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Bill Chinn of Shirrell Heath

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Bill Chinn of Hinton St Mary, Bill Chinn, William Chinn, William Boothby Chinn, Bill Chinn of Shirrell Heath, Bill Chinn of Dinder, Somerset; Chinn family UK,

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Miriam Chinn, Nee Smith

Miriam and Bill Chinn's 60th Wedding Anniversary

Miriam Chinn, Kelly Henry and Georgia Dobbyn 2003

Miriam with granddaughter, Kelly, and great-granddaughter, Georgia, 2003 (after Miriam's stroke on 25th October 2001)

Miriam was born in Chase Cottage, Twynhams Hill, Shirrell Heath, Southampton, Hampshire, England on 15th February 1919 and died 19th July 2007, aged 88..

Her parents were Ellen Smith (nee Fry) from Bramshaw in the New Forest and Arthur Smith from London

She had one brother, Arthur, and two sisters, Grace and Margaret

She married William Chinn on 30th September 1941

Miriam's grandmother, Emma Fry and Miriam's great uncle, Charles Fry, the original owner of Chase Cottage and brother to Ellen (Nelly) (both from Bramshaw)

Arthur Smith - Miriam's Father
Nellie Smith - Miriam's Mother
Ellen (Nellie) Smith - Miriam's Mother

Arthur Charles Smith - Miriam's brother, who won a place at Prices College, Fareham, Hampshire - 1932

Miriam, Grace and Margaret Smith
Miriam and sisters, Grace and Margaret Smith - approx 1935
Miriam Chinn and Nellie Smith
Miriam with her mother, Nellie (Ellen) Smith at Chase Cottage approximately 1946

Grace, Arthur, Margaret and Miriam Smith at Whitewalls, Winchester Road, Shedfield, approximately 1926. Invited to play tennis with the servants by the lady of the house (who delivered the Parish Magazine and thought the Smith children were lovely)
Miriam Chinn at Chase Cottage approximately 1935
Miriam - Chase Cottage approximately 1935
Grace Smith with Bike
Miriam's sister, Grace, approximately 1935

Arthur Smith in RAF
Arthur Smith, Miriam's brother approximately 1940. He was a Pilot Sargeant in the RAF, flying Hurricanes. He was shot down on 9th September 1941 and his body washed ashore and buried at Criel Sur Mer in France.
Margaret Smith in Army Uniform
Miriam's sister, Margaret approximately 1940

Miriam at work - milk-maid at Frith Farm, Wickham 1938

Bill and Miriam Chinn on holiday at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina (where Wilbur and Orville Wright took their first flight) while visiting grandson, Lee Henry - 1996 - Photo taken by daughter, Barbara Chinn

Miriam - Christmas 1995