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EDWARD WILLDAY

Birth: 18 February 1839, Worcester, Worcestershire

Baptism: 17 March 1839, St. Peter’s Church, Worcester, Worcestershire

Parents: Thomas George Willday and Elizabeth Hunter

Death: 7 March 1917, Guest Farm, Maghull, Lancashire

Burial: 12 March 1917, St. Andrew’s Church, Maghull, Lancashire

 

Occupation: scholar (1851), accountant (1861), farmer 100 acres (1871), cashier to Bamford Brothers, provision merchants (c.1873-1875), accountant (1881 census), steward on the Queen Victoria steamship (July to December 1888),  accountant (2 December 1891), book keeper (1892), accountant cc (1901), book-keeper for paint manufacturer (1911)

 

Addresses: Barton Terrace, Barton St. Mary, Gloucestershire (1841 census), Droitwich Road, Claines, Worcestershire (1851 census), 43 Butchers Shop, Tything, Worcester, Worcestershire (1861 census), Ronkswood (Polling List for St. Martin’s, Worcester, 1868), Ronkswood, Ronkswood Farm, Worcester St. Martins, Worcestershire (1871 census), Ombersley Road, Claines, Worcestershire (Kelly’s 1872 Post Office Directory of Worcestershire), Poulton, Cheshire (electoral rolls for 1876, 1877 and 1878), Her Majesty’s Prison, Chester Castle, Cheshire (1881 census), Brookfield Lane, Aughton, Lancashire (1901 census), Guest Farm, Maghull, Lancashire (1911 census)

 

 

Criminal Record

 

In November 1875, Edward Willday (a cashier by Bamford Brothers, provision merchants of Mather Street, Liverpool) was charged with stealing £720 5s. 4d. from his employers. He absconded from his workplace and fled to Antwerp, Belgium, where he was apprehended and arrested. On 1 December 1875, he was tried at Liverpool Quarter Sessons, convicted of larceny, and served twelve months in Walton Prison with hard labour.

 

On 20 October 1880, Edward Willday, a 41 year old accountant from Liverpool, was listed on the calendar of prisoners at the Cheshire general quarter sessions. He was charged with “Stealing three domestic and reclaimed fowls, to wit, one cock and two hens, the property of James Marrs, at Poulton-cum-Seacombe”, on 27 September, 1880. At his trial on 21 October 1880, Edward pleaded guilty to larceny, after a  prior conviction, and was sentenced to six months with hard labour at Chester Castle.

 

 

Marriage: 6 May 1862, St. John the Baptist, Claines, Worcestershire

 

 

Spouse: URSULA SMITH

Birth: before 14 November 1841, Claines, Worcestershire

Baptism: 14 November 1841, St. John the Baptist, Claines, Worcestershire

Parents: James Smith and Mary Smith

Death: 9 March 1924, Maghull, Lancashire

Burial: St. Andrew’s Church, Maghull, Lancashire

 

Occupation: scholar (1851), fishmonger (1881)

Addresses: Hindlip Court Farm, Hindlip, Worcestershire (1851 censys), 43 Butchers Shop, Tything, Worcester, Worcestershire (1861 census), Ronkswood, Ronkswood Farm, Worcester St. Martins, Worcestershire (1871 census), 486 Rice Lane, Walton on the Hill, Lancashire (1881 census), Brookfield Lane, Aughton, Lancashire (1901 census),  Guest Farm, Maghull, Lancashire (1911 census)

 

 

 

Children of EDWARD WILLDAY and URSULA SMITH:

 

1. URSULA VICTORIA WILLDAY

Birth: 5 February 1863, Worcester, Worcestershire

Baptism: 10 May 1863, St. John the Baptist, Claines, Worcestershire

Death: 15 February 1951, 110 Kingfield Road, Liverpool, Lancashire

Burial: unknown date and location

 

Occupation: private means (1911), unpaid domestic duties (1939)

Addresses: Ronkswood, Ronkswood Farm, Worcester St. Martins, Worcestershire (1871 census), 486 Rice Lane, Walton on the Hill, Lancashire (1881 census), Euko House, Melling, Lancashire (10 October 1892), 15 William Brown Street (22 November 1896), 2 Buckingham Road, Wallasey, Cheshire (1901 census), Ivy Villa, Rock Lane, Melling, Lancashire (1911 census), 19 Sefton Road, Walton on the Hill, Lancashire (1925 electoral roll), 119 Kingfield Road, Liverpool, Lancashire (1939 register)

