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2018_Olive_WANSEY_Service_Sheet_1_Aug.pdf
1st Aug 2018
Margaret NORGETT nee WANSEY eulogy for her mother Olive
WANSEY nee BRAMHALL
My mother was born in 1921: just after the end of the
first world war. Like many girls born then, she was called
Olive (for peace): Washburn was a family name. She didn’t
like either name – so my father called her Polly.
Her parents had an unhappy marriage. The father, William,
was, I suspect, damaged by his war service – but
he said nothing about it. He hit his two older children,
until Godfrey took the stick from him – saying “Not
any more, Father..” But the four children, Godfrey,
Olive, Joan and Bunty formed a strong bond that lasted
all their long lives – they all have lived to be
over 90 years of age.
After agricultural college (specialising in poultry) mother
took a job in Walthamstow town hall. She saved her meagre
wages to buy, one plate a week, a pretty china cake service
for her mother. She shared a love of china with her mother,
and a love of gardening. This latter love she has passed
on to me and my daughters – we don’t know about
the grandchildren yet.
Although brought up a salvationist, mother started to
go to Walthamstow parish church. There she (aged 14) was
spotted by Christopher, the fair-haired curate. He soon
left for Japan, having made a promise to write.
Now, the first cat stop. For Olive’s great grandchildren.
Who are, of course, the most important people here. You
see, without Great Grandma Mo there would be no GrandMargret;
and without me, no Kate or Lizzie; and without them no
Rebecca, Lucy, Ed, Xanthe or Pi. The first cat is a nemurineko
(Japanese for sleepy cat) – which is what my father
called his Polly.
My father did write, from Japan and from East Africa,
eventually returning home late in 1941. The war was then
as bad as it got – mother was a fire warden (armed
with just a bucket of sand and a shovel). But my father
determined to marry his girl and take her off to Manchester
where he had obtained a living at St Michael’s,Flixton.
So married they were in January 1942, and there followed
a spell of genteel poverty that was (I suspect) far removed
from mother’s expectations. Rectory stone floors
were cold, and the yellow brick walls were porous: there
was just one hearth rug that at need did duty in the living
room and the guest’s bedroom.
But they gave a home to Christopher’s three elderly
aunts: Manchester was not really much safer than Eastbourne,
but for all parties the arrangements worked well. Aunt
Blanche procured a goose for Christmas. It arrived live
by rail. Olive had to pluck it.
As the war ended, there followed a move back down South
to St Mary’s Woodford in October 1945. This was my
father’s longest appointment, and formed the meat
of his career. My mother was a gentle soul, a characteristic
shared neither with her husband or her daughter. Soon
after the move to Woodford, the observant little girl
accompanied her mother to a tea for the ladies of the
local Mother’s Union. The child, announced in crystal
tones “My mummy hates the Mother’s Union!”.
Doubtless true, But Really Unhelpful... Christopher, with
a taste for controversy, was sued for criminal libel by
his church warden. The case was dismissed by an irritated
judge, but the national press loved it. Taking a brief
holiday to get away,in a cottage near Aberystwyth, the
peace was shattered by the press arriving by helicopter.
With true Christian Charity, Mother made them tea.
But Woodford Rectory garden was large, allowing for plenty
of scope for horticulture. And mother’s Young Wives
Group was a source of much hilarity. There were memorable
Christmas parties. She did what she could with what there
was.
Then they moved to Roydon. A country parish with a beautiful
old vicarage – with pilgrim marks in the oldest upstairs
bedroom. The garden had been neglected, so the Wansey
brothers (and sister), used to vicarage gardens, came
for a chopping party to penetrate the undergrowth. Again
mother created an oasis for plants. And again she involved
herself in the choir and in teaching the children. Much-loved
granddaughters visited the vicarage, playing “house”
in the caravan (Buster).
Now the second cat stop. Great GrandMa Mo and great granddaughter
Rebecca shared this white kitten. It was last with mother.
But now it goes back to Rebecca.
So then came retirement. Daisy Cottage in Steeple Bumpstead
was delightful, offering a gentle retirement for both
mother and father. Mother created a home there, and I
think it may have been the happiest time of her life.
There were frequent visits from Kate and Lizzie, often
without their parents. The swings and slides at Cherry
Hinton Park in Cambridge were a great favourite. Father
has his wood turning and his gun (mainly pigeons and rabbits).
Mother loved her life, uncomplicated by the cares of a
parish.
So finally they moved to Kenilworth, where they were invited
to move to 6, Margett’s Close. This provides bungalows
for retired clergy. It was sad that my father had a debilitating
stroke shortly after the move. Mother visited him every
day in Kenilworth Manor Nursing Home. And after his death
in December 1992, Mother lived on alone for over 26 years.
I think that every day she missed him. She finally moving
from a Margett’s close bungalow to Kenilworth Manor
– where she was content. She was a delight to visit,
interested in the doings of her friends and family until
the last week of her long, long life. The care assistant
who gave her a shower every morning, said “she was
a lovely lady”. So said they all.
Now the third and final Cat. This is Smudge, the Delves
cat. He has his first birthday on 14 July. And is the
sort of cat that dreams about catching swallows mid-flight.
Maybe he contributed inspiration to “Best Cat”.
You will hear “Best Cat” at the end of the service. |
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3rd Oct 1996
Olive WANSEY passport |
| 1996 |
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Olive WANSEY |
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| 1995_07_07_Church_Times_Giants_in_Those_Days.pdf |
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1995_Funeral_Service_Sheet_John_WANSEY.pdf
1995_20th_May_John_WANSEY_Funeral_Notice.pdf
WANSEY - On May 20th 1995, quietly. The Reverend John,
dearly loved husband of the late Muriel Evelyn and father
and grandfather. Funeral Service on Friday May 26th at
Guildford Crematorium at 12.30 pm.
Family flowers only but donations, if desired, to The
Acorn Healing Trust, Whitehill Chase, Bordon, Hants. |
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1993-94_Selwyn_College_Calendar_JC_WANSEY_Obituary.pdf
1993_02_13_Church_Times_JC_WANSEY_Obituary.pdf
1993_WANSEY_Chris_Obituary_Parish_Magazine.pdf |
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1992_17th_Dec_Telegraph_Chris_WANSEY_Funeral_Notice.pdf
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1992
WANSEY.— On Dec. 17, 1992.
CHRISTOPHER, Of Kenilworth, beloved husband of Olive,
loving father of Margaret and Michael, loving grandfather
of Kate and Liz.
Funeral service at St Nicholas Church, Kenilworth on Wednesday,
Dec. 23 at 10 a.m.
Flowers may be sent to The John Taylor Funeral Service,
178 Warwick Road, Kenilworth, Warwickshire. |
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1992_Death_Certificate_Joseph_Christopher_WANSEY.pdf
Registration District, Mid Warwickshire, Sub-district Leamington Spa in the County of Warwickshire.
No. 42
Date and Place of death, Seventeenth December 1992, Kenilworth Manor Nursing Home, Thickthorn Close, Kenilworth.
Name and Surname, Joseph Christopher WANSEY formerly known as Joseph Raymond WANSEY
Sex, Male
Date and place of birth, 1st October 1910, Japan.
Occupation and usual address, Clerk in Holy Orders (Retired), 1 Margetts Close, Kenilworth, Warwickshire.
Name of informant, Olive Washburn WANSEY
Qualification, Widow of deceased.
Usual address, 6, Margetts Close, Kenilworth, Warwickshire.
Cause of death, 1a. Stroke / 11. Carcinoma of prostate., Certified by D SPRAGGETT MB
I certify that the particulars given by me are true to the best of my knowledge and belief. Olive W WANSEY.
Date of registration, Eighteenth December 1992
Signature of registrar, B. M. BAKER Registrar
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1992_Funeral_Service_Sheet_Paul_WANSEY.pdf
1992_25th_Jul_Paul_WANSEY_Funeral_Notice.pdf
WANSEY. — On July 24, The Rev. Canon PAUL RAYMOND
WANSEY M.C., aged 86, dear husband of Renee, much loved
father of Katharine and step-father of Nicholas, loving
grandfather of eight grandchildren.
Devoted Parish Priest, Chaplain to the 2nd Battalion the
Royal Fusiliers and subsequently Honary Chaplain to the
Regiment.
Funeral at St Mary's Church, Woodbridge, Suffolk on July
30 at 2.30 p.m. Family flowers only. Donations, if desired,
for St Mary's Church, Woodbridge to E B Button & Sons,
24 St Johns Street, Woodbridge, Suffolk. |
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1990_22nd_May_Telegraph_Peter_WANSEY_Obituary.pdf
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, MAY 22, 1990 [Page 19]
OBITUARIES
Canon Peter Wansey
CANON PETER WANSEY, who has died aged 81, was one of the
five children of an Anglican missionary in Japan who provided
the Church of England with four priests and a wife of
a Dean.
All the sons went to Selwyn College, Cambridge, and Westcott
House; and two of them, Peter and Paul, won Military Crosses
in the Second World War.
Canon Wansey joined the Army in 1940 and became chaplain
of the 2nd Battalion Coldstream Guards. His MC was awarded
in North Africa for gallantry in continuing to rescue
wounded men under fire, in spite of having been wounded
himself.
After returning to England in an American hospital ship
he became the chaplain at Sandhurst and then landed in
Normandy on D-Day plus-six as chaplain to Gen Miles Dempsey
of the 2nd Army in the North-West Europe campaign.
Wansey was present at the German surrender on Luneburg
Heath, where, among his other duties, he had to confirm
the death of Himmler. He was also mentioned in despatches
in 1945.
Peter Nottidge Wansey was born in Japan on Sept 28,1908,
and educated at Cambridge. He became curate of Putney
and then moved to York as chaplain and tutor of St John's
College, where from 1936 until 1940 he was involved in
the training of teachers.
On demobilisation he returned to York as director of youth
work in the diocese and as assistant chaplain to Archbishop
Cyril Garbett. Tall, handsome and with a fine war record,
Wansey was typical of Garbett's chaplains, some of whom
became bishops and deans.
In his old age the unmarried bishop, who had been a formidable,
inhuman martinet for the greater part of his life, surprised
and delighted everyone by forming a tender and beautiful
relationship with Wansey's infant daughter.
In 1949 Wansey became Vicar of Eston with Normanby, a
large and rapidly expanding parish near Middlesbrough,
where his pastoral leadership gained impressive results
in terms of church attendance and impact on the community.
In 1955 he was appointed Vicar of Darlington — where
his father had been curate more than half a century earlier
— and became Rural Dean a year later. Bar a three-month
sabbatical in the mid-1960s, which he spent as chaplain
with the Royal Horse Guards during the Aden campaign,
he remained in this parish for almost 20 years.
He was ideally suited to it, playing a leading part in
the life of the town as well as the diocese.
Wansey was in no sense an innovator but, schooled by Garbett,
he brought traditional standards to life through his sheer
hard work. He was appointed an honorary Canon of Durham
in 1958.
By 1974 he was ready for a change and less arduous responsibility,
and accordingly moved a few miles along the Tees to the
attractive parish of Coniscliffe where he spent seven
happy years, before retiring to Guildford.
He is survived by his wife, Phyllis, two sons and three
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1986_Chris_WANSEY_Circular_to_Siblings_19_Nov.pdf
1986_Chris_WANSEY_Circular_to_Siblings_19_Nov_transcribed.pdf
1986_Letter_John_WANSEY_to_Chris_5_Nov.pdf
1986_Letter_John_WANSEY_to_Chris_5_Nov_transcribed.pdf
1986_Circular_WANSEY_Change_of_Address_May.pdf |
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16th November 1985
Geoffrey DAVEY & Vanessa Wedding
Chris WANSEY took the service at St Paul's Cathedral
Crypt |
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Photo of Daisy Cottage taken by Kate NORGETT in 1995 which was after Chris & Olive had left and moved to Kenilworth in May 1986
Lizzie writes:
Mo and Do, as we called them, started a little shop at Daisy Cottage, selling things they had made, originating from Do's woodworking. These were displayed in the right hand bay window as you face the cottage. They featured beautifully hand crafted and decorated dolls, and mice of all shapes and sizes. There were also larger items which had been turned on Do's lathe, such as plates, bowls and even barometer casings.
It was a partiucular treat for Kate and I, whenever we came to stay at Daisy Cottage to be allowed to choose one thig from the shop, and I still have some of the beautiful dolls and mice that they had made together. |
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1980_From_John_WANSEY_to_Siblings_6_Oct.pdf
1980_From_John_WANSEY_to_Siblings_6_Oct_transcribed.pdf |
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Oct 1st 1980 - Church at West Wickham
John, Muriel, Mary, Alaric, Olive, Chris, Peter,
Phyll, Renée, and Paul.
On the occasion of Chris's 70th birthday.
Assembled at Daisy Cottage, West Wickham and at
West Wickham Church 1st October 1980
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1980_10th_Oct_Church_Times_WANSEY_Brothers.pdf
- Church at West Wickham
CHURCH TIMES Oct 10th 1980
The happy band of Wansey brothers — who take
up four inches in Crockford's — with their
brother-in-law, when they gathered with their
wives at West Wickham, Cambs, to celebrate the
seventieth birthday of the youngest, the Rev.
Christopher Wansey (centre).
They are the Revs Paul, 74 (left); John, 73; Canon
Peter, 72; and Canon Alaric Rose (right) who is
married to their sister, Mary. |
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1980_2nd_Oct_Cambridge_News_Clerics_Celebration.pdf
CAMBRIDGE EVENING NEWS, Thursday, October 2, 1980
Clerics' celebration . . . (from left) Paul, John, Christopher,
Peter and Alaric.
