NAME | DATE AND PLACE OF BIRTH | NAME OF SPOUSE | OCCUPATION | DATE AND PLACE OF DEATH | NOTES |
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Hetty VANN | Derbyshire, England. | Charles Alfred KIRMAN | Retired. | N/A | Private. |
James Henry VANN | 6 May 1897, 80 Bottom Long Row, Clay Cross, Derbyshire. | Annie TAYLOR 17 Dec 1919, Chesterfield Register Office |
Bricklayers Labourer | 26 Jan 1962, Danesmoor | Worked as a bricklayers labourer at one of the local coal mines, died of a stroke just before he was due to retire. Lived his life around the Clay Cross/Danesmoor area of Chesterfield. |
James Wellesley VANN | 26 Oct 1867, Palmerston Street, Leicester | Harriet BLAIR 18 Apr 1892 St Patrick's Chapel, Leicester. 2nd marriage to Gladys WITHAM 1916, Nottingham. |
Shoe Rivetter, Comedian, Publican & Shopkeeper | c. 1955, Nottingham | Married Harriet BLAIR 18 Apr 1892 at St Patrick's Chapel, Leicester. His address at that time was 37 Benford Street, Leicester. His occupation on his marriage certificate was Shoe Rivetter and on James Henry's birth certificate is given as "Comedian" and according to family heresay he and Harriet were performers. Lived at Market Square, Ilkeston, Derbyshire in 1914. He moved to Meadows, Nottingham at some stage where he owned "Vann's Stores". |
John VANN | c. 1823, Baptised 18 July 1823, Wigston Magna, Leicester | Elizabeth CRICHTON 16 Apr 1849 Deesa, India. |
Railway Labourer, Waggoner | 3 July 1883 | Lived in Palmerston Street, Leicester in 1867, and 23 Brunswick Street in 1881. On his son's birth certificate he was a Railway Labourer and on his son's marriage certificate he was a Waggoner (deceased). |
John Dane VANN | Baptised 9 July 1797, Wigston Magna, Leicester | Amelia SIBSON 1 Feb 1820 Wigston Magna. |
Not Known | Not Known | His parents thought to be John VANN & Sarah (nee DAND). |
The book "The Midland Peasant" written by Historian W.G. Hoskins is about the Leicestershire village, Wigston Magna and has references to VANN's and DAND's in the village going back as far as Henry VII's time.
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"Hetty Vann" | ![]() |
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"James Henry Vann" "Cliff & Hetty Vann" |
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"James Wellesley Vann with James Henry, Bertha Elizabeth and Margaret" |
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"James Wellesley Vann" |
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