Minnie Meadows 1909-1988
1909. Minnie Meadows was born 27/11/1909 - Birmingham - to Arthur Meadows & Alma Lucy Howell . Baptised Hockley All Saints on 12/10/1909, father a joiner, address Whitmore Street - image available
1911C. Minnie Meadows was living 1 Court, 1 Whitmore Street, Birmingham . Alternatively, on the original, Blk 4, Whitmore Street, Hockley, in 4 rooms . Her parents had been married 2 years, and she was their only child
| Arthur | Meadows | Head | Married | Male | 30 | 1881 | Joiner Shopfitters | Warwickshire Birmingham |
| Alma Lucy | Meadows | Wife | Married | Female | 29 | 1882 | - | Warwickshire Birmingham |
| Minnie | Meadows | Daughter | - | Female | 1 | 1910 | - | Warwickshire Birmingham |
5 more siblings, all sisters, were born: Violet 1912; Dorothy V 1914; Edna 1917; Dora 1920 & Beryl 1925 - all in Birmingham/W.Bromwich
1933. Minnie Meadows married William A Motte Birmingham Jun 1933. Kevin- do you or your father have this m.c.??
1935. Minnie & William Alfred Motte were living 6 Tonbridge Road, Birmingham - Ancestry Electoral Registers
1936. Roger H Mott[e] & Geoffrey H Mott[e] were born in August 1936 Birmingham to William & Minnie.
Do you have the b.c.??
1939 Register. William A Motte, born 6/1/1910, District Department Manager For Milk Distributive Firm, was living 89 Foley Road, Birmingham with his wife, Winnie, born 27/11/1909. and 3 others, 2 of them undoubtedly their twins, Roger & Geoffrey. The other Brenda 1938
| William A | Motte | 06 Jan 1910 | Male | District Department Manager For Milk Distributive Firm | Married | 111 | 1 |
| Winnie | Motte | 27 Nov 1909 | Female | Unpaid Domestic Duties | Married | 111 | 2 |
The record for this person is officially closed. |
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Other children were: Nicholas 1941; Malcolm 1944 & Paul 1949 - this correct??. Any of them aware of this investigation/website other than Brenda?? Could any of them be coaxed to write accounts of their childhoods, memories of parents, grandparents, etc, etc??
Kevin - An account of Roger's childhood in Birmingham would be great, How did he come to join the navy?
Kevin's, Hilary's and Roger's recollections of William and Minnie??
When did they move to Worcester?
1988. Minnie Motte, born 27/11/1909 died Worcester Jan 1988
2001. William Alfred Motte, 91, died 17/3/2001 Redditch Worcestershire Jan 2001. no Probate found- too recent .