Anne
Beatrice
(Bugsy)
Lavender
was the
daughter
of
Thomas
James
Lavender
and
Emma
Elizabeth
Spittle
Stevens.
Bugsy was born
on Sunday 17 November 1895
in 25, Union Street, Wednesbury, Staffordshire.
Bugsy married
Richard
(Dick)
Greenhough
on Sunday 12 September 1920
in Wednesbury, Staffordshire.
See
Spouse for details of their children.
Bugsy's second marriage was to
Hubert
David
Thomas
on Friday 28 June 1946
in the Register Office, Birmingham.
The witnesses at the marriage were Mary L.Thomas (Bugsy's daughter) and V.F.Watkins (David's brother-in-law).
Bugsy was
50 years old
and
Hubert was
56 years old
when they married.
See
Spouse for details of their children.
The places where she lived have been identified as:
| From |
To |
Place |
Source of Information |
| 1895 |
1911 |
25, Union Street, Wednesbury, Staffordshire. |
Note 1 & Census Data. |
| 1939 |
|
4, Hallewell Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham. |
Census Data |
| 1946 |
1974 |
101, Knightlow Road, Harborne, Birmingham B17 8PX. |
Notes 2 & 3. |
| 1974 |
1979 |
34, Oakham Road, Harborne, Birmingham B17 9DG. |
Notes 3 & 4. |
Bugsy
was
a
Housewife.
On the 1939 Census, she was described as having Unpaid Domestic Duties and being an A.R.P. Warden.
Bugsy died
when
she
was
83
years old,
on Wednesday 26 September 1979
in 34, Oakham Road, Harborne, Birmingham, B17 9DG.
The cause of her death was Aspiration Bronchopneumonia, Acute Pancreatitis, Senile Dementia and Diverticular Disease.
Mary Lavender Thomas (her daughter) was the informant of her death.
She was buried
on Wednesday 3 October 1979
in Lodge Hill Crematorium, Selly Oak, Birmingham, Warwickshire.
Annie was known in the family as Bugsy due to her habit of lying in bed; bed-bug = Bugsy! Her daughter, Mary, relates that the nickname was from snug as a bug in a rug a description of how she looked when having her afternoon nap! Her uncle Walter Lavender ran a bakery at 41, Holyhead Road, Wednesbury in 1900. In 1914, she was engaged to a Sidney?, who was apparently killed in the war.
Notes - Sources of information:
| 1. |
Birth Certificate.
|
| 2. |
Marriage Certificate (of marriage to Hubert David Thomas).
|
| 3. |
Bugsy and David moved to live with Bugsy's daughter Mary and her husband Gordon (David's son).
|
| 4. |
Death Certificate.
|
Census Data:
| Year |
Address |
| 1901 |
25, Union Street, Wednesbury, Staffordshire.
|
| 1911 |
25, Union Street, Wednesbury, Staffordshire.
|
| 1921 |
25, Union Street, Wednesbury, Staffordshire.
|
| 1939 |
4 Hallewell Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham.
|
