Guest 2464- Registered: 19 Jan 2018
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Hello I have ancestors who lived in Dover called Lockyer. Does anyone know anything about them?
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Chris- Forum Admin
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Some information that's been sent in by a forum reader...
"I have found two entries for Lockyer in the blue book 1938. A.L. Lockyer dining rooms 32 Snargate St and E.W.Lockyer 30 Charlton Green."
Guest 2464- Registered: 19 Jan 2018
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Hello Chris
Thanks for your reply. The A L Lockyer is the one I am interested in. He was Arthut Leonard Lockyer and had a wife called Daisy. What is the Blue Book?
Chris- Forum Admin
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I believe it's Pike's Dover Blue Book and Local Directory - there's an
old forum topic about it here.
Also had a message from Ray (used to be a forum member) saying that there's a book "Dover, Beyond the Foreshore" by John Lockyer, describing his childhood living on Snargate St before and after WW2.
Guest 2464- Registered: 19 Jan 2018
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John Lockyer is the son of Arthur Lockyer who I am descended from his first marriage. Do you know if the book has any photos of the Lockyer family in it?
Chris- Forum Admin
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From Ray:
The book only has photos of John at different ages, and his wife. Descriptions of their cafe The Nook at 32 Snargate St, and his adventures with my (Ray's) uncle Fearnley. ISBN 978-0-9930116-0-3, used to be available from the museum.
Guest 2464- Registered: 19 Jan 2018
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Thanks for the update on the book. So there are no photos of john Lockyers parents? That's a shame. His father, Arthur Lockyer was married previously and I am descended from that first marriage.
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Chris- Forum Admin
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More from Ray:
John Lockyer wrote an article for The Dover Society in their March Newsletter so would be worth contacting him direct.
There are contact details (for the Dover Society) on their website including Sheila Cope as membership secretary:
http://www.doversociety.org.uk/membership/application-formGuest 3151- Registered: 9 Mar 2019
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Hello - I live in Canada and was born in Dover. My mother was a Lockyer and her parents were Arthur and Daisy Lockyer. Is it pictures of Arthur Lockyer you are looking for? I am not sure if my family has any, but I can certainly inquire.
Guest 3232- Registered: 2 May 2019
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I am Arthur Leonard Lockyer’s grandson.
Mary Lockyer- Registered: 27 May 2020
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Arthur Leonard had three children with Daisy, John, Primrose and Rosa who died in world war two. I have an image of Arthur Leonard taken around 1920, John has three children and two grandchildren
Primrose lives in Canada as do all her daughters.
Guest 4013- Registered: 5 Jan 2021
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Hi Mary
I've only just picked up your post on this forum today.
I am in contact with Primrose's daughter Helen in Canada and yesterday Peter Lockyer contacted me and kindly sent me a photo of his father, John and grandfather, Arthur Lockyer which I am so excited about as I have been researching his life for over 35 years and this was the first picture I've seen of him. My mum, Maureen is his granddaughter from his first marriage and she is so happy to finally see a picture of the grandfather she never knew. What is interesting though is the photo you have posted of Arthur taken in 1920's. We have an identical photo and believe this to be my nan's brother Leonard Arthur Lockyer born 1907. Arthur was born in 1877 so in the 1920's would have been in his 40s but this picture looks like a young man in his 20's. Leonard Arthur Lockyer would have been late teens early 20s during the 1920's. I feel this man in the photo is a young man. What do you think?
So a couple of questions - if this is Arthur Lockyer born 1877 - how do we know it is him? And if it is Leonard, his son who Arthur left when he was only 4 years old, did they have some contact that we were not aware of and Leonard gave a photo of himself to his father Arthur as a young man? According to my nan (now sadly passed on) she never saw her father again and the only thing she knew about his was that he was a chef at Goldsmith's college in London. I would be grateful if you have any information or thoughts on this.
JR8- Registered: 7 Apr 2023
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Is one of John Lockyer's Sons called Paul? If so I might have gone to school with him in the 1970's
Mary Lockyer- Registered: 27 May 2020
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Yes. Paul went to Ilford County High School for boys, he is now 64 and lives in Suffolk, he has two daughters and two grandsons.
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