Gloria Joan ELPHINSTONE3 was born (date unknown).

Spouse: Kenneth John BAKES. Children were: Yvonne Maree BAKES, Annette Joan BAKES, Rodney John BAKES, Nigel Wayne BAKES, Suzanne Kay BAKES.


Kathleen Joyce ELPHINSTONE3 was born (date unknown).

Spouse: Graham Lance SWEENEY. Children were: Andrew Robert SWEENEY, Dianne Elizabeth SWEENEY, Michael Shane SWEENEY, Lynette Faye SWEENEY, Dennis Karl SWEENEY, Barbara Anne SWEENEY, James Charles SWEENEY.


Robert ELVER was born about 1791 in Somerset, England.68 [Age unclear in 1841 census]. About 1841 he was an an Ag. Lab. in the home of Edward and Maria ARNEY. East Brent.


Agnes EMERY123 was born in 1868 in East Brent. Parents: John EMERY and Fanny EMERY.


Agnes EMERY was born on 27 December 1904 in East Brent Som.. She was admitted to in East Brent 1st School on 25 May 1908 left 1919112 Parents: Ernest John EMERY and Agnes Ella FOSTER.


Alberta "Berta" EMERY43,73,74 was born in East Brent, Somerset. Parents: Charles EMERY and Fanny WOODWARD.

Children were: unknown EMERY.


Alfred EMERY163 was born in 1875 in East Brent.123 He was born about 1875 in East Brent Som.. About 1901 he was a Landlord in Knoll Inn East Brent Som.62 In 1911 Alfred was a Commercial Traveller in East Brent. He served in the military 2nd. leutenant. 1st G. N'humberland Fusiliers. WW1.334 2nd Lieutenant Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry.
Awarded British and Victory medals.
When awarded British and Victory medals in Jan 1925 Gave his forwarding address as: 1, Rue de la Bouche. Ypres. Belgium.?
 Entered France July 1918. Note: May have served in WW1 as 2nd Lt. Northumberland Fusiliers? Parents: John EMERY and Fanny EMERY.

Spouse: Elizabeth WRIGHT. Elizabeth WRIGHT and Alfred EMERY lived in Knoll Inn East Brent Som in 1901. They were married. Children were: Winnifred A EMERY, Joy M V EMERY, Ina E Joan EMERY.


Alfred George "young George" EMERY43,74 was born in 1910 in Weare. SOM. ?.31 He lived With his Uncle George in Rooksbridge in 1924.207,412 In 1924 he was a farmworker in Brent Knoll Som..412 In 1957 young George was a landlord of 'Wellington Arms' Rooksbridge in Rooksbridge Som..73,199 He died in 1974 at the age of 64 in Rooksbridge.412 'Young George' moved in with his Uncle and Aunt George and Beatrice Emery when he left school to work on a farm. Parents: George Durston EMERY and Beatrice Mary EMERY. Parents: Alfred James EMERY and Nellie BINNING.

Spouse: Dorcas CROSS. Dorcas CROSS and Alfred George "young George" EMERY lived in Brent Knoll Som. in 1951–58.412 They412 were married in 1951.31 Children were: Stephen EMERY.


Alfred James EMERY74,75 was born on 11 October 1890. He died circa 1950 at the age of 60.412 He was an a Publican in Steeple Ashton. Wiltshire..31,458 [NEED TO DEFINE SENTENCE:Military Service] 29396 Devonshire Regiment
Volunteered Dec 1915 originally with the Devonshire Reg. 
Appears to have been discharged at Catterick Aug 1916 as: 'Medically Unfit'
"Not likely to become an efficient soldier"?
Brother of Edward Emery who died as a prisoner of war in 1816.
and George Emery who also served. Parents: George Alfred EMERY and Hannah DURSTON.

