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First Generation
1. Thomas LOVELL was a Tailor.
Thomas LOVELL had the following children:
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Second Generation
2. Thomas LOVELL , son of Thomas LOVELL, married Susannah SMITH on 5 April 1844 in East London. 1,2 In 1850 he was a Butcher. In 1854 he was a Cow Keeper. He died on 7 February 1854. 3
Susannah SMITH , daughter of Edward SMITH ( - ), was born in 1828 (calculated) in South Weald, Brentwood, Essex. She appeared in the census on 30 March 1851 in Mile End Old Town. She was resident in Stepney. She married William Shadrach BULLEN Q2 1854 in Southwark. 4 They appeared in the census on 7 April 1861 in Brentwood, Essex. They appeared in the census on 2 April 1871 in Romford, Essex. She died before 3 April 1881. She and Thomas LOVELL had the following children:
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Third Generation
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| Hannah Amelia LOVELL | |
3. Hannah Amelia LOVELL , daughter of Thomas LOVELL and Susannah SMITH, was born on 5 June 1848 in Hackney, Middlesex. She was christened on 25 June 1848 in Aldgate. 5 She appeared in the census on 30 March 1851 in Mile End Old Town. She appeared in the census on 7 April 1861 in Brentwood, Essex. She appeared in the census on 2 April 1871 in Stratford, Essex. In 1871 she was a Shop Woman. She married Ephraim SAWYER on 4 August 1872 in Stratford. 6 In 1881 she was a Dressmaker. She married George HOUSAM on 13 February 1881 in Aldgate, London. 7 She appeared in the census on 3 April 1881 in West Ham, London. She and George HOUSAM appeared in the census on 5 April 1891 in West Ham. They appeared in the census on 31 March 1901 in West Ham. 8 She died after 1934.
Ephraim SAWYER , son of James Henry SAWYER (1802-1882) and Ann PILGRIM (1806?-1852), was born on 24 December 1847 in Mount Bures, Essex. 9 He appeared in the census on 30 March 1851 in Mount Bures. He appeared in the census on 7 April 1861 in Fordham, Essex. In 1861 he was a Labourer. He appeared in the census on 2 April 1871 in Stratford. In 1871 he was a Cleaner on Engine. Between 1872 and 1875 he was a Fireman on Engine. He died of injuries sustained in a railway accident on 19 September 1875 in Cambridge. 10 He and Hannah Amelia LOVELL had the following children:
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George HOUSAM was born on 8 May 1858 in Guisborough, Yorkshire. He and Hannah Amelia LOVELL had the following children:
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4. Grace Darling LOVELL , daughter of Thomas LOVELL and Susannah SMITH, was born on 18 February 1850 in Stepney. 11 She was christened on 14 April 1850 in Aldgate. She married Henry Stephen BEDWELL Q4 1870 in London City, Middlesex. 12 They appeared in the census in 1871 in Bethnal Green, London. They appeared in the census in 1881 in Bethnal Green. She and Alfred Thomas SPRATT appeared in the census on 5 April 1891 in West Ham. She married him Q3 1894 in Mile End Old Town. They appeared in the census on 31 March 1901 in West Ham.
Henry Stephen BEDWELL was born in 1837 in Bethnal Green. He was a Printer. He died Q3 1885. He and Grace Darling LOVELL had the following children:
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Alfred Thomas SPRATT was born in 1850 in Bethnal Green. He was a Railway Labourer. He and Grace Darling LOVELL had the following children:
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5. Mary-Ann Frances LOVELL (known as 'Mary-Ann Frances BULLEN'), daughter of Thomas LOVELL and Susannah SMITH, was born Q3 1852 in Bethnal Green. 13 She was a Dressmaker. She married George R REYNOLDS in 1876 in City of London. 14
George R REYNOLDS was born in 1849 in Romford, Essex. He and Mary-Ann Frances LOVELL had the following children:
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Fourth Generation
6. William Ephraim SAWYER , son of Ephraim SAWYER and Hannah Amelia LOVELL, was born in 1873 in West Ham, London. 15 He was a Hydraulic Engine Fitter. He appeared in the census on 5 April 1891 in West Ham. He married Emily HARVEY in 1897 in Colchester, Essex. 16 They appeared in the census on 31 March 1901 in West Ham.
