Wardle, Frank In 1911 the family was living at 1 Tenter Lane off Gas Street with their parents, Ezra & Hannah (nee Sheffield) Wardle. Father was born in Stamford. He was an engine painter at Blackstones Engineering Works. Mother was born in Pickworth, Rutland. Six children were at home. 20 year old Ethel was a dressmaker. John… Read More
Windsor, Thomas Thomas Windsor – 51 East Street Godfrey Parkinson Windsor, a Builder’s Labourer, married Ellen Sismore in 1897 and later that year their first child, Thomas William was born.. Thomas William wasn’t baptised until March 1900 by which time two more children had been born, Godfrey and Ellen. The family lived in 2 rooms at 3… Read More
Wade, Harry Harry was born in Stamford in 1900 and in 1911 he was living with his widowed father at 27 St Paul’s Street. At that time six children were still at home. His eldest sister, Sarah, and two of her children were visiting from their home in Toxteth (Liverpool) . Isiah was a fitter’s apprentice, Albert,… Read More
Washbourne, Henry Ernest Victor Henry was born in 1897 in Hackney, London. He was the son of Walter Sidney and Emily Georgiana (nee Nelmes) Washbourne. His mother divorced Walter Sidney Washbourne in 1900 and married Albert Edward John Cade. In 1901 Henry was living at the home of his maternal grandfather in Hackney, Middlesex. By 1911 he was living… Read More
Watson, James Henry James Henry Watson James Henry James was born in 1895 in Whaplode near Holbeach, Lincolnshire. His parents were Henry and Julia Watson. In 1901 his father was an innkeeper at the Ram Inn, Whaplode Lincs. By 1911 the family had moved to Stamford and were living at 6 Belton Street. His father was now a… Read More
Woods, Fred Fred was born in Hucknall Torkard – now known simply as Hucknall, Nottinghamshire in 1898. In 1911 he was living in Stamford at 39 St Paul’s Street (now demolished) with his parents Frank Woods and Mary Ann (nee Hodgett) Woods , his sister Lucy (11) and brothers Frank (8) and Bertie (4). His father was… Read More
Walker, Harry Harry Walker Harry Walker was born in Norwich in 1897, he was the only child of Henry and Alice Emma Walker. Henry, born in South Shields, County Durham was a sawmill worker, who moved around the country. Whilst living in East Anglia he married for the second time. Alice Emma, a native of Suffolk, was… Read More
Watson, William Robert William Robert Watson William was born in near Holbeach, Lincolnshire in 1896. His parents were Henry and Julia Watson. In 1901 his father was the innkeeper at the Ram Inn, Whaplode, Lincs. By 1911 the family had moved to Stamford and were living at 6 Belton Street. His father had become a farm labourer. William… Read More
Woods, Harry Harry Hamilton Woods – 10 Ironmonger Street Harry Hamilton Woods was born in Stamford in 1895. His father, Joseph Hamilton Woods, was a Cabinet Maker who started in business at 30 Broad St but moved to these substantial premises early in the 20th Century. The property was built for an upholsterer in the 18th Century… Read More
Walker, Albert Albert, Charlie, Joe and Percy Walker – 4 Elm Street James Walker married Sarah Elizabeth Toon in 1883. He worked at one of the breweries and they spent most of their married life at 8 Hope’s Terrace. They had 1 child before their marriage and 15 more afterwards. 11 of the children survived infancy but… Read More