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Headless Cross and his wife Catherine (nÊe Johnson) Avery (1806â1888); and William Dingley (1801 â after 1851), a mercer and draper from Sherbourne, Dorset and his wife Grace (nÊe Pease) Dingley (1801 â after 1851). On the Avery side of the family he had two uncles, both needle manufacturers: Charles Avery (1834â1911) and Joseph Avery (1839â1915); an aunt Catherine (nÊe Avery) Hancox (1842â1875); and four cousins: Mary Hancox, Helen Hancox, Charles Owen Hancox and John James Hancox. Charles attended school at Compton Place Road New College in Eastbourne, Sussex and when his studies were completed, went to work for his father in Headless Cross as a needle manufacturer assistant.
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Prefects Patrol" and lists Wyndcliffe, Hornyold Road, Malvern as the return address. Found on an internet auction website, www.historyforsale.com in March 2011
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Charles Avery, Charles Harold Avery and Harold Avery born between 1862 and 1872 was undertaken. Only one individual was found.
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