Tom Brown Tivey was born in London, Middlesex England, the son of
Staffordshire Tailor William Tivey (1827-1892) and Amelia Brown
(1825-1902). He was the twin brother of Isaac Morris Tivey and also had another
older sibling William Henry Tivey. Tom was a commercial traveller by
trade and worked for a printing press company. In 1886 he married
Louisa Teresa Prince, the daughter of Isaac Prince and his wife Emma
Round. The couple lived in various towns in the midlands,
Birmingham, Wolstanton, Walsall and Newcastle Under Lyme and eventually
they settled in a large house in The Avenue, Alsager, Sandbach,
Cheshire. Tom and Louisa's eldest child was Harold who was born
in Birmingham in 1887, Harold married Heckmondwike girl May Dunwell, who
he had met many years earlier when lodging with her mother as a school
teacher. They married after the war ended in 1919, and Harold became an
accountant, they resided in London and arent thought to have had any
natural children. Reginald Tivey was the second son of Tom and he was
born 1888 in Birmingham, Reginald, spent time in the Army previous to
WWI and fought in the war for the whole duration, he was injured several
times and earned the Military Cross for bravery reaching the rank of
Liet. After the war he married Elizabeth Katie Birks, a nurse and
the daughter of Staffordshire pottery modeller Albion Birks, their
daughter Patricia Elizabeth Angeline Tivey was born in Manchester 1922,
she was known as Angela to her family. Ida Eveline Tivey was the next
child and eldest daughter of Tom, she was born 1890 in Walsall and
worked as a nurse at Altrincham General Hospital in her youth. Later she
married Eric Main and had two children Eileen (Known as Buddy) and Derek. Ida died in
South End on Sea, Essex in 1949. The next child was named after his
father Tom Brown Tivey (1892-1966) he too fought in the war, earning the
Military medal, and suffered the ill effects of mustard gas for most of
his life afterwards. Tom was living in Canada when the first world war
began and was working as a switchboard operator at the Toronto lunatic
asylum, he returned home to join the war effort and like his brother was
injured on several occasions. After the war he returned to Canada and
earned money as a fur trapper, explorer and writer. Later in life he
returned home and married the sister of his brother's wife, Lilian Madge
Birks. He took up writing fiction and successfully published several
novels, he died in Whitchurch, Shropshire. The youngest of Tom's
children was Gladys affectionately known as Gladdie to her family and
friends. She taught music and married her first cousin Harry
Morris Tivey settling in Dudley Staffordshire, After her first husband
passed away she lived in Dudley with Robert Wright a fellow music fan
who was several years her junior, she died in 1990 after a long happy
life spent with Robert. Thanks to Robert's dear friend Jan Doody for
sending me this photograph and the numerous other items she sent.
Tom Brown Tivey was born in London, Middlesex England, the son of
Staffordshire Tailor William Tivey (1827-1892) and Amelia Brown
(1825-1902). He was the twin brother of Isaac Morris Tivey and also had another
older sibling William Henry Tivey. Tom was a commercial traveller by
trade and worked for a printing press company. In 1886 he married
Louisa Teresa Prince, the daughter of Isaac Prince and his wife Emma
Round. The couple lived in various towns in the midlands,
Birmingham, Wolstanton, Walsall and Newcastle Under Lyme and eventually
they settled in a large house in The Avenue, Alsager, Sandbach,
Cheshire. Tom and Louisa's eldest child was Harold who was born
in Birmingham in 1887, Harold married Heckmondwike girl May Dunwell, who
he had met many years earlier when lodging with her mother as a school
teacher. They married after the war ended in 1919, and Harold became an
accountant, they resided in London and arent thought to have had any
natural children. Reginald Tivey was the second son of Tom and he was
born 1888 in Birmingham, Reginald, spent time in the Army previous to
WWI and fought in the war for the whole duration, he was injured several
times and earned the Military Cross for bravery reaching the rank of
Liet. After the war he married Elizabeth Katie Birks, a nurse and
the daughter of Staffordshire pottery modeller Albion Birks, their
daughter Patricia Elizabeth Angeline Tivey was born in Manchester 1922,
she was known as Angela to her family. Ida Eveline Tivey was the next
child and eldest daughter of Tom, she was born 1890 in Walsall and
worked as a nurse at Altrincham General Hospital in her youth. Later she
married Eric Main and had two children Eileen (Known as Buddy) and Derek. Ida died in
South End on Sea, Essex in 1949. The next child was named after his
father Tom Brown Tivey (1892-1966) he too fought in the war, earning the
Military medal, and suffered the ill effects of mustard gas for most of
his life afterwards. Tom was living in Canada when the first world war
began and was working as a switchboard operator at the Toronto lunatic
asylum, he returned home to join the war effort and like his brother was
injured on several occasions. After the war he returned to Canada and
earned money as a fur trapper, explorer and writer. Later in life he
returned home and married the sister of his brother's wife, Lilian Madge
Birks. He took up writing fiction and successfully published several
novels, he died in Whitchurch, Shropshire. The youngest of Tom's
children was Gladys affectionately known as Gladdie to her family and
friends. She taught music and married her first cousin Harry
Morris Tivey settling in Dudley Staffordshire, After her first husband
passed away she lived in Dudley with Robert Wright a fellow music fan
who was several years her junior, she died in 1990 after a long happy
life spent with Robert. Thanks to Robert's dear friend Jan Doody for
sending me this photograph and the numerous other items she sent.