Wedding Party: Burton Street, Sheffield

Published: February 13, 2007    Last modified: February 4, 2017

[PiwigoPress id=992 lnktype='albumpicture' opntype='_self' size='me' url='https://familyhistoryjournal.com/gallery'] Wedding Party, Burton Street, Hillsborough, Sheffield According to my mother this photograph is of a wedding party at a house on Burton Street, Sheffield, Yorkshire, though she doesn't remember whose marriage was being celebrated. Mother is the toddler on the front row dressed all in white and looking a little mesmerised. This photograph is most likely circa 1928. Given time I'm hoping she will be able to identify some more of the children shown in this photograph and maybe even remember the names of the bride and groom. Updates: 2007-08-02 I was contacted by...

Harry Renwick and Jessie Renwick (née Jessie Ashforth)

Published: February 4, 2007    Last modified: May 22, 2022

...hope to archive these to both digital and paper based media. This is one such photograph. It depicts Harry RENWICK 1885-1959, his children, sister-in-law and mother-in-law. Since his wife Jessie RENWICK (née Jessie ASHFORTH 1887-1954), my great grand aunt, was alive and well is not in the photograph we can only assume she was probably behind the camera. This photograph was taken in the backyard of one of the hundreds of terraced houses on and around Burton Street, Sheffield. Harry RENWICK 1885-1959 and Jessie RENWICK (née Jessie ASHFORTH 1887-1954) and family lived at 41 Burton Street just above Burton Street...

Douglas Roy Williamson: Died 30th December 1963, aged 23 years

Published: August 2, 2007    Last modified: February 15, 2017

...store in Sheffield city centre. The pictures you have of the wedding party are my great grand parents Harry and Jessie RENWICK. I was born at 41 Burton Street, we have photos of Clara (my grandmother) and she did not emigrate to New Zealand but her sister Jessie did. - SH The person who you mention that fell to his death from Cole Brothers was my mothers cousin Dion WILLIAMSON (son of Jessie from New Zealand) - SH In 1963 Dion (Douglas) came to the UK after travelling and fell to his death on the 30th December 1963 aged 23....