Jenner & England Family History

Lillian Maud England (1879-1958)

Mother of Florence Eveline Jenner.

Left to Right: Sarah Jane England (grandmother), Florence Eveline Jenner (daughter), Lillian Maud England (mother) with Russell Frederick Jenner (her son in her lap), Lillian Maud Jenner (daughter) standing in front of Frederick Thomas Jenner (father), and Russell England Lanham at the back (a cousin who was brought up by Lillian Maud England).

Lillian (daughter of William George England) was born on the 6th March 1879, and married Frederick Thomas Jenner on the 1st January 1901. As she was from a Quaker family they married under the Quaker faith. One of the many guests to the wedding was Priscilla G Fry, part of the Fry family who owns the Fry's Chocolate factory in Bristol. After their wedding, because her husband was in the Salvation Army they both adopted and religiously followed this faith for the rest of their lives.

Lillian was the pillar of society. She was a local Liberal candidate and all her active adult life she was always working in the local community and for the community doing whatever she could to help the poor and needy, especially the children.

Lillian had eight children and brought them all up in her faith (The Salvation Army), she also took in waifs and strays (children in need) and brought them up as part of her own family. She was prim and proper, and was very particular on how her children were brought up; unfortunately, she suffered from a lot of illness and was frequently in and out of hospital. On these occasions her oldest daughter (Florence Jenner) would have to stay home from school; and when she was older, give up work to run the house and look after the other children.

When Lillian and Frederick were first married they lived in Stapleton Road, Bristol; later moving to Abertillary and Crumlin in Wales. After the 1st world war they moved back to Bristol, first living at 39 Ashley Road, then Thicket Avenue and then they moved to Ridgeway Avenue, Bristol. They then settled at 'The Haven', Middle Road, Staple Hill, Bristol, from where their children married. Lillian and Frederick retired to 10 West Park Road, Downend, Bristol, but later moved to 35 Hillside Drive, Pontypool, Monmouthshire, where in 1954 her husband died. After her husband's death she stayed with her daughter, Grace Jenner, at 2 Hampton Place, Brighton, Sussex for a while and then finally moved in with her oldest daughter, Eva Baglin (Florence Jenner) at 14 Sweets Road, Kingswood, Bristol, where she died on the 25th November 1958.

Thomas Jenner (c1849-?)

Paternal Grandfather of Florence Eveline Jenner.

Thomas, born during the early Victorian era was a farm labourer and was known to have lived at Tidebrook, Wadhurst, Sussex.

Thomas married Eliza (Kate) Mabbs and they had the following three children:

Thomas Jenner - who is know to have lived at Tunbridge Wells, Kent,

Charles Jenner (1886-1972) - Who lived from 1886 to February 1972, is known to have lived at Mayfield, Kent and had three sons and a daughter. His daughter, Gladys Jenner married Arthur Slade and are known to have lived at Richmond House, South Street, Mayfield, Sussex.

Frederick Thomas Jenner (1877-1954) - The father of Florence Jenner.

Frederick Thomas Jenner (1877-1954)

Father of Florence Eveline Jenner.

Frederick (the son of Thomas Jenner) was born on 13th October 1877 at Tidebrook, Wadhurst, Sussex and later moved to Mayfield, Kent. He started his adult life as a Salvation Army Officer, but as he was not earning enough money became a Miner.

He married Lillian Maud England and they lived at Stapleton Road, Bristol, where their first child, Florence Evelyn Jenner was born. They later moved to Abertillary and Crumlin, Wales, where (before the first world war) they had a further five children.

Left Top - Lillian Maud Jenner, and in her lap, Edith Louisa Jenner.
Back row 2nd from left, Russell Jenner; back middle, Florence Eveline Jenner.
Front middle, Grace Jenner; back row, 2nd from right, Lillian Jenner.
Right Top - Frederick Thomas Jenner, and in his lap, William Jenner.

At the start of the 1st world war Frederick volunteered for the Armed Forces, which he needn't have done as he had a reserved occupation which would have exempted him from active service had he chosen not to volunteer, and according to his daughter (Florence Jenner) his wife was not too pleased with him going. He was away from home for five years and his job in the army was to drive ammunition to the front lines. After the war ended he settled back into civilian life and the family moved back to Bristol, where he became a Painter and Decorator, and where they had another two children, Arthur and Kenneth Jenner.

On moving back to Bristol they first moved to 39 Ashley Road, then Thicket Avenue and then onto Ridgeway Avenue, Bristol. They then settled at 'The Haven', Middle Road, Staple Hill, Bristol, from where their children married. Lillian and Frederick retired to 10 West Park Road, Downend, Bristol, but later moved to 35 Hillside Drive, Pontypool, Monmouthshire, where in 1954 he died.