Emily HARVEY was born in 1877 in Chelmsford, Essex. She and William Ephraim SAWYER had the following children:
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7. Annie Amelia SAWYER , daughter of Ephraim SAWYER and Hannah Amelia LOVELL, was born in 1874 in Stratford, Essex. 17 She appeared in the census on 3 April 1881 in West Ham. She appeared in the census on 5 April 1891 in West Ham. She married in 1907 in West Ham. 18
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| Fanny Jessamine SAWYER | |
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| Spouse: George Ernest LILLY | |
8. Fanny Jessamine SAWYER , daughter of Ephraim SAWYER and Hannah Amelia LOVELL, was born on 3 January 1876 in Stratford. 19,20 She appeared in the census on 3 April 1881 in West Ham. She appeared in the census on 5 April 1891 in West Ham. She married George Ernest LILLY in June 1897 in West Ham. 21 In 1901 she was a Vest Hand. 22 She and George Ernest LILLY appeared in the census on 31 March 1901 in Walthamstow, London. She married Augustus Frederick Richard FISHER Q2 1924 in West Ham. 23
George Ernest LILLY , son of William Henry LILLY (1842-1896) and Elizabeth Way BRADLEY (1840-1911), was born Q2 1874 in Victoria Park, London. 24,25 He appeared in the census on 3 April 1881 in Leyton. He appeared in the census on 5 April 1891 in Leyton. In 1891 he was a Cigar Merchant in Leyton. In 1897 he was a Bricklayer. In 1901 he was a Brick Letter & Cutter Worker. 26 In 1911 he was resident in Forest Gate, London. He died in 1924 (approx.). He and Fanny Jessamine SAWYER had the following children:
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Augustus Frederick Richard FISHER was born Q4 1879 in Leytonstone. 27 In 1901 (approx.) he was a Packer. He and Fanny Jessamine SAWYER had the following children:
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9. Violet HOUSAM , daughter of George HOUSAM and Hannah Amelia LOVELL, was born in 1881.
10. Lily HOUSAM , daughter of George HOUSAM and Hannah Amelia LOVELL, was born in 1882.
11. George HOUSAM , son of George HOUSAM and Hannah Amelia LOVELL, was born in 1884.
Daisy Maud RINGSHAW was born in 1880 (approx.) in Stepney. She and George HOUSAM had the following children:
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12. Hannah HOUSAM , daughter of George HOUSAM and Hannah Amelia LOVELL, was born in 1886.
13. Sarah HOUSAM , daughter of George HOUSAM and Hannah Amelia LOVELL, was born in 1887.
14. Miriam HOUSAM , daughter of George HOUSAM and Hannah Amelia LOVELL, was born in 1890.
15. Faith HOUSAM , daughter of George HOUSAM and Hannah Amelia LOVELL, was born in 1893.
16. Grace BEDWELL , daughter of Henry Stephen BEDWELL and Grace Darling LOVELL, was born in 1872.
17. William BEDWELL , son of Henry Stephen BEDWELL and Grace Darling LOVELL, was born in 1873.
18. Lilley BEDWELL , daughter of Henry Stephen BEDWELL and Grace Darling LOVELL, was born in 1877.
19. John Napoleon BEDWELL , son of Henry Stephen BEDWELL and Grace Darling LOVELL, was born on 22 September 1881 in Bethnal Green, London. Between May 1907 and June 1933 he was a Fireman. He married Sarah TAPSTER on 21 November 1908 in Stratford. He died in June 1933 in Highgate, London.
Sarah TAPSTER was born in 1886 in Chatham, Kent. She and John Napoleon BEDWELL had the following children:
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20. Susannah BEDWELL , daughter of Henry Stephen BEDWELL and Grace Darling LOVELL, was born in 1883.
