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Herbert Walter Twitchin

Engineer
Birthplace Buckinghamshire Wolverton EnglandPlace of Residence at HM Factory Gretna W. West 13 Date of Birth: August 26, 1875 Date of Death: February 8, 1951

Biography

HERBERT WALTER TWITCHIN

Date and place of birth :  26 August 1875 Wolverton, Buckinghamshire

Date and place of Death :  1951 in London
Nationality: British

Biography:  Herbert grew up in London with his siblings:

Thomas Twitchin 1877

Mary Twitchin 1879

Alice Twitchin 1882

Richard Twitchin 1886
Parents: Henry Twitchin married Mary Flinn 1872 at St.Johns, Hoxton, London
Parents occupation :  Henry was a coach painter for the railways
Schools Universities attended and years of attendance – Not known
Place of residence at Gretna:  W. West 13 Township, Gretna
Marital status:

Herbert married Olive Collins in 1902, Portsmouth. Olive died in 1909
Herbert married a second time to Kate Evelyn Nellie Johnston in 1918 in Gretna.
Children:

Harry Vernon Twitchin 1903

Doris Olive Twitchin 1904

Herbert W Twitchin 1920

Marjorie Twitchin 1921

Ida Twitchin 1923

Evelyn Twitchin 1924

Heather Twitchin 1927

Elizabeth Twitchin 1931

Eric Twitchin 1931

Ruth O Twitchin 1935
Job title at Gretna  :  Engineer on Mossband Site

Prior to working at HM Factory, Herbert worked for the Great Western Railway.
Travels – Nil known
Awards/recognitions:
Trivia/any other information:

Forwarding address from Mossband Farewell, held in the archive collection of The Devil’s Porridge Museum.

Operating Staff, Mossband

References

Ancestry

FindMyPast

FreeBMD

Mossband Farewell Magazine
 

 

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