Spouse: Nellie BINNING. Nellie BINNING and Alfred James EMERY were married on 19 March 1910 in Weare. SOM.. They lived at Ashton House in Ashton Nr Wedmore in 1911.119 Children were: Alfred George "young George" EMERY, Ernest William EMERY, Ruth Lily EMERY, Kathleen Jessie "Jessie" EMERY.

Spouse: Nancy SWEET. Nancy SWEET and Alfred James EMERY were married in 1920.31


Alice Mary EMERY74,75 was born on 26 September 1899 in Rooksbridge, East Brent, Somerset, England.210 She was admitted to in East Brent 1st School on 14 March 1904 Left Mar 1912210 She fined 5/- for not complying with wartime bicycle lighting regulations! on 10 April 1916 at Petty Sessions in Highbridge SOM.. Alice died on 5 April 1968 at the age of 68 in Brent Knoll Som..81,425 Parents: George Alfred EMERY and Hannah DURSTON.

Spouse: Percy James HATCHER. Alice Mary EMERY and Percy James HATCHER were married on 24 July 1924 in St Marys East Brent Som..97 They were married by Archdeacon P Wickham of East Brent.
Witnesses were: George Durston Emery and Gladys Elizabeth Emery. Brother and sister of the bride. Ernest Arthur Hatcher, Brother of the groom.

Children were: Brian HATCHER, Sylvia HATCHER, Margery HATCHER.


Anita EMERY73,74 was born (date unknown). Parents: Jesse EMERY and Selange EMERY.


Ann EMERY73,74 was born c: 1816.

Spouse: William EMERY. Ann EMERY and William EMERY were married.73 Children were: Frederick EMERY, William EMERY, John EMERY, Robert EMERY, Ann R EMERY.


Ann EMERY74,75,76 was born about 1798 in Wedmore Somerset. Parents: John EMERY and Celia HAM.

Spouse: James HEMBRY. Ann EMERY and James HEMBRY were married.73


Ann EMERY74,75,76 was born about 1807 in Wedmore Somerset. Parents: John EMERY and Celia HAM.


Ann R EMERY74 was born in 1850.73 Parents: William EMERY and Ann EMERY.


Annie Amelia EMERY74,75,451 was born on 30 October 1872. C: 1895 she was an a Servant in Cardiff. Parents: George Alfred EMERY and Hannah DURSTON.

Spouse: ? HEWISON. Annie Amelia EMERY and ? HEWISON were married after 1895 in Cardiff.


Arthur John "Jack" EMERY73,74,75 was born on 4 December 1896. He died on 30 January 1951 at the age of 54 in Tone Vale Mental Hospital Taunton.73 He died of Pneumonia. He was educated until 1909 in East Brent Som.. He left school at age 13. According to his School leaving and Labour certificate report he had a good attendance record. He was then employed by his elder brother Charles at the Cheddar Valley Dairy. It is believed he upset locals by peering through windows!
(Jack) was committed to Tone Vale Mental Hospital in 1920 aged 24 years old. Where he remained for the rest of his life, despite plea's from members of his family. Parents: George Alfred EMERY and Hannah DURSTON.


Barry EMERY22 was born on 16 February 1958.408 He lived in Burnham on sea Som circa 2016.408 He was a Logistics manager at Oil and Gas Company in West Africa.408 Barry served in the Royal Navy Leading Radio Operator (Submarines). Parents: Desmond Valentine John EMERY and Wendy Jaquline Esma COX.


Beatrice Annie EMERY119 was born in 1908 in East Brent. Parents: Ernest John EMERY and Agnes Ella FOSTER.


Beatrice Mary EMERY73,74 was born in 1888. She died on 6 February 1943 at the age of 55 in East Brent, Somerset. She was buried in East Brent, Somerset. Beatrice was disabled. They adopted a child, George.

Spouse: George Durston EMERY. Beatrice Mary EMERY and George Durston EMERY were married. Children were: Alfred George "young George" EMERY.


Bessie EMERY43 was born (date unknown). Bessie married Jack Dyer at Mark in 1934 and they had two sons. The oldest of which received an MBE from the queen for services to the Army and Rugby. Parents: Frederick George EMERY and Johanna Charlotta VISER.