Four brothers with almost 250 years service in the Church
of England between them got together for a 70th birthday
celebration yesterday.
The Rev Christopher Wansey, who is retired and lives at
West Wickham, near Haverhill, celebrated reaching the
biblical three-score years and 10 With his older brothers
Paul, aged 74, John, 73, and Canon Peter, 72. His sister,
Mary Rose, who is herself married to a clergyman, Canon
Alaric Rose, was also there.
Religion has always run in the Wansey family. All the
brothers were born in Japan, where their parents were
missionaries. They came to England just before the First
World War and were educated at Selwyn College and Westcott
House, Cambridge.
Christopher returned to Japan and spent four years there
as a missionary until the outbreak of the second war.
He retired from his parish at Roydon, Chelmsford, in 1975
and has lived at West Wickham ever since. During his retirement
he has written an autobiographical book, "The Clockwork
Church," and his birthday was celebrated yesterday
with a service at West Wickham church, followed by a party
in the evening.
Two of his brothers, Canon Paul Wansey, recently retired
as Rector of Woodbridge in Suffolk, and Peter, presently
vicar at High Coniscliffe, County Durham, were both wounded
in North Africa in the second war and were awarded the
Military Cross.
John, who is also retired, was until recently the Vicar
of West Lavington, Essex, and now lives in Chichester.
Christopher lives with his wife, Olive, at 6 High Street.
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Chris WANSEY in the garden at 'Daisy Cottege', 6, West, Wickham, Cambridge
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Book published by Beckett Publications, A.R. Mowbray & Co Ltd, Saint Thomas House, Beckett Street, Oxford, OX1 1SJ (ISBN 0 7289 005 X)
'The Clockwork Church - Reform in the Church of England at Worm's Eye Level' by Christopher WANSEY
A 140 page description of Chris WANSEY's personal journey as a Church of England vicar. Rev WANSEY firmly believed that baptisms and marriages should be exclusively for those of faith within the church. The book describes his public demonstrations and missionary work within his parishes.
Portrait from the back cover of 'The Clockwork Church' |
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1978
Chris WANSEY at his church West Wickham, Cambridgeshire. |
| 1978 |
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1978
Olive Wansey proud to pull up an apple tree in
her daughter's garden, 23 Selwyn Crescent, Radley
Christopher Wansey helping his granddaughter,
Kate Norgett, to lay paving stones at 23 Selwyn
Crescent, Radley |
| 1978 |
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Heather M WANSEY daughter of Peter & Phyllis WANSEY marriage to Alastair WATSON
At High Coniscliffe, Darlington
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1977_JC_WANSEY_Licence_to_minister_in_Ely_5_May.pdf |
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Jul 1976
'Daisy Cottege', 6, West, Wickham, Cambridge
"Cedric's vist" |
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Chris & Olive at the village fete.
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1975
Chris Wansey with granddaughter Kate (who has
a lump hammer) in the garden of Daisy Cottage,
West Wickham, Cambridgeshire.
Olive WANSEY with granddaughter Lizzie at Daisy
Cottage. Nice geraniums. |
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1975
Michael, Kate and Lizzie NORGETT with Olive and
Chris WANSEY in Cherry Hinton Park, Cambridge.
Lizzzie's dress by her mother..
Michael Norgett, with daughter Lizzie (skirt
by Lizzie's mother Margaret). |
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Margaret NORGETT nee WANSEY 35mm Negative |
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John and Rachel ROSE's wedding. Picture shows
Margaret NORGETT in homemade long pink dress,
?, ?, Rosemary WANSEY (cousin to John and Margaret),
Michael NORGETT with his daughter Kate. |
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1974_07_09_Circular_to_Parishioners.pdf - The restrained version
1974_07_09_Letter_to_Michael_&_Margaret_NORGETT.pdf - The unshackled version! |
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1974
Chris and Olive WANSEY
sold 'The Saddlery' in Steeple Bumpstead and bought 'Daisy Cottege', 6, West, Wickham, Cambridge in 1974. Daisy Cottege was also in need of considerable repairs. Their next door neighbour in Steeple Bumpsted was a builder called Herbert ARGENT. He had helped and advised with work on The Saddlery and was drafted in to assist with Daisy Cottege.
The caption by the photo: "Bringing the apple trees from Roydon." |
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1972
Christopher WANSEY with grand-daughter Kate (Kitty)
in dressing gowns. Roydon Vicarage (the upstairs
room with the pilgrim mark)
Olive WANSEY with Kitty NORGETT in ROYDON Vicarage
kitchen.
1972_Chris_WANSEY_Xmas_Circular.pdf |
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1st Jan 1972
Darlington, St Cuberts
"Chris WANSEY and three funny ladies at Rosemary
WANSEY's Wedding."
From left: Mo / Do / Lady Cecilia STARMER (Friend
of Peter WANSEY) / Lady STARMER's friend
Rosmary A WANSEY daughter of Peter & Phyllis WANSEY married Rodney M WATSON at Darlington, Yorkshire on the 1st January 1972 |
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John WANSEY (aged 17 yrs) son of Peter Nottidge WANSEY punting Michael & cousin Margaret NORGETTin Oxford. |
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Roydon - taken from the steeple.
"Ariel view with Uncle Jack
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Chris WANSEY Passport
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Marriage of Michael NORGETT and Margaret WANSEY
By Rev Joseph Christopher WANSEY
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Margaret WANSEY & Michael NORGETT
Photo taken on top of Sadlery Bumpstead Steeple
by Chris WANSEY |
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Michael NORGETT at the Saddlery, Steeple Bumpstead
"Mains burst! Michael is inspecting the mains stop cock key." |
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1964_JC_WANSEY_Subscription_Roydon_Parish_Essex_10_Mar.pdf
1964_JC_WANSEY_Mandate_Roydon_Parish_Essex_10_Mar.pdf
1964_JC_WANSEY_Institution_Roydon_Parish_Essex_10_Mar.pdf |
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Olive WANSEY
Michael LOVEJOY's wedding at St Mary's Woodford.
Chris and Olive Wansey attended the wedding. |
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Chris making lamps out of old beams.
Chris fishing with Geoffrey & Nicholas etc at Roydon
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Oxford University, probably the Chemistry Faculty.
Margaret WANSEY front row 3rd from right
Written on back 1963 CCU
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Written by Olive WANSEY about the fireplace "The finished article! What could be more delightful."
"Margaret's bedroom."
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Katharine WANSEY
Paul & Renée's daughter
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WANSEY group at table
From top left around table:
Twin David or Jonathan W, Pat ROSE, Margaret W,
Phylis W nee GREENWOOD, Peter W, Rosie (Rosemary)
W, Mary-Joy W, Renée W, Twin David or Jonathan
W, Peter Benedict ROSE, John ROSE, Chris W, John
W, Heather W, Libby W, Katherine W, Mary ROSE
nee W.
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Twins David & Jonathan WANSEY
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From the left: John Wansey, Mary Rose, Chris Wansey
and Peter Wansey.
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Chris & John WANSEY
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1962 West Lavington Vicarage
"Chopping Party"
Mary ROSE, John W, Christopher W, Peter W and
possibly 'Tweedles' the dog
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Margaret Wansey at the Rollright Stones in Oxfordshire. |
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Probably near Darlington, County Durham |
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Mo & Margaret WANSEY in Scotland |
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Chris and Olive Wansey and Margaret picnicking
before viewing the rowing at the Henley regatta.
Picture taken by Margaret's friend from Woodford
County High School, Carol Webster. |
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Wansey brothers larking about. From the left:
Paul Wansey, Peter, Chris and John. |
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1960
WANSEY Reunion
Standing at the back: John WANSEY and Phyllis
wife of Peter WANSEY / In front of John is his
wife Muriel in a deck chair / In front of Phyllis
also in a deck chair is Mary ROSE nee WANSEY.
To the right of Mary at the back looking down
is Renée wife of Paul and to her right Heather
WANSEY second eldest daughter of Peter & Phyllis.
From left: Joy / A twin - David or Jonathan /
Libby / Margaret / Mo / Do / Crouching boy Peter
B / looking over the top of his head the other
twin.
On the right: The girl beneath Heather is Kate
WANSEY daughter of Paul & Renée / The
boy to the right of her John ROSE / The man to
the far right is Peter WANSEY and in front of
him his eldest daughter Rosmary. |
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Olive WANSEY Photo |
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1960 Darlington Vicarage
WANSEY reunion
Chris Wansey's NEW CAR, a two-tone grey Austin
A55 with RED LEATHER seats, reg number HK6945.
This car was bought with the proceeds of the sale
of Chris and Olive Wansey's first cottage: Lilley
Cottage in Withersfield, near Haverhill. |
| 1960 |
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Olive WANSEY Photo |
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1960 Darlington Vicarage
WANSEY Reunion
Back row from the left: John Rose, Chris Wansey,
John Wansey, Kate Wansey, Paul Wansey, Rosemary
Wansey, Heather Wansey, Peter Wansey, Libby Wansey
and Pat Rose.
Seated on chairs, from the left: Margaret Wansey,
Joy Wansey, Phil Wansey, Olive Wansey, Muriel
Wansey, Renee Wansey and Mary Rose.
On the ground: twins David and Jonathan Wansey
seated either side of Peter Benedict Rose. |
| 1960 |
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Mary-Joy BARNETT nee WANSEY Photo |
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1960 Darlington Vicarage
WANSEY Reunion
The Wansey coat of Arms - three gloved hands -
with Paul, Peter and John Wansey, Mary Rose and
Chris Wansey. The family motto is "For Lawful
Laws and Liberty". |
| 1960 |
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Mary-Joy BARNETT nee WANSEY Photo |
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1960 Darlington Village
WANSEY Reunion
From Left
Back Row: John ROSE, Chris W, John W, Kate W,
Paul W, Rosemary W, Heather W, Peter W, Libby
(Elizabeth) W
Middle Row: Margaret W, Joy W, Phyll W, Olive
W, Muriel W, Renée W, Mary W
Front Row: David W, Peter ROSE, Jonathan W |
| 1960 |
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Olive WANSEY Photo |
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1960 Darlington
David & Jonathan WANSEY & Peter ROSE
"Family re-union Darlington
Breakfast with Yogi Bear." |
| 1960 |
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Olive WANSEY Photo |
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1959
Woodford Rectory garden: Mr FORSEY, Margaret and
Olive WANSEY. To the right in the background are
the local council offices, a Georgian building,
sometime the Rectory. |
| 1959 |
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Margaret NORGETT nee WANSEY 620 Negative |
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| 1959_Autumn_Term_Margaret_WANSEY_St_Monicas_Clothes_List.pdf |
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1959
1959 Beach picture. From the left: Chris and Olive
WANSEY and Mary EDMUNDS. Female face down ?? Standing
EDMUNDS (school friend of Margaret WANSEY
who took the picture), David EDMUNDS and two unknown. |
| 1959 |
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Margaret NORGETT nee WANSEY 620 Negative |
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1959
Margaret & Olive WANSEY
Olive in Widemouth, Devon |
| 1959 |
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620 Negative & Print |
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1959
Widemouth, Devon
Margaret
Olive & Chris
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| 1959 |
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Circa 1959
Margaret WANSEY
Probably with school friends from St Monica's School, Clacton-on-Sea
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| 1959 |
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Margaret WANSEY Photo |
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1959
St Monica's School, Clacton-on-Sea, Senior School, Speechday.
Margaret with a short fringe behind the churchman's left shoulder.
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| 1959 |
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Margaret NORGETT nee WANSEY Print |
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1959
Chris WANSEY demontrating against the automatic right for non-practising christians to have a church service. |
| 1959 |
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Alamy Photo |
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1959
WANSEY Reunion
From the left: Alaric Rose, Kate Wansey, ?, John
Wansey, Chris and Olive Wansey, Muriel Wansey,
Joy Wansey, Renee Wansey and Paul Wansey. |
| 1959 |
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Margaret NORGETT nee WANSEY 620 Negative |
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1958 Witchampton
Paul & Renée WANSEY's caravan.
John W, Muriel W, Mrs PETTINGER?, Phyll W, Renée
W, Peter W, Olive W, Chris W, Paul W.
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| 1958 |
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Olive WANSEY Photo |
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1958
John & Muriel's 25th Wedding Anniversary
Witchampton, Dorset.
Standing Chris, Paul, John and Peter Wansey; seated
wives Olive, Renee, Muriel and Phil Wansey.
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| 1958 |
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Olive WANSEY Photo |
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1958
John & Muriel's 25th Wedding Anniversary
Witchampton, Dorset.
From left: John WANSEY / Joy / Peter WANSEY /
Phyll / Olive / Chris / Muriel / Mrs PETTINGER
(Muriel's mum) / Renée / Paul WANSEY.
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| 1958 |
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Olive WANSEY Photo |
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Dec 1958 Xmas
Peter & Phyllis WANSEY at Darlington Vicarage
Christmas at Darlington Vicarage. From the left
Twin (David/Jonathan), Phyll, Heather, Libby,
Rosie, Peter and Twin. |
| 1958 |
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Olive WANSEY Photo |
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1958
St Monica's School, Clacton-on-Sea
Margaret 2nd row from top 17th from left with short hair.
