THE MUDDLE FAMILIES

 

THE SUSSEX MUDDLE FAMILIES THE ARDINGLY MUDDLES

 

Chart of Charles & Sarah/Mary Muddle’s Family

 

Charles and Sarah’s eldest child was Charles Muddle who was born at Lindfield on 23 September 1806, and baptised at All Saints’ Church in Lindfield on 5 October 1806.

It seems fairly certain, due to the elimination of other possibilities, that it was this Charles who was the Charles Muddle, pauper, named on a Removal Order dated 28 December 1827, when Charles would have been 21 years old. It seems that Charles had been residing and presumably working at Waldron in Sussex when he became ill and a charge on the parish because he presumably couldn't work and support himself. This resulted in the Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of Waldron applying to Justices of the Peace, William Courthope Mabbott and Alexander Donovan, for an order for Charles to be removed to Lindfield, which was his legal Parish of Settlement, where he was to be provided for according to the law. The Justices issued the order on 28 December 1827 but immediately suspended it because Charles was too sick and infirm to be safely removed. It was nearly four months later that Justices of the Peace, Alexander Donovan and William Day, were satisfied that Charles was now well enough to be removed and on 16 April 1828 ordered that the Removal Order be executed and that the Parish of Lindfield was to pay the Parish of Waldron £21 4s 11d, which would have been the cost incurred by Waldron in keeping Charles until he was fit enough to travel. The Removal Order was endorsed on 19 April to the effect that Lindfield had sent Waldron a £10 Bank of England note no. 7125, a £10 Reigate note no. 6120, a £1 Lewes note no. 15239 and 2 half-crowns.[1]

It seems probable that after he was returned to Lindfield that Charles went on to live with his father and stepmother at Canterbury. Because when he was 24 years old Charles married 28-year-old Hannah Elizabeth Anne Cooke, known as Elizabeth, at St Paul’s Church, Canterbury, Kent, on 26 June 1831. See the section headed ‘Charles & Elizabeth Muddle’s Family’ for the rest of their lives and details of their family.

 

Charles and Sarah’s second child was Sally Muddle who was baptised at All Saints’ Church in Lindfield on 13 November 1808. Sally died at Lindfield, three months after her mother’s death, when she was only eleven months old, and she was buried in All Saints’ Churchyard at Lindfield on 19 October 1809.

 

Charles and Mary’s eldest child (Charles’ third) was Barbara Muddle who was born at Wadhurst in Sussex, and baptised at Wadhurst Church on 9 February 1817. When she was 23 years old Barbara married 27-year-old widower John Cleopas Harris at St James’ Church, Jamaica Road, Bermondsey, Surrey, on 2 November 1840. They were both then living at Long Lane in Bermondsey, and John was working as a leather dresser. John was the son of tanner Isaac Harris and his wife Sarah; he had been born at Publow in Somerset on 8 March 1813 and baptised with the name Cleopas Harris at Publow Wesleyan Chapel, Pensford, Somerset on 30 May 1813.

In the census of 6 June 1841 John and Barbara were living in Pages Walk, Union Road, Bermondsey; John was a journeyman tanner and they had journeyman carrier Henry Banks and his wife Ann living with them. John and Barbara had at least seven children born in Bermondsey between 1841 and 1858. In the census of 30 March 1851 they were living at 13 New Street West in Bermondsey with their then four children, and John was a tanner. Then in the census of 7 April 1861 they were living at 47 New Street West in Bermondsey with their seven children, and John now described himself as a leather dresser. They had two lodgers, governess Caroline Saunders and her daughter, and part of the house was occupied by widow Eliza Digby and her son.

Barbara died at the age of 51, her death being registered in Bermondsey registration district during the 4th quarter of 1867.

 

John and Barbara’s eldest child was Edwin Harris who was born at Bermondsey, and whose birth was registered during the 3rd quarter of 1841. In the census of 30 March 1851 Edwin, at the age of 9, was living with his parents at 13 New Street West in Bermondsey, and he was going to school. Then in the census of 7 April 1861 Edwin, now aged 19, was living with his parents at 47 New Street West in Bermondsey, and he was working as a porter.

 

John and Barbara’s second child was Henry Harris who was born at Bermondsey, and whose birth was registered during the 3rd quarter of 1843. In the census of 30 March 1851 Henry, at the age of 7, was living with his parents at 13 New Street West in Bermondsey, and he was going to school. Then in the census of 7 April 1861 Henry, now aged 17, was living with his parents at 47 New Street West in Bermondsey, and he was working as a porter.

 

John and Barbara’s third child was John Harris who was born at Bermondsey, and whose birth was registered during the 1st quarter of 1848. In the census of 30 March 1851 John, at the age of 3, was living with his parents at 13 New Street West in Bermondsey. Then in the census of 7 April 1861 John, now aged 13, was living with his parents at 47 New Street West in Bermondsey, and he was working as a leather dresser.

 

John and Barbara’s fourth child was Jane [Elizabeth] Harris who was born at 13 New Street in Bermondsey on 28 December 1850. Her birth was registered with just the name Jane, but she later always used Elizabeth as a second name. In the census of 30 March 1851 Jane, at the age of 7 months, was living with her parents at 13 New Street West in Bermondsey. Then in the census of 7 April 1861 Jane, now aged 10, was living with her parents at 47 New Street West in Bermondsey, and she was going to school.

 

John and Barbara’s fifth child was Thomas [Charles] Harris who was born at 13 New Street in Bermondsey on 27 February 1853. His birth was registered with just the name Thomas, but he later always used Charles as a second name. In the census of 7 April 1861 Thomas, at the age of 8, was living with his parents at 47 New Street West in Bermondsey, and he was going to school. Thomas didn’t get on with his father and left home when he was about 13 years old. He became a sailor and then later settled in Northumberland where he was a coal miner, married and had children. Late in life Thomas became a Roman Catholic.

 

John and Barbara’s sixth child was Charles Harris who was born at Bermondsey in, and whose birth was registered during the 4th quarter of 1855. In the census of 7 April 1861 Charles, at the age of 5, was living with his parents at 47 New Street West in Bermondsey, and he was going to school.

 

John and Barbara’s seventh child was Caroline Harris who was born at Bermondsey, and whose birth was registered during the 3rd quarter of 1858. In the census of 7 April 1861 Caroline, at the age of 2, was living with her parents at 47 New Street West in Bermondsey.

 

Charles and Mary’s second child (Charles’ fourth) was Elizabeth [Marshall] Muddle who was born at Wadhurst in Sussex on 31 January 1820, and baptised at Wadhurst Church on 30 April 1820. Elizabeth had Marshall added as a second Christian name sometime between her baptism, at which she was simply Elizabeth, and her death; Marshall was the maiden name of her maternal grandmother. Elizabeth died at Union Row in Canterbury, at the age of 16, and she was buried in St Paul’s Churchyard at Canterbury on 16 October 1836.

 

Charles and Mary’s third child (Charles’ fifth) was George Muddle who was born at Town Row in Rotherfield Parish, Sussex on 12 June 1822, and baptised twice; first at Wadhurst Church on 20 August 1822 and then at the Wesleyan Chapel in Tunbridge Wells on 17 February 1823. In the census of 6 June 1841 George, at the age of 18, was living with his mother at Fletching in Sussex. When he was 27 years old George, having changed his surname to Muddell, married Ann Crisp at Holy Trinity Church, Halstead, Essex, on 12 November 1849. See the section headed ‘George & Ann Muddell’s Family’ for the rest of their lives and details of their family.

