Ancestors and Descendants of Adams and Mann and Others

  A Sergeant with 9th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment, Frank died on 16th of September 1916 at the age of 19.  Frank Victor Burwood was born at Oulton Broad on 29 January 1897, third child of seven born to Robert Burwood (1867-1955) and Ellen Rebecca Beckett (1860-1946). In 1901 his family lived at 95 Clemence Street, Lowestoft, Suffolk, England and Frank attended Roman Hill School. In 1904 his family moved to 30 Kimberley Road, Lowestoft. Between 18 April 1904 and 15 December 1904 Frank attended Saint John's School, Lowestoft. By 1911 Frank and his family were living at 12 Pakefield Street and Frank worked as a coal carter. Later his parents' address was 12 Coronation Terrace, Pakefield, South Lowestoft. Frank enlisted in the Army, at Lowestoft, during the early stages of World War One. The Lowestoft Journal of 2 January 1915 lists him among those who have volunteered for Kitchener's Army. Frank arrived in France, as part of the 9th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment, on 31 August 19...

  William Tripp was born on June 23, 1809 in Lowestoft, Suffolk, England as the 9 th child of 10 children born to Thomas Tripp (1770-1852) and Elizabeth Ramsey (1771-1851).   His father, Thomas Tripp, was a carpenter and later a well-known cooper in the town of Lowestoft.   Thomas Tripp was registered in the England and Wales Criminal Register as being in prison in 1834, aged 64, serving 2 years for assault. No other information is available concerning the assault or the altercation leading up to the charge.   Among their 10 children -- all born in Lowestoft, Suffolk, England -- Robert Tripp (1800-1815) died at just 16 years of age; Ann Ritson and Bartholomew Tripp, twins, died within months after their birth; and the last child, George, was born on August 11, 1811 but died on October 5, 1811. William Tripp managed to survive to adulthood and married Elizabeth Whincop (1808-1893).   This couple had 10 children themselves and raised them into adulthood. ...

  As published in the Norfolk News , Norfolk, England 31 July 1897 A NORFOLK FAMILY OF SOLDIERS   A RECORD IN MILITARY SERVICE.      The village of Denton in Norfolk, affords an estraordinary example of devotion to the military service, no fewer than five of the sons of Mrs. Nelson Wooltorton being at present in the Army.   The family, comprising eight sons and three daughters, were bred and born in Denton.   They were not born with silver spoons in their mouths.   On the contrary, the widowed mother knew, from bitter experience, the truth of the Irish proverb that even if poverty be no disgrace it is “mighty inconvaniant.” [sp] The children were educated at the village school.   The late General Carthew, C.B., of Denton Lodge, took great interest in them, and they gladly paid the gallant gentleman a visit when on furlough.   We give below a few particulars, which we believe will be interesting.   Mrs. Nelson Wooltorton ...

  George Vemply Burwood was born at Lowestoft, Suffolk on 12 August and baptised at St Margaret's Church, Lowestoft on 6 October 1844, son of George Burwood, a fisherman, and his wife Mary Ann. Young George married firstly at Ipswich in 1868, Eliza Miller (1844-1874), by whom he had a daughter Rosa and a son Arthur (a third child, Sidney Robert did not survive beyond two years of age); and secondly at Cuckfield, Sussex in 1875, Martha Cox, by whom he had a further eleven children. In February 1876 George Vemply Burwood of Kirkley, near Lowestoft, was a general cooper, fish label manufacturer and steam sawyer. Burwood was proficient in working with wood, especially at model-building and it was this capability which sparked his taking up painting, initially as a ship's portraitist working in watercolour and oils. George was commissioned to make a model for Princess Alexandra which is now housed in the Lowestoft Museum along with other Burwood models and paintings. In 1881, the fa...

  Throwback Thursday—Jack Rose Recalls   Jack Edmund Rose was born in 1926 and spent his boyhood on and around the Beaches of Lowestoft.   He knew more about 19 th and 20 th century Lowestoft than anyone living and described the community that once flourished along the East Anglian coast. The following excerpt is taken from the book, “Living from the Sea”, by David Butcher. “If you lived down on The Beach, you dint hafta go inta town for anything because you had everything you wanted down there.   There wuz a barber’s shop, a dairy, two or three sweet shops, a bakehouse, a bicycle place, a greengrocer’s, a butcher’s, a couple o’ grocers, two shoemakers and a tinsmith.   The kids used t’ go in one o’ the sweet shops an’ pinch the ow gal’s sweets an’ cigarettes    They used t’ point t’ summat on the top shelf.   Then as soon as she’d got the steps out an’ climbed up, they used t’ fill their pockets up.   And this went on year after year...