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Name Thomas Grayland Jackson, G Uncle
Birth 21 Dec 1873, 14 Vicar Street, Dudley, Worcestershire.839
Death 23 Jan 1962, Hilders Farm, Edenbridge, Kent.840 Age: 88
Father George Henry Jackson (1838-1896)
Mother Fanny Grayland (1846-1928)
Spouses
1 Lily May Robson
Birth 21 Dec 1877
Death 5 May 1952, Park Farm Road, Bromley, Kent.841 Age: 74
Father Thomas Mark Robson
Marriage 31 Mar 1900, Saint Oswald, Bordesley, Birmingham.810
Children Sylvia Lily (1901-~1991)
  Talbot Geoffrey (1915-1940)
Notes for Thomas Grayland Jackson
Christened 19-Apr-1874, St. Thomas', Dudley.
Aged 7; living in 14 Vicar Street, Dudley, Worcestershire @ census 3-Apr-1881.511
Aged 17; living in 351 Coventry Road, Bordesley, Birmingham; shown as Fitter's Apprentice @ census 5-Apr-1891.512
Aged 26; living in 273 Charles Road, Birmingham; shown as fitter on marriage certificate 31-Mar-1900.810
Aged 27; living in Aston @ census 31-Mar-1901.842
Aged 37; living in 35 Glover Street, Redditch; shown as Mechanical Engineer Cycle + Motor Mfg; shown born Dudley, Worcestershire @ census 2-Apr-1911.514
Moved south pre WWI.
Patent: GB191030103 Improvements in Variable Speed Gearing for Cycles, Motor Cycles and other Purposes. 29-Jun-1911. Address given as Hestercombe, Glover Street, Redditch in the County of Worcester.
Worked for Molins from about 1914 to 1947.843
Patent: GB422511 Improvements in and relating to the wrapping of block-shaped articles. 14-Jan-1935.
Patent: GB426583 Improvements in or relating to apparatus for feeding and severing webs. 5-Apr-1935.
Patent: GB445884 Improvements in or relating to wrapping machines. 20-Ar-1936
Patent: GB464429 Improvements in or relating to the wrapping of block shaped articles. 19-Apr-1937.
Living in Grayland, Park Farm Road, Bromley, Kent; shown as Engineer Director Of Cigarette Maker Machinery Manufacturer; shown born 18 May 1875 @ Register 29-Sep-1939.844
Shown as retired mechanical engineer on Lily May Jackson's death certificate 5-May-1952.841
Aged 88; living in Hilders Farm, Bough Beech, Chiddingstone; shown as Retired Company Director; informant G Bernard Fell, Grandson, Hilders Farm, Bough Beech, Edenbridge, Kent; cause of death given as 1a senility, b arterio sclerosis, c heart failure on death certificate 23-Jan-1962.840

The Times, Thursday, 25 January 1962, page 1, column A, Deaths
Jackson. - On January 23rd. 1962, peacefully, at Hilders Farm, Boughbeech, near Edenbridge, Kent, Thomas Grayland Jackson, aged 88 years, late of Grayland Park Farm Road, Bromley, beloved father of Sylvia and grandpa of Bernard and to all at Hilders Farm. Funeral tomorrow, Friday. Service and interment Chislehurst Cemetery, Beaverwood Road, Chislehurst, at 12.30 p.m.845

Wills 1962
JACKSON Thomas Grayland of Hilders Farm Bough Beech Chiddingstone Edenbridge Kent died 23 January 1962 Administration London 15 May to Sylvia Lilly Fell single woman. Effects £46843 15s 10d.846

LIved in a big house in Park Farm Road, Bromley, Kent.
The house was divided in two after Lily died. Tom lived downstairs.
http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M?X=541712&Y=169515&A=Y&Z=1

Moved to Hilders Farm (postcode TN8 7PW), or more likely bought the farm for daughter Sylvia as a way of avoiding death duty and then moved into a "granny" flat at the farm.
http://www.streetmap.co.uk/newmap.srf?x=548900&y=148400&z=3&ar=Y&dn=539
https://web.archive.org/web/20100724183248/http://www.chiddingstone.net/pages/buildfold/farrm/hilders.html
Notes for Lily May (Spouse 1)
Aged 24; living in 281 Charles Road, Birmingham when married.
Aged 25; living in Aston @ census 31-Mar-1901.842
Aged 35; living in 35 Glover Street, Redditch; shown born Birmingham @ census 2-Apr-1911.514
Living in Grayland, Park Farm Road, Bromley, Kent; shown born 21 Dec 1877 @ Register 29-Sep-1939.844
Died 5-May-1956 (from Elitta Fell's letter 19-Feb-1993).
Aged 76; living in Park Farm Road, Bromley, Kent; shown as Wife of Thomas Grayland Jackson, Mechanical Engineer; informant Sylvia L. Fell, Daughter, 12 Harwood Avenue Bromley; cause of death given as 1a Cerebral haemorage, b Hypertension, II Arterio sclerosis on death certificate 5-May-1952.841

Wills 1952
JACKSON Lily May of Grayland Park Farm-road Bickley Kent (wife of Thomas Grayland Jackson) died 5 May 1952 Probate London 14 August to Midland Bank Executor and Trustee Company Limited. Effects £16681 17s. 9d.847
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