 

Charles and Mary’s fourth child (Charles’ sixth) was Thomas [Marshall] Muddle who was born at Rotherfield in Sussex on 18 June 1825, and baptised at St Peter’s Street Wesleyan Chapel in Canterbury, Kent on 4 September 1825. Thomas had Marshall added as a second Christian name sometime between his baptism, at which he was simply Thomas, and the census of 1851, probably this was when his elder sister Elizabeth, who had Marshall as a second name, died in 1836; Marshall was the maiden name of his maternal grandmother.

In the census of 6 June 1841 Thomas, at the age of almost 15, and his father were both hoopmakers and lodging with the family of Elizabeth Coleman at Caffins Row, Billingshurst, Sussex; presumably they went wherever there was work for them as hoopmakers, as the rest of the family were then living at Fletching in Sussex. Then in the census of 30 March 1851 Thomas, now nearly 25, was a hoopmaker and a visitor (lodger) at the home of gardener Charles Ridway’s family at 20 Mason Street, Deptford, Kent, and his father was lodging in another part of Deptford.

Thomas had changed his surname to Muddell by the time, at the age of 32, he married Rebecca Kemp at St James’ Church in Bermondsey, Surrey, on 10 August 1857. They were both then living at 47 New Street in Bermondsey and Thomas was working as a hoop nailer.

They had six children born between 1858 and 1872, two of whom died in infancy. Their first two children were born in St George in the East registration district in London in 1858 and 1862. In the census of 7 April 1861 they were living at 4 Catherine Street in St George in the East with their then one child. They had Thomas’ brother George staying with them, and both Thomas and George were hoopmakers. Then when their eldest child died in July 1863 they were living at 53 Anthony Street in St George in the East and Thomas still described himself as a hoopmaker. Their other four children were born at Bermondsey in Surrey between 1864 and 1872, and it was from about this time that they frequently spelt their name as Muddelle. They were living at 3 Parkers Terrace, Neckinger Road, Bermondsey, when their fourth child died in July 1867, and Thomas was then described as being a journeyman hoop bender. In the census of 2 April 1871 they were living at 3 Parkers Terrace with their then three surviving children, and Thomas was described as being a hoop and brim maker.

In the census of 3 April 1881 they were living at 84 Galley Wall Road in Bermondsey with their four surviving children, and Thomas was described as being a hoop and rim maker. Then in the census of 5 April 1891 they were continuing to live at 84 Galley Wall Road with their four children, one of whom was now married and had her two children with her. The census recorded that they were living in four rooms, and that they had a lodger and her son living in another two rooms. Thomas was now described as being a timber rim maker. In the census of 31 March 1901 they were still at 84 Galley Wall Road, and Thomas was now a retired hoop and rim maker. They had their bachelor son Thomas, and their married daughter Louisa Barr and her two children living with them in four rooms, and they still had two lodgers in another two rooms.

They were still living at 84 Galley Wall Road when Thomas died on 17 February 1902 at the age of 76 (not 73 as given on his death certificate). Eight years later Rebecca was living at 128 Longhurst Road, Lee, Lewisham, when she died on 6 September 1909 at the age of 79. Both Thomas and Rebecca had died intestate, and it was only after Rebecca’s death that their daughter Annie was granted administration of both their estates on 6 April 1910 by London Probate Registry; Thomas’ estate was valued at £56 and Rebecca’s at £31 8s 0d.

 

Thomas and Rebecca’s eldest child was Mary Elizabeth Muddell whose birth was registered in St George in the East registration district in London during the 4th quarter of 1858. In the census of 7 April 1861 Mary, at the age of 2, was living with her parents at 4 Catherine Street in St George in the East. Mary died at 53 Anthony Street, St George in the East, London, on 12 July 1863, at the age of 5 from croup, which she had suffered from for two days.

 

Thomas and Rebecca’s second child was Thomas Charles Muddell whose birth was registered in St George East registration district in London during the 2nd quarter of 1862. In the census of 2 April 1871 Thomas, at the age of 9, was living with his parents at 3 Parkers Terrace, Neckinger Road, Bermondsey, Surrey, and he was going to school. Then in the census of 3 April 1881 Thomas, now aged 19, was living with his parents at 84 Galley Wall Road in Bermondsey, and he was working as a light porter. In the census of 5 April 1891 Thomas, at the age of 29, was continuing to live with his parents at 84 Galley Wall Road, and he was now a general labourer. Then in the census of 31 March 1901 Thomas, at the age of 39, was still living with his parents at 84 Galley Wall Road, and working as a labourer in a biscuit factory; this was probably the nearby Peak Frean's biscuit factory.

When he was 43 years old Thomas married Selina Miller Warman at St Barnabas Church, Little Ilford, Essex, on 9 December 1905. They were both then living at 70 Shelley Avenue in Little Ilford, and Thomas was a labourer. Selina gave her age as 45 on their marriage certificate, but she was actually about 57, having been born at Whitechapel in London and her birth registered during the 4th quarter of 1848. She probably trimmed about twelve years off her age so as not to seem much older than her husband. In the 1901 census Selina had been recorded as being 50-year-old spinster living with her widowed mother, Rebecca Warman, in three rooms at 25 Lucy Road in Bermondsey and working in a biscuit factory; this was probably the nearby Peak Frean's biscuit factory and possibly where she met Thomas.

Thomas and Selina didn't have any children as Selina was too old. In the census of 2 April 1911 they were living at 38 North Street, Leigh on Sea, Essex and Thomas was the Chapel Caretaker at the Congregational Church. Selina died at the age of 84, her death being registered in Rochford registration district in Essex during the 3rd quarter of 1933. Thomas died at the age of 87 (not 89 as given on his death certificate), his death being registered in Thurrock registration district in Essex during the 4th quarter of 1949.

 

Thomas and Rebecca’s third child was Louisa Rebecca Muddell whose birth was registered in Bermondsey registration district in London during the 4th quarter of 1864. In the census of 2 April 1871 Louisa, at the age of 6, was living with her parents at 3 Parkers Terrace, Neckinger Road, Bermondsey, Surrey, and she was going to school. Then in the census of 3 April 1881 Louisa, now aged 16, was living with her parents at 84 Galley Wall Road in Bermondsey, and she was working as a boot machinist.

When she was 20 years old Louisa married 22-year-old Henry Barr at St Anne’s Church in Bermondsey on 23 November 1884. Henry was then a tailor living in the High Street at Malmesbury in Wiltshire, and Louisa was living at 84 Comilla Road in Bermondsey. They had two children; the first born at Malmesbury in 1885 and the second at Bermondsey in about 1887. Then in the census of 5 April 1891 Louisa, who was described as being married, and her two children were living with Louisa’s parents at 84 Galley Wall Road in Bermondsey, and Louisa was back working as a boot machinist. So it looks as if Henry and Louisa first lived at Malmesbury, where Henry came from, and that Louisa left her husband just before the birth of their second child and went back to live with her parents at Bermondsey. In the census of 31 March 1901 Louisa, who was now a fur sower, and her two children were continuing to live with her parents at 84 Galley Wall Road, and Louisa was still recorded as being married.

