This picture is of my parents William Ware and Joan Saggers wedding, from left to right front row ,my Grandmother Alice Ware, nee Severn and my Grandmother Eva Saggers, nee Jelley, back row left to right ,the vicar of St Michaels, Stockwell,  my Grandfather,William Digby Ware, my Father William Edgar Ware, my Mother Joan Ware, nee Saggers, my Mothers brother, Jack Saggers.

This is a picture of me (Bill Ware) , to the right of me is my youngest son Tom Ware,to the left of me, my eldest son Bill Ware and on the far left my eldest grandson Tom Ware junior .

Aunty Renee's letter

While talking to Aunty Renee on the telephone a few years ago I was saying to her that although we had plenty of pictures of her and Dad when they were adults we had none of them when they were children as a result she very kindly sent me the next few copies of photographs below from her own collection together with this letter and written descriptions on the back of each photo,she obviously put a lot of time and effort into this,when you consider she was in her late eighties at the time and I was so pleased to receive them.

Renee with Geoff and Brenda,Forest of Dean 1953

George Payne,Bill Severn Annie Payne(Severn) and Sarah Severn (our Great Grandmother)

Renee circa 1932

Renee in back garden of 53 Stockwell Green

Dad and Renee at Margate beach

Renee and Dad at Margate

Dad,Renee and Nan (Alice Ware nee Severn) taken on cross channel ferry circa 1937

George Payne(centre ,back row)

Renee Ware 1927 school photo

Dad ( William Edgar Ware) and Aunty Renee (Irene Ware) with their dog's

Renee Popski and Nan

This is a picture of Irene Ware, William Ware(our Great Grandfather) and Alice Ware(our Great Grandmother) circa 1945
our nickname for our Great Grandfather is Popski

William Severn and his wife Sarah Palmer

Bill Severn

This is a picture of our Grandmother's youngest brother William Severn

Ware family circa 1931

Back row,left to right: Winifred Winter, the next person unknown,William Ware (our Great Grandfather) Alice Ware (our Great Grandmother) William Digby Ware,

front row: Irene Louisa Ware,William Edgar Ware.

Ware family circa 1930

From left to right: Irene Louisa Ware, William Edgar Ware, our Grandfather William Digby Ware, our Grandmother Alice Harriet Ware,Winifred Winter(our Grandmothers closest friend)

William Digby Ware and Harriet Severn 1917

This is our Grandfather and Grandmother shortly after they married the child on my Grandfathers knee is probably one of my Grandmothers nieces,which one I am not sure.

Rosa Ware 1860-1957

This is a picture of Rosa Ware, she was the sister of our Great Grandfather,she emigrated to Queensland Australia at the age of 18, she married John Penny in 1881,they had one son,Charles Digby Penny; she died in South Brisbane Hospital at the age of 96

James Ware the 2nd

This is a picture of our Great Grandfather's brother James born Lewisham Kent ,1858 he started out life as a seaman,then he decided to become an evangilist in China,he was ordained as a minister in Shanghai and lived there working as a missionary with his wife Elizabeth and their children for the rest of his life,he died in 1913.

James Ware our Great Great Grandfather

This is a picture of our Great, Great, Grandfather,James Ware,he was married twice, his first wife Elizabeth was an invalid and had no children by the time she died in 1856,they had a grocers shop in Loampit Vale,Lewisham,James re-married, his new wife  Harriet Digby  a childrens nursemaid was 22 years younger than James,they had ten children Benjamin,James,Rosa,Walter,Harriet,Harriet,William(our Great Grandfather) Mary,Bessie,Grace the last child died shortly after birth;

James decided to change the grocers shop into a pub which he called "The Earl Gray" he ran into debt and sold the pub to his nephew William Broadribb in 1870 and was bankrupted in 1872, reading between the lines having so many children must have put a huge strain on a man of his age, his youngest child was born when he was 62 years of age ,he died soon after in 1874 leaving his wife Harriet with nine children under the age of 15.



Alice Harriet Severn

This is a picture of our Grandmother Alice Harriet Severn,she was the daughter of Benjamin Penn Severn and Sarah Taylor.

Benjamin Henry Severn 1848-1923

This is a photograph of our Great Great Grandfather Benjamin Henry Severn



Louisa Matilda Clark

This is a picture of our Great Grandmother Louisa Matilda Clark,she was married to our Great Grandfather William Ware

Wedding list

Wedding photograph of William Digby Ware and Alice Harriet Severn