Jenner & England Family History

Thomas Jenner (c1849-?)

Paternal Grandfather of Florence Eveline Jenner.

Thomas, born during the early Victorian era was a farm labourer and was known to have lived at Tidebrook, Wadhurst, Sussex.

Thomas married Eliza (Kate) Mabbs and they had the following three children:

Thomas Jenner - who is know to have lived at Tunbridge Wells, Kent,

Charles Jenner (1886-1972) - Who lived from 1886 to February 1972, is known to have lived at Mayfield, Kent and had three sons and a daughter. His daughter, Gladys Jenner married Arthur Slade and are known to have lived at Richmond House, South Street, Mayfield, Sussex.

Frederick Thomas Jenner (1877-1954) - The father of Florence Jenner.

Frederick Thomas Jenner (1877-1954)

Father of Florence Eveline Jenner.

Frederick (the son of Thomas Jenner) was born on 13th October 1877 at Tidebrook, Wadhurst, Sussex and later moved to Mayfield, Kent. He started his adult life as a Salvation Army Officer, but as he was not earning enough money became a Miner.

He married Lillian Maud England and they lived at Stapleton Road, Bristol, where their first child, Florence Evelyn Jenner was born. They later moved to Abertillary and Crumlin, Wales, where (before the first world war) they had a further five children.

Left Top - Lillian Maud Jenner, and in her lap, Edith Louisa Jenner.
Back row 2nd from left, Russell Jenner; back middle, Florence Eveline Jenner.
Front middle, Grace Jenner; back row, 2nd from right, Lillian Jenner.
Right Top - Frederick Thomas Jenner, and in his lap, William Jenner.

At the start of the 1st world war Frederick volunteered for the Armed Forces, which he needn't have done as he had a reserved occupation which would have exempted him from active service had he chosen not to volunteer, and according to his daughter (Florence Jenner) his wife was not too pleased with him going. He was away from home for five years and his job in the army was to drive ammunition to the front lines. After the war ended he settled back into civilian life and the family moved back to Bristol, where he became a Painter and Decorator, and where they had another two children, Arthur and Kenneth Jenner.

On moving back to Bristol they first moved to 39 Ashley Road, then Thicket Avenue and then onto Ridgeway Avenue, Bristol. They then settled at 'The Haven', Middle Road, Staple Hill, Bristol, from where their children married. Lillian and Frederick retired to 10 West Park Road, Downend, Bristol, but later moved to 35 Hillside Drive, Pontypool, Monmouthshire, where in 1954 he died.

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