Spouse: Jack DYER. Bessie EMERY and Jack DYER were married in 1934 in Mark Som..43


Bessie EMERY73,74,75 was born on 18 January 1878. Between 1891 and 1895 she was a servant for the Rev. Wickham in East Brent, Somerset.73 In 1891 she was a Gen/Dom servant in the home of Thomas H TURNER. Curate at East Brent in Brent St. East Brent. SOM.89 Bessie died in 1895 at the age of 17 in East Brent Som..81 She was buried in 1895.81 Bessie died at age 17. In her short life she left behind some poems in an old exercise book which gave an insight to her short family life. These are reproduced on the www.rooksbridge.org.uk website. Bessie died of TB at the age 17. She left an excercise book of poetry.
(See the the Emery Feature at www.rooksbridge.org.uk ) Parents: George Alfred EMERY and Hannah DURSTON.


Carol EMERY was born (date unknown). Parents: Christopher EMERY and Peggy EMERY.

Spouse: Donald SLATER. Carol EMERY and Donald SLATER were married in 1964.448 They448 lived in Brent Knoll Som. about 1984.81 Children were: Amanda SLATER, Emma SLATER, Joseph SLATER, Rebecca SLATER.


Caroline EMERY395 was born in 1848 in Paulton SOM. She appeared in the census in 1901 in Carlton St Weston super mare. SOM..395 Living with her two sons Charles and William. Parents: George EMERY.

Spouse: Daniel HOFFMAN. Caroline EMERY and Daniel HOFFMAN were married on 20 December 1872 in Wesleyan Church, Regent St, Weston super mare, SOM.395 Witnesses: Edward PFFAFF and Marie Ann EMERY. Children were: Charles HOFFMAN, William HOFFMAN.

Spouse: ? COX.


Celia EMERY74,75,76 was born before 22 February 1796 in Wedmore Somerset. She was christened on 22 February 1796 in Wedmore Somerset. She was buried on 5 March 1818. Parents: John EMERY and Celia HAM.


Charles EMERY74,75,459 was born about 1821 in Othery, Somerset.372 In 1846 he was in Labourer. He lived in South Brent, Someset in 1846. Charles died in 1884 at the age of 63 in East Brent, Somerset. 2nd great grandfather

Parents: James EMERY.

Spouse: Caroline WALKER. Caroline WALKER and Charles EMERY were married on 20 April 1844 in Parish church, East Brent, Somerset (C).73 . Witnessed by
Charles Lockyer
Charlotte E Har?? Children were: Elizabeth Jane EMERY, Mary Ann EMERY, George Alfred EMERY, William EMERY.


Charles EMERY74,75 was born on 16 December 1881. Between 1900 and 1950 he was a Milk factory manager in Rooksbridge Som..73,130 Charles and his brother Frederick ran a dairy business at Manor Farm Tarnock SOM.
They gave this up when Charles went to the Cheddar Valley Dairy in Factory Lane, and Frederick returned to farming at Slade Farm. Kingsway Rd Tarnock. He died on 5 January 1955 at the age of 73 in East Brent.9 Parents: George Alfred EMERY and Hannah DURSTON.

Spouse: Fanny WOODWARD. Fanny WOODWARD and Charles EMERY lived in Brent Holme. Factory Lane Rooksbridge. Som about 1949. They were married. Children were: David EMERY, Christopher EMERY, Alberta "Berta" EMERY.


Christopher EMERY73,74 was born in 1911 in East Brent, Somerset. He died in 1984 at the age of 73. Parents: Charles EMERY and Fanny WOODWARD.

Spouse: Peggy EMERY. Peggy EMERY and Christopher EMERY were married. They lived in Weston super mare Som.. Children were: Peter EMERY, Carol EMERY.


Clement EMERY460 was born in 1842. Parents: George EMERY and Eliza EMERY.


