Newton St Cyres, c.1955

Photo ref: N83016

Hi, do you by any chance remember Nicholas ROWE? His parents were Roy and Vivianne. He went to school there and would be about 70 now I think. I am trying to trace him for my mother as they were old family friends, but they moved often. Sadly Roy died young in his 50s and Vivianne and Nicholas moved to Bristol. Any knowledge of the family?

My mother was Edith Kate Crump, born to John Crump and Jessie in 1905. John was son of John Crump who married Jane Lock in 1847. John Crump died in 1907. The family were then living inn St Thomas Exeter. Kate was taken to Mueller's Orphanage in Bristol. When she left the orphanage she went into domestic service and later met up with an uncle who had changed his name to Walter James, and he ...see more

My 2 x great-grandfather, Thomas Crump, was born in 1799. He married Susannah Bond in 1822 and lived...??? at Mill Cottage. He became Farm Bailiff on the Quicke Estate, responsible for the letting of farms. His son, Matthew farmed at Bayleigh Farm. His son, Thomas, b1832 (my great-grandfather) was apprenticed to T. Moore, a carpenter. I visited the village some years ago and called on the Vicar. He told me that ...see more

I have an identical picture taken during the Second World War when we were evacuated from Ashford in Middlesex to stay with my mother's friends, the only difference is that a man and lady are standing to the left and my mother and I are standing on the bridge. I would have been about 5 years old. I could not believe that the picture is the same and it was a nice surprise as I sent it to some friends ...see more