Roy, I did read that report. Congratulations in advance to your mother in law. I have many Bromsgrove connections but the only TROTH I have is Susannah, bap. 31 Jan 1808, daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth. She married 22 Oct 1827 George Wheeler (my 2nd great grand uncle) a coffin furniture maker and had at least 9 children. Nuala On 31/12/2010 20:47, Roy Stockdill wrote: > Did anyone read that report in the papers yesterday from the government's > Department for Work and Pensions which predicted that 10 million people alive today > in Britain - one in six of the population - will live to be 100? Frightening thought, isn't > it? > > Having said that, I am proud to be able to report that for the first time ever (well, as far > as I know) my own family will enjoy the kudos of having a centenarian in its ranks! > > My mother-in-law, Mrs Evelyn Maud Hall, of Poole, Dorset, will join the band who get a > card from Buckingham Palace when she reaches her 100th birthday on Wednesday, > January 5. > > She was born Evelyn Maud TROTH on January 5 1911 in Coventry, Warwickshire, the > elder daughter of William John Troth (who served in both the Boer War and WWI) and > his wife, Emily, nee Watson. I have prepared special laminated copies of her birth and > marriage certificates and also of her entry in the 1911 census, aged under 3 months, > to present to her on the big day. Her entry in the 1911 is easily found, though > interestingly enough, there was another Evelyn Troth who was of virtually an identical > age, born at Paddington, London. > > The surname, TROTH, is fairly uncommon and the vast majority of Troths seem to > have come from the town of Bromsgrove in Worcestershire and spread into > surrounding Midlands counties. My researches suggest Troth is one of those names > that overwhelmingly stem from a particular area and, thus, it may be that all Troths are > ultimately related. As I have said, Bromsgrove figures hugely in the records of Troth > births.