Genealogical Profile

Jean Yarwood (nee Hadden)
Born 20th July 1961
Bristol, UK

Parents Born Birthplace Grand Parents
Kenneth Hubert Hadden 31/01/1921 Bristol Albert Joseph Hadden
      Pamela Emma Payne
Joan Emily Shute 21/09/1922 Bristol Francis Henry Shute
      Pauline Emily Watts

Ken and Joan were married in 1943 at St. Gregory's, Horefield, Bristol. Joan's father Frank Shute answered his country's call and served with the Royal Gloucestershire Regiment during World War I. He was awarded the Military Medal for bravery under fire whilst attending to an injured soldier. He later suffered the effects of gas and was subsequently invalided out of the army, whereupon he joined BAC as a paint sprayer. Pauline Watts worked in service and as a nanny before marrying Frank at Knowle in 1919.

Grand Parents Born Birthplace Great Grand Parents
Albert Joseph Hadden 27/11/1885 Bristol Albert Joseph Hadden
      Louisa Bosley
Pamela Emma Payne 03/02/1881 Castle Cary George William Payne
      Anne King

George Payne was born in Wiltshire in 1848 and was employed as engine stoker at the Castle Cary Rope and Twine Factory. He married Ann King in 1871 at Wincanton Baptist Chapel, for many years they lived in nearby Galhampton.

Grand Parents Born Birthplace Great Grand Parents
Francis Henry Shute 14/01/1895 Bedminster Francis Henry Shute
      Emily Weeks
Pauline Emily Watts 01/03/1893 Bristol John Watts
      Maria Charlotte Hiles
(nee Bartram)

Francis Shute (senior) was born in Brislington and worked as a fruit buyer for a wholesaler supplying Bristol Market. Emily Weeks came from rural Somerset, born in Publow in 1869. Maria Hiles (36) and John Watts (44) were both widowed before their marriage in 1889. Maria had been a publican in Hot Wells, Bristol and John Watts a stonemason.

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