 

Marriage: 10 October 1892, Our Lady and St. Nicholas and St. Anne, Liverpool, Lancashire

 

Spouse: JOHN CHARLES BOWMAN

Birth: 10 March 1859, Liverpool, Lancashire

Baptism: 22 April 1859, Our Lady and St. Nicholas and St. Anne, Liverpool, Lancashire

Death: 22 May 1905, The Northern Hospital, Liverpool, Lancashire

Burial: unknown date and location

 

Occupation: scholar (1871), wool broker’s clerk (1881), licensed victualler (1891, 1892, 1895) wine and spirit merchant (1901)

Addresses: 15 William Brown Street (22 November 1896), 2 Buckingham Road, Wallasey, Cheshire (1901 census), “Ingleside”, Maghull, Lancashire (probate record)

 

 

 

2. MARY ELIZABETH (POLLY) WILLDAY

Birth: before 2 October 1864, Worcester, Worcestershire

Baptism: 2 October 1864, St. James’ Church, Hindlip, Worcestershire

Death: 5 November 1931, unknown location

Burial: unknown date, St. Thomas’ Church, Melling, Lancashire

 

Occupation: assistant to butcher (1881)

Addresses: Ronkswood, Ronkswood Farm, Worcester St. Martins, Worcestershire (1871 census), 45 The Tything, Worcester, Worcestershire (1881 census), Brookfield Lane, Aughton, Lancashire (1901 census), Guest Farm, Maghull, Lancashire (1911 census)

 

Marriage: about March 1896, Ormskirk regitration district

 

Spouse: JAMES HULSE

Birth: about June 1863, Stublach, Cheshire

Parents: James Hulse and Anne Wright

Death: 26 February 1898, Melling, Lancashire

Burial: unknown date, St. Thomas’ Church, Melling, Lancashire

 

Occupation: tailor and draper (death certificate)

Addresses: Pudding Lake, Lower Middlewich, Cheshire (1871 census)

 

 

 

3. LAURA ANN WILLDAY

Birth: 10 July 1865, Liverpool, Lancashire

Baptism: 6 May 1870, Holy Trinity Church, Worcester, Worcestershire

Death: 4 May 1943, 36 Ashdale Road, Mossley Hill, Liverpool, Lancashire

Burial: 7 May 1943, Allerton Cemetery, Allerton, Liverpool, Lancashire

 

Occupation: fishmonger assistant (1881), housekeeper (1939)

Addresses: Ronkswood, Ronkswood Farm, Worcester St. Martins, Worcestershire (1871 census), 486 Rice Lane, Walton on the Hill, Lancashire (1881 census), 2 New Orchard Street, Swansea, Glamorganshire (1901 census), 18 Carnarvon Road, Liverpool, Lancashire (1911 census), 36 Ashdale Road, Mossley Hill, Liverpool, Lancashire (1939 register)

 

Marriage: date and location unknown

 

Spouse: THOMAS GASS

Birth: about 1857, Halfmorton, Dumfries, Scotland

Death: about September 1925, Liverpool registration district

Burial: unknown date and location

 

Occupation: draper (1881, 1891), commission agent (1901), drapers traveller (wholesale dealer) (1911)

Addresses: 83 Church Street, Barrow in Furness, Lancashire (1881 census), 81 Church Street, Barrow in Furness, Lancashire (1891 census), 2 New Orchard Street, Swansea, Glamorganshire (1901), 18 Carnarvon Road, Liverpool, Lancashire (1911 census)

 

 

 

4. ADA WILLDAY (my great-great-grandmother)

Birth: 6 May 1867, Ronkswood Farm, Worcester, Worcestershire

Baptism: 6 May 1870, Holy Trinity Church, Worcester, Worcestershire

Death: 2 January 1944, Ormskirk registration district

Burial: St. Michael’s Church, Aughton, Lancashire

 

Occupation:  Scholar (1881), Market gardener (1901), Market Gardener (own account) (1939)