21. Ellen BEDWELL , daughter of Henry Stephen BEDWELL and Grace Darling LOVELL, was born in 1885.
22. Lucy SPRATT , daughter of Alfred Thomas SPRATT and Grace Darling LOVELL, was born in 1889.
23. Emily SPRATT , daughter of Alfred Thomas SPRATT and Grace Darling LOVELL, was born in 1892.
24. Rose SPRATT , daughter of Alfred Thomas SPRATT and Grace Darling LOVELL, was born in 1894.
25. Susannah REYNOLDS , daughter of George R REYNOLDS and Mary-Ann Frances LOVELL, was born in 1880.
26. George H N REYNOLDS , son of George R REYNOLDS and Mary-Ann Frances LOVELL, was born in 1882.
27. William T REYNOLDS , son of George R REYNOLDS and Mary-Ann Frances LOVELL, was born in 1884.
28. Ephraim Childs REYNOLDS , son of George R REYNOLDS and Mary-Ann Frances LOVELL, was born in 1890.
Fifth Generation
29. Mildred Annie SAWYER , daughter of William Ephraim SAWYER and Emily HARVEY, was born in 1900 in West Ham, London. 28
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| Jessamine Lydia LILLY, "15 c1929" | |
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| Spouse: Simeon RYNER, "14 c1929" | |
30. Jessamine Lydia LILLY , daughter of George Ernest LILLY and Fanny Jessamine SAWYER, was born on 14 November 1897 in Woolwich, London. 29,30 She appeared in the census on 31 March 1901 in Walthamstow, London. She married Simeon RYNER on 31 August 1929 in West Ham. She died of Breast Cancer on 12 March 1964 in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. 31
Simeon RYNER (known as 'Charles Samuel RAYNER'), son of Leopold RYNER (1860?-aft1929) and Hannah SZPERBER (1856?- ), was born on 16 October 1891 in Whitechapel, London. 32 He appeared in the census on 31 March 1901 in West Ham. He died of Cerebral Thrombosis on 25 December 1964 in Cheltenham. He had his estate probated on 23 March 1965 in Gloucester. He and Jessamine Lydia LILLY had the following children:
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| Marguerite Maud LILLY | |
31. Marguerite Maud LILLY (known as 'Madge'), daughter of George Ernest LILLY and Fanny Jessamine SAWYER, was born on 25 November 1898 in West Ham. 33 She appeared in the census on 31 March 1901 in Walthamstow. She immigrated to Australia in 1948.
Harry PRIOR and Marguerite Maud LILLY had the following children:
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Sid YORKE and Marguerite Maud LILLY had the following children:
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32. Ivy Winifred LILLY , daughter of George Ernest LILLY and Fanny Jessamine SAWYER, was born on 26 June 1900. 34 She appeared in the census on 31 March 1901 in Walthamstow.
33. Ronald George Ernest LILLY , son of George Ernest LILLY and Fanny Jessamine SAWYER, was born on 23 December 1901.
Muriel Roeis TAYLOR was born on 29 April 1907 in Kingston on Thames. She died in November 1990 in Southampton.
34. Horace LILLY , son of George Ernest LILLY and Fanny Jessamine SAWYER, was born on 4 March 1904 in West Ham. 35
Ivy Lilian LUTON was born on 6 May 1906 in West Ham. 36 She died in May 1991 in Forest of Dean. 37
35. Lionel Leonard LILLY , son of George Ernest LILLY and Fanny Jessamine SAWYER, was born on 7 April 1907 in West Ham. 38,39 He died in May 1995 in Walthamstow. 40
36. Augustus FISHER , son of Augustus Frederick Richard FISHER and Fanny Jessamine SAWYER, was born on 3 March 1909. 41,42 He died in 1991 in Waltham Forest. 43
37. Laurie FISHER was the son of Augustus Frederick Richard FISHER and Fanny Jessamine SAWYER.
38. Iris Alberta FISHER , daughter of Augustus Frederick Richard FISHER and Fanny Jessamine SAWYER, was born on 22 February 1914. She died in 1992. 44
Albert BAILEY was an Artist.
39. Daisy Violet HOUSAM , daughter of George HOUSAM and Daisy Maud RINGSHAW, was born in 1905 in London.
Robert Redvers Buller CURDS was born in 1901 in London.
40. John BEDWELL , son of John Napoleon BEDWELL and Sarah TAPSTER, was born in 1908 (approx.) in London.
Sixth Generation
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| Michael RAYNER, "2002" | |
41. Michael RAYNER , son of Simeon RYNER and Jessamine Lydia LILLY, was born on 9 January 1934 in London. From 1934 to 1935 he was resident in Leytonstone. From 1935 to 1941 he was resident in Leytonstone. He was educated at Kirkdale Road Infant School from 1939 to 1941 in Leytonstone. In 1941 he was resident in Stevenage, Hertfordshire. From 1941 to 1948 he was resident in Stevenage. He was educated at ? Infant School from 1941 to 1942 in Stevenage. He was educated at Letchmore Road Boys School from 1943 to 1945 in Stevenage. He was educated at Alleynes Grammar School from September 1945 to June 1953 in Stevenage. From 1948 to 1952 he was resident in Stevenage. From 1952 to 1961 he was resident in Stevenage. Between 1963 and 1987 he was a Teacher. Between 1988 and 2005 he was a Book Dealer in Chelltenham, Gloucestershire. He died on 1 October 2005 in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. He was cremated on 11 October 2005 in Cheltenham.
