Wondering what or who to write about yesterday, I thought I'd use the new Calendar page on my website. A choice of William Wade, George Debney and George Blaydon; I discarded the two Georges and went for Mr Wade.
He belongs to the "Langford" side of my ancestry, being the son of Edward Wade & Phebe Bigley, born in Chatteris. And I didn't have much about him. So I set to, websites on every tab, and discovered him marrying (Mary Hurry), having children (11:7:4, according to the 1911 census) and ultimately dying in Peterborough in 1925.
However, as often happens, I didn't stop to actually tell you all about him. Having discovered seven children (remember: 11 born of the marriage, 7 still alive, 4 died), I wanted to find out who the "still alive" ones were. So far, I have proved that Harriet (born 1878 in Warboys, married Charles Baxter) was in Goodyer's Yard, Peterborough, in 1911 with husband and five children; Minnie (born 1883 in Peterborough, married George Ashpool) was in North Street, Stanground; and Hannah (born 1887 in Peterborough, married Charles Carley) was in Henson Street, Peterborough.
Add to those three, their sister Ethel (born 1892 in Peterborough) who was "assisting mother" at home in 1911. So we're up to four. But, if Ethel was born in 1892, where was she in the 1901 census?
And what happened to Caroline (born 1894 in Peterborough)? Seven years old in 1901, she would be old enough to be out as a "GSD" (general servant domestic) by 1911 ..... can I find her? How many different ways are there to spell "Wade"? Or Caroline? Doubtless, I'll have a better idea later today!
And did William, the only brother, marry Louie Apthorpe in 1909? Probably more than one William Wade in Peterborough at that time ...!
All this really is to say that I set out with good intentions ..... but, hey, better late than never ...?
More soon.
