John Wither Awdry
born 1795 in Swindon, Wiltshire (Indian Judge, Justice of
the Peace, M.A. and Hon DCL Oxford. Barrister) and Frances
Ellen Awdry (nee Carr) born 28 July 1820 in Bombay, India
and some of their children at Notton, Wiltshire, the family
seat.
John and Frances met in India, she was the daughter of the
bishop, he the Lord Chief Justice. His first wife, Sarah Maria
Awdry, had died. He had 3 children by her and another 10 by
Frances.
Family legend has it that Fanny Awdry was such a gooseberry
that when suitors came to see her sisters that she suceeded
in scaring some of them off.
Photograph courtesy of Dr Anna Howard
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