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| 1958 |
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Margaret WANSEY Print |
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| 1957_WANSEY_Margaret_Grade_IV_Pass_Certificate.pdf |
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1957
Chris & Olive
At Christ's College, Cambridge
Canon Oakley's College
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| 1957 |
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Olive WANSEY Photo |
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1956
Margaret WANSEY
St Monica's School, Clacton-on-Sea Senior School 1956
Margaret 2nd row from top 4th from right
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| 1956 |
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Olive WANSEY Photo |
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1956
St Monica's School, Clacton-on-Sea, Senior School 1956
Margaret WANSEY sitting on the floor 2nd from left wearing a dark waistcoat.
'Christmas in the Market Place' |
| 1956 |
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Margaret NORGETT nee WANSEY Print |
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1956
Herbert LONG in front of the 1950s Rectory at
Woodford. The Austin A55 features again. |
| 1956 |
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Margaret NORGETT nee WANSEY 620 Negative |
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Circa 1955
Margaret on right at St Monica's School, Clacton-on-Sea
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| 1955 |
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Margaret NORGETT nee WANSEY Print |
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1954_Circa_Chris_WANSEY_Circular_to_Siblings.pdf
1954_Circa_Chris_WANSEY_Circular_to_Siblings_transcribed.pdf |
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1954
St Monica's School, Clacton-on-Sea
Margaret back row 12th from right with short light hair.
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| 1954 |
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Margaret WANSEY Print |
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Circa 1954
Margaret on right.
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| 1954 |
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Margaret NORGETT nee WANSEY Print |
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Circa 1954
Alaric, Mary, Johnny, Pat and Peter ROSE |
| 1954 |
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Olive WANSEY Photo |
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1953
On board the first Japanese ship to dock in London Docks after the war. "Pity we look so scruffy but the Japanese men didn't give us time to change! Mummy wasn't pleased!" |
| 1953 |
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Olive WANSEY Photo |
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Circa 1953
Olive & Chris WANSEY |
| 1953 |
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Olive WANSEY Photo |
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| 1953_The_Singapore_Free_Press_23_Apr.pdf |
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Circa 1952
Peter WANSEY's induction at St Cuthberts in Darlington.
The Bishop is Bishop RAMSEY, Archbishop of York.
In the back row towards the right are Chris Wansey
and Paul Wansey.
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| 1952 |
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Olive WANSEY Photo |
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1952
The Old Rectory, North Curry, Somerset, TA3 6JZ
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| 1952 |
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Olive WANSEY Photo |
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1952
Olive & Margaret WANSEY
'Above Lustleigh'
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| 1952 |
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Olive WANSEY Photo |
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Between 1951-52
JC WANSEY involved in a court case which was covered by
the national press, Concerning his refusal to marry non-churchgoers. |
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1951_Church_Times_Competition_13_Jul.pdf
July 13, 1951
"CHURCH TIMES" COMPETITIONS
Results of "Answers to Correspondents"
Competition set on June 29:-
The following authentic answers to correspondents have
been printed in the "Church Times" (under different
initials) in recent issues.
A.B.C. - The best recipe is deer suet pounded with
spirits of wine.
D.E. - The approval of the PCC is necessary for this
practise, which we do not recommend.
F.G.H. - He can, but he must obtain the consent of those
who appointed him.
J.K. - In the event suggested, the legal owner of the
churchyard, ie the incument or rector, would be liable.
L.M. - They seem to have been used in Anglo-Saxon times,
and lasted into the early part of nineteenth century.
Competitors are asked to submit the queries which they
think might have elicited any three of the above answers.
The competition brought a number of ingenious and amusing
entries; but few competitors produced a uniformly excellent
trio.
The First Prize goes to the Rev J.C. Wansey, The Rectory,
Woodford, E18, who sent these three excellent entries:-
D.E - "I have in mind the redistribution of the
collection after each service, amoungst the members
of the congregation. Is there anything to prevent my
going ahead with scheme?
F.G.H - "Is it correct for a verger to toss his
verge in procession?"
L.M. - "Can you tell me anything of the history
of (untasselled) nightcaps as worn by the clergy?"
The secod prize is awarded to Miss Angela Hibbert,
Ardlin, Duchal-road, Kilmalcolm, NB |
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1951
Olive, Margaret, Chris, Muriel, Mary-Joy, John
WANSEY
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| 1951 |
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Mary-Joy BARNETT nee WANSEY Photo |
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1951
Gowan Lea Snaresbrook School, Essex.
Margaret standing top row 2nd from right. |
| 1951 |
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Margaret WANSEY Photo |
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Circa 1951
Peter & Phyllis WANSEY's Children
From left:-
Elizabeth, David/ Jonathan, Rosemary, David/ Jonathan,
Heather |
| 1951 |
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Olive WANSEY Photo |
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1951
Margaret WANSEY |
| 1951 |
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Olive WANSEY Photo |
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1951
Hayling Island, Hampshire
Hand-written notes by Olive WANSEY nee BRAMHALL
Giving dates of holidays and events between 1943 to 1972
'We had the Vicarage beach hut on Hayling Island. We went to Corfe Castle.' |
| 1951 |
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1951
Olive and Margaret at at Ilford Bridge. |
| 1951 |
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Olive WANSEY Photo |
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1950
Gowan Lea Snaresbrook School, Essex.
Margaret seated middle row right. |
| 1950 |
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Margaret WANSEY Photo |
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1949
Gowan Lea Snaresbrook School, Essex.
Margaret front row, 8th from left, with a bow in her hair.
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| 1949 |
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Margaret WANSEY Print |
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1949
Osmington Mills Holiday
'It was a good camp, Daddy fitted us up with all the amenities he made from old orange boxes, he was very clever!'
'1949
Locum at Gussage All Saints. Then 1 week camping at Osmington Mills, under canvas! Fetching the milk in a glass pitcher we had bought. There was a little girl from Gowan Lea camping nearby.'
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| 1949 |
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Approx 1949
Chris WANSEY
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| 1949 |
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Margaret NORGETT Photo |
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6th Jan 1949
Appointment as Rural Dean to the deanery of Wanstead
& Woodford - Further renewed on the 31st May 1951
1949_Rural_Deans_Commission_Wanstead_&_Woodford_6_Jan.pdf |
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| 1948_12_30_Letter_Bishop_Chelmsford_to_JC_WANSEY.pdf |
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1948
WANSEY Family Reunion, West Wickham, Kent.
From left:-
Johnny ROSE, Pat ROSE, Heather WANSEY, Rosemary
WANSEY, Katharine WANSEY, Margaret WANSEY. |
| 1948 |
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Olive WANSEY Photo |
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1948
WANSEY Family Reunion, West Wickham, Kent. |
| 1948 |
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Mary-Joy BARNETT nee WANSEY Photo |
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1948
WANSEY Family Reunion, West Wickham, Kent.
From left:-
Alaric ROSE seated in front of him his wife Mary
nee WANSEY holding their children Pat and Johnny.
Chris WANSEY seated in front of him his wife Olive
nee BRAMHALL holding their daughter Margaret.
Paul WANSEY seated in front of him his wife Renee
and their daughter Katharine.
John WANSEY with his wife Muriel nee PETTINGER.
Peter WANSEY seated in front of him his wife Phyllis
and their daughters Rosemary and Heather. |
| 1948 |
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Olive WANSEY Photo |
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Sep 1948 Hong Kong
Johnny ROSE
Johnny dressed as a Chinese boy - with a piece
of cake in his hand! |
| 1948 |
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Olive WANSEY Photo |
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Circa 1948
Mary ROSE nee WANSEY opening a Fete with the Governor
of Hong Kong |
| 1948 |
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Olive WANSEY Photo |
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Circa 1948
Mary ROSE nee WANSEY with students in Hong Kong |
| 1948 |
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Olive WANSEY Photo |
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1948 Hong Kong
Mary & Alaric Johnny & Pat ROSE Taken
in Hong Kong
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| 1948 |
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Olive WANSEY Photo |
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1948
Whitby Holiday - Camping in John and Muriel's caravan
'Holiday at Whiby - on the way!'
''At Sands End which was fun. We could watch the herring fishing fleet go out from Whitby. All their lights on their masts look very pretty.' 'We bought fresh fish early in the day fresh off the boats.'
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1948
Chris, Margaret and Olive in Woodford Rectory garden. |
| 1948 |
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Olive WANSEY Photos |
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1948
Olive & Margaret WANSEY at Pevensey Castle
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| 1948 |
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Olive WANSEY Photo |
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1948
Margaret WANSEY
Woodford Rectory garden
'I designed this costume myself! With baby chick!'
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| 1948 |
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Olive WANSEY Photo |
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1948
David John & Richard BRAMHALL - Godfrey & Lily BRAMHALL's sons with Margaret WANSEY.
At grandma Henrietta
BRAMHALL's (nee PIGOTT) house. |
| 1948 |
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Olive WANSEY Photos |
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13th Sep 1947
Mary-Joy WANSEY
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| 1947 |
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Olive WANSEY Photo |
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1947
Written on back 'Margaret in the woodpile' |
| 1947 |
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Olive WANSEY Photos |
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1947
Margaret WANSEY studio |
| 1947 |
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Olive WANSEY Photos |
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1947
Written on back 'Winter Feb 1947, All dressed up, don't we look respectable, my fur coat is lovely and soft and warm.' |
| 1947 |
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Olive WANSEY Photo |
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1946
Chris & Olive WANSEY
Woodford Rectory
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| 1946 |
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Olive WANSEY Photo |
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Dec 1946
WANSEY Family reunion
Back Row
Left: Paul WANSEY / Renée / Aunt May / Do
WANSEY / John WANSEY/ Peter WANSEY / Phyllis WANSEY
Front Row: Alaric ROSE / Christopher WANSEY /
Aunty Elsie NOTTIDGE / Nicholas EVANS (Ester Renée
previously married to Col. EVANS) / Muriel WANSEY |
| 1946 |
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Mary-Joy BARNETT nee WANSEY Photo |
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Margaret WANSEY Print |
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Taken before Peter & Phyllis' wedding day
at Woodford Rectory in the Drawing Room, Phyllis
not present.
Top left: John WANSEY / Top right, Joseph Christopher
WANSEY aka Do
Middle row left: Muriel WANSEY nee PETTINGER
married to John / Hilda WANSEY nee THOMPSON second
wife to Henry Raymond / Olive WANSEY nee BRAMHALL
aka Mo holding her daughter Margaret wearing a
wartime 'wasp' jumper.
Front left: Joy / Peter WANSEY / Paul WANSEY |
| 1945 |
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Olive WANSEY Photo |
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Dec 1945
Phylis GREENWOOD & Peter's wedding day at
Woodford Rectory in the Drawing Room. |
| 1945 |
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Olive WANSEY Photo |
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Dec 1945
Peter WANSEY & Phyllis GREENWOOD Wedding
The four brothers from the left are Peter, John,
Paul and Chris. |
| 1945 |
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Olive WANSEY Photo |
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Dec 1945
Peter WANSEY & Phyllis GREENWOOD Wedding and
bridesmaid their neice, Joy Wansey. |
| 1945 |
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Olive WANSEY Photo |
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1945_JC_WANSEY_Subscription_Woodford_Parish_Essex_4_Oct.pdf
1945_JC_WANSEY_Collation_Woodford_Parish_Essex_4_Oct.pdf |
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1945_07_13_Letter_Bishop_Chelmsford_to_JC_WANSEY.pdf
1945_07_20_Letter_JT_BARKING_to_JC_WANSEY.pdf - with note at top from Olive WANSEY "Bishop ? who lived at 'The Walnuts' by St Mary's Walthamstow when I was a little girl" |
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Circa 1945
From left John & Muriel, Peter WANSEY holding
John's children Mary-Joy and Christopher, at Amotherby. |
| 1945 |
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Mary-Joy BARNETT nee WANSEY Photo |
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Circa 1945 (Assuming Alaric & Mary married,
but before children.)
Alaric & Mary ROSE |
| 1945 |
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Mary-Joy BARNETT nee WANSEY Photo |
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1945
Witten on the back 'Flixton Rectory 1945, 1 yr 4 months, In our working clothes, wartime.
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Margaret WANSEY print |
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1945
Margaret WANSEY
Written on the back 'I the first one I am doing daddy in the pulpit'
Olive & Margaret
Written on the back 'On the banks of the Mersey! at Flixton.' |
| 1945 |
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Margaret NORGETT nee WANSEY 35mm Negative |
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1942 Summer
Joan & Max LEE's Wedding
Olive WANSEY is wearing her wedding dress!
Max was Do's curate.
Third from left back row: Chris WANSEY (Do) /
Max LEE / Joan LEE / Unknown / In military uniform
Joan's father
Seated on the left: Olive WANSEY (Mo) / Unknown
holding large bouquet / Wearing dark hat Joan's
mother. |
| 1942 |
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Olive WANSEY Photo |
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St Michael Parish Church at Fixton, Greater Manchester.
1942_JC_WANSEY_Mandate_for_St_Michael_at_Flixton_23_Feb.pdf
1942_JC_WANSEY_Subscription_for_St_Michael_at_Flixton_23_Feb.pdf
1942_JC_WANSEY_Collation_for_St_Michael_at_Flixton.pdf |
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| 1942_01_27_Chris_WANSEY_Will.pdf |
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1942
"Chancel St Mary's Walthamstow. Where we
were married 27-1-'42"
1942_Marriage_Certificate_WANSEY_BRAMHALL.pdf
Registration District, Essex (South Western)
Marriage solemnized at The Parish Church of Walthamstow in the County of Essex
No. 494
When married, January 27th 1942
Joseph Christopher WANSEY / Age 31 yrs / Bachelor.
