Photograph taken about 1906 inscribed on the back: Four generations Mrs Pegg (right) Grandma Mrs Voss left grannie Bertie Voss son Mollie”

As I have already written, it is apparent from the above photograph that Bertie VOSS had a daughter Gladys Mary “Mollie” VOSS, borne ca. 1903.  We now know that his wife was Edith née WENHAM.

It seems that Mollie went to Australia, for I have before me a letter written to her Aunt Mona upon news of the death of Mollie’s Grannie Elizabeth.  It was written  on 24th January 1940, when she would have been ca. 37.  Here is a transcription: Continue reading Where are the family of Gladys Mary “Mollie” née VOSS? →

Photograph taken about 1906 inscribed on the back: Four generations Mrs Pegg (right) Grandma Mrs Voss left grannie Bertie Voss son Mollie”

Bertie finished his schooling in Eastborne, where his parents had moved as his father Albert was Manager of the Devonshire Club there.  He then worked as a furniture salesman in Eastborne, where he must have met Edith who was the book keeper in the store.  They married in 1902 when he was just 20.

Their daughter Gladys Mary “Mollie” was borne ca. 1903 in Jersey, in the Channel Islands.  Their son Geoffrey Herbert Donald was born in Sydenham, London in 1905, when Bertie was still a furniture salesman.

After this Bertie & Edith seem to have almost disappeared. Continue reading What happened to Herbert “Bertie” Arthur VOSS & his wife Edith WENHAM? →