See also
Barbara Mary Sowden, 1940?, age 15
Name:
Barbara Mary Sowden
Sex:
Female
Father:
Mother:
Birth:
17 Oct 1925
Address: 24 Ford Hill
Register (living with parents):
29 Sep 1939 (age 13)
1939 Register - Living with parents
Daughter's marriage:
21 Apr 1975 (age 49)
Marriage of daughter Mary to Kenneth Wild
attended:
11 Apr 1985 (age 59)
Attended funeral of Gladys May Luscombe
Guest:
25 Mar 1991 (age 65)
Guest at marriage of Jack Peter William Ward and Patricia Hélène Wallace
Guest:
18 Mar 1995 (age 69)
Guest at marriage of Andrew Robert Boyle and Heidi Elisabeth Martin
Death:
1 Mar 2004 (age 78)
Cause: cancer of the thyroid which metastasised
Address: Bath, Somerset
Barbara had had cancer of the thyroid for some time but it had only been diagnosed about six weeks prior to her death by which tome it had metastasised to the lower part of the spine and was causing her considerable pain. At first it was thought that the pain in her back which had appeared about 18 months before was due to arthritis. As the cancer developed she was bedridden from about Nov 2003 until admission to the Royal United Hospital, Bath early in Feb 2004. After about two week she was transferred to a Nursing Home where she died.
Daughter: Mary Barbara Luscombe
1948, Off to the Wedding of Harry Kenneth Luscombe and Barbara Sowden
1948, Bridesmaids & Page Boy
1948, Harry and Barbara with the Wedding Party at the Reception
Spouse:
Children:
Marriage:
12 Jun 1948 (age 22)
Address: Stuart Road, Pennycomequick, Plymouth, Devon
Reginald Sowden gave his daughter away. The Best Man was Reginald Lyon who was Barbara's cousin and the Bridesmaids were Barbara's sister Joan and Harry's niece Pat Wallace. The Pageboy was Francis Lyon, the son of the Best Man. Joan who was dressmaker made the wedding and Bridesmaids' dresses and the Pageboy's outfit. Harry knew Barbara and her sisters, Beryl (who he called Bess) and Joan before he went to Egypt in 1944. On his return in 1946 he met up with Beryl again and courted her although, judging from a number of his letters and what he said to Pat and Jack Ward, he was also very fond of Bess. It would appear that Barbara's father, Reginald Sowden, didn't entirely approve of Harry, especially when he and Barbara has a holiday together in St Ives before they were married. However, Barbara's mother was supportive.
The reception was held at Barbara's parents' house and they honeymooned in Newquay. On the honeymoon they visited Tom Nankervis and his wife Nell who was a Hockin. They also met the musician Norman [Nankervis] who was presumably Tom's brother.
Birth certificate of Barbara Mary Sowden, 17 October 1925.
England and Wales Birth Registration Index, Barbara M Sowden, Q4 1925, Devonort, Vol 5b Page 462, General Register Office.
Barbara Mary Luscombe died at Nursing Home, Bath at 6.30 am 1 Mar 2004 of cancer (See Note); Barbara Luscombe had had cancer of the thyroid for some time but it had only been diagnosed about six weeks prior to her death by which tome it had metastasised to the lower part of the spine and was causing her considerable pain. At first it was thought that the pain in her back which had appeared about 18 months before was due to arthritis. As the cancer developed she was bedridden from about Nov 2003 until admission to the Royal United Hospital, Bath early in Feb 2004. After about two week she was transferred to a Nursing Home where she died.
England and Wales Death Registration Index, Barbara Mary Luscombe, Q1 2004, Bath & North East Somerset, Reg. No. A6D, Entry 102, General Register Office.
Harry Kenneth Luscombe, Harry Kenneth Luscombe's Marriage and Descendants , (c. 2000). Custom Id: HKL Note; Cit. Date: 21 April 1975. Pat Ward.
Harry Kenneth Luscombe, Letter from Harry Luscombe to his niece Patricia Ward dated 14 July 2005. Custom Id: HKL 2002-07-14; Significant Dates Page 2 (Page 4 of scan). Pat Ward.
Doris Winifred Wallace (née Luscombe), Note on the Descendents of Daniel Hawkins, (c. 1988). Custom Id: DWL 02; Pat Ward.
Photographs of the Wedding of Harry Kenneth LUSCOME and Barabara SOWDEN. Custom Id: St Barnabas Church, Plymouth, Devon; Cit. Date: 12 June 1948. Pat Ward.
Jack P. W. Ward, See Note; Items which are referenced to this source are based on the personal recollections of the compiler of this database and may not be recorded elsewhere. Dowell-Wallace Data Base.
Parish Register for Marriage of Harry Kenneth Luscombe and Barbars Mary Sowden, St Banabas, Devonport, Devon, 12 June 1948, Plymouth and West Devon Record Office.