Corner Cottage, Selmeston. Mr. Finley was the village constable for over 22 years, retiring 18 months ago. Mrs. Finley was for a number of years secretary of Selmeston and Alciston Women's Institute and a member of the Village Hall Committee. She recently qualified for the welfare section of the Civil Defense Corps, a shere in which she was active during the war. She was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. H. Harris who lived at Brighton. In addition to the widower, she leaves a son, Police-Constable Lawrence Finley of Pyecombe. The funeral service has been arranged to take place today (Friday) at Selmeston Church at 11:00am., followed by cremation at the Downs Crematorium, Brighton.4
  • Cremation*: Her body was cremated on 6 April 1951 at Downs Crematorium, Brighton, Sussex, England.4

Family:

Frederick William Finley b. 1895, d. 1968

Child:

Lawrence Henry Frederick Finley+ b. 3 Jun 1924, d. 1998

Citations

  1. [S142] General Register Office: Indexes to Births, Sep 1837-2006, "Oct-Dec 1895, Brighton, Vol 2b Page 198."
  2. [S143] General Register Office: Indexes to Marriages, Sep 1837 - 2006, "Oct-Dec 1920, Brighton, Vol 2b Page 608."
  3. [S141] General Register Office: Indexes to Deaths, Sep 1837 - 2006, "Apr-Jun 1951, Eastbourne, Vol 5h Page 211, age 55 years."
  4. [S557] Webpage British Newspaper Archive (http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/) "Sussex Agricultural Express - Friday 06 April 1951."

Lawrence Henry Frederick Finley

b. 3 June 1924, d. 1998
Lawrence Finley and Barbara Munday wedding 1948.

Parents:

Father: Frederick William Finley b. 1895, d. 1968
Mother: Edith Rose Harris b. 1895, d. 3 Apr 1951
Last Edited: 2 Dec 2015

Family:

Barbara Winifred Munday b. 20 Jul 1920, d. 1991

Citations

  1. [S142] General Register Office: Indexes to Births, Sep 1837-2006, "Apr-Jun 1924, Newhaven, Vol 2b Page 259."
  2. [S143] General Register Office: Indexes to Marriages, Sep 1837 - 2006, "Jul-Sep 1948, Gosport, Vol 6b Page 692."
  3. [S557] Webpage British Newspaper Archive (http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/) "Sussex Agricultural Express - Friday 06 April 1951."
  4. [S141] General Register Office: Indexes to Deaths, Sep 1837 - 2006, "Sep 1998, Chichester, District no: 7792B Reg no: B49B Ent no: 040 DOR: 998."

Barbara Winifred Munday

b. 20 July 1920, d. 1991
Last Edited: 3 Nov 2013

Family:

Lawrence Henry Frederick Finley b. 3 Jun 1924, d. 1998

Citations

  1. [S142] General Register Office: Indexes to Births, Sep 1837-2006, "Jul-Sep 1920, Fareham, Vol 2b Page 1176, mother's maiden name "Hardiman.""
  2. [S143] General Register Office: Indexes to Marriages, Sep 1837 - 2006, "Jul-Sep 1948, Gosport, Vol 6b Page 692."
  3. [S141] General Register Office: Indexes to Deaths, Sep 1837 - 2006, "Aug 1991, Chichester, Volume no: 18 Page no: 1259 Reg no: 891."

Jack Rowland Parsons

b. 20 February 1924, d. 2000
Jackie Parsons

Parents:

Father: Horace Sidney Parsons b. 3 Apr 1902, d. 1965
Mother: Edith Ethel Taylor b. 5 May 1902, d. 1948
Last Edited: 11 Nov 2013

Family:

Davina E Chivers

Citations

  1. [S142] General Register Office: Indexes to Births, Sep 1837-2006, "Jan-Mar 1924, Steyning, Vol 2b Page 373."
  2. [S143] General Register Office: Indexes to Marriages, Sep 1837 - 2006, "Jul-Sep 1952, Worthing, Vol 5h Page 1252."
  3. [S141] General Register Office: Indexes to Deaths, Sep 1837 - 2006, "May 2000, Worthing, District no: 7864C Reg no: 4C4C Ent no: 214 DOR: 500."

Edith Mary Parsons

b. 4 May 1928, d. 1995
Mary Parsons

Parents:

Father: Horace Sidney Parsons b. 3 Apr 1902, d. 1965
Mother: Edith Ethel Taylor b. 5 May 1902, d. 1948
Last Edited: 11 Nov 2013

Family:

Dennis K Bliss

Citations

  1. [S142] General Register Office: Indexes to Births, Sep 1837-2006, "Apr-Jun 1928, Brighton, Vol 2b Page 275."
  2. [S143] General Register Office: Indexes to Marriages, Sep 1837 - 2006, "Oct-Dec 1951, Brighton, Vol 5h Page 141."
  3. [S141] General Register Office: Indexes to Deaths, Sep 1837 - 2006, "Dec 1995, Brighton, District no: 4521D Reg no: D58A Ent no: 175 DOR: 1295."