Guest 651- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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#1
A very very very very long shot this but I am trying to trace an image I have had for years and suddenly I come across the same image in the 1916 Dover Express !! The guy - William Jarvis born in Dover in 1867 had a wife and seven childen when he went off to serve King and Country. As he had quite a big family and lived in Folkestone Road until he died in 1943 I'd imagine that there could be some distant relatives still in town
Does the name ring any bells to anyone ?
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Guest 710- Registered: 28 Feb 2011
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#2
From 192.com...
1 V Jarvis
19, River Street, Dover, Kent, CT17 0RB
01304 823 000 629189,143448
2 R Jarvis
5, Chestnut Close, Whitfield, Dover, Kent, CT16 3HE
01304 825 026 630005,145574
3 G Jarvis
22, Durban Crescent, Dover, Kent, CT16 2JL
01304 210 223 631333,143631
4 S Jarvis
52, Kearsney Avenue, Dover, Kent, CT16 3BL
01304 821 591 629331,143845
5 I Jarvis
27, Trefor Jones Court, Brookfield Avenue, Dover, Kent, CT16 2QP
01304 201 563 630565,142912
6 K Jarvis
14, St Annes Court, Heathfield Avenue, Dover, Kent, CT16 2JY
01304 241 083
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Guest 700- Registered: 11 Jun 2010
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#3
Have e-mailed you Paul with some details of the family which might be this one, you also mentioned a George, RN.
Have more Jarvis/Jarvest refs if you need others.
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Guest 651- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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#4
Thanks Kath
and thanks Tom - one more than came up on BT
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Guest 651- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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#5
Interestingly, although this image was in the 1916 newspaper it is of at least 1899 vintage as the company went bankrupt then. As a family with 7 children they probably couldn't afford professional photos like this so had to use a very old one (do I have the original that the paper used??)
Strangely though I have yet to find any service records for HMS Pembroke which leads me to the obituary in 1943 where is is recorded as having been Station Master for Dover Harbour and Priory Stations, but also of Margate station in the "last war".
Wonder if he got to Chatham and was too old to sign up for service and then went to the railway ??
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