Hi Len According to the Titanic website a Charles Biddlecombe of 42 Kentish Road Southampton, was aged 33 and was widowed (?) his body was never recovered. Regards Bazzer Portchester Fareham Hampshire www.clarkeology.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Len Payne" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2005 1:37 AM Subject: [HantsLife] Biddlecombe > Biddlecombe Family Search > > - who is out there - > > > Hi!, my name is Len Payne, I am looking for family links for the > Biddlecombe > family. > > My great grandfather was Charles Arthur Biddlecombe believed to be from > Leicester (1860 - 1950), he had a son Reginald Arthur Charles Biddlecombe, > who was lost on the Titanic (1880 - 1912), he was married to Emily Mintrum > who bore him four children, Reginald Roland Victor (1900 - 1969), > Christopher Percy, (1902 - 1970), and twins Charles Wilfred (1904 - 1948) > and Eudora Winifred (1904 - 1973). They resided in the Shirley area of > Southampton. > > In or about 1906 Reginald left his wife Emily and formed an alliance with > my > grandmother, Ethel Payne, whose husband Robert Payne had died. As a result > of their common law relationship, my father Leonard Payne, was born in > 1908. > They continued to live together until the Titanic disaster. > > My grandmother remarried Frederick Warn, and had another six children > under > that name. My father had an elder brother Harold Payne by my grandmothers > first union. > > I have traced my immediate cousin Christopher Biddlecombe, born 1932, who > was the son of Christopher Percy Biddlecombe. > > I would like to find out more about my great grandfather Charles Arthur > Biddlecombe, as well as my grandmothers first husband Robert Payne. > > I am aware there are several descendants of the Biddlecombe family living > in > the Leicester and Southampton area. > > All research I have undertaken for both Payne and Biddlecomb(e) have > encountered the unscalable "brick wall", especially for Robert Payne who > doesn't seem to have existed, although there are numerous descendants of > his > son Harold Payne, my fathers step brother, living in the Fair > Oak/Bishopstoke area as well as in Southampton. > > The search for my great grandfather poses another problem, my cousin > Christopher, the son of Christopher Percy Biddlecombe, assures me that he > was born in Leicester in 1860 and died in 1950 in Southampton. Subsequent > research in the Church of Latter Day Saints records of the 1881 census > however shows Arthur Biddlecomb(e) aged 24, birthplace Bramshaw, > Hampshire, > married to M.J. Biddlecomb(e) aged 26, birthplace Wellow, Hampshire, a > daughter Ida A. Biddlecomb(e), aged 6 years, birthplace Wellow, Hampshire > and Reginald A. Biddlecomb(e) aged 10 months, birthplace Canada, > Wiltshire. > At this time the family was residing at Wilsford, Wiltshire. > > There the trail ends, any help will be appreciated. > > > > ==== HAMPSHIRE-LIFE Mailing List ==== > To contact the List Administrator: [email protected] > To unsubscribe from the list: > Mail: [email protected] > Digest: [email protected] > In both cases put "unsubscribe" in the subject header and no text in the > message box > > ============================== > Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. > Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx > > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.10.12/75 - Release Date: 17/08/2005 > > -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.10.12/75 - Release Date: 17/08/2005