Playdon family
tree
Origins of the
name
The name Playdon dates back to the early
1800s in Worcestershire. A Mary Playdon is recorded in the area in 1821. The
name can be found all over the Birmingham, in area such as Aston and
Yardley. These Playdons were originally from Burlingham, Worcestershire.
They went to Birmingham as Dress makers and Tailors. The name is found in many
other areas of England: to the North, Coventry and Derby; to the South
Tewkesbury, where the present Labour candidate is David Edwin Playdon;
further South in Cheltenham and down as far as Bristol; and London at the turn
of the Century.
Place names
There are no places today named Playdon in
the British Isles, France or Germany. There is, however, a village called
Playden, near Rye in East Sussex. It was documented in 1611 as being
called Playdon. It is an old settlement within a few miles from Hastings. It
may have a Norman influence, as Don in French means present, and Den means
cabinet or room, possibly work room. Play appears to be an English word.
Combined it could mean play-present or play-room.
Famous family
In the Worcestershire Roll Of Honour for
WW1, a private George Playdon died in 1916. He fought in Flanders and
France in the 3rd Battalion, which was disbanded in Worcester in
1923.
In America, Canada, Australia and Hawaii,
there are families of Playdons. A noted one in America is TV producer Paul
Playdon. In the kingdom of Hawaii in 1876, whilst it was still a Polynesian
island, a George Playdon, founder of a company of lawyers, still around
today, was made the 'Kings Chief of Justice to the Supreme Court of
Hawaii'.
The name today
The link to the Wellham family is through the
descendants of Thomas
Playdon b 1834 of Drakes Broughton, Worcester. He married Maria
Anne Clarke b 1840 from Drakes Broughton, Worcester. They had four children by
1881. Leonard Playdon b 1873. Jane Clarke Playdon b 1875. Albert Theodore
Playdon b 1877. Willoughby Thomas Playdon b 1879.
Albert Theodore Playdon of Pershore wed
(TBA) and they had three sons. Reginald born 1909, married Florence May
(Maisie) Rollings born 1917. They had six children. Tom (a police constable),
married Violet. There children were Betty and Elizabeth. Kenneth, who married
Joan Betts his housekeeper. Her daughter was Jaqueline.
Reginald and Maisie Playdon's six
children were: Thelma, Pat, Tony, Maureen, Mary and Carol. Thelma Playdon married George Brian Wellham of Yorkshire, they
had four children, they were: Sarah, Simon, Nicholas and Nigel. Pat married Jim Nolan and had two sons,
Paul and John. Tony married Sue Jones and had two sons Mark and Alan. Maureen
married Ron Cook and had Paul and Jason. Re-married to Fred Stock their
daughter was Maxine. She later married Vernon Williams. Mary married Dave
Taylor, they had Stephen. She later married Jim Croighton of Scotland. Carol
married Dennis Stock, they had two sons, Richard and Andrew. She later married
Steve of Worcester.
Simon
Wellham, son of Thelma and George Brian Wellham, married Diane Bullock, they had two
sons, Jamie George William Wellham and Luke George Brian Wellham.
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