Welcome to the Worldwide Greathead family my One-Name Study

Pictures relevant to events within my one name study. Click on picture to view narrative

Ronald and Joan née Tunley Greathead

17 Promenade, Walney Island

Ron, Roy, Vida, Norman and Marion Greathead

Thomas and Marion née Stewart Greathead

20 West Avenue, Barrow in Furness

Grave of Thomas, Marion and Norman Greathead

William and Ada née Banthorp Tunley

HMS Carysfort
Seen here moored in Malta in 1886
She was a slow steamer but could sail well and was used for commerce protection across the globe. Launched by John Elder & Co Govan, Yard No 208, on 26 September 1878 and sold to King, a rm of ship breakers at Garston in Liverpool on 15 September 1899. Completed in 1880 and she took part in the flag showing Flying Squadron that visited Montevideo, Capetown, Australia, Fiji, Japan and China. On their return, Carysfort was detached to the Mediterranean to join in the Egyptian war. She landed men for the naval brigade at Sudan in 1884 and 1885. 1886 Mediterranean, serving in Greek Waters. 1887 Re-commissioned at Malta. 1890 Mediterranean

Henry and Georgina Lamb and their children Olive, Matthew, Harry, Norman, Emily, Bobby and Ellen

Four Generations Ellen Hutchinson née Hart

Henry and Elizabeth Curchin née Lamb (Mother and son)

Left to Right (circa 16 Dec 1964)
Richard George Birks (son of George Lamb Birks)
George Lamb Birks (Husband of Jean Elliot)
Jean Elliot (Wife of George Lamb Birks)
Derek Davies (Husband of Olive Marion Birks)
Judith Helen Birks (Daughter of Emily Douglas Birks)
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Emily Douglas Lamb (Wife of Hugh Halliford Birks)
Edwin Douglas Birks (Ted) (Husband of Norma Hall)
Norma Birks (wife of Ted)
Norman Anderson Lamb (80th Birthday boy)
Norman Anderson Lamb (Husband of Dorothy Hull)
Minnie ??? (wife of Birthday Boy)
Dorothy Hull (wife of Norman Anderson Lamb)
Olive Marion Birks (Husband of Derek Davies)

Grave of Norman Anderson Lamb

Grave of Ellen Georgina Lamb

Wedding of Hugh Halliford Birks and Emily Douglas Lamb 30 August 1911

Gave of Emily Douglas Birks née Lamb

Funeral card for Richard Tunley

Ambrose in front of his shop in 1930

Harry Lamb at The Rigg

The Curchin family grave

Clovelly by Hilda Mary Curchin

Crysanthamums by Hilda Mary Curchin

Girl by stile by Hilda Mary Curchin

Faces by Hilda Mary Curchin

Seaside by Hilda Mary Curchin

Alick, Norman and Marjorie Adams

The Curchin family grave

The inside of Birks Bros shop in Whitby Street at some time about 1950

Wedding group
Left to right - Shafto Robson, Emily Birks, Norman Birks, Michael Hall, Ted Birks, Myra Robson and Georgina Lamb

Newspaper article about Peggy Sellex's death

Newspaper article about Peggy Sellex's funeral

Robin Richards, International Alpine Rally. Winner Coupe Des Alpes and other Trophies, 1948

Weddng of Marion Birks and John Sowden

Hamlton Lodge home of Charlotte palmer née Mayson

Outward Bound, January 17 1853 Golconda painted in 1876 by LDS artist George M Ottinger

Lamb Family Plot, Wales, Utah

War memorial at Houghton le Spring showing J H Greathead

Frederick John Greated in the RAF

Wedding of Frederick J Greated and Joan M B Botten

Charlie and Nell (née Banthorp) Weller wedding

Rosa Baker née Banthorpe and her children
L-R Harry, Elsie, Eva, Rosa, Grace, Billy, Amy, Ida (in front of Amy) and Jimmy

Funeral card for James Charles Greathead

87 Ladbroke Grove, Kensington

86 West Hill, St Leonards on Sea

Cyprus Cottage, Bramley

Picture taken on 4 February 2006 of the stone commemorating Ada's death

Picture taken on 4 February 2006 of grave of Ada, Eva and Gerald Bullock and Nanny White

Ethel, Alice and Ada Ward

Grave of James Henry Greathead and his wife Blanche

Kirk Maughold, St Maugold, Ramsey Isle of Man - Inside

Kirk Maughold, St Maugold, Ramsey Isle of Man

Rock House as it was when up for sale in 2005. Kate Greathead was a housemaid in the house in 1881

87 Ladbroke Grove, London

St Mary's Hospital, London

Grave of Arthur E Bullock

87 Ladbroke Grove, London

Grave of James Henry Horatio Greathead

James Merriman Greathead in 1937

Emily Greathead's 100th birthday party

Henry Greig's 80th birthday party

St Philip's Church

Kingston Methodist Manse, High and Barracks Street are in the Kingston Ward of Georgetown, John may well have stayed or lived in the Manse that goes back to 1832

Trinity Chapel

Trinity Methodist Church stands on what is assumed to be the site of the Old Trinity Chapel. It was opened in 1846 and would have been the chapel that John knew

