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F280: Kennedy Tew & Annie Roberts

Paul Orton's Maternal Grandparents

Kennedy Tew 
Born 21 July 1898 at Arlesey, Bedfordshire. Attended Hitchin Grammar School. Served in the Royal Navy in the Great War, before being discharged on medical grounds in Toronto.

Kennedy worked for Lloyds Bank, where he progressed from cashier to Manager, to bank inspector.
He was a keen cross-country runner, winning a fair selection of awards, and represented the South London Harriers.

 Annie Roberts
Born on 1 Oct 1902 at Ynys Felen, Llandyfrydog, Anglesey.
She was educated as a teacher at Bangor Normal College, and taught at Penysarn Council School until her marriage.

They were married at the Methodist Chapel in Llangefni, Anglesey on 4 Oct 1927.

Shewn here are:
Reg Squire Gwladys, Ken, Annie, Blodwen

The bridesmaids at the wedding wore off-white dresses, as they were in mourning for their mother, Ellen Roberts (nee Williams).  The bridesmaids were Annie's sisters, the twins Gwladys and Blodwen. Reg Squire was the best man.

The whole family is shown here, at Kennedy's retirement in 1958:
Helen, Desmond, Betty
Annie, Kennedy

Kennedy worked at London, Hitchin, Luton, Stevenage, Welwyn Garden City and Gosport, all in the south-east of England through his married life, until his retirement in 1958.

In their retirement they lived at St Albans and New Southgate before returning to Annie's native Anglesey.  After that they moved to Welwyn Garden City, where Kennedy died on 10 March 1995, only two and a half years before their seventieth wedding anniversary.

The photo shows them on their sixtieth wedding anniversary, with the telegram from Her Majesty the Queen.  As staunch royalists this was a very proud moment for them.

Annie died in Welwyn Garden City on 11 Oct 1997

Kennedy's parents were Ernest Tew and Bessie Harriet Squire Annie's parents were Henry Roberts and Ellen Williams