THE CHILDREN OF FREDERICK THOMAS JENNER and
LILLIAN MAUD ENGLAND

Florence Eveline Jenner (1901-1994)

1st child of Frederick and Lillian, aka Eva Baglin, like her mother was an active member of the Salvation Army. She was born at home at Stapleton Road, Bristol, on 5th December 1901. When she was young the family moved to Wales and she spent most of her youth in Abertillary and Crumlin. She was a Tom-Boy and always getting into trouble at school and at home. They moved back to Bristol when she was in her early teens, and lived in Ashley Road, later moving to Thicket Avenue; then Ridgeway Road, and finally to the 'Haven' (between Pool Road and Middle Road). Behind the house was a large Orchard. All the children were married from the Haven.

Unfortunately, because her mother often suffered illness and was frequently in and out of hospitals Florence was the oldest child Florence had to stay at home, from school, and when she was older give up work to look after her younger brothers and sisters (and any other children her mother had taken in to look after).

Eva had a number of boy friends, but the most notable were:

Fred Wymark, who she went out with for six years (and was engaged to for two). He worked with his parents in an Ironmongers shop in Milk Street, Bristol. Her parents wanted him to get an independent job, so as give their daughter more security. However, as he wouldn't, or couldn't, get a job of his own she broke off the engagement, but they did stay good friends. After they split up Eva had a nervous breakdown and spent six months with her Uncle Arthur in Plymouth. However, her uncle twin daughters, Phyllis and Evelyn (both millionaires) treated her as a glorified servant.

It was while she was at Plymouth that she met Les, over 6ft tall. She went out with him for some time. Until, one day, she overheard someone say "There goes the long and short of it" - That was the end of their relationship, in spite of the fact that she loved him.

Shortly afterwards (August 1931) she met Ted (Edward William Burgess Baglin) and on the 26th December 1931, just a few months later they married, and on Thursday 27th April 1933, at 7:30pm gave birth to her daughter, Grace Enid Baglin.

Lillian Maud Jenner (1903-1939)

2nd child of Frederick and Lillian, she was born on the 17th June 1903. She married Cliff Taylor and on 6th August 1939 died.

Her known addresses are:

Abertillary & Crumlin in Wales
39 Ashley Road, Bristol
Thicket Avenue, Bristol
Ridgeway Road, Bristol
The Haven, Middle Road, Staple Hill, Bristol
10 West Park Road, Downend, Bristol, and
50 Seymour Road, Staple Hill, Bristol

Russell Frederick Jenner (1904-1947)

3rd child of Frederick and Lillian, Russell was born on 28th November 1904. He married Ivy May Pool and they had four children; Russell, Donald, Leon and Barry. Russell worked at Fry's Chocolate Factory, Bristol and married moved from the family home 'The Haven', Middle Road, Bristol to 105 Gloucester Road, Staple Hill, Bristol. He died on 16th February 1947.

Grace Dorothy Jenner (born 1907)

4th child of Frederick and Lillian, Grace was born on 23rd February 1907. She married Charles Stewart Falconer at Brighton in 1953. He had four children by a previous marriage; Ian, Stuart, and twins Graham and Margaret. After the wedding she moved to Lancing, and later to Arbroath, Scotland.

William Thomas Jenner (born 1908)

5th child of Frederick and Lillian, William married Ivy Sheppard in Bristol and had a son, David Jenner.

Edith Louisa Jenner (1911-1987)

6th child of Frederick and Lillian. Edith was born on the 20th September 1911, the youngest daughter and Eva Baglin (Florence Jenner) always said she was the most beautiful daughter in the family. She married Norman Davis and together they took an active role in the Salvation Army. She and her husband lived in Staple Hill, Bristol and use to visit Eva regularly. Eva living just across the road from the Staple Hill Corp of the Salvation Army use to provide afternoon tea every Sunday for Edith, Norman and other friends in the Salvation Army.

Arthur Jenner (born 1920)

7th child of Frederick and Lillian, Arthur was born on 17th May 1920, and married Doreen Reed on the 1st September 1945. When he was young his parents (or his oldest sister) told him that if he was every naughty we would be put on the spire of the local church. Then one day after a boy at school was wicked Arthur gloated all weekend, but was disappointed on the Sunday not to see the boy hanging from the church spire, not only that but he got into trouble for loitering while looking to see the boy was hanging from the spire. That was when he first realised that adults (and parents) told lies.

Kenneth Jenner (1924-1944)

8th child of Frederick and Lillian. Ken died of TB in hospital, but he also died a war hero. He was discharged from the Royal Marines on the 26th November 1943 on the grounds that he was "Physically unfit for Royal Marine Service". According to Eva Baglin (his sister) and Grace Russ (his niece) he was hit in the shoulder by a sniper while on active duty. He was then sent back to England to recover in hospital, where he contracted TB and a year late, on 26th October 1944, died of TB. Ken's name is on the war memorial in Page Park, Staple Hill, Bristol. More photos of the war memorial are in the gravestones photo album.