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Lydia Timmis

Taken on September 13th, 1915 and sourced from Individual - Mum & Dad.

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This picture was taken on September 13th, 1915 and sourced from Individual - Mum & Dad.

Individual Picture Notes
- Extracted from picture of Richard and Lydia at Jenny and Toms wedding. This picture was cut out of a group wedding family photo of Jennie & Tom's Wedding on 13 Sep 1915.

Lydia was born on June 14th, 1863 in Neston and her christening took place there on July 17th, 1863.¹²

Birth Notes
- Born: Birkenhead, Cheshire about 1864 according to 1891 census.
  
  All family recorded as from Birkenhead in 1891, but 1901 census shows Lydia is from Neston (and all others from Birkenhead), so this is more likely to be correct.
  
  Ann Hale (nee Brereton) recorded Lydia's birthday as 14 Jun 1863.
  
  Aged 47 on 1911 census (born Neston, Cheshire)
  
  TIMMIS, LYDIA        WOODWARD
  GRO Reference: 1863 S Quarter in WIRRAL
  Volume 08A Page 369
  
  Name:    Lydia Timmis
  Gender:    Female
  Baptism Date:    17 Jul 1863
  Baptism Place:    Neston, Cheshire, England
  Father:    Richard Timmis
  Mother:    Lydia Timmis
  FHL Film Number:    2105093

Lydia's father was Richard Timmis Jnr and her mother was Lydia Woodward. Her paternal grandparents were Richard Timmis and Ellen Lewis; her maternal grandparents were James Woodward and Ann Williams. She had two sisters named Ellen and Jinnie. She was the youngest of the three children. She died at the age of 54 on March 6th, 1918 in Birkenhead. The funeral took place on March 9th, 1918 at the Flaybrick Memorial Gardens and was arranged by R. Gallienno and Son of 34 Conway-street, Birkenhead.. Her burial was on March 9th, 1918 at the Flaybrick Memorial Gardens.³⁴⁵

Death Notes
- Probably died before 1925, and mum (Joan Dittmer) never met her grandparents.
  
  The funeral took place on Saturday at Flaybrick Hill Cemetery, of Mrs Lydia Brereton who died on the 6th inst., in her 55th year at the Red Lion, Tunnel-road. The Rev H Leigh Mallory officiated.
  
  Deaths Mar 1918 (16%)
  Brereton Lydia 54 Birkenhead 8a 601
  
  The cemeteries office at Landican have confirmed Lydia was buried on 9-Mar-1918. She was the first in a 4-person grave. In the same grave was interned Richard, two years later. The grave is in CoE Section 2, Grave No. 789.

General Notes
- Richard and Lydia are my Great Grandparents.
  
  21 Sep 1887, Lydia Timmis married Richard Brereton in Birkenhead. Civil Register Index 8a, page 686.
  
  Lydia (recorded as Lydia Trumis) working as a nurse (domestic servant) at Rock Lane Highfield No 50, Eastham, Wirral in 1881.
  
  Living at 17 Marion Grove, Birkenhead on 1891 and 1901 census.
  
  Lydia was aged 47 and living in Birkenhead in 1911.

Occupation Details
- From 1881 Lydia's occupation was Nurse, Dom Servant full time in health care in Eastham.
  From after 1901 to 1920 her occupation was Publican in accommodation and food services in Birkenhead.
  - Occupation Notes
    - Richard and Lydia had a pub, "The Red Lion", in Tunnel Road, near the tunnel entrance in Birkenhead. Mum recalls they used to have free pancakes in the Bar on Shrove Tuesday. Richard was "a bit of a drinker", which may have been the cause of an early death.

Occupancy & Contact Details
- Lydia lived on a temporary basis in Eastham from 1881.⁶
  - Occupancy/Contact Notes
    - Rock Lane Highfield No 50, Eastham, working for Moffat family (Scottish).
  She lived at 17 Marion Grove for nineteen years from 1891 to about 1910.⁷
  - Occupancy/Contact Notes
    - Brereton family living at 17 Marion Grove, Birkenhead in 1891 and 1901
      About 1910, they moved to Tunnel Road, Birkenhead, to run a pub called the Red Lion.
  She lived at 7 Tunnel Road for nine years from about 1910 to 1919.⁴
  - Occupancy/Contact Notes
    - Home of Richard and Lydia Brereton and family in 1911. This is where they had the Red Lion public house.

Ancestor Pedigree Chart
- John Timmis
  - b.~  1710 d.Dec 1776 in Wybunbury
  
  Richard Timmis
  - b.1748 in Staffordshire d.Feb 1799 in Burslem
  
  Elizabeth Hollins
  - b.~  1710 d.>  1753
  
  Richard Timmis
  - b.1782 in Keele d.Jun 1853 in West Derby
  
  Mary Hall
  - b.~  1748 in Wiltshire
  
  Richard Timmis Jnr
  - b.Aug 1826 in Liverpool d.19 Mar 1902 in Bebington
  
  Ellen Lewis
  - b.1783 d.Feb 1833 in Liverpool
  
  Lydia Timmis
  - b.14 Jun 1863 in Neston d.06 Mar 1918 in Birkenhead
  
  Joseph Woodworth
  - b.10 Sep 1750 d.May 1830 in Little Neston
  
  Joseph Woodworth (Woodward)
  - b.May 1783 in Little Neston d.01 Jan 1810 in West Indies
  
  Alice Dobb
  - b.1747 in Neston d.Nov 1829 in Neston
  
  James Woodward
  - b.11 Apr 1804 in Liverpool d.11 Dec 1852 in Little Neston
  
  Elizabeth Tomkins
  - b.09 Aug 1782 in Liverpool
  
  Lydia Woodward
  - b.1835 in Little Neston d.06 May 1908 in Rock Ferry
  
  John Williams
  
  Samuel Williams
  - b.1759 in Broughton (Hawarden)
  
  Elizabeth Broughton
  
  Ann Williams
  - b.1802 in Hawarden d.01 Aug 1883 in Little Neston
  
  John Millington
  - b.~  1730 in Shotton d.~  1775
  
  Ann Millington
  - b.19 Jun 1768 in Shotton d.Jun 1810 in Hawarden
  
  Margaret Youde
  - b.Feb 1728 in Hawarden

Personal Timeline

Click here for details of Lydia's family with Richard Brereton

¹ 1911 UK Census
² Cheshire Parish Records (1538-2000)
³ Newspaper - Lydia Brereton Obituary
⁴ Individual - Mum & Dad
⁵ Headstone - Richard & Lydia Brereton
⁶ 1881 UK Census
⁷ 1901 UK Census
Sources/Citations FreeBMD.org.uk, Individual - Les Thomas