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Joan Warwick (Constance) Hill
Born 20th October 1920, Nairobi, Kenya.
Died 30th April 2020
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Joan Constance Hill was the 6th of child to be born, the first outside the UK in Nairobi on the 20th October 1920.
The birth was registered on the 3rd December 1920
In 1944 she married Charles E Reeman, they had two sons, Barry E Reeman born in 1948 and Terence C Reeman born in 1951. Considering she lived in Twickenham not far away I did not really see a great deal of my Aunty Joan or her sons so my recollection of her in the past is fairly distant, do recall her being like the rest of the Hill girls and boys a cheery soul with a ready smile and a hug. Now later in life I have seen her more often and I find her just the same, despite being over 93 she still has a warmth and smile about her and makes the most of what life had for her, sadly now passed.
Joan’s beloved Charles was born 25th April 1913 and died 27th September 2003, registered place of death was Brentford Middlesex.
Photo shows Charles Reeman, Barry, Joan and as Terence put it “Me looking happy”!!!
Confirmed Charles father was Harvey George Reeman and his mother Alice Gertrude Bowles.
The birth record reads Howles but I believe that to be a transcription error.
Her parents were Aaron and Harriet Bowles.
From the 1891 Census
Aaron Bowles 52 Head
Harriet Bowles 50 Wife
Frederic A Bowles 25 Son
Alice G Bowles 17 Daughter
Herbert L Bowles 14 Son
Isaac E Bowles 11 Son
Ernest L Bowles 9 Son
Agnes L Bowles 4 Daughter
His father, in the 1901 census is down as a “Journeyman Baker” unusual term but I understand a master baker or one highly skilled in his craft who with the title can legally teach professionally the craft or skill.
They lived in Croydon when the census above was taken, by 1920 they were living in Castle Road, Isleworth, Twickenham.
Barry Reeman died 11th October 2009.