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D100 (ex D100A)

AUG 1925

"OUR DEAR OLD CORNER (HOME)"

DAVID WIGLEY I's home, Oversland, Selling, Kent (the tall house, not the bungalow), front garden

● unknown who the people are, but they might just be David’s great-grandchildren – left, 1 boy and 2 girls, right, 3 boys and a bicycle or wheelchair, and even further right, a bigger girl

· the name was apparently OAK CORNER, but the writing on the back definitely reads "OUR DEAR OLD CORNER"

● the handwriting is probably that of Ann(ie) Wigley Durham. David’s daughter, on the back of a copy of the photo she sent to her brother in America, Herbert William Wigley – she mentions “Home”, as this is where they grew up

D1035 (exD100B)

early 1900’s?

OVERSLAND

● possibly the same place as in D100, seen at the exit from the front garden of the houses, the houses themselves being off to the right, and the house visible here being the house in the background of D100

● the word OVERSLAND and a number in the lower right-hand corner, and the POSTCARD print on the back, may mean that this was a commercial postcard, and had no connection with the family, other than the location

● however, in the 1901 census David is listed as living at Oversland, whereas in the 1911 he is listed as a “visitor” at his daughter Elizabeth “Lizzie”’s home, so it is not clear whether he had already left/sold the house at Oversland or not

● so, depending on when the photo was taken, the family shown may still be David’s, whether this was a commercial postcard or not

● if this photo was really taken early 1900’s, these could possibly be David’s eldest grandchildren, his daughter Ann(ie)’s children, JOHN STANLEY DURHAM, HENRY CHARLES LYGO DURHAM, LESLIE DAVID DURHAM, DORIS ANNIE DURHAM WALTER (born 1892-7), in which case the ladies could possibly be, left to right, ANNE HOWE WIGLEY, ANNIE WIGLEY DURHAM?, unknown

● back: the postmark is “Canterbury, 8 JUL 1924”, but 1924 is not necessarily the year the photo was taken

● it is addressed to Mr H Durham, 70 St Chads Road, Tilbury, Essex, David’s daughter Ann(ie)’s son Henry Charles Lygo Durham

the text reads:

Very … today

I am at Canterbury

this is a Corner

of G Dad’s Home

the cat died Sunday Evening

[signed Annie?]

● as the writer mentions [Henry Charles Lygo’s] “Grandfather”, he/she could be his mother, but could equally be one of his siblings

● DAVID WIGLEY I had 5 children born 1872-84 (plus a son who died young), daughter-daughter-son-daughter-son, whereas D100B shows 2 older boys, a younger boy/girl?, and a young girl, so they can’t be his children

● assuming the people in the photo are his family, not just neighbours

● there are 3 adult ladies in the picture, so perhaps one is his wife, and the other 2 daughters – his children

ANN(IE) WIGLEY DURHAM had 4 children, son-son-daughter-son, born 1892-7

SARAH ELEANOR WIGLEY MACKLIN had 5 children, son-son-daughter-son-daughter, born 1900-11

HERBERT WILLIAM WIGLEY emigrated in 1904 when his only daughter born up till then was 2

ELIZABETH WIGLEY “LIZZIE” DAVIS had 3 surviving sons, born 1905-12

ALBERT JAMES WIGLEY had 3 daughters, born 1913-29

● so perhaps they are his grandchildren

D1028

D1029

D1030

THE HOUSES TODAY

● (D1028) with a great-great-granddaughter of David’s

● the house on the left has changed considerably, the house on the right little

● the plaque on the left hand house reads “2 Oak Corner”

● all taken taken 14 FEB 2013

D007

14 JUL 1926

D033

5 SEP 1926

DAVID WIGLEY I,

SARAH ELEANOR WIGLEY MACKLIN

top left JOHN STANLEY DURHAM

back child 1, ANNIE WIGLEY DURHAM, child 2, ALBERT JAMES WIGLEY, child 3, DAVID WIGLEY I

front child 4, child 5, ANNIE ETHEL COBLEY DURHAM

► at Oversland, Boughton, Kent

· 4 generations of the Wigley-Durham family

assuming the children are all standing near their parent, they could be

child 1 LIVING DURHAM (JSD’s 1^st daughter - born 1920)

child 2 MARGARET NANCY DURHAM TURNER DOOTSON CHISMAN (HCLD’s 1^st daughter - born 1917)

child 3 ELSIE AMELIA WIGLEY (AJW’s 1^st daughter - born 1913)

child 4 LIVING DURHAM (JSD’s 1^st son, a twin - born 1924)

child 5 LIVING DURHAM (JSD’s 2^nd daughter, a twin - although it doesn’t look like her) or LORNA JOAN DURHAM GANDY (HCLD’s daughter - both born 1924),

in which case 1 of these 2 is missing