Locke, a family from the UK.

This was originally published on my old blogsite. It is now imported into this, my current blog.

This post was originally published on my old blog called Locke Family. It has been imported into this blog. The old blog site will eventually be deleted. The Locke family – the one I am in – came from Hampshire in England. My ancestors lived in Andover. My mother’s relatives were from Suffolk.

My aunt Ivy was born in Andover, Hampshire, in 1905. Later in her life, she moved to South Africa. For many years, I could not find any reference to the date of her death or where she died.  It was not until very late in 2022, that I discovered a record suggesting she died in 1997 in Somerset West, Cape Province. That information is still to be verified but it is the first clue I have ever had to her final resting-place.

Portsmouth

I was born in Portsmouth and lived there for the first 16 years of my life.

On my mothers side, the Webbs were from Fulham in London and the Buggs were residents of Suffolk. A variety of other names come into the broader family tree, such as Ive, Applegate, Nook, Clark and Suter. I will be writing about these other branches of the broader family tree. This site is provided in the hope that others will offer information if they have links to the branches of my family trees.

The Locke and the Webb families

The photo below shows three generations of both families, gathered together in Portsmouth in December 1944.

The youngest members of that group ere Mary, born 1941 and Derek, born in 1940. Peter was born in 1938. The oldest members were Agnes born in 1875 (far left) and Emma Webb (nee Bugg) born in 1869 (far right.) Agnes Locke was my father’s mother. Ivy Locke was the daughter of Agnes, my aunt and my father’s sister. Mary and Derek were the children of William Locke (we called him ‘uncle Bill’) of Swindon in Wiltshire. Peter Locke was my brother. Doris was my mother. Emma Webb was my mother’s mother, originally from Lawshall in Suffolk. That is seeing them from my position in the family tree.

Here is another picture of the Locke family.

I would say that photo was taken in around 1912. Seated in the foreground is Leonard Locke. He died in 1914, apparently killed in a car accident. See our page about The Webbs. See more about the Locke family of Portsmouth.