Profession, Clerk in Holy Orders
Residence at time of marriage, The Vicarage, Walthamstow
Father's name, Henry Raymond WANSEY
Profession of father, Deceased
Olive Washburn BRAMHALL / Age 20 yrs / Spinster.
Residence at time of marriage, Gidea Park Essex
Father's name, William BRAMHALL
Profession of father, Departmental Manager
Married in the Parish Church according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Established Church by or after Banns by me, G.D. OAKLEY
This Marriage was solemnized between us, Joseph Christopher WANSEY, Olive Washburn BRAMHALL
In the presence of William BRAMHALL, Peter Nottidge WANSEY
I George Douglas OAKLEY of Walthamstow in the County of Essex a true copy of the Entry no 494, in the Register Book of Marraiges of the said Church.
Witness my Hand this 27th day of January 1942.
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Olive WANSEY Photo |
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13th Nov 1941
GOVERNMENT HOUSE, SIERRA LEONE
13th November, 1941
Dear Mr Wansey
Before you go on leave, I should like to express
to you my gratitude for the work you have undertaken
on behalf of this Government in connexion with
torpedoed seamen.
I realise that much of the success which has attended
the Grammer School Hostel, the absence of friction
in dealing with its inmates, and the efficient
organization of the supply of extra clothing and
comforts, have been due to your unselfish devotion
to the needs of these unfortunate men.
With good wishes for a safe journey to England
and for all success in the future,
Yours very sincerely
Hubert Stevenson
for Rev. J.C. Wansey |
| 1941 |
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Olive WANSEY Photo |
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1941
1941_Crew_of_S_S_Lehigh_Typed_Out.pdf
[Handwritten]
When Chris left Japan late 1940 he sailed on an
American ship to Cape Town, then changed to an
English ship to Freetown.
Freetown, Sierra Leone
11/4/41
Dear Padre;
In behalf of the crew of the Former S/S Lehigh.
We are reimburshinging you for the $100.00 that
you lost when granting a favor to a member of
our crew,
The list of names that appear below have donated
to make up for this loss.
This is in the form of an IOU For the full amount
to be collected from Capt. V.P. Arkins
Richard L. Crice - Ship's Delegate Ex. S/S Lehigh
P.S. In GOD WE TRUST BUT We keep Our money in
the safe
[Handwritten]
POST FATHER, NO INDIGNATION REALISE THAT FOR US
- COLLECTIVELY - "IT IS BETTER TO GIVE THAN
TO RECEIVE" |
| 1941 |
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Olive WANSEY Photo |
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1941_Letter_Chris_to_John_WANSEY_2_Feb.pdf
1941_Letter_Chris_to_John_WANSEY_2_Feb_transcribed.pdf
1941_Circular_from_Chris_WANSEY_2_Jan.pdf
1941_Circular_from_Chris_WANSEY_2_Jan_transcribed.pdf
1940_Letter_Chris_WANSEY_5_Dec.pdf
1940_Letter_Chris_WANSEY_5_Dec_transcribed.pdf
1940_Circular_from_Chris_WANSEY_17_Oct.pdf
1940_Circular_from_Chris_WANSEY_17_Oct_transcribed.pdf |
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1940_Letter_Chris_to_John_WANSEY_28_Aug.pdf
1940_Letter_Chris_to_John_WANSEY_28_Aug_transcribed.pdf |
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1937-1940_Chris_WANSEY_Accounts_Sheets.pdf
Chris's Accounts from Oct 1937 - September 1940 when he
left Japan for Freetown, West Africa.
On the back of one sheet are his Insurance payments to
Norwich Union which much later became the source of our
purchase of Lilley Cottage 1954. |
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| 1940_Letter_Japan_News-Week_27_Apr.pdf |
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1940
"With love from Peter Feb 1940"
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| 1940 |
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Mary-Joy BARNETT nee WANSEY Photo |
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1939-1940 Kushiro Church St Paul's
Written of the back
"Kushiro Church 1939-40 now demolished and
a new one built 1988-9." |
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Olive WANSEY Photo |
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1939-1940
Chris WANSEY is at the back in the doorway. |
| 1939-40 |
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Olive WANSEY Photo |
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Paul Raymond Wansey was added to the Royal Army Chaplains
dept on 27 April 1939 - source London Gazette 6 June 1939
page 3780
His Military Cross was cited in the Supplement to the
London gazette on 7 December 1944 page 5611 |
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Circa 1938
Summer break for Missionaries at Karuizawa.
[Written in the album]
Ronald PARKINSON who became a naval chaplain in
the war also Miss ROBINSON a Missionary from Canada,
who remained under house arrest for the duration
of the War. |
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Olive WANSEY Photo |
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Circa 1938
Chris WANSEY and two other people in a Japanese
Garden. |
| 1938 |
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Olive WANSEY Photo |
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Circa 1938
Hakodate Southern Hokkaido Conference Diocesan
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| 1938 |
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Olive WANSEY Photo |
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1938
Missionary Conference Karuizawa.
Chris WANSEY is standing second from the right |
| 1938 |
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Olive WANSEY Photo |
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1937
Hakodate 1937 Bishop WALSH, clergy and laity.
Southern, Hokkaido. |
| 1937 |
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Olive WANSEY Photo |
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1937
Bishop WALSH last Western 3 yrs of Hokkaido. |
| 1937 |
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Olive WANSEY Photo |
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1937
[Written in the album]
The occassion Consecration of the Church.
Bishop WALSH on discovering these vestiments at
the Church in Sapporo said "Let us dress
up for the Camera!"
His usual dress as above. |
| 1937 |
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Olive WANSEY Photo |
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1937-38 November
Written of the back
"Sapporo Nov 1937 On the occasion of Nagasawa's
leaving for England." |
| 1937 |
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Olive WANSEY Photo |
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1937
Chris WANSEY and GREENWOOD |
| 1937 |
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Olive WANSEY Photo |
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1937 February
Chris WANSEY in Tokyo |
| 1937 |
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Olive WANSEY Photo |
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1937
PRIEST'S LICENCE
GORDON JOHN WALSH, by Divine Providence, Bishop
of the Missionary Diocese of HOKKAIDO, to our
beloved in Christ, JOSEPH CHRISTOPHER WANSEY,
Greeting.
We do by these Presents give and grant to you,
in whose learning, Diligence, Sound Doctrine,
and Prudence we do fully confide, our Licence
and Authority to perform the Office of a Priest,
in this our Missionary Diocese of Hokkaido, to
preach the Word of God, to administer the Sacraments,
and to perform all other spiritual duties belonging
to the Office of Priest, you continuing in communion
with us, and complying with the rubrics and canons
of the Church, and with such lawful directions
as you shall at any time receive from us.
In witness whereof we have hereunto affixed our
episcopal seal and signature at Sapporo, this
twenty-fifth day of March, ion the year of Our
Lord nineteen hundred and thirty-even, being the
eleventh year of our consecration.
Gordon Walsh Bishop in Hokkaido.
Bishop of the Missionary Diocese of Hokkaido in
the Church of Japan.
(Nippon Seikokwai)
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Olive WANSEY Photo |
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1937
Permission to Officiate in Japan. |
| 1937 |
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Olive WANSEY Photo |
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1937
Peter WANSEY
Written on the back "This was taken in Gyor
in Hungary by a little boy who was waiter at a
hotel." |
| 1937 |
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Olive WANSEY Photo |
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1937
Chris WANSEY son of John & Muriel aged 3 yrs
1937
Written on the back "A very favourite occupation.
Aged 3" |
| 1937 |
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Olive WANSEY Photo |
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Jan 1936
Just before Chris left for Japan. |
| 1936 |
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Olive WANSEY Photo |
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1936
John WANSEY
Written on the back "It fell to earth I know
not where - but after a terrific hunt I found
it in the heart of some grass!" |
| 1936 |
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Olive WANSEY Photo |
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1936
Mary WANSEY's friends |
| 1936 |
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Olive WANSEY Photo |
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1936
Mary WANSEY at Moorfields |
| 1936 |
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Olive WANSEY Photo |
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1936
Rottingdean |
| 1936 |
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Olive WANSEY Photo |
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1936
Rottingdean
Outside 'The Creamery' |
| 1936 |
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Olive WANSEY Photo |
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1936
Chris WANSEY at camp in England. |
| 1936 |
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Olive WANSEY Photo |
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1936
Peter, Peggy, Bunty, Chris. |
| 1936 |
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Olive WANSEY Photo |
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1936
Chris WANSEY
Austrian Tyrol
The Kandalian run should be done in 3 mins, Chris
took 3 hours! he said |
| 1936 |
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Olive WANSEY Photo |
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1936
Chris & Peter WANSEY Skiing.
Chris & Peter in the back row by the door
frame. |
| 1936 |
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Olive WANSEY Photo |
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| 1935-1936_Chris_WANSEY_Accounts_Sheets.pdf |
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Circa 1935
Mary WANSEY in Epping Forest
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| 1935 |
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Olive WANSEY Photo |
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Circa 1935
Chris WANSEY
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| 1935 |
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Olive WANSEY Photo |
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Circa 1935
Chris WANSEY |
| 1935 |
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Olive WANSEY Photo |
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1935
Chris WANSEY
Wembury, Dorset |
| 1935 |
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Olive WANSEY Photo |
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Circa 1934
Lady STANSFIELD who sponsored Chris at Westcott
House Cambridge. |
| 1934 |
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Olive WANSEY Photo |
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Circa 1934
St Mary's Walthamstow
Where Chris was a curate October 1934.
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| 1934 |
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Olive WANSEY Photo |
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1934
Chris WANSEY's ordination retreat at Pleshey, Chelmsford. |
| 1934 |
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Olive WANSEY Photo |
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1934
Chris WANSEY Studio Portrait - 24 years old
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| 1934 |
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Olive WANSEY Photo |
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Jan 1934
Mrs WANSEY in her car in Okehampton. |
| 1934 |
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Olive WANSEY Photo |
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1934
Written underneath:
'Henley 1934' |
| 1934 |
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JC WANSEY's photo album, Selwyn College Archives |
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1st May 1933
John WANSEY & Muriel E. PETTINGER's wedding
in Cheltenham.
From left back row: Paul WANSEY / Chris WANSEY
/ Aunty Elsie (Gerty) NOTTIDGE / Evelyn SERGEANT
or Aunty Blanche NOTTIDGE (who married Rev. Willie
JAY in 1938) / Peter WANSEY / Lucy PETTINGER /
The Groom John WANSEY / Desmond PETTINGER, Gerald
WAINWRIGHT, Charles PETTINGER, Margaret SERGEANT,
Phoebe PRESTON, Kerrison PRESTON, Evelyn PRESTON
From left front row: Angela PRESTON Cousin of
Muriel / Margery SYKES or Phoebe PRESTON Cousin
of Muriel / 'Step' Granny WANSEY / Eve DAVEY or
Lucy PETTINGER (who later married Denis RAWLINS)
Muriel's sister / The bride Muriel WANSEY nee
PETTINGER / Dorothy PETTINGER her mother / Mary
WANSEY / Marjorie SYKES (friend of Muriel &
John) or Evelyn (Mela) PRESTON.
Written on the back of the photo:
Bridesmaids
Marjorie SYKES (friend of Muriel & John),
Mary WANSEY, Lucy PRESTON, Celia? RAWLINS, Muriel's
sister, Phoebe PRESTON Cousin of Muriel, Angela
PRESTON Cousin of Muriel |
| 1933 |
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Olive WANSEY Photo |
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1st May 1933
Written underneath:
'1st May Boat 1933 - Bumped by Lady Margaret and 1st Trinity'
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| 1933 |
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JC WANSEY's photo album, Selwyn College Archives |
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1930-34_JC_WANSEY_Hand-written_Rowing_Results.pdf
1933_Unknown_Newspaper_Forster-Fairbairn_Pairs_Feb.pdf
1933_Unknown_Newspaper_Rowing_at_Cambridge_May.pdf
1933_Unknown_Newspaper_Rowing_Jul.pdf |
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1932
Written underneath:
Selwyn Clinker IV - 1932
Bow JW STOW
2 GLW BIRD
3 BM BIRD
Stroke AG SIDEBOTTOM
Cox RWD DEWING
Coach JC WANSEY
Winners - Beat: St Catherines, Clare, Pembroke (7.41), Peterhouse
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| 1932 |
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JC WANSEY's photo album, Selwyn College Archives |
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Circa 1932
No date written on page
Written underneath:
'Light Fours -
Beat First Trinity, Clare II
Lost to Christs'
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| 1932 |
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JC WANSEY's photo album, Selwyn College Archives |
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1932
Written underneath:
'Henley Crew - 1932 - Lost to New College, Oxford, by 3 feet.'
JC WANSEY fifth from back including the cox
JC WANSEY on left. in from of marquees.
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| 1932 |
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JC WANSEY's photo album, Selwyn College Archives |
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May 1932
Written underneath:
'Rebumping Lady Margaret - 1932. 1st May Boat'
'Lady Margaret' cox acknowledging the bump by raising his hand.
1932_JC_WANSEY_Ladies_Challenge_Plate_June.pdf
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| 1932 |
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JC WANSEY's photo album, Selwyn College Archives |
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May 1932
Written underneath:
'1st May Boat 1932 - Rebumping Lady Margaret on the Fourth Night''
JC WANSEY is fifth from the back in the closest boat.
