Hello I am trying to find out about this man, and also his wife Rowena, who was my great aunt. Alfred was the son of William Henry Himbury, b 1871 Duck Street, Sherbourne, Dorset.He was the son of John Himbury and Sarah Emma Eversden. William married Laura Annie Eversden 20 April 1899. Laura was the half sister of William's mother, his grandfather having married twice. William joined the British Cotton Growing Association in 1904, and was Knighted in 1830, a year after his wife's death. William and Laura had four children. Reginald William Hayward (Rex), born 21st March 1900 at Byfleet Road, in Surrey. Alfred Lewis Paterson, born in 1901 at Chertsey. Ralph Arthur Basil (Basil), born in 1907 in Stockport, and Dorothy Vera Patricia, born on 26th February 1909 at Springfield, Cheadle. My great aunt, Rowena Edith Ronald, was born in Armidale, NSW, Australia 7 Nov 1903. She married William H Brown in Sydney, Australia in 1925. At some stage William died, but William Brown is a common name and I haven't found it so far. Anyway, at some time Rowena Edith Brown, widow, married Alfred Lewis Patterson Himbury. (He had the title of Major, left over from WWII perhaps??) A L P Himbury died December 1976, I haven't been able to confirm this, but it is what I was told by Rowena in 1978. Rowena died in Hereford in 1996.

Hi Jan According to the GRO index (on FamilyRelatives) Alfred also died in the Hereford Registration District: 1976 Dec HIMBURY Alfred Lewis P 10 JE 1901 Hereford 29 0400 You can purchase the certificate online at: http://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/ All you need is the above information and a credit/debit card good for £7. Likewise here is Rowena's death entry from the GRO index (courtesy of Ancestry this time): 1996 HIMBURY Rowena Edith 07 NO 1903 Hereford B19D 60 0296 HTH Polly ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jan & Stuart Moon" <stu_jan52@activ8.net.au> To: <ENG-SURREY@rootsweb.com>; <DORSET@rootsweb.com>; <ENG-HEREFORD@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2008 4:55 PM Subject: [HEF] ALFRED LEWIS PATTERSON HIMBURY b Chertsey, Surrey abt 1901 Hello I am trying to find out about this man, and also his wife Rowena, who was my great aunt. Alfred was the son of William Henry Himbury, b 1871 Duck Street, Sherbourne, Dorset.He was the son of John Himbury and Sarah Emma Eversden. William married Laura Annie Eversden 20 April 1899. Laura was the half sister of William's mother, his grandfather having married twice. William joined the British Cotton Growing Association in 1904, and was Knighted in 1830, a year after his wife's death. William and Laura had four children. Reginald William Hayward (Rex), born 21st March 1900 at Byfleet Road, in Surrey. Alfred Lewis Paterson, born in 1901 at Chertsey. Ralph Arthur Basil (Basil), born in 1907 in Stockport, and Dorothy Vera Patricia, born on 26th February 1909 at Springfield, Cheadle. My great aunt, Rowena Edith Ronald, was born in Armidale, NSW, Australia 7 Nov 1903. She married William H Brown in Sydney, Australia in 1925. At some stage William died, but William Brown is a common name and I haven't found it so far. Anyway, at some time Rowena Edith Brown, widow, married Alfred Lewis Patterson Himbury. (He had the title of Major, left over from WWII perhaps??) A L P Himbury died December 1976, I haven't been able to confirm this, but it is what I was told by Rowena in 1978. Rowena died in Hereford in 1996. ---- ENG-HEREFORD Mailing List ---- A genealogy and local history list covering the County of Hereford ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-HEREFORD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message