Martha Jane GOLDEN

  General Notes:

Thomas William Tiffin Blythe, b. 3 Feb 1895 in Lambfield, Castle Sowerby, Cumberland, d. 14 Jun 1959 in Wednesbury, Staffordshire, England, buried in Fallings Heath Cemetery, Wednesbury. Occupation: Farmer and then Council Foreman. His mother was Sarah Ann Tiffin who was resident at Lambfield, Castle Sowerby at the time of his birth. Sarah married Thomas Horsley in 1901 and had a further five children (half siblings to Thomas). On Thomas' marriage certificate he gives his father's name as Thomas Blythe (deceased) of Rye Hill. The 1881 census shows the family of a William Blythe living with a Sarah Tiffin and Sarah Ann (her daughter aged 5) at Greens. Could Thomas Blythe have been William's son? He married Martha Jane Golden, married 23 Apr 1918 in Raughton Head Church, Cumberland, b. 11 Aug 1891 in Sowerby Row, Castle Sowerby, Cumberland, (daughter of John Golden and Martha Mason) d. 29 Mar 1984 in Tipton, West Midlands, England, buried in Fallings Heath, Wednesbury, England. Martha: A dressmaker by trade Martha also ran a small cafe for two or three years at the White Horse Bus Centre in Wednesbury. It provided her with a little pocket money. Spent her last days at Silver Tree Nursing Home.
Children:
iThomas Ronald Golden Blythe, b. Circa Sept 1919, d. 9 Mar 1994. He worked with his dad as a Blacksmith for Wednesbury Council. He was also a Fireman for 4-5 years before going into the army. He fought in France, was at Dunkirque, and saw service in Egypt with Montgomery. Most of his army pals were killed. He married Tilly Richards when he came home from the war. They married circa Sept 1949 in West Bromwhich.
3.iiGladys Margaret Blythe
4.iiiGordon James Blythe
5.ivFlorence Mary Ambrose Blythe
6.vBeryl Jean Blythe
7.viJohn Blythe
viiFrank Blythe, b. 09 Feb 1931 in Carlisle, Cumberland, d. 30 July 1998 in 20, Greenfields Ct, Bridgnorth, Shrop. buried 06 Aug 1998 in Bushbury Crematorium, Wolverhampton. Frank was in the army as a PT Instructor. Afterwards he worked for Welsh Graham Timber driving timber lorries. He never married but lived in Bridgnorth, Shropshire with a woman some thirty years older than himself.

Martha married Thomas William Tiffin BLYTHE on 23 Apr 1918 in Raughton Head, Cumberland, England. (Thomas William Tiffin BLYTHE was born on 3 Feb 1895 in Lambfield, Castle Sowerby, Cumberland, England, died on 14 Jun 1959 in Wednesbury, Staffordshire, England and was buried in Wednesbury, Staffordshire, England.)