The Wells-Kirkby-Archer family links:

Phil’s History:

A ‘work in progress’ family history website starting from an Archer family of South Oxford, who were freemen, brewers, haulage contractors, and first ‘Archer & Co’ then ‘Archer Cowley & Co’ furniture removers in the 19th and 20th Centuries, inter alia, to whom are linked by marriage the Penfolds and Wells of Southwark and Surrey, the Reeds of Devon, the Gilders of Oxford and Hinckley, the Morgans of Petworth, Sussex, the Garners of Middleton, Lancs and many others. There are connections via Phil and the present generation (born 1930s/40s) with a patent law firm known as "UD&L" with motor-racing and Scottish antecedents.

Fairly unlikely family links: brother and sister (Ruth and Andrew Garner of Radcliffe/Whitefield, Manchester, married (in the 1960s) second cousin and second cousin (grandchildren of Rosa and Jane Wells, daughters of William Wells the chrysanthemum-grower of Merstham, Surrey):

There is more to be told about this unlikely link involving horse-riding on Port Meadow, Oxford, and a young lady being sent (to Oxford) to escape the clutches of an older (and thought to be unsuitable) suitor, and a young Oxford businessman’s offer (to his friend at Wolvercote stables) of transport to Kingston, Surrey, in the mid-1930s, which led to a wedding….! (18.7.15).

The cv of Elizabeth Milne-Redhead.Kirby can be seen by clicking here.

Phil’s History:

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