My father John meet my mum Vera during ww2 he was stationed in Uk with RAAF  Mum has told me stories over the years about the bombing raids , family and working life , going to s shelters , putting out fires .
 Mum sailed for Aust in 1946 and together Mum and Dad  built a family home  still standing to this  day have many treasured memories of growing up in a loving family .

My Jebbett family links are in Nuneaton/ Chilvers Coton areas of Warwickshire  & Higham on Hill / Hinckley areas of Leicester.
 Edward 111 , links in with Jebbett family tree with the marriage of William  Jebbett & Harriett Jebson in 1853 , Harriet Jebson family links back to  Hastings family of Lutterworth & this Hastings family line were the Earls of  Huntingdon .
 With the marriage of Francis Hastings 2nd earl & Catherine Pole in 1532 the  family tree links back to Edward 111.

Jebbett family worked as Hatters , but there are railway men , carpenters , ag  labourers , connections in family too .
 My grandfather John E Jebbett worked as a Telegraph messenger , hatter then  warehouse man he was a member of the territorials then served in ww1, I was  unable to locate his records , but know he was in a mounted reg. and his horse  was called topsy , found alittle more info on granddad John his regiment  no 1347 1/7th btn royal  warwickshire reg pte then he was in the 
 143rd machine gun corp reg no 54947  sgt.

1st/7th battalion T.F.
 4 th aug 1914 Coventry warwickshire bridage sth midland div to chelmsford area 22 March 1915 Landed at Le Havre formation became 143rd Brigade 48th divsion nov 1917 to Italy
 4th Nov 1918 143rd Brigade 48th divison north east of trent austria   
 he had an artist talent and could sketch horses , that 
 talent he passed onto his daughter Vera ( my mother ) .He also had a love of  the royal family and would run across fields to see a train that Queen  Victoria was travelling in.  
  sadly he died in 1935 when my mother was only 11 .
 Gran Ada meet Granddad John in a fish shop ( unknown if they worked there ),  Gran worked as a weaver, did bar work in golf club and was a sunday school  teacher .She visited Australia in 1960 , & went back to England in 1965 ,  shortly after her return Gran was knocked down while crossing a zebra  crossing , sadly passing away not long after ( Love you Bram xx)

Mallabone family were Miners ,my 4th g grandfather John Mallabone 1793-1874  Nuneaton won a fist fight , and from the winning 50 pounds , brought lic. of  Colliers Arms, college st chilvers coton , the pub stayed in the mallabone  family until 1930's ,Daisy Mallabone Boon was the last family link to pub.

John Jebson my 3rd g grandfather 1789-1839 was a baker and lived in Abbey St  Nuneaton , the Jebson line were originally from Wirksworth Derbyshire.

James Wheway my 5th g grandfather 1727-1810 was a turner had a shop in church  st Nuneaton . The Wheway family had strong links in Nuneaton and were PArish  clerks , bell rings.

Henry Hastings my 6th ggrandfather 1701-1786 was orphaned at 14 years , he  married Elizabeth Hudson 1727 in Lutterworth Church .

Joseph Croshaw my 4th ggrandfather 1747-1818 Nuneaton was a butcher,he married  Sarah Wheway 1772 Nuneaton.

Timothy White my ggrandfather 1859-1912 was born in dudley port staffordhsire  he was a railway man married Elizabeth Brown 1884 in Attleborough, in 1891  they lived in Bond St Nuneaton, by 1901 they were living in Garrett St  Attleborough.

Joseph White my 2nd ggrandfather 1827-1901 was born in Barby Northampton he  married Mary Williams ( nee Salisbury) , Mary was a widow , the family lived  in Dudley / Tipton Staffordshire.

William White my 3 rd ggrandfather 1781-1849 was born in Barby Northampton he  worked as a carpenter, he married Mary Perkins in 1824 barby.

My Downey family links are in Conahy Ballyragget areas of Kilkenny in Ireland . I recently located abit more information on my 2nd great grandparents John  Downey born around 1781 died 1870 in conahy & Mary Bergen born 1786 died 1856  Conahy 
 ""erected by Patrick Downey of Conahy, in loving memory of his beloved parents  John Downey who died January 3, 1870 Age 88 and Mary Downey (alias Bergen) who  died November 11,1856 Age 70 years Also three of their children who died in  youth his daughter Catherine and died April 5,1874 age 5 yrs Also his wife  Eliza Downey who died January 20, 1880. My grandfather John Downey arrived in  Australia in 1911, he worked on a farm in Warwick later joining the Q'ld  Police Force he married Alice Ellen Mc Conkey 1918 at St Stephens Cathedral  Brisbane . Grandda nominated his brother Patrick & sister Ellen , they arrived  in Aust. in 1912 .

Mc Conkey family are from Belfast Ireland , my 2nd ggrandmother Jane imm to  Aust in 1880's along with most of her children.
 My 2nd ggrandfather Joseph worked as a Tinsmith and died 1881 Belfast. I recently located info on McConkey line relating to accidents Alexander was knocked down by a  train shunting and was dangerously ill in hosp for sometime he recovered ,other Mc Conkey items I  have saved into family folder on search site .

" Big Big Thankyou to Robyn , Jane , Ashley , Marian, Karen Barry and Cecil ,  Brian , Paddy & Anne and to everyone else who has helped with  family tree  research" 
 gradually gathering more on family lines . anyone interested please contact me .