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A FEW OF MY MATTHEWS NAMES

 James Douglas MATTHEWS Born 20 April 1917 in West Ham London
George William Charles (Known as Charlie) MATTHEWS Born 1908 in West Ham
William Job MATTHEWS Born 1880 in Dartford Kent
George Alfred MATTHEWS Born 1914 in West Ham
Rose Florence MATTHEWS Born 28 February 1910 in Canning Town E16
Edward Sidney MATTHEWS Snr Born 1882 in Dartford, Kent
Albert John MATTHEWS Born 1 June 1920 in West Ham
Edward Sidney MATTHEWS Jnr Born 5 September 1904 Plaistow West Ham
Job MATTHEWS Born 1856 in Dartford Kent
Henry MATTHEWS Born 1890 in Dartford Kent
Charles Alfred MATTHEWS Born 1894 in Dartford Kent


A LITTLE ABOUT MY MATTHEWS FAMILY

 Job Matthews my Great Grandad b1856 Dartford Kent, had 4 sons

Edward Sidney Matthews b1882 Dartford Kent, View Data

William Job Matthews b1880 Dartford Kent, Henry Matthews b1890 Dartford Kent, and Charles Alfred Matthews b1894 Dartford Kent.

 Edward Sidney was my Grandad and he had 5 children,

Edward Sidney Matthews Jnr (my dad) b1904 Plaistow West Ham,

George Alfred Matthews b1914 West Ham, James Douglas Matthews b1917 West Ham, Rose Florence Matthews b1910 Canning Town West Ham,

and George William Charles Matthews b1908 West Ham.

 My dad Edward Sidney Matthews Jnr married my mum Charlotte Clover

and our family are:


Edward Charles Matthews (Teddy) b1929 Dagenham

 

Doris Joyce Matthews b1932 West Ham

 

Maisie Charlotte Matthews b1934 West Ham

 

Peter  James Matthews b1942 West Ham

 




This is my brother Ted Matthews,

       picture taken about 1947.

Another pic of dad with young Teddy  

       on his lap, picture taken circa 1929-30 



This is my sister Maisie Matthews date

      of picture not known

This is Maisie again I guess about

       1 year old when taken 



This is my sister Doris Matthews

when she was 1 year old

This is Teddy Doris and Maisie Matthews

date and ages not known 



This is my mum Charlotte Matthews nee  Clover on her 80th birthday 1981

And this is my sister Doris Tofield nee Matthews taken in 1981


Teddy Matthews and Doris Matthews Maisie Matthews and Doris Matthews 

Both of the above pictures were taken at the rear of Belmont Road,

The Manor Road Buildings West Ham.

 Widow Grandma Elizabeth Matthews with her five fatherless children
 The children are Edward Sidney Matthews Jnr b1904
Charles Matthews b1906 Rose Florence Matthews b1910
George Alfred Matthews b1914 James Douglas Matthews b1917
her husband Edward Sidney Matthews Snr was killed in WW1 France.

This picture shows Grandma
Elizabeth Matthews with my brother
Teddy and my sisters

Grandmas Maiden name was
Ottillia Elizabeth Dredger the
picture may have been taken
c1944 approx.

Elizabeth died on 20 August 1956 in
West Ham and is buried in
East London Cemetery Grange Road
Plaistow.

To view Elizabeths
virtual memorial you can.

Click here


 

 
 The picture below shows uncle Jimmy and aunt Vi aunt Lil and uncle George
 

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