David EMERY73,74 was born in East Brent, Somerset. Parents: Charles EMERY and Fanny WOODWARD.

Spouse: Sybil EMERY. Children were: Rex EMERY, Norma EMERY.


David Charles EMERY461 was born (date unknown). Parents: Rex EMERY and Thelma EMERY.


Dennis Oswald EMERY73,74 was born in July 1925 in West Pennard Som.. He served in the military RAF between 1943 and 47.73 He immigrated in 1967 to Australia.73 Dennis was a Local Government officer. Parents: Roland Jesse EMERY and Annie WILDGOOSE.

Spouse: Gwenith GILLMORE. Gwenith GILLMORE and Dennis Oswald EMERY were married on 5 July 1950 in Glastonbury.Som.73 Children were: Diane EMERY, Susan Jeanette EMERY, Michael Duncan EMERY, John Dennis EMERY.


Desmond Valentine John EMERY22 was born on 14 February 1932 in East Brent.408 He died on 20 April 2015 at the age of 83 at Burnham Road in Highbridge SOM..408 He was a Supervisor at Unigate Dairy in Bason Bridge SOM.408 Desmond served as Leading signalman at Royal Navy.

Spouse: Wendy Jaquline Esma COX. Wendy Jaquline Esma COX and Desmond Valentine John EMERY were married in 1954.42 They42 lived at Post Office and General Store in Brent Knoll Som. before 1976.408 They408 lived at Burnham Road in Highbridge SOM. circa 2015.408 Children were: Barry EMERY.


Diane EMERY74,451 was born on 6 May 1951. Parents: Dennis Oswald EMERY and Gwenith GILLMORE.

Spouse: John SCURRY. Diane EMERY and John SCURRY were married. Children were: Amelia Louise Emery SCURRY.


Donald EMERY43 was born in 1924. He was adopted. Parents: Frederick George EMERY and Johanna Charlotta VISER.


Edith Annie EMERY74 was born in 1910 in Ripon. Yorks.. She died in 1998 at the age of 88 in Weston Super Mare. Som.. She was a primary school and music teacher.73 Parents: Roland Jesse EMERY and Annie WILDGOOSE.

Spouse: Leonard SALTFORD. Edith Annie EMERY and Leonard SALTFORD were married in 1936 in West Pennard Som..73 Children were: Mary Leonora SALTFORD, Brenda Faith SALTFORD.


Edith Fanny EMERY74,75 was born on 26 June 1888. She was adopted in Cardiff by a sister of George Alfred Emery.73 Parents: George Alfred EMERY and Hannah DURSTON.

Spouse: Archie WILKINS. Edith Fanny EMERY and Archie WILKINS were married. Children were: Norman WILKINS.


Edward "Teddy" EMERY81 died WW2. Parents: Edward John EMERY and Florence HARVEY.


Edward EMERY64,73,74 was born in 1850 in East Brent.64 He died in 1878 at the age of 28. Parents: John EMERY and Sarah WICKHAM.


Edward John EMERY74,75,81 was born on 8 February 1880. He died on 17 September 1916 at the age of 36 in PoW Baghdad.339 He served in the military Sergeant in the Dorset Regiment until 1916 in India & Mesopotamia.73 9408 Sergeant  Dorsetshire Regiment 2nd Bn.
Awarded 1915 star, British and Victory medals. (Posthumously)
Date of Death: 17/09/1916 Age:  36
Edward Emery died as a prisoner of war at Aleppo in Mesopotamia  while attached to the  Indian Expeditionary Force D. He is buried in:  POW Commonwealth War Dead Cemetery: BAGHDAD (NORTH GATE)WAR CEMETERY
Edward was a career soldier first enlisting in 1896 at the age of 16 into the Somerset Light Infantry for 12 years.
He re-enlisted 1908 into the Dorset Regiment for a further 9 years with the view to complete 21 years service.  and saw service based at Poona, India.
The 2nd Battalion Dorsets was in Poona, India, when war brokeout and was shipped in Nov 1914 to Mesopotamia to join the Indian forces of the Indian Expeditionary force.
From Dec 1915 - Apr 1916 he was trapped along with the 8000 strong British-Indian garrison in the Siege of  Kut and later taken prisoner by the Turks. They were force marched nearly 600 miles to imprisonment to Aleppo. Where he died of dysentery.
While captive they suffered appalling conditions. (The Indian captives were treated even more harshly)   Of the 350 British men of the battalion captured, only 70 survived their captivity.
Two of Edward's brothers, Alfred and George also served in WW1 while a third Frederick had served in the Boer war. Parents: George Alfred EMERY and Hannah DURSTON.