Louisa's father died in 1902 and then her mother in 1909. In the census of 2 April 1911 Louisa, who now described herself as a widow, and her two children, who were now young adults, were living at 6 Clifton Terrace, Tintern Avenue, Westciff on Sea, Essex. Only her son was recorded as working; as a plumber on his own account. Fourty-five years later Louisa died at the age of 92, her death being registered in Dartford registration district in Kent during the 2nd quarter of 1956.

 

Henry and Louisa’s eldest child was Annie Mary Barr who was born at Malmesbury in Wiltshire, and whose birth was registered during the 2nd quarter of 1885. In the census of 5 April 1891 Annie, at the age of 6, was living with her mother at her maternal grandparents home, 84 Galley Wall Road, Bermondsey, London, and she was going to school. Then in the census of 31 March 1901 Annie, now aged 16, was continuing to live with her mother and her maternal grandparents at 84 Galley Wall Road, and working in a biscuit factory; this was probably the nearby Peak Frean's biscuit factory. In the census of 2 April 1911 Annie, at the age of 26, was living with her mother and her brother at 6 Clifton Terrace, Tintern Avenue, Westciff on Sea, Essex.

 

Henry and Louisa’s second child was Henry Kemp Barr who was born at Bermondsey in London, and whose birth was registered during the 1st quarter of 1887. In the census of 5 April 1891 Henry, at the age of 4, was living with his mother at his maternal grandparent’s home, 84 Galley Wall Road in Bermondsey, and he was going to school. Then in the census of 31 March 1901 Henry, now aged 14, was working as a builder’s office boy and continuing to live with his mother and his maternal grandparents at 84 Galley Wall Road. In the census of 2 April 1911 Henry, at the age of 24, was working on his own account as a plumber, gas and hot water fitter, and living with his mother and his sister at 6 Clifton Terrace, Tintern Avenue, Westciff on Sea, Essex.

 

Thomas and Rebecca’s fourth child was William Muddell whose birth was registered in Bermondsey registration district in London during the 2nd quarter of 1867. William died at 3 Parkers Terrace, Neckinger Road, Bermondsey on 28 July 1867, when only 14 weeks old, from inanition (inability to assimilate nourishment), which he had suffered from for 10 weeks.

 

Thomas and Rebecca’s fifth child was Frederick George Muddell whose birth was registered in St Olave registration district in London during the 1st quarter of 1870. In the census of 2 April 1871 Frederick, at the age of 1, was living with his parents at 3 Parkers Terrace, Neckinger Road, Bermondsey, Surrey. Then in the census of 3 April 1881 Frederick, now aged 11, was living with his parents at 84 Galley Wall Road in Bermondsey, and he was going to school. In the census of 5 April 1891 Frederick, at the age of 21, was still living with his parents at 84 Galley Wall Road, and he was now a chamois leather grinder. Later that year Frederick was living at Laburnum Cottage, East Molesey, Surrey, when he died on 24 November 1891 at the age of 22. Frederick died intestate, and it was not until 18 years later after the deaths of both his parents that his sister Annie was granted administration of his estate, which was valued at £82, by London Probate Registry on 14 February 1910.

 

Thomas and Rebecca’s sixth child was Annie Elizabeth Muddell whose birth was registered in St Olave registration district in London during the 3rd quarter of 1872. In the census of 3 April 1881 Annie, at the age of 8, was living with her parents at 84 Galley Wall Road in Bermondsey, and she was going to school. Then in the census of 5 April 1891 Annie, now aged 18, was a pupil teacher and still living with her parents at 84 Galley Wall Road.

When she was 20 years old Annie married 21-year-old Frank Joseph Chabot Woodward at St Luke’s Church in Bermondsey on 28 January 1893. Frank was then a boot maker living at 201 Grange Road in Bermondsey, and Annie was living with her parents at 84 Galley Wall Road in Bermondsey. Frank was the son of Joseph and Eliza Chabot Woodward, and he had been born at 38 Edward Street in Newington, London on 22 October 1871. Frank and Annie had three children born in Bermondsey between 1894 and 1897, and they were living at 194 Grange Road in Bermondsey when the first of these was born. In the census of 31 March 1901 they were living in three rooms at 27 Madron Street in Southwark with their three children, and Frank was a foreman boot maker.

It was only after the death of her mother in 1909 that Annie was granted by the London Probate Registry; first, on 14 February 1910, the administration of the estate of her late brother Frederick who had died 18 years earlier, and then on 6 April 1910 the administration of the estates of both her father, Thomas, who had died 8 years earlier, and her mother, Rebecca.

Frank and Annie had their fourth known child in March 1911 while living at 125 Alscot Road in Bermondsey. In the census of 2 April 1911 they were living at 125 Alscot Road in Bermondsey with their four children; Frank was still a foreman boot maker and they had monthly nurse Sarah Brikkett staying with them as their youngest child was only a few days old. This census recorded that they'd had five children, four of which were still alive, so they must have had another child who died young and was not recorded in a census. During the First World War Frank served as a Private in the Middlesex Regiment.

They lived at 40 Saltwood Grove off Merrow Street in Walworth, London. Annie died in the Middlesex Hospital, Mortimer Street, Marylebone, London on 24 October 1928, at the age of 56, from dilation of the stomach and advanced carcinoma of the uterus. She was buried in grave 36626, square 88 of Nunhead Cemetery in Southwark. Six weeks later Frank died at 40 Saltwood Grove on 9 December 1928, at the age of 57, from pulmonary tuberculosis, and on his death certificate his occupation was given as boot manufacturer's manager.

 

Frank and Annie’s eldest child was Marguerite Valois Chabot Woodward, known as Marie, who was born at 194 Grange Road in Bermondsey, London on 21 February 1894. In the census of 31 March 1901 Marie, at the age of 7, was living with her parents at 27 Madron Street, Southwark, London. Then in the census of 2 April 1911 Marie, now aged 17, was working as an apprentice embroideress and living with her parents at 125 Alscot Street in Bermondsey. Marie was living with her parents at 40 Saltwood Grove off Merrow Street in Walworth, London when both her parents died in late 1928. Then in about 1930 Marie had an illegitimate daughter that she bought up on her own. During the latter part of her working life, until she retired, Marie worked as a shop assistant in the handbag department of the Bourne and Hollingsworth store in Oxford Street. She lived in Liverpool Grove and then Portland Street in the Walworth area of London and never married. Marie died at the age of 91, her death being registered in Lambeth registration district in London during October 1985.

 

 

Frank and Annie’s second child was Harold Woodward who was born at Bermondsey in London, and whose birth was registered during the 3rd quarter of 1896. In the census of 31 March 1901 Harold, at the age of 4, was living with his parents at 27 Madron Street, Southwark, London. Then in the census of 2 April 1911 Harold, now aged 14, was working as a tea broker's assistant and living with his parents at 125 Alscot Street in Bermondsey. Harold lived at Portland Street in Walworth area of London. He possibly worked as a tea taster and died in the 1960s or 1970s.

