William is my Maternal Grandfather. I have copies of several records for him, but there are still bits of his life - and death - which I cannot fathom!
I am hoping some of the great sleuths on this site can shed some light on one or two of these for me.
He was born William Ward on 22 Feb 1878; Baptised 10 Mar 1878 at St Sylvester's Liverpool. Parents: Thomas Ward, a Seaman, and Margaret Downey
1901 he is with his widowed mother, a Tobacco Stripper, in Leadenhall Street, and is himself a Driller in the shipyards.
22 July 1903 he married, using the name Francis Ward, a widow Ellen, formerly Dennison, born Corcoran. The Church was Our Lady of Immaculate Conception, Liverpool.
Ellen had a daughter, Margaret Annie Dennison (died 1970)
In 1909, on the birth of my Mother, Helen, he is an Iron Driller Journeyman, as he is in the census of 1911.
Here's where the mystery begins: on 7th September 1915 he is in Scotland Road signing on to join the Irish Guards, giving the information that he has already been in the Army - 4th King's Liverpool Regiment (V 13) T.E.
By the 9th September he is down in Caterham Surrey. I have a very old group photograph of soldiers, which my mother said included him, but she didn't know which one!
Then, in copy records from my late mother's effects, I found a copy of a marriage at the same church as before, of his marriage to Ellen, with his name now shown as William Francis - the copy is dated 1st October 1915, which leads me to believe has had to prove
I am hoping some of the great sleuths on this site can shed some light on one or two of these for me.
He was born William Ward on 22 Feb 1878; Baptised 10 Mar 1878 at St Sylvester's Liverpool. Parents: Thomas Ward, a Seaman, and Margaret Downey
1901 he is with his widowed mother, a Tobacco Stripper, in Leadenhall Street, and is himself a Driller in the shipyards.
22 July 1903 he married, using the name Francis Ward, a widow Ellen, formerly Dennison, born Corcoran. The Church was Our Lady of Immaculate Conception, Liverpool.
Ellen had a daughter, Margaret Annie Dennison (died 1970)
In 1909, on the birth of my Mother, Helen, he is an Iron Driller Journeyman, as he is in the census of 1911.
Here's where the mystery begins: on 7th September 1915 he is in Scotland Road signing on to join the Irish Guards, giving the information that he has already been in the Army - 4th King's Liverpool Regiment (V 13) T.E.
By the 9th September he is down in Caterham Surrey. I have a very old group photograph of soldiers, which my mother said included him, but she didn't know which one!
Then, in copy records from my late mother's effects, I found a copy of a marriage at the same church as before, of his marriage to Ellen, with his name now shown as William Francis - the copy is dated 1st October 1915, which leads me to believe has had to prove
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