Margaret Rosaleen Felicity PHILLIPS was the daughter of James Milner PHILLIPS (1905-1974) and Gladys Florence STEPHENS (1906-1991). She and Michael RAYNER had the following children:
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| Henry PRIOR | |
42. Henry PRIOR was the son of Harry PRIOR and Marguerite Maud LILLY.
43. Desmond PRIOR was the son of Harry PRIOR and Marguerite Maud LILLY.
44. Barry YORKE was the son of Sid YORKE and Marguerite Maud LILLY.
Glenys UNKNOWN [MAR. YORKE] was born in Australia.
Seventh Generation
45. Katharine Anne RAYNER (known as 'Katy') was the daughter of Michael RAYNER and Margaret Rosaleen Felicity PHILLIPS.
Sources
| 1 | "General Record Office Marriage Index". East London 2 189. Cit. Date: Q2
1844. Assessment: Secondary evidence.
Text From Source: Thomas LOVELL on same page as Susannah SMITH |
| 2 | "General Record Office Marriage Certificate". Cit. Date: 5 April 1844.
Assessment: Primary evidence.
Thomas LOVELL a widowed cowkeeper of full age and Susannah SMITH a minor and spinster were married after banns by W Ludlow at The parsh church, St Botolph, Aldgate witnessed by Edward John Napoleon Smith and Mary Ann Frances Smith. Grooms father: Thomas Lovell, tailor Brides father: Edward Smith. tailor |
| 3 | "International Genealogy Index". Assessment: Questionable. |
| 4 | "General Record Office Marriage Index". St George Southwark 1d 168. Cit.
Date: Q2 1854. Assessment: Primary evidence.
Text From Source: Susannah LOVELL and William Shadrach BULLEN |
| 5 | "International Genealogy Index". Cit. Date: 25 June 1848. Assessment:
Secondary evidence.
Text From Source: Hannah Amelia LOVELL Father: Thomas LOVELL Mother: Susannah Born 5 Jun 1848 Christened 25 Jun 1848 |
| 6 | "General Record Office Marriage Index". West Ham 4a 84. Cit. Date: September 1872. Assessment: Primary evidence. |
| 7 | Ibid. Middlesex, London City 1c 37. Cit. Date: March 1881. Assessment: Secondary evidence. |
| 8 | "Census Returns of England and Wales 1901" (National Archives, Kew, Surrey, TW9 4DU). Class: RG13; Piece: 1590; Folio: 140; Page: 15. |
| 9 | "General Register Office Birth Certificate". Q4 1847 Lexden 12 128. Cit. Date: 31 December 1847. Assessment: Primary evidence. |
| 10 | "General Record Office Death Certificate". Sep 1875 Cambridge 3b 311. Cit.
Date: 21 September 1875. Assessment: Primary evidence.
Text From Source: Ephraim SAWYER 27 Accidental Death 19 Sep 1875 Addenbrookes Hospital |
| 11 | "General Record Office Birth Index". Stepney 2 556. Cit. Date: Q1 1850.
Assessment: Primary evidence.
Text From Source: Grace Darling LOVELL |
| 12 | "General Record Office Marriage Index". London City, Middx 1c 69. Cit. Date:
Q4 1870. Assessment: Primary evidence.
Text From Source: Grace Darling LOVELL & Henry BEDWELL |
| 13 | "General Record Office Birth Index". Stepney Middx 1c 485. Cit. Date:
September 1852. Assessment: Primary evidence.
Text From Source: Mary-Ann Frances BULLEN |
| 14 | "General Record Office Marriage Index". London City Middx, 1c 58. Cit. Date:
December 1876. Assessment: Primary evidence.
Text From Source: Mary Ann F BULLEN & George Richard REYNOLDS |
| 15 | "General Record Office Birth Index". West Ham 4a 5. Cit. Date: September 1873.
Assessment: Primary evidence.
Text From Source: William Ephraim Sawyer |
| 16 | "General Record Office Marriage Index". Colchester, Essex 4a 597. Cit. Date:
March 1897. Assessment: Primary evidence.