 

Frank and Annie’s third child was Stanley Francis Woodward who was born at Bermondsey in London, and whose birth was registered during the 4th quarter of 1897. In the census of 31 March 1901 Stanley, at the age of 3, was living with his parents at 27 Madron Street, Southwark, London. Then in the census of 2 April 1911 Stanley, now aged 13, was going to school and living with his parents at 125 Alscot Street in Bermondsey.

 

 

Stanley first worked in the Law Courts, Temple Bar, London, but soon changed course to train in pathology/bacteriology and became a FILMT (Fellow of the Institute of Medical Laboratory Technology). His early medical life was at Netley and Great Ormond Street Hospitals, and then in 1925 he went to the Gold Coast (now Ghana) to do medical research. He had been living with his parents at 40 Saltwood Grove off Merrow Street in Walworth, London when he sailed 2nd class on the Abinsi of the African Steamship Company from Liverpool on 14 October 1925 bound for Sekondi in the Gold Coast.[2] After just over a year in the Gold Coast Stanley sailed 2nd class on the Aba of the Elder Dempster Line from Sekondi and arrived at Liverpool on 16 January 1927. On the passenger list Stanley gave his occupation as lab assistant and his intended address in England as 40 Saltwood Grove, his parents' home.[3] Stanley had three months in England before sailing 2nd class on the Accra of the British and African Steam Navigation Company from Liverpool on 27 April 1927 bound for Accra in the Gold Coast.[4] After 18 months in the Gold Coast Stanley sailed 2nd class on the Aba of the British and African Steam Navigation Company from Sekondi and arrived at Liverpool on 18 November 1928. On the passenger list Stanley gave his occupation as pathologist and his intended address in England as 40 Saltwood Grove.[5]

After he had been back in England for four months Stanley, aged 31, married 20-year-old Hildéa Marguerite Hervé at St Peter's Church, West Molesey, Surrey on 10 March 1929. Hildéa had been born in France on 4 July 1908; her father was French and mother English. Just 17 days after their marriage Stanley sailed 2nd class on the Accra of the Elder Dempster Line from Liverpool on 27 March 1929 bound for Accra in the Gold Coast.[6] Five months later Hildéa had been living at Norfolk House, West Molesey when she sailed 1st class on the Adda of the Elder Dempster Line from Liverpool on 28 August 1929 bound for Accra. On the passenger list Hildéa gave her occupation as nurse.[7] But it was not long before Hildéa was expecting their son and after about a year in the Gold Coast they sailed 2nd class on the Apapa of the British and African Steam Navigation Company from Accra and arrived at Plymouth on 23 June 1930. On the passenger list Stanley gave his occupation as lab assistant and their intended address in England as Norfolk House, West Molesey.[8] For the birth of her son a month later Hildéa went to stay with her mother and sister on Guernsey.

 

 

Two months after the birth of his son Stanley had been living at 7 Richmond Avenue in London when he sailed 1st class on the Appam of the Elder Dempster Line from Liverpool on 1 October 1930 bound for Accra.[9] Then just a year later Hildéa had been living at St Martins on Guernsey when she sailed 2nd class on the Abinsi of the Elder Dempster Line from Liverpool on 30 September 1931 bound for Accra.[10] Presumably Hildéa had left her young son with her mother and sister on Guernsey while she went out to be with Stanley in the Gold Coast. Stanley and Hildéa had about seven months together in the Gold Coast before they sailed 2nd class on the Accra of the British and African Steam Navigation Company from Accra and arrived at Plymouth on 14 May 1932. On the passenger list they gave their intended address in England as 16a Seymour Place, London SW10.[11]

After four months living at 16a Seymour Place Stanley sailed 2nd class on the Accra of the Elder Dempster Line from Liverpool on 21 September 1932 bound for Accra.[12] It's thought that Hildéa and her son then went to live with her mother and sister on Guernsey and this was when Hildéa gave birth to a daughter who died soon after birth. Just over a year after Stanley had returned to the Gold Coast Hildéa and her son, now aged 3, had been living at Port Guernsey when they sailed 2nd class on the Accra of the Elder Dempster Line from Liverpool on 18 October 1933 bound for Takoradi in the Gold Coast.[13] After Hildéa and her son had been with Stanley in the Gold Coast for seven months all three of them sailed 2nd class on the Adda of the Elder Dempster Line from Accra and arrived at Plymouth on 28 May 1934. On the passenger list they gave their intended address in England as 61 Elsenham Street, Southfields, London.[14]

After they had been in England for four months Stanley, Hildéa and their son had been living at West End, Wilton, Wiltshire, the home of Hildéa mother, when they sailed 2nd class on the Adda of the Elder Dempster Line from Liverpool on 10 October 1934 bound for Accra.[15] After six months in the Gold Coast they all sailed 2nd class on the Accra of the Elder Dempster Line from Accra and arrived at Plymouth on 14 April 1935.[16] Often when they came back from the Gold Coast Stanley and his colleagues would bring back animals for English zoos; Stanley specialized in snakes but also brought back African wild cats for London Zoo.

 

 

After less than two months in England Stanley had been living at 115 Flaxman Road, London SE5 when he sailed 2nd class on the Appam of the Elder Dempster Line from Liverpool on 5 June 1935 bound for Takoradi in the Gold Coast.[17] While Stanley was in the Gold Coast Hildéa and her son lived on the Isle of Wight until Hildéa started to show signs of TB and her son was sent to live with his maternal grandmother in Wilton, Wiltshire. Stanley had ten months in the Gold Coast before sailing 2nd class on the Adda of the Elder Dempster Line from Accra and arriving at Plymouth on 13 April 1936. On the passenger list Stanley gave his intended address in England as Glenfield, Carisbrooke, Isle of Wight, which was presumably where Hildéa was living.[18] After Stanley's return to England all the family lived together for a time at Fermain, The Bickerley, Ringwood, Hampshire. Then after six months in England Stanley sailed 2nd class on the Abosso of the Elder Dempster Line from Liverpool on 28 October 1936 bound for Accra.[19] Eight months later Hildéa was still living at Fermain, The Bickerley, Ringwood when, against medical advice, she sailed 2nd class on the Adda of the Elder Dempster Line from Liverpool on 30 June 1937 bound for Accra.[20] While Stanley and Hildéa were in the Gold Coast their son was a boarder at Ringwood Grammar School.

In early 1938 Stanley contracted a lab infection and had to return to England. So Stanley and Hildéa sailed 2nd class on the Aba of the Elder Dempster Line from Accra and arrived at Plymouth on 4 April 1938. On the passenger list Stanley was still giving his occupation as lab assistant, and he gave their intended address in England as The Elms, Gordon Avenue, Bognor Regis, Sussex, which was where their son was living with Hildéa's sister Gladys.[21] Then just a year later they were living at 8 Burton Road, Kingston-on-Thames, Surrey when Hildéa died there on 3 April 1939, at the age of 30. During the Second World War Stanley spent some time at the Royal College of Surgeons, then at Horton Emergency Hospital as a pathologist.

