My great grandfather Ernest Benjamin MAYHEW was born 19th Jul 1885 at Joyce’s Yard, High Street, Kempston, Bedfordshire and my great grandmother Amelia Elizabeth COWLEY (aka Millie) was born 4th Feb 1887 at 47 Priory Street, Bedford, Bedfordshire.
My 3rd great grandfather John MAYHEW was born 1824 in Bromham, Bedfordshire, and my 3rd great grandmother Louisa BARKER was born 2nd May 1830 in Kempston, Bedfordshire.
My 4th Great Grandparents were John BARKER(1), an agricultural labourer, and his wife Mary ALLEN, a lacemaker. There are two unrelated Barker lines in my tree. John BARKER was born in 1791 in Elstow, Bedfordshire, England. His parents are a work in progress, but possibly William BARKER and his wife Elizabeth, who both died in… Read More »