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| 1932 |
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JC WANSEY's photo album, Selwyn College Archives |
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1931_Death_Certificate_Blanche_WANSEY.pdf
1931 Death in the Sub-district of Chelsea in the County
of London
No. 271
Twenty First November 1931, 28 Cheyne Court.
Blanche WANSEY / Female / 88 yrs
Occupation, Widow of Arthur Henry WANSEY a Solicitor.
Cause of Death, Pneumonia 5 days No P.M. Certified by
Randolph R. GROSVENOR MRCS
Description of Informant, Margaret R WANSEY, Daughter,
Present at death, 28 Cheyne Court.
Registered, Twenty third November 1931.
Registrar, C WRIGHT. |
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1931
Written underneath:
'Light Four - 1931. Beat Peterhouse. Lost to 3rd Trinity (Finalists) by 7 seconds'
JC WANSEY - Second from back. |
| 1931 |
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JC WANSEY's photo album, Selwyn College Archives |
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1931
Written underneath:
'It's good when you heave off' |
| 1931 |
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JC WANSEY's photo album, Selwyn College Archives |
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Circa 1931 |
| 1931 |
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JC WANSEY's scrap-book |
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May 1931
Written underneath:
'Wednesday Night - Bumping Lady Margaret'
JC WANSEY is wearing glasses in the middle of the closest boat.
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| 1931 |
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JC WANSEY's photo album, Selwyn College Archives |
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1st May 1931
Written underneath:
'Selwyn 1st May Boat - 1931 - Bumped Lady Margaret - Third on the River'
JC WANSEY - Seated on right of photo with glasses. |
| 1931 |
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JC WANSEY's photo album, Selwyn College Archives |
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Circa 1931
John, (closest to camera), Paul, Peter & JC WANSEY
Written underneath:
WANSEY, WANSEY, WANSEY and WANSEY
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| 1931 |
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JC WANSEY's photo album, Selwyn College Archives |
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Circa 1930
Undated photo without notes. A group of 9 men. Chris WANSEY standing middle left with glasses.
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| 1930 |
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JC WANSEY's photo album, Selwyn College Archives |
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1930
Written underneath:
'The Logarithms Society - 1930'
JC WANSEY - Middle row 2nd from left.
Peter WANSEY middle of middle row.
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| 1930 |
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JC WANSEY's photo album, Selwyn College Archives |
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Spring 1930
Written underneath:
'Selwyn Henley Eight, 1930 Lost to Emmanual' |
| 1930 |
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JC WANSEY's photo album, Selwyn College Archives |
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May 1930
Written underneath:
'Bumping First Trinity - May 1930'
JC WANSEY is wearing glasses in the middle of the closest boat.
Peter WANSEY is two in front of him and third from the back.
Rules of 'Bumping' extracted from Wikipedia
A bumps race is a form of rowing race in which a number of boats chase each other in single file, each crew attempting to catch and "bump" the boat in front without being caught by the boat behind. The form is mainly used in intercollegiate competitions at the University's of Cambridge and Oxford. It is particularly suitable where the stretch of water available is long but narrow, precluding side-by-side racing.
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JC WANSEY's photo album, Selwyn College Archives |
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1st May 1930
Written underneath:
'Selwyn 1st May Boat 1930 - Bumped First Trinity and Third Trinity'
JC WANSEY - Seated on right of photo with glasses.
Peter WANSEY - Standing at the back second from right of photo. |
| 1930 |
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JC WANSEY's photo album, Selwyn College Archives |
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Lent 1930
Written underneath:
'Selwyn 1st Lent Boat - 1930 Bumped - First Trinty'
JC WANSEY - Seated on right of photo with glasses. |
| 1930 |
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JC WANSEY's photo album, Selwyn College Archives |
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1930
Mahatma GHANDHI at Selwyn College, Cambridge. |
| 1930 |
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Olive WANSEY Photo |
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1930
WANSEY siblings
From the bottom: Mary with family dog Tweedles,
Chris, Peter, John and Paul. |
| 1930 |
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Mary-Joy BARNETT nee WANSEY Photo |
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1930
WANSEY siblings |
| 1930 |
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Olive WANSEY Photo |
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Circa 1929 [Assuming John to be 22 yrs old]
John WANSEY at Cambridge.
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| 1929 |
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Mary-Joy BARNETT nee WANSEY Photo |
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1929_Circa_Note_from_Jesus_College_Cambridge.pdf
- To JC WANSEY
April 3. As from The Lodge, Jesus College, Cambridge.
Dear Mr Wansey
I had noticed your success at Selwyn College, on which
I heartily congratulate and trust that it is the opening
of a course honourable to yourself and your College. Many
thanks for informing of your decision.
Yours very truly Arthur GRAY |
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1926-29
JC WANSEY attended 'Bristol Grammer school'
1929_Bristol_Grammer_School_Prize_Giving_3_Dec.pdf
1929_Form_5aU_Board_of_Education_30_Jul.pdf |
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1928
Chris WANSEY Studio Portrait - 18 years old
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| 1918 |
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Olive WANSEY Photo |
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1928
John WANSEY's place setting.
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| 1928 |
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Mary-Joy BARNETT nee WANSEY Photo |
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8th July 1927
Cartoon presented to JC WANSEY at 'Bristol Grammer
school' |
| 1926 |
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JC WANSEY's scrap-book |
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1926_Death_Certificate_Henry_Raymond_WANSEY.pdf
Registration District Warminster
Death in the Sub-district of Warminster in the
County of Wiltshire
No 193
When and where died, Twenty Fourth April 1926,
The Rectory, Bishopstrow, R.D.
Name, Henry Raymond WANSEY : Male : 52 yrs :
Occupation, Work in Holy Orders, Rector of Bishopstrow.
Cause of death, Heart failure.
Description of informant, Paul R. WANSEY, Son,
The Rectory, Bishopstrow.
When Registered, Twenty Seventh April 1926.
Registrar, William RANDALL.
Photo of memorial in Bishopstrow Church, Warminster
taken by Roger BARNETT |
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| 1926 |
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Mary-Joy BARNETT nee WANSEY Photos |
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Circa 1926
Probably drawn at 'The Lord Weymouth Grammer School',
Warminster.
Portrait of JC WANSEY by P A STEWART |
| 1926 |
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JC WANSEY's scrap-book |
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1923-26
JC WANSEY attended 'The Lord Weymouth Grammer School',
Warminster
1925_Circa_Letter_Chris_to_Peter_WANSEY_01.pdf
Bishopstrow Rectory
Warminster
Dear Peter
The other new master came on Monday. His name is Hazel
and I think he is rather a "spike". Anyhow,
he must be some good at cricket since he got me out
(on my first appearance) for a duck.
The other master also plays - There were nets on Monday
and Tuesday four overs of a game on Wednesday - after
which it began to pelt, fielding practise on Thursday,
and a game yesterday.
I don't think there's any more news.
With much love from your loving brother
Joseph
1925_Circa_Letter_Chris_to_Peter_WANSEY_02.pdf
Bishopstrow Rectory
Warminster
June 6th
Dear Peter
Thank you very much for your letter.
There hasn't been much doing at school in the last week
except a match against the town 2nd yesterday when I
wasn't playing. In the first innings we made 20 and
Warminster 31 but in the second we made 46 and just
skittled them out for 26, before stumps were drawn.
Next week we have 3 matches, on Monday against Shaftesbury,
Thursday K.E.S. and Saturday against - (sorry! I've
forgotten,) but perhaps we won't play any, since 2 kids
have got measles.
I advertised my gun in the Bazaar a little while ago,
and consequently have sold it for 25/-.
I am now advertising my P. Bars
I don't think there's any more news.
From your loving brother
Joseph
1925_Circa_Letter_Chris_to_Peter_WANSEY_03.pdf
[Noted Paper]
PRESTBURY HOUSE
WARMINSTER
[Handwritten by Olive WANSEY]
Letter to Peter,
From Christopher
(Joseph) who was at school in Warminster
[Handwritten by Chris]
July 11th
Dear Peter,
Thank you very much for your letter.
I couldn't imagine for a long time what you meant by
my "fall" but then I remembered I tripped
up getting into the pavvy via the window, but I didn't
hurt myself much.
We played S B[?] yesterday. I had the ball from Harris
and got 2 off it, but then the other chaps (Harland)
was caught and since I was the last man, I retired.
I am at present 5th in the average with 4.5, but will
most probably go down to 3 after the last 2 matches.
I don't think there's any more news.
From your loving brother.
Joseph |
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1925
Chris (known then as Joe) & his elder brother
Peter WANSEY. |
| 1925 |
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Mary-Joy BARNETT nee WANSEY Photo |
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In 1925 Henry Raymond WANSEY of Bishopstrow Rectory,
Warminster, Wiltshire wrote a 41 page document titled:
"Some Notes on the Ancestors of my Family"
Scans of the original mechanically typed loose leaf
pages dated 1925 by Henry Raymond WANSEY
1925_01Wansey_Family_Tree_Castle_Acre_Priory.pdf
1925_02Wansey_Family_Tree_Heraldry_Arms.pdf
1925_03Wansey_Family_Tree_Pages_1-8.pdf
1925_04Wansey_Family_Tree_Pages_9-17.pdf
1925_05Wansey_Family_Tree_Pages_18-22.pdf
1925_06Wansey_Family_Tree_Pages_23-34.pdf
1925_07Wansey_Family_Tree_Pages_35-41.pdf
1925_08Wansey_Family_Tree_Medieval_Genealogy.pdf
1925_09Henry_Wansey_Descendant_Tree.pdf
1925_10Henry_Wansey_Descendant_Tree.pdf
1925_11Wansey_Family_Tree_Other_Family_Branches.pdf
Transcribed copies Feb 2010 from the original using
'optical character recognition'.
1925_03Wansey_Family_Tree_Pages_1-8_transcribed.pdf
1925_04Wansey_Family_Tree_Pages_9-17_transcribed.pdf
1925_05Wansey_Family_Tree_Pages_18-22_transcribed.pdf
1925_06Wansey_Family_Tree_Pages_23-34_transcribed.pdf
1925_07Wansey_Family_Tree_Pages_35-41_transcribed.pdf |
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Written by HR WANSEY extracted from the 'Wansey Family Tree' page 38 & 39
HENRY RAYMOND WANSEY b.1873 (Only surviving son of Arthur Henry Wansey). My early days were spent very happily at home at Sambourne, Stoke Bishop, Bristol. Being the youngest of seven my education began with a home governess.
In 1884 I started going to the Junior School of Clifton College,walking there and back daily across the Clifton Downs. In the summer holidays we went to stay in the house my father had built in Devonshire on a beautiful site overlooking the mouth of the River Dart. (The Redoubt, Kingswear, S. Devon). We had large gardens and a wood, and spent much time in rowing and seafishing. In the Junior School sports I won the high jump and won many prizes for games when a boarder in the Upper School. In my House I had the best batting and bowling average at Cricket and played racquets for Clifton against, Cheltenham.
I also won the School Golf prize but in February 1890 was taken very seriously ill with pneumonia and was at death's door. Five doctors attended me and I had two nurses besides my mother who would not leave me. I was so ill that I could not move an inch by myself and at one time my life was despaired of. After an operation on my chest and three months in bed I was removed from the school to my home and gradually getting better went on to our house in Devonshire.
In January 1891 my father took me for a sea voyage to Egypt. We were away for about two and a half months, and we went together 1,000 miles up the Nile, to the second Cataract in Cook's steamers, and saw many ancient temples and beautiful sights. We returned in April much the better for the voyage.
I returned to school for the Summer Term and obtained my Cricket XI Colours, but was by no means strong. I left the College in 1892 having won the bat given by the great W. E. Grace for the highest score in the match Clifton against Cheltenham. In the following October I went up to Oxford and was entered at University College.
In November I heard the famous D. L. Moody preach at Oxford and was much influence by it - and began going daily to a prayer meeting held by undergraduates in an upper room in the High Street. There with twenty to forty others I spent many a happy half hour in Bible reading and prayer. As Secretary of the District Visiting Society I spent some of my afternoons in the lowest part of the town distributing tracts, and in the summer bicycled out with others to the surrounding villages where we held open air services preaching on the village greens.
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On Sunday evenings I attended the open air service at the Martyrs' Memorial in St. Giles and was thus publicly marked as an extreme man. In my College I held Bible readings and Prayer meetings in my rooms - and in sports played Water Polo once for the ‘Varsity, won the first prize for Hand Fives and the cup for the best batting average in my College XI. In 1892, 1893, I camped out for 10 days at Tintern with the Bristol Boys Brigade; in 1894 camped out with Oxford and Cambridge men at the Keswick Convention; and also in 1894 camped out at Highcliffe in Hampshire at the Public School Boys Camp.
In the summer of 1895 I spent nearly a month with two other undergraduates in a small hut on Riskworth Moor near Halifax where we held a very successful Mission amongst the navvies. In January 1896 I west to Liverpool for the great Student Missionary Conference as I had already determined to be a Foreign Missionary. In September 1895 after our usual summer holiday at the 'Redoubt', Kingswear, S. Devon, I went with my mother and sister to Paris and Lucerne, staying there about a fortnight.
In December 1896 I took my degree and left Oxford. In order now to prepare for Ordination my father sent me for a year to be with Bishop Westcott, at Auckland Castle, Co. Durham: and I was ordained on Advent Sunday 1897 in Durham Cathedral. After being some time at my first curacy, St. Hilda’s Sunderland, being unwell a tour to Palestine was suggested, and I had a delightful journey there staying three weeks in Jerusalem and altogether being exactly 40 days in the Holy Land.
