The Story of Generation 7 Trevan's on my Branch told through Photos

The Story of Generation 7 Trevan's on my Branch told through Photos
Ritchie and Rose Trevan
and his Siblings Bert, Cissie and Dolly

Unfortunately I do not have any photos of their brother Billie. His descendents live in Plynouth, Devon and Haverport West, Wales. My mother is in contact with the Plymouth branch but regretably we have no contact with the Welsh branch.

Pre World War I

The Eldest 3 Children - c1902

World War I and Immediately After It

The major event which touched the young life of my grandfather and his generation was The Great War.

Eldest son Bert was called up but due to a deformity in his hands he could not hold a rifle, but he could hold a stretcher, so he spent his time as a stretcher bearer.

Ritchie responded to Lord Kitchener's famous "Your Country Needs You" advert and in 1916 he lied about his age and signed up for a shilling a week to be sent home to his mother. He became a Signaller. He spent many hours telling me stories about this period of his life and the songs they used to sing as they marched through France.

Their father Bill was called up and sent to Ireland since, being in his 40's, he was deemed to be too old to be a fighting man.

One of the consequences on the lives of the children was that they were brought up as two separate families. The eldest 3 had a father with Victorian values and standards around as they went through their teenage years, whereas the youngest 2 were brought up with post-war Edwardian values. The youngest brother and sister, Billy and Dolly, married another brother and sister, Dolly and Jack Allen.

Following the death of Bill in 1930 there was a rift between the 2 "separate families" due to an arguement with Dolly. This rift has only partially been healed by subsequent generations.

Bert (1896-195x) - the Stretcher Bearer who was gassed twice

Bert (right) with chum	Demob suit and invalided out badge

He married twice and has an adopted daughter from his 2nd wife's first marriage, but the bloodline for this branch stops here. In WWII he was an ARP. He gave away my mother at her wedding.

Cissie (1898-1955)

Age approx 17

This photo is of my grandfather's favourite sister Cissie. My father presumed it was taken before the men of the family went off to the war, making it c1915/6. My grandfather frequently said that I take after her in many ways. She married and had 1 son who died before she did, and this is the end of this branch of the family.

Ritchie (1900-74)

My grandfather.

St. Peters Church Boys Brigade c1914

52nd Battalion Devonshire Regiment c1917-9

The Twenties

Following the war when so many demobbed men were after so few jobs, Ritchie almost emigrated to South America but was talked out it by his father who bought him a shop at 6 Cecil St.

His sister Cissie came home from work one day and announced she was emigrating to New Zealand the following day. She married there, produced one son, and returned to Deovn in the 1950s where her son and herself died.

Elder sister Cissie

c1924-6

Elder sister Cissie

Youngest sibling Dolly

Ritchie's Pram Shop

Ritchie and Rose's Honeymoon, June 1926,
and Other Chara Trips

Picture postcard to Ritchie's parents from their honeymoon

The postcard sent on June 8th 1926 was written by my grandfather and sent to his parents. The annotation "Honeymoon. Far side back row" is in my father's handwriting.