After the war Stanley continued his overseas medical research; first in India between August 1945 and partition and independence in 1947, and it was while he was in India that Stanley first met Ellen Green who was then unhappily married to an army major. Stanley sailed A class on the Empress of Scotland of the Canadian Pacific Line from Bombay and arrived at Liverpool on 6 October 1947. On the passenger list he gave his occupation as medical lab technician and his intended address in England as 53a Southwood Road, New Eltham, London SE9, which was where his son and Hildéa's mother were living.[22]

After eight months in England Stanley continued his overseas medical research back in West Africa; this time in Nigeria. He had still been living at 53a Southwood Road, New Eltham when he sailed 1st class on the Apapa of the Elder Dempster Line from Liverpool on 3 June 1948 bound for Lagos, Nigeria.[23] While back in England in 1952 Stanley married the now divorced Ellen Green, whose maiden name was Porteous, in Bournemouth registration district during the 3rd quarter of 1952. Ellen had three young daughters, Julia, Nina and Roberta, from her first marriage, and Stanley returned to Nigeria with his new wife and her daughters. While in Nigeria Stanley became ill with lung cancer and he was flown back to England, where he died from lung cancer in Worthing registration district in Sussex on 14 May 1962, at the age of 64.

 

Stanley and Hildéa’s eldest child was Anthony Seff/Seth Woodward, known as Tony, who was born in the Lady Ozanne Maternity Home at St Peter Port on Guernsey on 20 July 1930. Tony’s second name of Seff on his birth certificate was his father’s nickname, from his initials of SF, but Tony has always used Seth. Tony lived with his parents in the Gold Coast from October 1933 to May 1934 and then from October 1934 to April 1935. Then while his father was in the Gold Coast he lived with his mother on the Isle of Wight until she started to show signs of TB and Tony was sent to live with his maternal grandmother in Wilton, Wiltshire. All the family were then together in England for a time until Tony’s parents went back to the Gold Coast in 1937 and he became a boarder at Ringwood Grammar School. There he became ill with TB and was sent off to Chandlers Ford Sanatorium where he stayed for a few months during 1937/8. On release from the sanatorium he went to live with his aunt Gladys (his mother’s sister) at The Elms, Gordon Avenue, Bognor Regis until his parents returned from the Gold Coast in April 1938. Tony then lived with his parents at 8 Burton Road, Kingston-on-Thames, Surrey until his mother’s death there in 1939.

Tony was then sent off to boarding school, this time to St Joseph's Salesian School, Burwash, Sussex, but not for long because the Second World War soon started and he left there in 1940. Tony then lived with his father, who was now living in St Faiths Road, Tulse Hill, London with a woman called ‘Paddy’ Alice Maisy Grant, who was from Kenya and was divorced from her husband Ronald for the duration of the war. They soon moved to a flat at 53a Southwood Road, New Eltham, which was fortunate as the Tulse Hill address was bombed a few months later. After the war Tony’s father returned to his overseas medical research; first in India from August 1945 and then Nigeria. Paddy remarried her husband in late 1946 and they returned to their estate in Kenya.

Tony’s maternal grandmother came to live with and look after him at 53a Southwood Road until he was called up for National Service with the RAF in January 1949. The RAF trained Tony as a photographer and he signed on for 5 years followed by another 5 years. While in the RAF Tony’s best times were while serving for two years (1950-52) in Iraq, and for two years (1954-56) at the RAF CME (Central Medical Establishment), Cleveland Street, London, as the sole clinical photographer. While at CME Tony ‘lived out’ with his aunt Gladys in her home, 7 Seymour Walk, South Kensington. After his time at CME Tony was posted to Germany, firstly at Larrbruch, then Bruggen, for 2½ years (1956-59).

On leaving the RAF, after completing his ten years, Tony continued to live with his aunt Gladys at 7 Seymour Walk and then 29 The Chase, Clapham Common. He worked at the Tate Gallery telephone exchange, first as an operator, then on clerical work in the area control centre at the exchange. He was on the night staff, leaving his days free, which gave him time to buy 19 The Chase, Clapham Common and run it as bed-sits, as Gladys was doing with number 29. There was a rapid rise in property prices during 1972 and both Tony and Gladys sold their properties and jointly bought Place des Trois Vues in Guernsey which they ran as a guest house. They sold this in 1976 and moved to 1 Warner Road, Selsey, Sussex. After a year there Tony commenced work again, in the local telephone exchange at Chichester, until he retired. Gladys was now in her nineties and Tony became her official carer until her death in 1996.

Tony never married and continued to live at 1 Warner Road but became virtually blind and had been suffering from prostrate cancer when he had to go into hospital where he was diagnosed with lung cancer and ten days later died in hospital on 19 May 2009, at the age of 78.

 

 

Stanley and Hildéa’s second child was a daughter who died soon after birth. It’s thought that she was born on Guernsey in about 1933.

 

Frank and Annie’s fourth child was Frank Joseph Chabot Woodward who was born at 125 Alscot Street in Bermondsey, London on 27 March 1911. In the census of 2 April 1911 Frank was only a few days old and living with his parents at 125 Alscot Street in Bermondsey. During the Second World War Frank was a radio operator in the RAF with service number 1310722.

When he was 30 years old Frank married Clara Catherine Smith, who was just on 48 years old, in Southwark registration district in London during the 2nd quarter of 1941. There were no children from this marriage. Clara was the daughter of Mark and Mary Smith and she had been born at Battersea in London on 10 June 1893. Frank and Clara lived at Limmerston Street on the Camberwell area of London until they were rehoused at Melfied Gardens in the Catford area of the London Borough of Lewisham after the Second World War. Clara's sister lived with them.

Clara died at the age of 81, her death being registered in Lewisham registration district during the 1st quarter of 1975. Six years later Frank died at the age of 70, his death being registered in Bromley registration district in Kent during the 4th quarter of 1981.

 

Charles and Mary’s fifth child (Charles’ seventh) was Caroline Muddle who was born at the Precinct of St Augustine, Canterbury, Kent, and baptised at St Paul’s Church in Canterbury on 13 July 1828. In the census of 6 June 1841 Caroline, at the age of 13, was living with her mother at Fletching in Sussex. Then in 1849, when she was 21 years old, Caroline had an illegitimate son who was born at Fletching. In the census of 30 March 1851 Caroline and her young son were living in her parents home in Fletching village; both her parents were away from home, but her young brother Edward was there.

In the census of 7 April 1861 Caroline, at the age of 32, was a live-in nurse to the family of merchant Henry Standly at Elm Lodge, Harrow, Middlesex. Caroline's son was then living with Caroline's mother in Fletching, so presumably Caroline had needed to go into service to make a living and had left her son to be brought up by her mother, from whom she would have learnt whatever nursing skills she had. In the census of 2 April 1871 Caroline, at the age of 42, was a live-in nurse to the family of widow Lady Morant at Gundimore in the village of Mudeford near Christchurch in Hampshire (now in Dorset). Lady Morant had her 8-year-old grandson Hay Morant and her twin granddaughters Caroline and Sybil Morant living with her, for whom Caroline would have been the nurse, and there was also 15-year-old nursery maid Emily Bursey and five other servants. The Morants were a wealthy family that had sugar plantations in Jamaica and estates in England, particularly at Brockenhurst and Ringwood in Hampshire. As there is a photo of Caroline taken by J C & E Short of Lyndhurst (near both Brockenhurst and Ringwood) with what are thought to be twins Caroline and Sybil Morant as babies, who were born at Ringwood in late 1864, it seems probable that Caroline had been working as a nurse for the Morant family from at least 1864.

