THE MUDDLE FAMILIESTHE LINEAGE & HISTORY OF THE MUDDLE FAMILIES OF THE WORLD INCLUDING VARIANTS MUDDEL, MUDDELL, MUDLE & MODDLE |
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Leonard & Henrietta/Emma Mudle’s Family
Leonard Martin Mudle married Henrietta Boother at St Paul’s Church in Clapham on 24 July 1892. Leonard was then a labourer and they were both living at 3 Gonsalon Road in Clapham. Henrietta was the daughter of paper embosser Reuben Boother, and her birth had been registered in Chelsea registration district during the 2nd quarter of 1873. They lived at Battersea where Leonard was a general labourer, and they had three children. Their first child, a son, was born in 1896, and their second child, a daughter who died soon after birth, was born in January 1899 when they were living at 56 Wayford Street in Battersea. In the census of 31 March 1901 they were occupying three rooms at 56 Wayford Street with their young son, and Leonard was working as a general labourer. Their third child, another son, was born in May 1901. Then eighteen months after the birth of their third child Henrietta died at 15 Wayford Street in Battersea on 23 November 1902, at the age of 29, from Brights Disease and exhaustion. Two years after Henrietta’s death Leonard, at the age of 37, married 32-year-old spinster Emma Foster at St Paul’s Church in Clapham on 2 January 1905. Leonard was then a superintendent of electrical work and they were both living at 3 Gonsalon Road in Clapham. They had three children, born in Wandsworth registration district between 1906 and 1916. When their first child was born in 1906 they were living at 71 Maysoule Road in Battersea and Leonard was a journeyman prismatic glazier, this occupation was to do with the glass blocks that were set in pavements to let light into cellars. It’s thought that Leonard, like his father, was quite religious, and that he was also a Captain in the Boy’s Brigade. In 1918 they were living at 52 Meyrick Road in Battersea. Leonard died at the age of 69, his death being registered in Camberwell registration district during the 3rd quarter of 1936. Twenty-seven years later Emma died at the age of 90, her death being registered in Battersea registration district during the 1st quarter of 1963.
Their children were: Leonard 1896-1929 Hettie Minnie 1899-1899 Albert Arthur 1901-1993 Arthur 1906-1966 Leslie 1911-1975 Robert Harold 1917-2001
Leonard and Henrietta’s eldest child was Leonard Mudle who was born at Battersea, and whose birth was registered during the 3rd quarter of 1896. In the census of 31 March 1901 Leonard, at the age of 4, was living with his parents at 56 Wayford Street in Battersea. During the First World War Leonard served as Private R10149 in the Kings Royal Rifle Corps and arrived in France on 16 June 1915. For his war service Leonard was awarded three campaign medals, the Victory Medal, the British War Medal and the 1914-15 Star.[1] When he was 28 years old Leonard married 21-year-old Elsie Violet Webb at Christ Church in Battersea on 20 September 1924. They were both then living at 51 Rowena Crescent in Battersea, and Leonard was a warehouseman. They had one child, a daughter, born in Wandsworth registration district during 1928 before Leonard died in hospital at Malling in Kent on 9 March 1929 at the age of 32. He was buried in private grave no. 331, section O, of Morden Cemetery in Surrey. Elsie and her daughter moved to Weston-Super-Mare in Somerset where Elsie had three more children. The first two of these children were sons registered under the name Mudle, who were born in 1945 and 1947 and were fathered by omnibus conductor Arthur John Thomas with whom Elsie was then living at 58 Milton Road in Weston-Super-Mare. The third child, also a son, was registered under the name Thomas. It’s said that Elsie married Arthur, but no record has been found, and it seems possible that Elsie and her first two sons may have simply changed their names from Mudle to Thomas.
Leonard and Henrietta’s second child was Hettie Minnie Mudle who was born at 56 Wayford Street in Battersea on 24 January 1899. Hettie died soon after birth, her death being registered in Wandsworth registration district during the 1st quarter of 1899.
Leonard and Henrietta’s third child was Albert Arthur Mudle, known as Bert, who was born in Wandsworth registration district in London on 31 May 1901. When he was about 36 years old Albert married 26-year-old May Braint in Battersea registration district during the 2nd quarter of 1937. May had been born in Wandsworth registration district on 9 April 1911. They had one child born in Lambeth registration district during 1938. Albert died at the age of 92, his death being registered in Wandsworth registration district during August 1993. Five years later May died at the age of 87, her death being registered in Wandsworth registration district during April 1998.
