Vine Family - Chepstow (General)

by barbarajane smith, Tuesday, January 10, 2006, 03:27 (6934 days ago) @ JaneWatkins

My Grandfather, Walter Morgan Vine was born in the Shrewsbury area. He met my grandmother Ada while visiting his grandmother in Chepstow. Her full name was Ada Cambridge. They settled in Lydney and had 5 children, 3 sons, Walter Robert (my father), Vernon and Lawrence and 2 daughters, Doreen (Elway) and Barbara (Lucan) I'm not sure of the order but I believe Doreen was the eldest. My mother also recalls a cousin who married a Mayo who was caretaker of Chepstow Castle.

Ada Cambridge had 2 brothers and 1 sister that I know about. 1 brother was a male hairdresser in Lydney, the other committed suicide rather than return to active service during WW2. He hung himself in the attic of a house in Forest Road, and remained there for several days before he was found. Her sister Rose married a Thorn(e)