 

 

Caroline, like all her brothers, changed her name to Muddell; by 1871 she was using this spelling and then by 1891 she had adopted the spelling Muddelle. In the census of 3 April 1881 Caroline, at the age of 52, was a live-in lady's maid to the family of stockbroker Henry Lowndes at Estcourt Lodge, Sydenham Hill Road, Lewisham. Then in the census of 5 April 1891 Caroline, at the age of 62, was a live-in nurse and general servant to 79-year-old widow Emma Brown and her niece at 3 Gordon Terrace, Hamilton Road, Preston, Sussex.

Caroline had never married. By the beginning of 1898 Caroline, at the age of 69, had become mentally ill, most likely from dementia or something similar, and on 3 January 1898 she was admitted to the East Sussex County Asylum at Haywards Heath where she remained until on 17 July 1900 she was transferred to the County Lunatic Asylum at Burntwood near Lichfield in Staffordshire. In the census of 31 March 1901 Caroline, at the age of 72, was a patient in the County Lunatic Asylum at Burntwood; she was described as being a lunatic and to have been a domestic nurse. After nearly 2½ years in the Asylum at Burntwood Caroline died there on 17 December 1902 at the age of 74 (not 66 as given on her death certificate) from chronic brain degeneration.[24]

 

Caroline’s illegitimate son was Robert Muddle who was born at Fletching in Sussex, and baptised at St Andrew & St Mary the Virgin Church in Fletching on 12 August 1849. In the census of 30 March 1851 Robert, at the age of 1, was living with his mother in his grandparents home in Fletching village. Then in the census of 7 April 1861 Robert, now aged 11, was living with his widowed grandmother, Mary Muddle, in Fletching village, next to the White Horse, and he was going to school. His mother was now away working in service.

In the census of 2 April 1871 Robert, at the age of 21, was lodging with the family of veterinary surgeon Thomas Crowhurst at The Yews, Broad Street, Cuckfield, and he was now working as a grocer’s assistant. Then in the census of 3 April 1881 Robert, still unmarried at the age of 31, was boarding with the family of shoemaker James Tompsett at Park Cottages in the St John under Castle district of Lewes, and he was working as a grocer’s shopman. Robert’s uncle and aunt, Edward and Phoebe Muddell, where also living at Park Cottages at this time.

 

Charles and Mary’s sixth child (Charles’ eighth) was William Edwin Muddle who was born at Union Row in Canterbury, and baptised at St Paul’s Church in Canterbury on 5 September 1830. (William’s baptism record incorrectly gives his mother’s name as Sarah). In the census of 6 June 1841 William, at the age of 10, was living with his mother at Fletching in Sussex. Then in the census of 30 March 1851 William, now aged 20, was a live-in house servant to the family of widower C E StJohn at 11 Sillwood Place in Brighton.

William moved to London where in about 1858 he ‘married’ Margaret Knight Skinner. No record of this marriage has been found, and it may have been a ‘common law marriage’, as Margaret, whose maiden name was Port, had married James Skinner at St Matthew’s Church in Bethnal Green on 12 October 1851, and no subsequent death of James has been found. Margaret was the daughter of Robert and Joanna Port, and she had been baptised at Holbeton in Devon on 27 April 1828. Margaret already had a daughter from her first marriage.

William and Margaret mostly used the surname name Muddell instead of Muddle, and had three children born between 1859 and 1865. William was described as being a journeyman cooper when his first child was born, and as a hoop render when the other two were born. In the census of 7 April 1861 they were living at 7 Upper Tottenham Place in St Pancras with their young son and Margaret’s daughter from her first marriage; William described himself as a timber bender.

William died on 6 January 1866, a few months after the birth of their third child, in Stepney Union Workhouse, Bromley, Middlesex, at the age of 35 (not 31 as given on his death certificate) from Brights Disease. William was described as being a rope maker on his death certificate, which was probably an error for hoopmaker, because later that year when Margaret had their three children all baptised on 5 December 1866 she gave William’s occupation as hoop bender and sawyer. At the time of these baptisms Margaret and her children were living at 6 Blue Anchor Alley, Ratcliff, Stepney.

In the census of 2 April 1871 Margaret and her four children (one from her first marriage) were living at 1 Ratcliff Square in Stepney, and Margaret was working as a tailoress. Then in the census of 3 April 1881 Margaret, her four children, and her daughter Emily’s husband, were living at 11 Conder Street in Limehouse, and Margaret was now working as a charwoman. In the census of 5 April 1891 Margaret and just her youngest son were living at 31 Dixon Street in Limehouse, and Margaret was described as ‘living on her own means’. Margaret died on 5 November 1907 at 120 Kermit Road, Canning Town, West Ham, at the age of 79 (not 77 as given on her death certificate), from bronchitis.

 

James and Margaret’s only known child was Emily Skinner who was born at St George in the East in Middlesex in about 1856. In the census of 7 April 1861 Emily, at the age of 5, was living with her mother and stepfather at 7 Upper Tottenham Place in St Pancras. Then in the census of 2 April 1871 Emily, at the age of 14, was living with her widowed mother at 1 Ratcliff Square in Stepney, and working as a sash maker. Emily married William Davis in Bolton registration district in Lancashire during the 4th quarter of 1880. In the census of 3 April 1881 they were both living with Emily's mother at 11 Conder Street in Limehouse, and William was working as a trimmer. Emily registered her mother's death in 1907.

 

William and Margaret’s eldest child was Charles Edward Muddell who was born at 46 Richard Street in the parish of St George in Middlesex on 26 June 1859. In the census of 7 April 1861 Charles, at the age of 1, was living with his parents at 7 Upper Tottenham Place in St Pancras. Charles was baptised together with his two siblings at St James’ Church, Ratcliff, Stepney on 5 December 1866. In the census of 2 April 1871 Charles, at the age of 11, was living with his widowed mother at 1 Ratcliff Square in Stepney, and working as an errand boy. Then in the census of 3 April 1881 Charles, now aged 21, was living with his mother at 11 Conder Street in Limehouse, and he was now a fireman.

When he was 29 years old Charles married his first cousin, 21-year-old Clara Jane Beer, at St Mark’s Church in Islington on 2 April 1889. Charles was then a cable engineer living at 31 Dixon Street in Limehouse, and Clara was living at 6 Devenshire Road in Holloway. (Clara had been born at Wood Street, Brompton, Gillingham, Kent, on 19 November 1867, the daughter of William Beer and Eliza Port. Eliza Port was the sister of Charles’ mother, and had been baptised at Holbeton in Devon on 13 March 1836, the daughter of Robert and Joanna Port.)

