I currently do not have many photographs of my mom's relatives. They appear to be quite scarce. She had two brothers whose names were Leslie and Billy and a sister named Joan. Both Billy and Joan died before they were two years old. Leslie died in the 1980's.
My mom's mother Laura Fellows (nee Smith) was born one of twenty children, this may seem hard to believe but it is true.
OK let me make a start.
Mom's Grandparents On Her Fathers Side
William And Elizabeth Fellows. William Drove horses for the barges. For a guess this photo was taken sometime in the 1940's.
William and Elizabeth Fellows 1930's Elizabeth Fellows with Brian Miller 1940
Mom's Grandparents On Her Fathers Side
Thomas Smith Born 1869, Laura Smith's Father. He is pictured outside his house in Leamore Lane, Leamore, Walsall.
Mom's Parents
On The Left Laura Fellows (nee Smith). On The Right William Fellows And Brian Miller In The Middle. William Fellows was born on the 23rd March 1891 and passed away on the 9th of June 1977 aged 86.
Wiiliam Left, Laura 4th From Left Laura At Her Father Tom's Funeral 1934
Lesley Fellows their son is in the centre
William Fellows At Work. 1st William sitting on truck to the right. 2nd Photo On The Left. These photos were taken at Aldridge Brick And Tile, which later became Ibstock.
William Fellows Circa 1914 William Fellows with son Lesley and
daughter Prudence Marion 1920's
William Fellows (Far Right) Early 1920's William on the right with friend
Alf Capewell 1920's
Front Right. Early 1900's with South William Fellows (left) circa 1914
Staffordshire Regiment.
Left, Front Row: William Fellows with A.R.P. (Air Raid Precautions) 1940 to 1945
Mom (Left), Brian To Her Right. William Fellows To The Right Of Brian. Laura Fellows To The Right Of William. Two Other People Unknown
Laura Fellows With My Brother Brian Laura Fellows With My Dad James Miller
Circa 1940.
Laura Fellows With My Brother Brian Miller 1939
Laura And William (Bill) Fellows Brian Miller, Laura And William Fellows
Jane Hopper (Left), Laura Fellows, Peter Miller (I Think) And Brian Miller
William Fellows 1950's
Left to right, Laura Fellows, Anne Fellows, Laura and William Fellows 1970's
Marion Miller outside their house in Leamore lane
William (Bill) Fellows 2nd From The Right, On An Outing, Late 1970's I believe
Mom's Uncle Bert Smith
This is Mom's Uncle Bert, He was The brother Of Laura Smith
My great uncle Herbert. The second photo shows him sitting on the right. I am informed that he spent many years in Burntwood Mental Hospital in Staffordshire. This was due to the effects of shell shock during the first world war.
Mom's Uncle James Thomas Smith
Unfortunately I have no photo of James Thomas Smith known as Tom Smith. He was killed in action in the first world war in France on September 4th 1918 aged 21 years. He was in the Notts and Derby Regimement His religion was Wesleyan. Above is a photo of his grave which I am led to believe is in France.
Leslie Fellows
As previously stated Leslie fellows was the brother of my mother Marion Miller. Lesley passed away in the 1980's. His wife is named Patria and they have 3 children, Steven, Clive and Anne. Two photograph of Leslie as a young boy with his dad and my mom Prudence Marion can be found in the mom's parents section above.
Leslie Fellows (back), with Brian Miller to the left and Paul Wellings to the right
Leslie's daughter Anne taken 1959 Leslie's son Clive taken 1962
Leslie's son Steven and daughter Anne Steven and Clive
Right to left, Leslie Fellows, his wife Pat, his daughter Anne, Anne's husband Terry Pace and Terry's parents. As you may have guessed this is Leslie's daughters wedding.
The Whitehouse Family
On the left is Derek Whitehouse, Middle is Derek Whitehouse
Lorna Whitehouse and Nina Whitehouse
on the right
5th birthday party of Derek Whitehouse Nina and Derek
Brian Miller is in middle behind Derek
Above are the children of Mary Whitehouse (no not the politician). Mary was the daughter of Emma Smith, Emma Smith was the sister of Laura Smith (mom's mother), therefore Emma was an aunt to my mother Marion Miller.
This photograph has seen better days but nevertheless it is still a piece of history. It was taken in WWII at a public house in Leamore Lane, Walsall. this pub is called the Crown Inn. It was run by Mr and Mrs Norman Bird.
This was an A.R.P. (Air Raid Precautions) party. Top row 5th from the left is Jack Whitehouse. Mary Whitehouse is 3rd row down, 4th from the left, she has her hands on the shoulders of the man in front. My mother Marion Miller is pictured 3rd row down on the far right.
Lorna Whitehouse 1975 on my bike Middle: Marion Miller. Left: Scott Whitehouse
who is Lorna's son. Right: Colin Carlos who is
Nina's son, taken around 1975
Other Family Members
Left: Pheobe Wayne (sister to Laura fellows, nee (Smith) Norman Parker, son of Right: Pheobe's daughter Mary Smith who in turn
Middle: Pheobe's grandson was the sister of Laura
Smith.
This is Aunt Edie who is the sister of Bill Fellows (my mom's dad) taken early 1970's