ALVELEY VILLAGE
SHROPSHIRE, ENGLAND
 

Ethel Annie Ward and Grannie Addis - About 1925
Ethel was born in Alveley in 1913 and later married Sidney "Dines" France. They lived at Peacock Hill, Alveley.

Henry France

Henry was born in Alveley in 1865, eldest son of John and Mary France. By the age of fifteen he had already started work at Highley Colliery.

He married Jane Findlay (daughter of Scotsman Francis Findlay) at Alveley Church in November 1890 and they settled into a small cottage near "The New Inns" and had three children; Gladys (born 1892), Henry (born 1894) and Wilfred (born1896)

But on April 22nd 1896 tragedy struck when Henry was killed in an accident at the Colliery. An Inquest was held on April 24th and he was buried in Alveley Churchyard on 25th April 1896.

 

margaret @alveleyhistory.co.uk

Last revised: June 30, 2000.