Archie and Elsie Janes

Archibald 'Arch' Owen Janes born 1891 in Highwood Bottom was the son of Boaz & Caroline Janes

Elsie May Plumridge born1891 was the daughter of William & Eliza Plumridge

Arch and Elsie married in 1925.

Archie had previously married in 1919 to Emily Beatrice Currell, daughter of Free Currell. They had no children.

Elsie had previously been engaged to John Rixon of Speen. He was killed in August 1918 fighting Austrians in the Italian Dolomites (Taken from the Speen and North Dean News, issue 57).

Archie & Elsie had no children

Archie had served in the Warwickshire Regiment in WW1

Arch and Elsie were in Speen Band. Elsie was the cellist.

The photo on the right taken in 1921, is taken from the Speen book 'The Leaves of Time'

Left to right back row - 1st Ted Floyd. 3rd Dick Bristow. 4th Will Floyd. 6th ? Bristow

8th Elsie Plumridge

Left to right middle row - 4th George Shaw. 5th Ted Bristow

Left to right front row - 2nd Archie Janes. 4th Jack Bristow

1939 Register (census). General Grocery Store, Speen. Archie O Janes 46, general grocer, Elsie Janes 48, Annie Shaw widow 48. sister of Elsie.

Probate. Elsie May Janes of Spennymoor, Speen died September 1972. £21,821

Probate. Archie Owen Janes of Spennymoor, Speen died January 1974. £69,607

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