On my return I was licensed to the curacy of the Parish church at - Darlington. In 1901 I left Darlington to become an Assistant Chaplain in the Missions to Seamen, first at South Shields and, then at Hartlepool. I was called to my dear father's deathbed on my birthday 16th October 1902 and he died two days later, his last words being “God bless you my boy.”
On the exact anniversary of his death I was accepted as a Foreign Missionary by the Committee of the Church Missionary Society: I said to them these words- “I feel confident that it is part of God's plan for my life that I should go out as a missionary to the heathen. I feel confident too, that I stand here to-day in obedience to the guidance of the Holy Ghost.”
Henry Raymond Wansey born 16th October 1873, married 25th February 1905 in Nagasaki, Japan, Beatrice Margaretta Nottidge, born 1st May, 1870 died 24th January 1924, buried at Imber, Warminster.
Their children:-
1. Paul Raymond Wansey born at Karuizawa, Japan, 12th July 1906
2. John Wansey born at Tokyo, Japan, 18th Oct. 1907
3. Peter Nottidge Wansey born at Tokyo, Japan, 28th Sep. 1908
4. Mary Beatrice Wansey born at Nikko, Japan, 20th Sep. 1909
5. Joseph Christopher Wansey born at Nikko, Japan, 1st Oct. 1910, Died 24 Dec 1992
Hand-written notes by Olive W Wansey nee Bramhall
In 1913 Beatrice Margaretta had been in Japan 15 yrs this means she was 28 when she went there. Beatrice was trained at the Mildmay Mission Hospital. After his Father’s death in 1902, his mother left Bristol and went to live at 28, Cheyne Court, London until she died. Her daughter Margaret Wansey lived with her. |
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1924_Marriage_Certificate_WANSEY_THOMSON.pdf
1917 Marriage solemnized at St Nicholas Church, in the
Parish of Blundellsands in the County of Lancaster.
No 36
July 29th 1924
Henry Raymond WANSEY : 51 yrs : Widower
Occupation, Work in Holy Orders
Residence at time of Marriage, The Rectory, Bishopstow,
Wiltshire.
Father's Name, Arthur Henry WANSEY (deceased).
Profession of Father, Solicitor.
Hilda THOMSON : 39 yrs : Spinster
Residence at time of Marriage, 19, Phossitt? Road, Blundellsands
Father's Name, John THOMSON (deceased).
Profession of Father, Gentleman.
Married in the Parish Church, according to the Rites
and Ceremonies of the Established Church by Banns by
me B ? SMITH, Vicar.
This Marriage was solemnized between us, Henry Raymond
WANSEY, Hilda THOMPSON in the Presence of us, John Douglas
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1924_Death_Certificate_Beatrice_Margaretta_WANSEY.pdf
Registration District St Marylebone
1924 Death in the Sub-district of North Marylebone in
the County of London
No 445
Where and When died, Twenty Fourth January 1924, Florence
Nightingale Hospital, 19 Lisson Grove.
Beatrice Margaretta WANSEY : 53 years
Occupation, Of Imber Vicarage Devizes, Wife of Henry
Raymond WANSEY, Work in Holy Orders.
Cause of Death, (1) Pernicious Aneamia 8 months (2)
Heart Failure. Certified by H.G. JOHNSON M.D.
Description of Informant, E.M. NOTTIDGE, Sister, Present
at the death, St Fagans?, Windermere Avenue, Finchley.
When registered, Twenty Fifth January 1924
Registrar, A.J.W. SINGER? |
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1919_Miss_HENTY_Article_in_The_Record.pdf
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Circa 1918 [Assuming Paul to be 12 yrs old]
Paul WANSEY
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1917_Baptism_Certificate_Joseph_Christopher_WANSEY.pdf
Baptism performed in the parish of Sutton Cum Seaford in the County of Sussex.
Register entry no, 768
Date of birth, October 1st 1910
Date of baptism, July 21st 1917
Father's Christian names & surname, Henry Raymond WANSEY
Mother's Christian names & surname, Beatrice Margaretta WANSEY
Address, 8, Esplanade, Seaford, Sussex.
Father's occupation, Schoolmaster
Godparents, Not recorded.
Officiating minister, FD GREMER, Vicar.
Certified to be a true copy of an entry in the register of the said parish, by me Michael R THOMPSON - Vicar of Seaford.
Date 20 / 11 / 90
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Circa 1917 [Assuming Paul to be 10 yrs old]
John, Peter, Mary & Chris WANSEY
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1914
Henry Raymond WANSEY in Darlington
1914_Darlington_Note.pdf
Hand written by HRW "1914 Darlington"
Email to Rev Hiroshi Tagaki from Margaret NORGETT
19th Sep 2018
Dear Rev Hiroshi Tagaki,
You wrote to my mother, Mrs Olive Wansey, on 12
July this year (2018). The letter arrived on the
day that my mother was admitted to hospital. She
died four days later on her 97th birthday - 16
July 2018. I have been much concerned with this
sad event until now, but I will answer your letter
as best I may.
I will give some of the history of the Wansey
family, but I also refer you to the website of
my son-in-law, Nick Delves: www.nickdelves.co.uk
. Tabs: Family Tree and WANSEY. There you will
find more information and pictures of the Ashio
mission church and the Ashio copper mine.
My father, Joseph Christopher Wansey, was the
youngest son of Henry Raymond Wansey. My father
was also a missionary in Japan (and East Africa)
– see the website. My father’s eldest
brother, Paul, was the father of Mrs Kate Kirkland
(my cousin). Henry Raymond Wansey died before
any of his children married, so that my generation
did not meet him (or his wife).
We therefore have little knowledge of Henry Raymond’s
life, or the reasons why he went to Japan. Just
little scraps of information. For example, because
of his height (some 6 feet and 8 inches) he was
known as “honourable telegraph pole”.
I believe that Henry Raymond left the CMS missionary
society because they would not allow him to marry.
But he chose to marry Beatrice Margaretta (a missionary
nurse). I think that the family (Henry Raymond
and wife Beatrice Margaretta, and the five children
(nice picture on the website)) probably returned
to the UK around the time of the outbreak of the
1914/1918 war. There is some information about
his time in Ashio on the website.
As to your analysis of the reason for his setting
up the Ashio mission – it seems plausible
to me. But I have no direct evidence to support
it.
With very kind wishes to you and your church,
Margaret Norgett (born Margaret Wansey, and granddaughter
of Henry Raymond Wansey)
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Circa 1913 [Assuming Chris to be 3 yrs and Mary
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Henry Raymond & Beatrice Margaretta's children
Paul, John, Peter, Mary & Chris WANSEY |
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The WANSEY family back in England. |
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1913_Darlington_Quakers_Appeal.pdf
Darlington Monthly Meeting.
H. R. WANSEY'S WORK IN JAPAN.
DEAR FRIEND,
It is now over twelve months since the last appeal was
sent out in respect of the work which our Friends H. R.
and Beatrice M. Wansey are doing in Japan, and we think
you will probably like to hear something of their present
position and prospects.
During last year the sum of £79 16s. 4d. was collected
on their behalf, and, after a deduction of £1 11s.
8d. for printing and postage, the amount of £78
4s. 8d. was forwarded to Japan.
We have been in communication with American Friends
with regard to the taking over by them of our Friends'
work. They have offered to take the oversight of it
for an experimental period of two years, conditionally
upon English Friends raising sufficient money to support
H. R. and B. M. Wansey and their family in the work.
At least £200 per annum will be required ; and
we are anxious to ascertain by this circular letter
whether it is likely to be obtained. The work which
our Friends are doing is of great value, and we hope
it may be possible to fall in with the views of American
Friends, so as to conduce to its greater efficiency.
The arrangement may also enable our two Friends to obtain
a much needed furlough, if the work in which they are
engaged can be properly supervised during their absence.
H. R. Wansey has now been in Japan for 9 years and B.
M. Wansey for 15 years, so that they are both much in
need of the rest which the return to England for a few
months would enable them to gain. We feel too that it
would be helpful for English Friends to have the opportunity
of meeting with these two far off members, and hearing
from their own lips some account of the work in which
they have been engaged, and the experiences through
which they have passed.
It will be a pleasure to forward to H. R. Wansey any
financial assistance which you may be willing to give.
Yours sincerely,
EDWARD BACKHOUSE, White House, Stockton-on-Tees.
ERNEST O. D. SIBSON, 36, Elton Parade, Darlington.
}Correspondents appointed by Darlington Monthly Meeting.
June, 1913.
P.S.—Contributions may be sent to either of the
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Henry Raymond WANSEY
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1912_WANSEY_Family_in_The_Friend.pdf
5TH APRIL, 1912. THE FRIEND.
FRIENDS' MISSION WORK IN JAPAN.
THE accompanying photograph [below dated August 1911]
is that of a family of Friends (members of Darlington
Monthly Meeting) who reside at Nikko, Japan; H. R. Wansey
being engaged in mission work in the coal and copper mining
districts of the Island of Hondo. He went out to Japan
under the auspices of the Church Missionary Society ;
but as the result of becoming personally acquainted with
some members of the Society of Friends and the study of
Quaker literature, he was led to adopt Friends' views
and to put them into practice in his life and work. He
felt that he could not conscientiously remain as a clergyman
of the Established Church, and consequently resigned his
position under the C.M.S., thereby losing the financial
support of that Society.
In 1910, after receiving a visit from Henry Clark, a member
of Darlington Monthly Meeting, who was touring in Japan,
H. R. Wansey applied to that Monthly Meeting for membership
and was accepted, the application being strongly supported
by H. Clark and by other Friends in Japan. From all sources
good reports have been recieved with respect to H. R.
Wansey's work, and Darlington Friends, as well as members
of other Monthly Meetings, have interested themselves
in his work. Edward Backhouse of White House, Stockton-on-Tees,
and Ernest O. D. Sibson, of 36 Elton Parade, Darlington,
have een asked to act as correspondents, on behalf of
the Monthly Meeting, with these far distant members, and
they will be glad to answer any inquiries with respect
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Circa 1912
Henry Raymond WANSEY
Written on back by Chris WANSEY:-
"Great Grandfather Wansey & Great Grandmother.
Paul, John, Peter, Mary & Chris with Suzuki
San Priest of the Temple in Nikko."
Note written by HR WANSEY
1912_Circa_HR_WANSEY_Note_Nikko_Temple.pdf
"Self and family with Suzuki San Priest of
the Temple in Nikko.
H.R.W." |
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The WANSEY House [I assume this is in Nikko]
Written on back by HR WANSEY:-
"Our house seen in the distance." |
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1911_Circa_Newspaper_Cricket_at_Karuizawa.pdf
1911_Circa_Newspaper_Cricket_at_Karuizawa_Typed_Out.pdf
A handwritten note next to the newspaper cutting 'Cricket
at Karuizawa'-
When at Clifton College on the occasion of a visit from
W.G.Grace, HRW recieved from him a Cricket bat for a
best performance at Oxford, he played on occasion for
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Henry Raymond WANSEY
The Mission Church
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Henry Raymond WANSEY
Mission Church built by myself and adjoining
our house in Nikko. Shiken Chs
"A servant of Jesus Christ" Rom I.1.
"Henceforth I call you not servants ... but
I have called you friends." John XV.15.
Texts given me by my wife as messages for me
in my solitary missionary journeys
HRW
[The Japanese images on the right are stuck to
the back of the Mission Church page.] |
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August 1911 from 'The Friend' dated 5th April
1912.
H.R. and B.M. WANSEY and Family in Quakers newspaper
'The Friend'.
Nikko, Japan
This photo was part of the above article from
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Probably at Nikko
Henry Raymond & Beatrice Margaretta's children
Paul John & Peter |
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[Note written to side of photo]
Grandmother Wansey, Paul, John, Peter, Mary and
baby Christopher in the garden at Nikko. 1911. |
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1910_Birth_Certificate_Joseph_Raymond_WANSEY.pdf
Birth within the District of the British Consulate General at Yokohama
No. 712
When and where, October First 1910, 2251 Shikencho, Nikko
Joseph Raymond / Boy
Name of father, Henry Raymond WANSEY
Name of mother, Beatrice Margaretta NOTTIDGE
Occupation of father, Missionary
Description of informant, Letter from Rev. H. R. WANSEY, Father of child dated April 4th 1911.
When registered, April 11th 1911
Thomas HARRINGTON, Vice Consul. |
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Circa 1910
Henry Raymond WANSEY at Shinto Temple, Nikko.
[Hand-written on the back of the photo by Chris
WANSEY]
"Great-Grandfather Wansey on the steps of
the chief Shinto Temple in Nikko, Japan (where
Grandfather Wansey was born.)
On his left, the Chief Priest of Shintoism in
Japan, and other members of Grandfather Wansey's
English Bible Class.
Circa 1910 A.D."
1910_Circa_Note_on_Shinto_Temple_Photo.pdf
[Henry Raymond WANSEY's hand-written note about
the Shinto Temple photo]
"Photo taken and presented to me in the Chief
Nikko temple, by the Chief Priest of Shintoism
in Japan (standing on my left) and other s of
my English Bible Class.
H.R. Wansey" |
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Probably at Nikko
Henry Raymond & Beatrice Margaretta WANSEY with
their children.