Charles and Clara had three children. When their first child was born in late 1889 they were living at 46 Locksley Street in Limehouse and Charles was described as being a donkey man on a steam ship. In the census of 5 April 1891 Clara and her young son were at 46 Locksley Street, but Charles was probably away at sea. Then when their second child was born in late 1892 they were living at 9 Whitfield Way, Upton Park, East Ham, and Charles was described as being an office keeper. This child died in Hackney registration district in 1895 when only 2 years old. When their third child was born in mid-1899 they were living at 24 Khedive Road, Forest Gate, West Ham, and Charles was described as being a cable engineer. In the census of 31 March 1901 Clara and her two sons were living in three rooms at 24 Khedive Road; Charles was probably again away at sea. Then in the census of 2 April 1911 Charles and Clara and their two sons were living at 77 Marlow Road, East Ham and Charles was now working as a stationary engineman. Both their sons enlisted in the army during the First World War and their eldest son was killed on 15 September 1916, aged 26. They were still living at 77 Marlow Road on 20 June 1919 when Charles filled in a form for the army detailing the relatives of his dead son.

Charles died on 20 November 1944, at the age of 85, when a German V1 bomb destroyed his home at 70 Marlow Road in East Ham. Charles would never go down to the shelter in his garden, even though Clara always did, and when the V1 bomb destroyed the whole row of houses around their home, the story is that Charles was found leaning against the mantelpiece, still with his pipe in his mouth, completely encased by debris. Charles’ death certificate described him as being a retired mechanical engineer. Four years later Clara died at 53 Eustace Road in East Ham on 10 July 1948, at the age of 80, from carcinoma of the pentoneum and stomach.

 

Charles and Clara’s eldest child was Charles Edward Muddell who was born at 46 Locksley Street in Limehouse, London on 30 December 1889. In the census of 5 April 1891 Charles, at the age of 1, was living with his mother at 46 Loksley Road, his father was probably away at sea. Then in the census of 31 March 1901 Charles, now aged 11, was living with his mother at 24 Khedive Road, Forest Gate, West Ham, his father was probably again away at sea. In the census of 2 April 1911 Charles, at the age of 21, was working as a printer's apprentice and living with his parents at 77 Marlow Road in East Ham.

Charles was 24 years old, working as a compositor and living in East Ham when, during the First World War, he enlisted as Rifleman B/2354 in the Rifle Brigade at East Ham on 31 August 1914. He was then described as being 5ft 6½ins tall, weighed 126lbs, had a 34in fully expanded chest and good physical development. He was posted to 7th Battalion of the Rifle Brigade on 4 September 1914, transferred to the 5 Battalion on 14 May 1915 and then the 15th Battalion on 3 June 1915. He arrived in France on 4 August 1915 where he joined the 8th Battalion.

On 21 June 1916 Charles was given 28 days Field Punishment No 1 for being drunk and creating a disturbance in billets. This was a most humiliating form of punishment which saw the soldier in question attached standing to a fixed object - either a post or a gun wheel - for up to two hours a day. If exposed to sunshine this form of punishment proved ever more discomforting, quite aside from the constant problem of trench lice, and if the soldier in question started to sag while attached to the post he would often be checked by military police.

Charles was still Rifleman B/2354 in the 8th Battalion of the Rifle Brigade and had served a total of 2 years and 17 days, 1 year and 44 days of which was in France, when he was killed in action on 15 September 1916, at the age of 26.[25] Charles was buried in plot 13, row M, grave 1, of the Delville Wood Cemetery, Longueval, Somme, France. For his war service Charles was awarded three campaign medals, the Victory Medal, the British War Medal and the 1914-15 Star.[26]

 

 

Charles and Clara’s second child was William Sydney Muddell who was born at 9 Whitfield Road, Upton Park, East Ham, Essex on 12 December 1892. William died when only 2 years old, his death being registered in Hackney registration district in London during the 2nd quarter of 1895. He was buried in Abney Park Cemetery in London on 27 June 1895.

 

Charles and Clara’s third child was Stanley Muddell who was born at 24 Khedive Road, Forest Gate, West Ham, Essex on 27 June 1899. In the census of 31 March 1901 Stanley, at the age of 1, was living with his mother at 24 Khedive Road, Forest Gate, West Ham, his father was probably away at sea. Then in the census of 2 April 1911 Stanley, now aged 11, was living with his parents at 77 Marlow Road in East Ham and he was going to school.

During the First World War Stanley served as Private 53735 in the Suffolk Regiment, and while serving in France he was wounded, which resulted in him being honourably discharged as disabled on 10 March 1919. For his war service Stanley was awarded two campaign medals, the Victory Medal and the British War Medal, and also the Silver War Badge that was awarded to those military personnel who were discharged as a result of sickness or wounds contracted or received during the war.[27] For his disability Stanley continued to receive a small army pension until his death.

When he was 28 years old Stanley married 27-year-old Frances Victoria Dyke at St Bartholomew’s Church in East Ham on 7 August 1927. Stanley was then a postman living with his parents at 77 Marlow Road in East Ham, and Frances was living at 200 Shrewsbury Road in Forest Gate. Frances was the daughter of Albert Edward Dyke a licensed victualler, and she had been born on 31 May 1900. In December 1929 Stanley was appointed a postman with the London Postal Service Inland Section.[28] Stanley and Frances purchased a house at Bexley in Kent, where they had one child, a son, born on 15 August 1936, and where Frances died the same day at the age of 36. Stanley then sold the house at Bexley and moved back to live with his parents at 77 Marlow Road in East Ham

Two years later Stanley married 34-year-old Beatrice Maud Lawrence at East Ham Parish Church on 11 June 1938. Beatrice was the daughter of Albert and Gertrude Annie Lawrence, and she had been born on 31 July 1903 in East Ham. There were no children from this marriage. Stanley and Beatrice moved into a house in Marlow Road that was opposite Stanley’s parent’s house. This house was destroyed in the early 1940s by German bombers aiming for the docks, and it was probably because the family was sleeping downstairs at this time, that they survived. Stanley always worked as a postman. He died on 21 August 1 980 at his home, 53 Eustace Road in East Ham, at the age of 81 from carcinoma of the bladder. His death certificate described him as being a retired postman. Nine years later Beatrice died in Epping Forest registration district on 12 May 1999 , at the age of 95.

 

William and Margaret’s second child was Harriet Mary Muddell who was born at 55 Drummond Street, Euston Square, St Pancras, Middlesex, on 29 August 1861. Harriet was baptised, together with her two siblings, at St James’ Church, Ratcliff, Stepney on 5 December 1866. Harriet’s birth was registered with just the single name of Harriet, but at her baptism she was Harriet Mary. In the census of 2 April 1871 Harriet, at the age of 9, was living with her widowed mother at 1 Ratcliff Square in Stepney, and going to school. Then in the census of 3 April 1881 Harriet, now aged 19, was recorded in two places; at home with her mother at 11 Conder Street in Limehouse, where she was described as being a domestic servant; and as a live-in general servant to the large family of court official John Fitch at Geddings, Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire.

When she was 26 years old Harriet married 27-year-old Henry John Bradshaw at Stepney Register Office on 17 December 1887. They were both then living at 121 White Horse Street in Ratcliff, and Henry was working as a shipwright. Henry was the son of Henry and Esther Bradshaw; he had been born at Rotherhithe in London and his birth registered during the 2nd quarter of 1860. Henry and Harriet had eight children born at Limehouse between 1888 and 1904. In the census of 5 April 1891 they were living in three rooms at 31 Dixon Street in Limehouse with their then one child, and Henry was continuing to work as a shipwright. Then in the census of 31 March 1901 they were living in three rooms at 158 Rhodeswell Road in Limehouse with their now five children, and Henry was still a shipwright. In the census of 2 April 1911 Harriet and her eight children were living at 74 Vicarage Road in Ware, Hertfordshire; Harriet states that she was still married but there is no sign of Henry in this census.