Leonard and Emma’s eldest child (Leonard’s fourth) was Arthur Mudle who was born at 71 Maysoule Road in Battersea on 27 July 1906. Arthur left home when he was about 14 or 15 and found a job as an office boy. Later he worked for Cork Grower Ltd, who imported and processed cork. When he was about 26 years old Arthur married 23-year-old Adelaide Sophia Wildman in Battersea registration district during the 3rd quarter of 1932. Adelaide had been born in Wandsworth registration district on 18 October 1908. At about the same time that he married Arthur started his own business trading in cork products from an office at Holborn Viaduct in London. Arthur and Adelaide had one child born in 1938 when they were living at 23 Latchmere Lane in Kingston-upon-Thames, and they were listed as living at 23 Latchmere Lane in the London Telephone Directory of 1939. In 1942 Arthur registered his business as a limited company, Cork Suppliers Ltd. During the war he was retained by the Ministry of Defence to organise the importation, mainly from Portugal, of Cork Lifebuoys for the Navy and also a specialised cork product used in the construction of mine sweeping cables. This involved Arthur making a number of visits to Lisbon. While all this was going on Adelaide and their son went to live with friends who owned a farm in St. Asaph in Wales, mainly to avoid the numerous bombing raids on London and the suburbs, which was probably just as well as there was a direct hit on the recreation area in front of their house, which did quite a bit of damage. Arthur had joined the local Fire Brigade in 1939 and the National Fire Service in 1941, where he remained as a part-time fireman until the end of the war in 1945. After the war Arthur’s business continued and eventually he started a small factory in about 1947/8 employing about 20/30 people at Hallowell Close in Mitcham making Crown Corks (Metal Bottle Tops). Around the same time the family moved a short distance to live at 16 Orchard Rise, Coombe Lane, New Malden, Kingston-upon Thames, and they are listed as still being at this address in the 1953 London Telephone Directory and the 1958 Telephone Directory for Outer London (Surrey). In 1960 the business moved to a new factory on the Industrial Estate in the new town of Crawley in Sussex. Arthur had little time for interests outside the family and the business but managed to find time to join a local Masonic Lodge (Surrey Downs) where he eventually became Master of his Lodge. In 1964 Arthur purchased a plot of land in Spain, in the village of Mijas, in the hills overlooking the seaside resort of Fuengirola where he built a Spanish style house. The intention was that he would retire, probably only part of the time, so that he and Adelaide could spend the winters in Spain. Sadly he developed cancer of the pancreas and was unable to realise his dream. After a short illness he died at Kingston Hospital in February 1966 at the age of 59.[2] Twenty-four years later Adelaide died at the age of 81, her death being registered in Crawley registration district in Sussex during May 1990.
Leonard and Emma’s second child (Leonard’s fifth) was Leslie Mudle who was born in Wandsworth registration district in London during February 1911. When he was 26 years old Leslie married Beatrice L Bartlett in Strood registration district in Kent during the 4th quarter of 1937. They had two children, the first born in Battersea registration district during 1941, and the second in Wandsworth registration district during 1949. Beatrice died at the age of 63, her death being registered in Colchester registration district in Essex during the 3rd quarter of 1968. Seven years later Leslie died at the age of 64, his death being registered in Wandsworth registration district during the 2nd quarter of 1975.
Leonard and Emma’s third child (Leonard’s sixth) was Robert Harold Mudle who was born in Wandsworth registration district in London on 12 February 1917. Robert served in the RAF. Then when he was 34 years old he married 28-year-old Doris May Horn in Bermondsey registration district in London during the 3rd quarter of 1951. Doris had been born in Lambeth registration district in London on 19 February 1923. They had two children, the first born in Lambeth registration district during 1952, and the second in Chelsea registration district during 1958. When their daughter Gillian married in 1981 Robert was described as being a clerical assistant. Doris died at the age of 68, her death being registered in Southampton registration district in Hampshire during August 1991. Robert died at Southampton on 5 March 2001 when he was 84 years old, and he was cremated at Southampton Crematorium on 14 March 2001. [1] TNA WO 372/14 First World War Medal Card for Leonard Muddle. [2] Much of the detail about Arthur’s life comes from a letter dated 1 November 2000 written by his son Adrian Mudle to Lynda Mudle-Small.
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