Spouse: Florence HARVEY. Florence HARVEY and Edward John EMERY were married on 28 October 1908 in Poona India.81 They met while Edward was attached to the Indian Regiment. Children were: Edward "Teddy" EMERY, Sylvia EMERY, Vera EMERY.


Edwin EMERY64 was born in 1831 in Wells. SOM. In 1851 he was a cooper.64 He appeared in the census in 1851 at home of John and Ann (Nancy) EMERY (nephew). in East Brent.64


Eliza EMERY460 was born in Burnham on sea Som.

Spouse: George EMERY. Eliza EMERY and George EMERY were married about 1841.460 Children were: Clement EMERY, George EMERY, Sarah Ann EMERY.


Elizabeth EMERY74,75,76 was born in 1788 in Wedmore Somerset. She was christened on 1 April 1790. She was buried in 1836. Parents: John EMERY and Celia HAM.

Spouse: James HEATH. Elizabeth EMERY and James HEATH were married.


Elizabeth EMERY74,75,76 was born in 1808 in Wedmore Somerset. She was buried on 27 February 1831. Parents: John EMERY and Celia HAM.


Elizabeth Jane EMERY74,75,451 was born in 1845. Parents: Charles EMERY and Caroline WALKER.

Spouse: John MERRIOT. Elizabeth Jane EMERY and John MERRIOT lived in 8, Abingdon St. Burnham on sea. Som. in 1881. Children were: William John MERRIOT, George MERRIOT, Harry MERRIOT, Frank MERRIOT.


Elsie EMERY43 was born (date unknown). Parents: Frederick George EMERY and Johanna Charlotta VISER.

Spouse: Arthur TINCKNELL. Elsie EMERY and Arthur TINCKNELL were married. They were divorced. Children were: John TINCKNELL.

Spouse: Walter GRIMSTEAD. Elsie EMERY and Walter GRIMSTEAD were married.


Ernest "Joe" EMERY462 was born (date unknown). Parents: Ernest John EMERY and Agnes Ella FOSTER.


Ernest John EMERY112,163 was born in 1872 in East Brent.123 In 1911 he was a poultry farmer at Jarvis Lane in East Brent.119 He was also known as Ernest Emery.119 Ernest served in the military with 30th Gloucesters WW1 in France.463 Was wounded at Calais and convalesced in Ashcombe House Emergency Hospital. WSM
He was probably conscripted under the 1916 Conscription act which also included married men up to the age of 51. Parents: John EMERY and Fanny EMERY.

Spouse: Agnes Ella FOSTER. Agnes Ella FOSTER and Ernest John EMERY were married in 1896.119 Children were: Florence G EMERY, Ernest "Joe" EMERY, Kathleen Gladys EMERY, Norah Evelyn EMERY, Reginald John EMERY, Agnes EMERY, Beatrice Annie EMERY, Louis Mervyn EMERY.


Ernest William EMERY31 was born in 1911. He died in 1973 at the age of 62.412 Parents: Alfred James EMERY and Nellie BINNING.


Ethel EMERY73,74 was born in Kent.

Spouse: William EMERY. Ethel EMERY and William EMERY were married.73 William abandoned Ethel when he went back to Africa.