Jane Waller was born on 16 April 1883. She was baptised at Birkenhead Holy Trinity on 28 October 1883, at the same time as her older sister Martha.

In 1901 she was a Laundress and living with her parents.

On 1 August 1904 Jane married Frederick Samuel Colwell (born 24 December 1882 according to the 1939 register) in Birkenhead.

On 20 June 1905 Mary Jane Colwell was born, and she was baptised on 6 August at Birkenhead St. Peter. Abode was 41 Midland Street, father’s occupation Slater. Birth date from Birkenhead St. John Church of England School register dated 1910.

On 23 January 1909 Martha May Colwell was born, and she was baptised on 3 March 1909 at Birkenhead St. John. Abode was 26 Collingwood Street, father’s occupation Labourer. Birth date appears in register of St. John Church of England School, Birkenhead.

In 1911 they were still at 26 Collingwood Street. Frederick Samuel Colwell was a Mond Gas Stoker aged 29 and born in about 1882 in Liverpool. Jane was 27, Mary Jane was 5 and Martha May 2.

On 17 April 1914 Caroline B. Colwell was born (birth date from 1939 register).

In Q1 1918 Irene B Colwell was born.

In Q4 1921 Frederick Samuel Colwell was born.

On 9 October 1923 George Leslie Colwell was born (birth date from death register).

On 15 September 1928 Mary Jane Colwell married George Redhead aged 29, father William Fred Redhead, at Birkenhead St. John.

In Q2 1929 the birth of Rosemary Redhead was registered in Birkenhead, parents George and Mary Jane Colwell. She was baptised (transcribed as Rose Mary) at Birkenhead St. Matthew on 27 March 1929.

In Q2 1935 the birth of Hilary Redhead was registered in Birkenhead, parents George and Mary Jane Colwell. She was baptised at Birkenhead St. Matthew on 29 May 1935.

In Q4 1935 the death of George Redhead was registered in Birkenhead.

In the 1939 register, Frederick and Jane are living at 90 Borough Road Birkenhead. Jane has her birthday as 16 April 1882, but it was actually 1883. Frederick is a Slater & Tiler born 24 December 1882, so 56 years old. Caroline is a Football Pools Clerk.

On 18 October 1941 Frederick Samuel Colwell (junior) married Emily Young, estimated age 23, father’s name Edward Young, at Birkenhead St. Matthew.

In Q1 1943 the marriage of Mary J. Redhead and Arthur Thornton was registered in Birkenhead.

On 19 December 1945 Frederick Samuel Colwell died in Birkenhead. Probate was granted to his wife Jane Colwell on 1 October 1946.

On 11 January 1948 George Leslie Colwell married Gwendoline May Evans at Birkenhead St. Matthew. Her estimated birth year is 1929, father’s name Sydney Howard Evans.

Jane Colwell died in Q1 1961 aged 77.

George Leslie Colwell died in Q1 1978 in Birkenhead.

Mary Jane Thornton’s death was registered in Q3 1983 in Birkenhead.