Addresses: Ronkswood, Ronkswood Farm, Worcester St. Martins, Worcestershire (1871 census), 486 Rice Lane, Walton on the Hill, Lancashire (1881 census), 18 Rosett Street, Walton on the Hill, Lancashire (1891 census), Bootle, Lancashire (10 May 1893), Euko House, Melling, Liverpool (23 August 1895), Prescot Road, Melling, Lancashire (1901 census), Stand House, Aughton, Lancashire (1911 census), The Hollies, Butchers Lane, Aughton, Lancashire (1939 register)

 

 

First Marriage of ADA WILLDAY: 29 August 1890, Liverpool Register Office

 

First Spouse: JOHN WORSLEY (my great-great-grandfather)

Birth: 2 March 1850, Lowton, Lancashire

Baptism: 3 June 1850 (private baptism); 23 October 1850, St. Luke’s Church, Lowton, Lancashire

Parents: James Worsley and Sarah Tinker

Death: 12 October 1903, Lancaster Asylum, Lancaster, Lancashire

Burial: unknown date and location

 

 

Second Marriage of ADA WILLDAY: about June 1910, St. Michael’s Church, Aughton, Lancashire

 

Second Spouse: EDWARD SHERMAN

Birth: 28 February 1864, Aughton, Lancashire

Baptism: 3 April 1864, St. Peter and St. Paul’s Church, Ormskirk

Parents: John Sherman and Ellen Scarisbrick

Death: 8 January 1940, The Hollies, Butchers Lane, Aughton, Lancashire

Burial: 12 January 1940, St. Michael’s C of E Church, Aughton, Lancashire

 

Occupation: scholar (1871) employed on farm (1881) farmer (1911) market gardener (1939)

Addresses: Aughton (3 April 1864), Hills Lane, Aughton, Lancashire (1871 census, 1881 census), Stand House, Aughton, Lancashire (1911 census), The Hollies, Butchers Lane, Aughton, Lancashire (1939 register)

 

 

Please follow this link for details of the families of Ada Willday with her first husband John Worsley and her second husband Edward Sherman.

 

 

 

5. ALICE AMY WILLDAY

Birth: 11 April 1870, Worcester, Worcestershire

Baptism: 6 May 1870, Holy Trinity Church, Worcester, Worcestershire

Death: 25 July 1951, 76 Cranbrook Road, Redland, Bristol, Gloucestershire

Burial: unknown date and location

 

Occupation: scholar (1881) tobacconist and confectioner (1911) unpaid domestic duties (1939)

Addresses: Ronkswood, Ronkswood Farm, Worcester St. Martins, Worcestershire (1871 census), 486 Rice Lane, Walton on the Hill, Lancashire (1881 census), Melling (2 December 1891), 1A Thorndale Road, Waterloo, Lancashire (1901 census), 192 Cheltenham Rd, Montpelier, Bristol, Gloucestershire (1911 census), 76 Cranbrook Road, Redland, Bristol, Gloucestershire (1939 register)

 

Marriage: 2 December 1891, St. Thomas’ Church, Melling, Lancashire

 

Spouse: CAPTAIN HENRY ARTHUR OWEN

Birth: 23 April 1867, Liverpool, Lancashire

Baptism: 24 October 1867,  St. Peter’s Church, Liverpool, Lancashire

Parents: Charles Owen and Margaret Rawsthorne

Death: 10 March 1935, 76 Cranbrook Road, Redland, Bristol, Gloucestershire

Burial: unknown date and location

 

Occupation: sailor (1891), master mariner (1901)

Addresses: Great Crosby (baptism record), 8 Sandfield Marsh Lane, Walton, Lancashire (1871 census), Aintree (2 December 1891), 1A Thorndale Road, Waterloo, Lancashire (1901 census), 76 Cranbrook Road, Redland, Bristol, Gloucestershire (probate record)

 

 

 

6. EDITH ELEANOR WILLDAY

Birth: 12 January 1875, Wallasey, Cheshire

Death: 17 April 1954, 7 Beach Lawn, Waterloo, Liverpool, Lancashire

Burial: Christ Church, Aughton, Lancashire

 

Occupation: scholar (1881), companion (1939)

Addresses: 486 Rice Lane, Walton on the Hill, Lancashire (1881 census), Brookfield Lane, Aughton, Lancashire (1901 census), Stand House, Aughton, Lancashire  (1911 census), Ravenscroft, Aughton (1939 register, probate record)