Beatrice holding Mary, Paul, John, Henry Raymond
holding Peter. |
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Peter, John & Paul WANSEY |
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1907_Circa_Appeal_from_HR_WANSEY.pdf
1907_Circa_Appeal_from_HR_WANSEY_Typed_Out.pdf
1907_Circa_Appeal_from_HR_WANSEY_Back.pdf |
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1907_Letter_from_HR_WANSEY_Typed_Out.pdf |
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Booklet 'God Moves in a Mysterious Way'
Written by David Shillitoe, International Miners Mission, 5 Old Rectory Court, 61 Wood Street, Barnet, EN5 4BL England
Chapters 3 & 4 cover Henry Raymond & Beatrice WANSEY's 1904-1913 missionary work in Japan
1906-1910_Japanese_Copper_Mining_Mission_Booklet.pdf |
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July 1904
Written on the back
10 Deskima. Nagasaki
July 1904 - HRW
The house where Henry & Beatrice Margaretta lived
in after they were married in 1905. The English
spelling of this place is now known as: 10, Dejima,
Nagasaki.
June 2013 Kate KIRKLAND nee WANSEY writes:
Our middle son, Nick, is currently living in Nagasaki,
Dejima is one of the main tourist attractions
and has many visitors. Nick often goes to number
10 which remains intact. It was a residence for
the Church Missionary Society, so it is interesting
that it was where my grandparents started their
married life.
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July 7th 1904
Written on the back
Taken about 5a.m. at Himi Toge "Pass"
July 7th 1904. H.R.W.
This appears to be a burial ground. Perhaps some
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1903_5th_Nov_Word_On_The_Waters_HR_WANSEY.pdf
1903_5th_Nov_Word_On_The_Waters_HR_WANSEY_Typed_Out.pdf |
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Written by Henry Raymond WANSEY in 1925:
ARTHUR HENRY WANSEY b.1827. d. 18th October 1902. (74)
Arthur Henry Wansey, my dear father, left Sambourne House at Warminster and built a new Sambourne, on the edge of the Clifton Downs by the "Sea Walls", at Stoke Bishop, Bristol.
In 1862 (34) he married Blanche Wellsted, the eldest daughter of the Rev. Alfred Oliver Wellsted, who was sometime Vicar of St. Jude's Church, Bristol, and afterwards Rector of Wakes Colne, Halstead, Essex.
Blanche was born 7th September 1843, and now lives with her youngest daughter, Margaret Raymond Wansey, an Artist, at 28 Cheyne Court, Chelsea, London, S.W.3. (Alfred Oliver Wellsted married Julia Anderson at St. John's, Margate).
Arthur Henry Wansey was Deputy Judge and Registrar of the Tolzey Court, Bristol, a Notary Public, Solicitor and Lawyer to Sir Greville Smyth. For sometime he was the President of the Bristol Incorporated Law Society. Like his father, Arthur Henry Wansey was all his life a Non-Conformist, and he supported the Unitarian interests. He was, very fond of shooting, of salmon and trout fishing, making fly fishing tours to Scotland, Ireland, the Wye Valley, and was a member of the Wylye Fishing Club. He also visited Italy, Egypt and the Upper Nile, Spain, France and Switzerland.
As he lived he died greatly beloved and greatly respected. In August 1848 he wrote:- “I am now 21, and during my happy childhood have received such care and affectionate treatment, that my character, such as it is, has been established for me; and I have had but few temptations. But now I become more answerable for the improvement of my talents and the realisation of those ideas, to which I have hitherto been taught to aspire. To whom much has been given, of him will much be required. As I wish to be a thinking man I must get out of the habit of speaking hastily and vaguely, and I must not indulge a spirit of opposition for' the sake of argument or showing superiority, and I must be careful to represent facts and people truthfully.
I must read more, constantly and systematically, and improve my knowledge of History, Geography and the Literature, Biography and Politics of my country. I must cultivate charity ln its broad sense, and I must be increasingly watchful and careful of my own character. I must fit myself for enlightened and genteel Society, and endeavour to become in feeling and deportment a true Gentleman. There is no end to improvement." H. H. W. August 1848.
Arthur Henry Wansey in after life fulfilled the hopes and aspirations of his youth; and his custom was, in his own home, every day of his life, to summon his household and staff of servants together, twice a day, and to himself read the Bible and read prayers to them, before breakfast and for the last thing at night. In August 1848 he composed and wrote out the following
[Page 37] prayer:- "I thank Thee Almighty Being for the manifold blessings which I enjoy - for health, for friends, for cheerfulness. May the memory of my advantages impress me with a sense of my duties and responsibilities, and may I bear in mind that the object of life is Improvement. May I pursue and prosper in my business so far as is necessary, remembering that it is the means not the end of life: but also the means of doing much good and conferring much happiness on others. May my pleasures be harmless and consist in making others happy. May I avoid all paltering with truth, be manly and fearless in the right cause; and in my dealings with others be temperate, just and charitable. Give me, I pray Thee, the power to exercise a sound judgment, to form good resolutions, and self denial that I may follow without hesitation the dictates of conscience.- And give me resignation and patience under all Thy dispensations'', and the greatest of all blessings - Contentment."
In an obituary newspaper notice we read:- “For over half a century the deceased practised in this City, and won for himself a high position, not only in the profession, but in the esteem of his fellow citizens. He was a man of commanding presence and looks, and his geniality and genuinely kindly nature gave him a delightful personality, which it was a pleasure to come in contact with, either in business matters or social duties. In 1860 the late Mr. Wansey became Registrar of the Tolzey Court; but before that his partner Mr. Henry Andrews Palmer, had held it for some years. Deceased took little part in political life of late years, although as far back as 1860 he occupied the presidential chair Of the Anchor Society.”
Mr. Henry Andrews Palmer was a very prominent citizen who took a deep interest in the advancement of Science and Art, in the City of Bristol. He was A.H.W's brother in law as well as his partner in business. The Bristol Mercury of October 19th, 1901, spoke of Wansey being "a man, of courtly grace" and adds – “While he was naturally of a most retiring disposition and never coveting public life, either in politics or municipal life, he was distinguished by an old-time courtesy which impressed itself upon all who had dealings with him. This courtly grace distinguished Mr. Wansey in all relations of life, and either in business or social circles, he gave an added pleasure to those who had the acquaintanoe of his friendship."
Arthur Henry and Blanche Wansay' s children were:-
- Edith Elizabeth Wansey. Married John William Rose who is a London solicitor. His offices are at 9, Suffolk Street, Pall Mall, S.W. and their home address is Kingswear, Heath Drive, Walton on the Hill, Surrey. They have two children (i) Arthur Raymond Rose and (ii) Violet Rose.
- Arthur Alfred Wansey. Was educated at Marlborough College, and having passed his lawyer's examinations became a partner in his father's office in Baldwin Street, Bristol. He died 1892.
- Blanche Wellsted Wansey. Married Cecil Henry St. Leger Russell, formerly scholar of Trinity College, Oxford, and afterwards Sixth Form Master at Clifton College. Harley Raymond their son was At Magdalen College, Oxford, but fell in the battle of Loos, 1915, in the Great War.
- Hester Marian Wansey. Married Rev. C. P. Wilson, formerly Master at Clifton College, afterwards Vicar of Wesste, Manchester, of St. Agnes' Bristol, Vicar of Fishponds Bristol and now Canon of Bristol and Vicar of St. Nicholas
- Florence Wansey. Married Ralph Thompson M.D. a London surgeon and lives at 45, Queen Anne Street, W16.
- Margaret Raymond Wansey. Lives with her mother at 28 Cheyne Court, Chelsea, and is an Artist.
- Henry Raymond Wansey born 16 0ct.1872
- Hugo de Waunci Wansey born 23 Jan1876 died 1877 1 year 2 months.
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RG13 / Piece 2403 / Folio 27 / Page 7
Sambourne, Westbury upon Trym, Barton Regis, Gloucestershire,
England
Authur H WANSEY / Head / Married / 73 yrs / Occupation,
Solicitor Notary Public / Born, Warminster, Wiltshire.
Blanche WANSEY / Wife / Married / 57 yrs / Born, Birmingham,
Warwickshire.
Florence WANSEY / Daughter / Single / 30 yrs / Born,
Stoke Bishop, Gloucestershire.
Margaret R WANSEY / Daughter / Single / 29 yrs / Born,
Stoke Bishop, Gloucestershire.
Emily SAUNDER / Servant / Single / 32 yrs / Occupatiopn,
Cook Domestic / Born, ?, Devon.
Eliza TRICKER / Servant / Single / 28 yrs / Occupation,
Housemaid Domestic / Born, Zeals, Wiltshire.
Emily HARRIS / Servant / Single / 24 yrs / Occupation,
Parlour Maid Domestic / Born, Sandford, Somerset.
Bessie WATTS / Servant / Single / 21 yrs / Occupation,
Maid Domestic / Born, Paulton, Somerset.
Rose CROKER / Servant / Single / 19 yrs / Occupation,
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NORTHERN DESPATCH FRIDY, MARCH 13, 1959
Picture from the past
This interesting photograph is of members of St.
Cuthbert's (Darlington) Bible Class of 1901, taken
in the church doorway.
It is contributed to PICTURES OF THE PAST by Canon
P.N. Wansey, Vicar of Darlington, and the great
point of interest is that in the centre of the
back row is his father, the Rev. H. R. Wansey,
who was curate at St. Cuthbert's from 1899-1901.
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Henry Raymond WANSEY and sisters and father?
There is no record of the people in the photo, with nothing written on the back or on the page. Henry Raymond is seated. The two ladies are probably Henry Raymond's unmarried sisters Margaret & Florence. Margaret would be 27 yrs and Florence would be 29 yrs. Florence married when she was 36 yrs to Arthur Ralph THOPSON in 1906. Margaret remained unmarried and was later an artist who lived in Kensington.
If the standing man is Henry Raymond's father Arthur Henry he would be 72 yrs. He died 18th Oct 1902.
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Circa 1897 (Assuming Henry Raymond is 24 yrs
old)
He was ordained as a deacon in the Durham diocese
on 19th December 1897, I assume this photograph
was taken shortly after. He was ordained as a
priest in the Durham diocese on 28 May 1899.
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Circa 1894 (Assuming Henry Raymond WANSEY is 21 yrs
old)
Mary-Joy writes "We think it was taken while
he was at Oxford: University College."
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Henry Raymond WANSEY presuming 20 years old
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H E WHATELY, presumably a friend of Henry Raymond.
Hand-written on photo
"Yours in HIM, H.E. Whately, Rom XV 13"
English Standard Edition Romans 15:13
"May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope."
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There is no record of the couple in the photo, with nothing written on the back or on the page.
Probably Arthur Henry WANSEY and his wife Blanche WANSEY nee WELLSTED.
In 1992 Arthur would be 65 yrs and Blanche would be 48 yrs.
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There is no record of the people in the photo. However the three standing ladies all look similar so are possibly HR WANSEY's sisters Margaret, Florence, Hester and the seated lady in black could possibly be his mother Blanche WANSEY nee WELLSTED, she would be 48 years.
Also unknown lady in light blouse and unknown bearded man wearing hat.
Hand-written on back: "Taken Ray 28th July 1892"
Printed on back: Villiers & Quick, 42, Park St, Bristol
Henry Raymond had one older brother, Arthur Alfred and five older sisters, Margaret Raymond bn 1872, Florence bn 1870, Hester Marion bn 1869, Blanche Wellsted bn 1867 and Edith Elizabeth bn 1864.
In 1892 Blanche Wellsted and Edith Elizabeth were both already married, Blanche in 1890 to Cecil Henry St. Leger RUSSELL and Edith in 1888 to John William ROSE.
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Patricia GOVE nee ROSE Photo |
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1891
Henry Raymond WANSEY with a cricket team.
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1891
Henry Raymond WANSEY with a cricket team.
Lightly written in pencil on the same page as the photo:
"CC XI 1891" |
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1891_Census_Arthur_Blanche_WANSEY.pdf
RG12 / Piece 1989 / Folio 45 / Page 15
Sambourne, Sneyd Park, Westbury on Trym, Barton Regis,
Gloucestershire, England.
Arthur Henry WANSEY / Head / Married / 63 yrs / Occupation,
Solicitor / Born, Warminster, Wiltshire.
Blanch WANSEY / Wife / Married / 47 yrs / Born, Birmingham
Arthur Alfred WANSEY / Son / Single / Male / 25 yrs
/ Born, Stoke Bishop, Gloucestershire.
Hester Marion WANSEY / Daughter / Single / 22 yrs /
Born, Stoke Bishop, Gloucestershire.
Henry Raymond WANSEY / Son / Single / Male / 17 yrs
/ Occupation, Scholar / Born, Stoke Bishop, Gloucestershire.
Rosa Marice STEVENS / Servant / Single / 26 / Occupation,
Housemaid Domestic / Born, Westbury on Trym, Gloucestershire.
Elizabeth YEELES / Servant / Single / 38 yrs / Occupation,
Cook Domestic / Born, Shirehampton, Gloucestershire.
Ellen ROE / Servant / Single / 25 / Occupation, Housemaid
Domestic / Born, Bisley, Gloucestershire.
Annie ATHERTON / Servant / Single / 20 yrs / Occupation,
Kitchenmaid Domestic / Born, Backwell, Somerset. |
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1881_Census_Arthur_Blanche_WANSEY.pdf
RG11 : Piece 2504 : Folio 51 : Page 9
Sambourn, Stoke Bishop, Westbury, Gloucestershire.