Text From Source: William Ephraim Sawyer & Emily Harvey |
| 17 | "General Record Office Birth Index". West Ham 4a 6. Cit. Date: December 1874. Assessment: Primary evidence. |
| 18 | "General Record Office Marriage Index". West Ham 4a 70. Cit. Date: September
1907. Assessment: Primary evidence.
Also on the same page are Arthur Richard BANHAM Albert Edward ETHERIDGE |
| 19 | "Census Returns of England and Wales 1901" (National Archives, Kew, Surrey, TW9 4DU). Text From Source: London Spitalfields |
| 20 | "General Record Office Birth Index". West Ham Vol 4a Page 13. Cit. Date: March
1876. Assessment: Primary evidence.
Text From Source: Fanny Jessamine Sawyer |
| 21 | "General Record Office Marriage Index". West Ham Vol 4a page 519. Cit. Date: June 1897. Assessment: Primary evidence. |
| 22 | "Census Returns of England and Wales 1901" (National Archives, Kew, Surrey, TW9 4DU). Text From Source: Vest Hand |
| 23 | "General Record Office Marriage Index". West Ham 4a 703. Cit. Date: Q2 1924. Assessment: Secondary evidence. |
| 24 | "Census Returns of England and Wales 1901" (National Archives, Kew, Surrey, TW9 4DU). Text From Source: Victora Park |
| 25 | "General Record Office Birth Index". Hackney, Middx 1b 516. Cit. Date: Q2
1874. Assessment: Primary evidence.
Text From Source: George Ernest LILLY |
| 26 | "Census Returns of England and Wales 1901" (National Archives, Kew, Surrey, TW9 4DU). Text From Source: Brick Letter & Cutter Worker |
| 27 | "General Record Office Birth Index". West Ham 4a 154. Cit. Date: Q4 1879. Assessment: Secondary evidence. |
| 28 | Ibid. West Ham 4a 222. Cit. Date: March 1900. Assessment: Primary evidence.
Text From Source: Mildred Annie Sawyer |
| 29 | "Census Returns of England and Wales 1901" (National Archives, Kew, Surrey, TW9 4DU). Text From Source: Essex Forest Gate |
| 30 | "General Record Office Birth Index". Woolwich, Kent 1d 1275. Cit. Date: Q1 1898. Assessment: Primary evidence. |
| 31 | "General Record Office Death Index". Cheltenham South 320. Cit. Date: 2 March
1964. Assessment: Primary evidence.
Text From Source: Jessamine Lydia RAYNER 2 Mar 1964 Delancy Hospital |
| 32 | "General Record Office Birth Index". Bethnal Green, London, 268. Cit. Date: 23
November 1891. Assessment: Primary evidence.
Text From Source: Simeon Ryner 16 Oct 1891 |
| 33 | Ibid. West Ham Vol 4a Page 251. Cit. Date: March 1899. Assessment: Primary evidence. |
| 34 | Ibid. Hackney 1b 474. Cit. Date: September 1900. Assessment: Primary
evidence.
Text From Source: Ivy Winifred Lilly |
| 35 | Ibid. West Ham Vol 4a Page 377. Cit. Date: June 1904. Assessment: Primary evidence. |
| 36 | Ibid. West Ham 4a 28. Cit. Date: June 1906. Assessment: Primary evidence.
Text From Source: Ivy Luton |
| 37 | "General Record Office Death Index". Forest of Dean 22 1719. Cit. Date: May
1991.
Text From Source: Ivy Lilian LILLY DOB 6 May 1906 |
| 38 | Ibid. Waltham Forest D52 9. Cit. Date: May 1995. Assessment: Primary
evidence.
Text From Source: 7 April 1907 |
| 39 | "General Record Office Birth Index". West Ham, Essex 4a 466. Cit. Date: June
1907. Assessment: Primary evidence.
Text From Source: Lionel Leonard Lilly |
| 40 | "General Record Office Death Index". Waltham Forest D52 9. Cit. Date: May
1995. Assessment: Primary evidence.
Text From Source: Lionel Leonard Lilly |
| 41 | Ibid. Waltham Forest 15 685. Cit. Date: September 1991. Assessment: Primary
evidence.
Text From Source: 3 March 1909 |
| 42 | "General Record Office Birth Index". |
| 43 | "General Record Office Death Index". Waltham Forest 15 685. Cit. Date:
September 1991. Assessment: Primary evidence.
Text From Source: Augustus Fisher |
| 44 | Ibid. Pontypool, Gwent 28 863. Cit. Date: September 1992. Assessment: Primary
evidence.
Text From Source: Iris Alberta Bailey aged 78 Death record states DOB as 21 Feb 1914 not 22 Feb. |