Ships manifest Lady Hawkins March 1932

Lighthouse Point

Wedding of Archibald Douglas Brown and Sylvia Elsie Greathead

L to R - David Brown, Elsie Brown, Arch Brown, Linda Greathead, Hubert Greathead
Next Row: Maureen Staff (Brown), Barbara Campbell (Greathead), Henry Greathead
Next Row: June Sauvage (Greathead)

Wedding of Hubert Benjamin Greathead and Maria Emmalinda Deandrade

Wedding of Joe Kerr and Leila Greathead. James and Lilian Greathead standing to the right

Nigel's shooting party at Bisley in 1937

Wedding of Nigel Greathead and Irma Olton

Standing: Rita, Mervyn, Annie, Gordon, Beatrice, Leonard and Evelyn
Sitting; Harold, Earle and Owen

Grave of Leonard and Annie Greathead

Grave of Henry Edwin Greathead

Grave of Alice Ada Greathead née Rooks

Monument by grave of Matthew Greathead

Grave of Matthew Greathead

Pillar erected for Matthew Greathead

Label from bottle of Greathead mixture

87 Ladbroke Grove, London

Cyprus Cottage, Bramley, Guildford, Surrey

Back row left to right Harold and Harold Laurence, The girl in the center is Edna and one of the two babies is Doris

Nellie on her motorbike

Newspaper report on Elizabeth Greathead's 100th birthday party

Newspaper article describing the wedding of John Greathead and Ruth Belton

Wedding of Harry Musgrave and Muriel Shill

Newspaper article about the Russian Spy

Wedding of Norman Greathead and Elsie Crane

Grave of Astle Greathead in Southport Cemetery.
The grave says: Greathead, Astle J.T.; originally of Lowestoft and of Wootten Bassett England and Shanghai, b. 12 Jan 1844, d. 11 Dec 1887

Font in Cranborne Church

St Maryand St Bartholomew Church,Cranborne

Grave of Clara Rebecca Greathead née Shuker

Herbert B Greathead WW1 draft card

Gravestone of George Firby and his wife Ann née Thompson

Gravestone of George Greathead and his wife Hilton née Pearson

Trooper Orlando Huitson

Edith by her brother Marmaduke's grave

Susannah Rogers and Cyril Brown

Uddens House the Seat of Colonel Greathed C.B.

WW1 celebrations

Philip's bakers shop in Wapping, East London. Philip can be seen with his grandson Frank, his daughter Mary and son Philip

Wedding of Frank Greathead and Sylvia E Joan Hitchens

Michael and Erna née Spuffard Banthorp

William and Eva (née Green) Pridmore and their children Martha, Fred, Elenor and Albert

Clarence Bright Greathead and Thelma May Preston

St Marys Church, South Dalton, Yorkshire

St Marys, South Dalton, Yorkshire

George and Ellen Greathead and daughter Eileen

John Ernest Bore and Caroline Margaret Greathead

Shildon Railway Engine

John Greathead and Eva Rolson

Newspaper article about John known as Jack Tunley

Leslie, Florence and Robert Fletcher

Robert Greathed carving on Pontifract Castle

Winifred standing by the swing

Winifred is on the rocking horse

Wedding of Tom Stanley Turner and Lucy Ann Greathead

Lance Corporal William Mark Greathead

Grave of Nellie Greathead née Wilcox buried with her infant son William Paul

Grave of William Paul Greathead buried with his mother

Wedding of William Huzz Gardner and Frances Mary Arrowsmith

Grave of Rose Emma Greathead née Hurd

Grave of Louis Alfred Greathead and his second wife Helen Mary Greathead née MacGregor

Wedding of Arthur Walter Little and Maud Hawthorne Greathead

Chloe Esther Blakenbeckler née May's burial stone

Marion Hawkins Blankenbeckler gravestone

James Sherwood Blankenbeckler gravestone

Grave of Charles Greathead in Cedar Hill Cemetery

Grave of Martha Greathead née Hoffman

Grave of Lance Corporal Willam Ferris

Gravestone of Ann Greathead née Kilburn and three of her children, John, Jane and Isabell

William Banthorpe and his daughter Rosa

The old gentleman on the horse is Henry Hearn

The Hearn family in 1913
Back row left to right Gertie, Rose, Will, Lizzie and Florie
Front row Eva, Henry, Joe, Mary and Elsie

Ethel Greathead and her children, Charles, Ivy, Walter and baby Hilda

Rose, Walter and Harry Lazell

Croft Castle, Herefordshire

Monument at Nicholson Cemetery, Delhi

13 Ely Place, Holborn, London

Tablet erected in Simla Church to Robert Greathed

Simla Church in India

Edmond and Laura Sharp

Lamb Family Plot, Wales, Utah

Joseph Gore and Edith Gertrude May Turmaine

Inscription reads: In affecionate rememberance of Rosa Turmaine who departed this life 24 Dec 1873 after long and painful suffering aged 32 years also of Sarah Ann Turmaine died 14 Dec 1858 aged 31 years

Frederick Friday William Turmaine and Gladys F Norris

St Mary's Church, Turnworth, Dorset

Jack Leslie C Turmaine and Eileen Joan Norris

St Albans Prison. This gatehouse was used as the opening caption for the fictional Slade Prison used for the BBC series Porridge

Wedding of John Charles Barnard Fry and Violet Hughes

Ede family grave in Bramley

Thomas is in the centre of the road with the coach outside the Ship Inn,Port Abert, Victoria, Australia around 1890. The original of this photograph is held by Port Albert Maritime Museum