Another great Wivenhoe Man and sailor.

Petty officer James .s. Green of  H.M.S. EdwardV11 a  Wivenhoe Man was recently married to Miss Dora Wilson at Greenhithe the bridegroom has the distinction of being the youngest petty officer in the british navy. his Parents were James and Emma Green of East St. Wivenhoe .  He was lost overboard of H.M.S. Tintagel at Invergorden on the 26th of January 1919 , his body was never recovered. he left his Widow Mrs Doris Green and a Daughter Dora.E.I.Green who died in 1934.
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Source , Essex County Standard.
Resercher Mr. Ian Valentine.

Cobblers.

Philip Chamberlain, local boot and shoe maker lived in the High St at his shop his daughter was Etta Chamberlain who married Fred Dann.

What a hardy lot we are in Wivenhoe

Waiting for the bus before we had bus shelters in 1981.

Picture from Antoinette Stinson.
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Photo. taken by Mark Dufton.

G.E.R. 1905

Another well known Wivenhoe Family.

Four Generations of the Wivenhoe Scofield Family.
Top left Charles,  Charles Gibson Scofield ,right.
Albert Gibson and Helen Grace Scofield

Open the gates!

The opening of the King George playing fields on the site of Wivenhoe Hall land in 1938.
Front row second from right Dennis Durrell.

That old store was probably full of baccy and gin

A view from the Fingringhoe shore, showing Bath St named after Thomas Flack's spa baths,. then the Ship at Launch pub, next door is the old Custom house store and Admiralty warehouse.

Something fishy going on here!"!

This is John Fales fish shop in East Street, Standing in the doorway is Alec Green ,Father of Ken and Peter  Green of the fish retail trade, and standing next to Alec is Edwin Green soon to become the owner of Green's fish and chip shop in East Street.  Edwin was 16 years old when this photo was taken.
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Is this building still there? Sally Mc Andrew.
No sorry all those lovely old buildings on the left hand side of East Street were pulled down  in 1930, i think they were of the 18th century but there is a fish shop there now of the 19th century but it has closed .
 Is that Edwin as in Edwin Joseph Green? (1894-1965). He married my grandma's aunt - Elsie Jane Kemble (1895-1928). They had three children, and their only son, Jack E Green (I don't know his middle name but presumably it's Edwin), was born in 1921 and was killed during WW2. He's one of the few names on the WW2 side of the Wivenhoe war memorial and he's buried in the New Cemetery with an RAF stone. If that is Edwin, it's great to see a photo of him! (If you like, I can send you the photo of Elsie on the beach with her three children, with my grandma and her brothers, some time in the mid-late 1920s) Helen Barrell.
Yes that is Edwin Joseph Green, i think he re married Lilly Payne, one of his Son's is Barry Green who is still alive and well.
John Stewart admin.

Wivenhoe People 1938

I've attached a photo of the wedding between Olive May Scofield and  Leslie Jackson Cuthbert .

It appears to have been taken within the grounds of St Mary the Virgin Church in Wivenhoe where the wedding took place on 4 June 1938.



I have also attached an outline drawing of the people in the photo, which I have used reference the identities of the people I know:



A Len Cousins,  B - unknown, C - William (Bill) Hillyard, D - Mildred Parker (nee Hillyard),  E - Albert Parker, F – unknown, G - unknown, H - Beatrice (Triss) Cook, I - unknown,  J Stan Scofield, K - Stan [Scofield]?, L - unknown, M - unknown, N - unknown,  O - unknown, P - unknown, Q  - Ethel Hillyard (nee Cook), R Alfred Sparling,  S - JimSparling,  T - Leslie Cuthbert, U - Olive Scofield, V Ellen Sparling,  W - Sarah Scofield (nee Cook), X - Harry (Cliff) Scofield, Y - unknown, Z - unknown, 1 Gwen Cousins.



Olive was born in Wivenhoe and was married from her parents (Cliff and Sarah Scofield) home in Anglesea Road.

Leslie was born and lived in Wivenhoe but at the time of his marriage he was living in Romford.

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Family connections of the known people in the photo:



Ethel Hillyard (nee Cook) is Olive’s aunt (Ethel is Sarah Scofield’s (nee Cook) sister.

Mildred Parker (nee Hillyard) is Olive’s cousin (Mildred is Ethel’s daughter).

Albert Parker is Mildred’s husband.

Beatrice (Triss) Cook was married to Lewis Cook. Lewis is Sarah Scofield’s (nee Cook) brother. Lewis is probably one of the men in the photo but I don’t know which one he might be.

Stan Scofield is Olive’s uncle (Cliff Scofield’s brother)

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I am hoping that some of the visitors to your web site may be able to identify some of the unknown people. I wasn't sure if you could upload the two images together on your web pages so I've also created a joined image, which may work out easier to upload and look better.
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More information - A – is Len Cousins K - is Stan Scofield (Olive’s brother) R – is Alfred J Sparling (aka Jack) S – is James A Sparling (aka Jim) V – is Ellen M Sparling (aka Tuspey) 1 – is Gwen Cousins (Olive's friend) Leslie’s father died when he was young. Leslie’s mother Daisy was remarried to Horace E Sparling. Horace already had two children James A Sparling (born 1917) and Alfred J Sparling (born 1919). Daisy a Horace had two more children, Ellen M Sparling (born 1920) and Peter Edward Sparling (born 1925). So James (Jim) and Alfred (Jack) are Leslie’s step-brother’s and Ellen (Tupsey) is Leslie’s half –sister. Horace and Daisy had already died before the wedding in 1938. Jack was in the Royal Air Force. Ellen went on to marry Albert Jennings in Paddington in 1942.
Thanks to Nick Sheen (western Australia) for additional information.

This could be interesting!

Hi Alan  Hughes

I have a lady who is intersted in getting in touch with you , Benjamin Welham is her great grandfather .
 i do not have your email address to pass on to her ,if you email me i will pass on your email address o to her.

many thanks John Admin. johnskateman@aol.com