Arthur H. WANSEY Head : Married : 53 yrs : Occupation,
Solicitor Notary Public Regr Tolsey Court & Depy
Judge : Born, Warminster, Wiltshire.
Blanch WANSEY : Wife : Married : 37 yrs : Born, Birmingham,
Warwickshire.
Blanch W. WANSEY : Daughter : Unmarried : 14 yrs : Occupation,
Scholar : Born, S Bishop, Gloucestershire
Hester M. WANSEY : Daughter : 12 yrs : Occupation, Scholar
: Born, S Bishop, Gloucestershire.
Florence WANSEY : Daughter : 11 yrs : Occupation, Scholar
: Born, S Bishop, Gloucestershire.
Margaret R. WANSEY : Daughter : 9 yrs : Occupation,
Scholar : Born, S Bishop, Gloucestershire.
Henry R. WANSEY : Son : 7 yrs : Occupation, Scholar
: Born, S Bishop, Gloucestershire.
Elizabeth YULES : 26 yrs : Occupation, Cook (Dom) :
Born, Shirehampton, Gloucestershire.
Mary A. GRAHAM : 34 yrs : Occupation, Parlour Maid :
Born, Lancaster, Lancashire.
Mary J. NOONES : 18 yrs : Occupation, House Maid : Born,
Pensford, Somerset.
Emily SMART : 28 yrs : Occupation, Nurse (Dom) : Born,
Bisley, Gloucestershire.
Eleanor AMBLER : 16 yrs : Occupation, Under Nurse (Dom)
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1873_Birth_Certificate_Henry_Raymond_WANSEY.pdf
1873 Birth in the Sub-district of Westbury in the County
of Gloucester.
No. 4
When and where, Sixteenth October 1873, Sambourne, Stoke
Bishop, Westbury.
Henry Raymond : Boy
Name of father, Arthur Henry WANSEY
Name of mother, Blanche WANSEY formerly WELLSTED
Occupation of father, Solicitor.
Description of informant, Arthur H. WANSEY, Father,
Sambourne, Stoke Bishop, Westbury.
When registered, Twenty fourth November 1873
Henry ORWOOD?, Registrar. |
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Circa 1872 [Assuming Arthur to be 45 yrs old]
Arthur Henry WANSEY
The following is copied from: /www.bristollawsociety.com/legal_life/a-h-wansey/
Arthur Henry Wansey was President of Bristol Law
Society from 1891-2.
The London Gazette of May 17th 1859 refers to
an auction of the Netham chemical works comprising
freehold and leasehold property in St George on
the banks of the River Avon. The land together
with all building, plant and machinery had previously
been owned by Stephen Cox (the lease being for
the annual rent of £120) was to be auctioned
in the Commercial Rooms in Corn Street pursuant
to an order from the Chancery Court. The London
Gazette reports that particulars of the property
could be viewed in the offices of Palmer and Wansey
on Corn Street.
Wansey could not have been in practice for very
long, being born in 1827 in Warminster. He was
to move to Clifton, building a house called Sambourne
on the Clifton Downs near to Sea Walls. Wansey
was a Non-Conformist, enjoyed hunting and shooting
and went on regular fly-fishing holidays to Ireland
and Scotland. He came to the Law at an early age,
practising from the early 1950s. He first went
into partnership with Henry Palmer, who was his
brother-in-law, and in 1860 Wansey became Registrar
of the Tolzey Court (a position that Palmer had
previously held) later becoming a Deputy Judge.
Further Notes:
Henry Andrews PALMER married Margaret WANSEY (Bn 1808 Dd 1839) on the 25th July 1835 att Saint Denys, Warminster. They had one known child, Emily E. PALMER (Bn 22nd Jan 1837)
Emily E. PALMER married Rev John Meek CLARK in 1865 at Clifton, Gloucestershire. They had three children Margaret, Marian & Basil.
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In 1863 A.H. Wansey’s office was at 24 Clare Street,
which was also the Tolzey Court Office, while in 1887
his office was in St. Stephens’ Chambers on Baldwin
Street. Wansey’s son Arthur Edward joined him in
practice following his passing of the Law examinations,
but sadly died in 1892. By 1897 A.H. Wansey’s firm
was still known under the title of A.H. Wansey and Son,
although his only other surviving son had joined the
Church. Following the death of his son, Wansey went
into partnership with Edward Meade-King and by 1908
the firm was known as Wansey and Meade-King.
Wansey died in October 1902 aged 74 and his obituary
in the Bristol Mercury described him as a man of commanding
presence and looks with a genial and kindly nature.
He had an “old time courtesy which impressed itself
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1871_Census_Arthur_Blanche_WANSEY.pdf
RG10 / Piece 2569 / Folio 57 / Page 14
Sambourne, Westbury on Trym, Clifton, Gloucestershire,
England
Arthur H WANSEY / Head / Married / 43 yrs / Occupation,
Attorny at Law Notary Public / Born, Warminster, Wiltshire.
Blanche WANSEY / Wife / Married / 27 yrs / Born, Birmingham,
Warwickshire.
Edith E WANSEY / Daughter / 7 yrs / Born Westbury upon
Trym, Gloucestershire.
Arthur H WANSEY / Son / 5 yrs / Born Westbury upon Trym,
Gloucestershire.
Blanche W WANSEY / Daughter / 4 yrs / Born Westbury
upon Trym, Gloucestershire.
Hester M WANSEY / Daughter / 2 yrs / Born Westbury upon
Trym, Gloucestershire.
Florence WANSEY / Daughter / 11 Months / Born Westbury
upon Trym, Gloucestershire.
Eleanor MARSDEN / Visitor / Unmarried / 20 yrs / Born,
Tottenham, Middlesex.
Sarah LATCHAM / Servant / Unmarried / 32 yrs / Occupation,
Cook domestic servant / Born, Blackford, Wedmore, Somerset.
Ann HOLCOMBE / Servant / Unmarried / 22 yrs / Occupation,
House palour maid / Born, Bickford, Tiverton, Devon.
Mary TAPP / Servant / Unmarried / 27 yrs / Occupation,
Nurse maid Servant / Born, Martock, Somerset.
Emily DICKS / Servant / Unmarried / 19 yrs / Occupation,
Nurse maid Servant / Born, Warminster, Wiltshire. |
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RG10 / Piece 5531 / Folio 29 / Page 5
Tregwynt, Granston, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Wales.
R Llywelyn PURCELL / Head / Unmarried / 30 yrs / Born,
Clifton, Gloucestershire.
John THOMAS / Servant / Married / 42 yrs / Occupation,
Butler / Born, ?, Pembrokeshire, Wales.
Mary C CLEMENT / Servant / Unmarried / 61 yrs / Occupation,
Cook / Born, Rudbaxton, Pembrokeshire, Wales.
Lettice SAUNDERS / Servant / Married / 40 yrs / Occupation,
House Maid / Born, Granston, Pembrokeshire, Wales.
Martha GRIFFITHS / Servant / Unmarried / 25 yrs / Occupation,
Kitchen Maid / Born, St Nicholas, Pembrokeshire, Wales.
William ROBERTS / Servant / Unmarried / 17 yrs / Occupation,
Groom / Born, Mathry, Pembrokeshire, Wales.
Arthur Henry WANSEY / Visitor / Married / 43 yrs / Occupation,
Solicitor / Born, Warminster, Wiltshire.
Thos Henry Phillip ROBERTS / Cousin / Unmarried / 26
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Mortgage between Arthur Henry WANSEY & Richard GOSSELETT
1867_Mortgage_WANSEY_GOSSELETT_Original.pdf
1867_Mortgage_WANSEY_GOSSELETT_Transcribed.pdf
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1862_Marriage_Certificate_WANSEY_WELLSTED.pdf
1862 Marriage solemnized at St James Church, in the
Parish of Edmonton in the County of Middlesex.
No 70
November 12
Arthur Henry WANSEY : 35 yrs : Bachelor
Occupation, Gentleman.
Residence at time of Marriage, Clifton.
Father's Name, Henry WANSEY.
Profession of Father, Gentleman.
Blanche WELLSTED : 20 yrs : Spinster
Residence at time of Marriage, Edmonton.
Father's Name, Alfred Oliver WELLSTED
Profession of Father, Clergyman.
Married in the Church of St James according to the
Rites and Ceremonies of the Established Church by Licence,
by me, ? PHILLIPS.
This Marriage was solemnized between us, Arthur H WANSEY,
Blanche WELLSTED in the Presence of us, Julia WELLSTED,
Edward WANSEY. |
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HO107 / Piece 1843 / Folio 232 / Page 29
Sambourne, Warminster, Wiltshire.
Harry WANSEY / Head / Married / 76 yrs / Occupation,
Retired Clothier / Born, Warminster, Wiltshire.
Elizabeth WANSEY / Wife / Married / 70 yrs / Retired
Clothier's Wife / Born, London, Middlesex.
Ellen WANSEY / Daughter / Unmarried / 44 yrs / Born,
Warminster, Wiltshire.
Louisa WANSEY / Daughter / Unmarried / 29 yrs / Born,
Warminster, Wiltshire.
Anna E WANSEY / Daughter / Unmarried / 28 yrs / Born,
Warminster, Wiltshire.
Arthur H WANSEY / Son / Unmarried / 23 yrs / Occupation,
Solicitor / Born, Warminster, Wiltshire.
Jane WHATLEY / Servant / Unmarried / 35 yrs / Occupation,
House Servant / Born, Warminster, Wiltshire.
Elizabeth CURRIER / Servant / Unmarried / Female / 27
yrs / Occupation, House Servant / Born, Kilmersdon,
Somerset. |
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Circa 1842
Fan itemising Ellen & Arthur WANSEY's European
tour
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1841_Census_Arthur_H_WANSEY.pdf
HO107 / Piece 377 / Book 13 / Folio 8 / Page 11
St James Place, Kingsdown, St James & St Paul, Clifton,
Gloucestershire
John R WREFORD / Male / 35 yrs
Harriet WREFORD / Female / 35 yrs
Charles R WREFORD / Male / 12 yrs
John K R WREFORD / Male / 8 yrs
Richd W PERKINS / Male / 15
Alfred WATERHOUSE / Male / 15
Willm COLFORD / Male / 15
Wm C JOLLY / Male / 14
Thos HOUNSELL / Male / 14
Arthur H WANSEY / Male / 13
Wm James RUSSELL / Male / 11 yrs / Born, Gloucestershire.
Hortt HUXHAM / Male / 10 yrs
Ann TUCKER / Female / 25 yrs
Charlotte HATHRILL / Female / 30 yrs
Elizth M WREFORD / Female / 30 yrs / Born, Gloucestershire. |
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Note :Henry WANSEY who married his cousin Elizabeth
in 1800
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Circa 1835 [Assuming Margaret to be 27 yrs old]
Margaret WANSEY daughter of Henry and Elizabeth
WANSEY married Henry Andrews PALMER 25th July
1835 at Saint Denys, Warminster, Wiltshire. |
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Ellen WANSEY daughter of Henry and Elizabeth WANSEY. |
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Jane Wansey's cup
Note written by Henry Raymond WANSEY:
Cup that belonged to Jane Wansey, only daughter
of John Hubbard (Whose nephew he started in Life
and who became Governor of the bank of England
and 1st Baron Addlington - John Gillibrand Hubbard).
Jane Hubbard when 17 married George Wansey of
Warminster, mother of Jessy Wansey wife of Francis
Wilson Bayley.
John Gellibrand HUBBARD was Governor
of the Bank of England 1853 -1855
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Elizabeth WANSEY's FAN AND workbox.
Note written by Henry Raymond WANSEY:
Elizabeth Wansey's fan. She used to keep it at Sambourne
in the bureau left by L Colfox to Uncle Crookshank.
She had 15 children and allowed them to play with
her fans and old lace!!!
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Sambourne, Near Warminster, which was built by Henry
Wansey for his wife Elizabeth in 1800 on the occasion
of their marriage.
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Elizabeth WANSEY was 18 yrs old when she married
Henry WANSEY on the 3rd of September 1800 in Camberwell,
London. This miniature portrait of her before
she was married was painted by Sir
Thomas LAWRENCE, who lived next door. |
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Circa 1798 [Assuming John to be 50 years old]
John WANSEY 1748 - 1821
Quote from page 30 of "Some Notes on the
Ancestors of my Family" by Henry Raymond
WANSEY 1925:
John Wansey clothier, went to London, lived at
Lothbury and Camberwell and married Sarah Raymond
in 1772. His picture is painted by Philips. He
and his wife. were well off: He is described as
a Factor of Blackwall Hall London. His daughter
Elizabeth married Henry Wansey our ancestor (son
of William) who was her cousin. John Wansey died
in his 72nd year. |
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[Quoted from Granpic on Flickr] 'Originally installed
in the East window of West Barsham church, this
detail shows the device of the De Waunci family,
Lords of the Manor of West Barsham from 1066 to
1357.'
Quote from Henry Raymond WANSEY's 'Chronological
History of the family of the Wauncey's from the
Conquest.'
[Page 9]
1066 A.D.
Hugo de Waunci came over from Normandy under William
Earl Warren his patron, who marrying the Conqueror's
daughter gave him lands mentioned in Domesday
book - namely, Barsham in Norfolk which was his
place of residence.
His arms are painted in glass in the old Church
at West Barsham.
[I believe this church is called 'Assumption of
the Blessed Virgin Mary'.] |
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