Henry died at the age of 75, his death being registered in Ware registration district during the 2nd quarter of 1935. Seven years later Harriet died at the age of 80, her death being registered in Ware registration district during the 1st quarter of 1942.

 

Henry and Harriet’s eldest child was Florence Bradshaw who was born at Limehouse in London, and whose birth was registered during the 1st quarter of 1889. In the census of 5 April 1891 Florence, at the age of 2, was living with her parents at 31 Dixon Street in Limehouse. Then in the census of 31 March 1901 Florence, now aged 12, was living with her parents at 158 Rhodeswell Road in Limehouse. In the census of 2 April 1911 Florence, at the age of 22, was working as an Allenbury's Milk Food Filler at Allen and Hanbury's Mills and living with her mother at 74 Vicarage Road in Ware, Hertfordshire.

 

Henry and Harriet’s second child was Christina Bradshaw, known as Crissie, who was born at Limehouse in London, and whose birth was registered during the 1st quarter of 1892. In the census of 31 March 1901 Christina, at the age of 9, was living with her parents at 158 Rhodeswell Road in Limehouse. Then in the census of 2 April 1911 Christina, now aged 19, was working as a Filler in the Bottle Department of Allen and Hanbury's Mills and living with her mother at 74 Vicarage Road in Ware, Hertfordshire.

 

Henry and Harriet’s third child was Lilian Bradshaw who was born at Limehouse in London, and whose birth was registered during the 2nd quarter of 1893. In the census of 31 March 1901 Lilian, at the age of 7, was living with her parents at 158 Rhodeswell Road in Limehouse. Then in the census of 2 April 1911 Lilian, now aged 17, was working as a Filler in Milk Food at Allen and Hanbury's Mills and living with her mother at 74 Vicarage Road in Ware, Hertfordshire.

 

Henry and Harriet’s fourth child was Henry Bertie Bradshaw, known as Bertie, who was born at Limehouse in London, and whose birth was registered during the 2nd quarter of 1895. In the census of 31 March 1901 Henry, at the age of 5, was living with his parents at 158 Rhodeswell Road in Limehouse. Then in the census of 2 April 1911 Henry, now aged 15, was working as a Painter's Boy and living with his mother at 74 Vicarage Road in Ware, Hertfordshire.

 

Henry and Harriet’s fifth child was William Edwin Bradshaw who was born at Limehouse in London, and whose birth was registered during the 3rd quarter of 1897. In the census of 31 March 1901 William, at the age of 3, was living with his parents at 158 Rhodeswell Road in Limehouse. Then in the census of 2 April 1911 William, now aged 13, was going to school and also working as a Grocer's Errand Boy and living with his mother at 74 Vicarage Road in Ware, Hertfordshire.

 

Henry and Harriet’s sixth child was Beatrice Bradshaw who was born at Limehouse in London, and whose birth was registered during the 1st quarter of 1900. In the census of 2 April 1911 Beatrice, at the age of 11, was going to school and living with her mother at 74 Vicarage Road in Ware, Hertfordshire.

 

Henry and Harriet’s seventh child was Laura Bradshaw who was born at Limehouse in London, and whose birth was registered during the 1st quarter of 1902. In the census of 2 April 1911 Laura, at the age of 9, was going to school and living with her mother at 74 Vicarage Road in Ware, Hertfordshire.

 

Henry and Harriet’s eighth child was Ethel May Bradshaw who was born at Limehouse in London, and whose birth was registered during the 2nd quarter of 1904. In the census of 2 April 1911 Ethel, at the age of 6, was going to school and living with her mother at 74 Vicarage Road in Ware, Hertfordshire.

 

William and Margaret’s third child was William Edwin Muddell who was born at 1 Ratcliff Square, Ratcliff, Stepney, Middlesex, on 23 August 1865. William was baptised, together with his two siblings, at St James’ Church, Ratcliff, Stepney on 5 December 1866. In the census of 2 April 1871 William, at the age of 5, was living with his widowed mother at 1 Ratcliff Square in Stepney, and going to school. Then in the census of 3 April 1881 William, now aged 15, was living with his mother at 11 Conder Street in Limehouse, and he was now working as a messenger. In the census of 5 April 1891 William, at the age of 25, was living with his mother at 31 Dixon Street in Limehouse, and working as a tie cutter.

When he was 28 years old William married 35-year-old Mary Ann Bradshaw at Hatcham Parish Church, Greenwich, London, on 23 December 1893. They were both then living at 62 Malpas Road, and William was continuing to work as a tie cutter. They didn’t have any children. The Kelly's London Suburban Directory for 1896 listed William Edwin Muddell as living at 62 Malpas Road in Brockley. In the census of 31 March 1901 they were living at 44 Brockley Road, Brockley, Deptford, London. William was described as living on his own means and they had two young women as boarders. The Kelly's London Suburban Directory of 1901 listed William Edwin Muddell as living at 44 Brockley Road, Brockley. Then the Post Office London Directory (County Suburbs) of 1904 listed William Edwin Muddell as a householder at 44 Brockley Road, Brockley.

William died at the age of 43, his death being registered in Christchurch registration district in Hampshire during the 1st quarter of 1909. In the census of 2 April 1911 Mary Ann was living at 9 Stour Road, Richmond Park, Bournemouth, Hampshire; she was living on private means and had her cousins, 33-year-old Winifred Lempriere and 7-year-old Gladys Lempriere, living with her. Twenty-five years after William's death Mary Ann was living at 32 Barrow Road, Streatham, Surrey when she died on 5 April 1934 at the age of 76 (not 77 as given on her death certificate, if her age at marriage was given correctly). Probate of Mary Ann's will, which valued her effects at £2598 0s 7d, was granted on 9 May 1934 by London Probate Registry to bookbinder Henry John Beadon and tramway conductor William Cleall.

 

Charles and Mary’s seventh child (Charles’ ninth) was Jane Muddle who was born at Union Row in Canterbury, and baptised at St Paul’s Church in Canterbury on 19 March 1833. Jane died at Union Row in Canterbury when only a month old, and she was buried in St Paul’s Churchyard at Canterbury on 7 April 1833.

 

Charles and Mary’s eighth child (Charles’ tenth) was Edward Muddle who was born in the Borough of Longport (presumably at Union Row) in the parish of St Paul’s in Canterbury in Kent on 11 December 1835, and baptised at St Peter’s Street Wesleyan Chapel in Canterbury on 7 February 1836. In the census of 6 June 1841 Edward, at the age of 5, was living with his mother at Fletching in Sussex. Then in the census of 30 March 1851 Edward, now aged 15, was still living with his parents in Fletching village, though both were then away from home, and he was now working as an errand boy. Edward was a shopman living at Balcombe in Sussex, when, at the age of 23, he married 27-year-old Phoebe Marchant at St Mary’s Church in Balcombe on 22 February 1859. See the section headed ‘Edward & Phoebe Muddell’s Family’ for the rest of their lives and details of their family.

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