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Family of Edward Willday and Ursula Smith
My Paternal 3xGreat-Grandparents
Edward Willday
Born: 18 February 1839, Worcester, Worcestershire
Parents: (Thomas) George Willday and Elizabeth Hunter
Christened: 17 March 1839, St. Peter the Great, Worcester, Worcestershire
Occupation: accountant (10 May 1863)
Address: Barton Terrace, Barton St. Mary, Gloucestershire (1841 census), Droitwich Road, Claines, Worcestershire (1851
census), Farnall Heath (10 May 1863), Ronkswood Farm, Worcester St. Martin, Worcestershire (1871 census), Poulton by
Seacombe, Cheshire (c.1876-c.1878?), Her Majesty’s Prison, Knutsford Nether, Cheshire (1881 census), Brookfield Lane,
Aughton, Lancashire (1901 census)
Died: 7 March 1917, Maghull, Lancashire
Buried: St. Andrew’s Church, Maghull, Lancashire
Other Notes: At the Liverpool sessions in December 1875 Edward was charged with larceny by a servant after taking three
separate sums of money amounting to £723 11 shillings from his employer Edwin Bamford and sentenced to twelve months'
hard labour. On 1 October 1880 Edward was charged with stealing three "domesticated and reclaimed fowls" and was
sentenced to six months hard labour. [Information provided by a descendent of David, Edward Willday's brother.]
Additional information: listed on the Register of Electors for Poulton by Seacombe, Cheshire (1876, 1877, 1878)
Wife: Ursula Smith
Born: before 14 November 1841, Claines, Worcestershire
Christened: 14 November 1841, St. John The Baptist, Claines, Worcestershire
Parents: James Smith and Mary
Occupation: fishmonger (1881)
Married: 6 May 1862, St. John The Baptist, Claines, Worcestershire
Died: 9 March 1924, Maghull, Lancashire
Buried: St. Andrew’s Church, Maghull, Lancashire
Address: Farnall Heath (10 May 1863), Ronkswood Farm, Worcester St. Martin, Worcestershire (1871 census), 486 Rice
Hill Lane, Walton on the Hill, Lancashire (1881 census), Geddigate Lane, Melling, Lancashire (1891 census), Brookfield
Lane, Aughton, Lancashire (1901 census)
Other Notes: Ursula’s name was noted down as “Ada” in 1891.
Children of Edward Willday and Ursula Smith:
1. Ursula Victoria Willday
Born: before 10 May 1863, Claines, Worcestershire
Christened: 10 May 1863, St. John The Baptist, Claines, Worcestershire
Died: 1951, Liverpool North registration district
Buried: uncertain location
Occupation: fishmonger’s assistant (1881 census), barmaid domestic (1891 census)
Address: Farnall Heath (10 May 1863), Ronkswood Farm, Worcester St. Martin, Worcestershire (1871 census), 486 Rice Hill
Lane, Walton on the Hill, Lancashire (1881 census), Ferry Hotel, Liscard, Cheshire (1891 census), 2 Buckingham Road,
Wallasey, Cheshire (1901 census)
Spouse: John Charles Bowman
Born: 10 March 1859, Liverpool, Lancashire
Christened: 22 April 1859, St. Nicholas’ Church, Liverpool, Lancashire
Parents: James Bowman and Elizabeth Langley
Married: 10 October 1892, Our Lady and St. Anne’s Church, Liverpool, Lancashire
Died: 25 May 1905, Ingleside, Maghull, Lancashire
Occupation: scholar (1871), wool broker’s clerk (1881), licensed victualler (1891), wine and spirit merchant (1901, c.1905)
Address: 15 William Brown Street, Liverpool, Lancashire (1861 census, 1871 census, 1881 census, 1891 census), 2
Buckingham Road, Wallasey, Cheshire (1901 census)
2. Mary Elizabeth (Polly) Willday
Born: about 1864, Worcester, Worcestershire
Christened: 2 October 1864, Hindlip, Worcestershire
Died: 5 November 1931, West Derby registration district
Buried: St. Thomas’ Church, Melling, Lancashire
Occupation: inn barmaid (1891)
Address: Ronkswood Farm, Worcester St. Martin, Worcestershire (1871 census), West Side The Tything, Britannia Sq to
Salt Lane, Worcester, Worcestershire (1881 census, with her grandmother Mary Smith), Geddigate Lane, Melling, Lancashire
(1891 census), Brookfield Lane, Aughton, Lancashire (1901 census)
Other notes: named as Polly rather than Mary Elizabeth on the 1881 and 1891 census records
Spouse: James Hulse
Born: about 1863, Stublach, Cheshire
Parents: James Hulse and Ann Wright
Married: about March 1896, Ormskirk registration district
Occupation: tailor and draper (26 February 1898)
Died: 26 February 1898, Melling, Lancashire
Buried: St. Thomas’ Church, Melling, Lancashire
Other notes: James’ death was registered by his father-in-law Edward Willday on 28 February 1898. The cause of death was
phthisis (tuberculosis) as certified by Joseph Walker MRCS.
3. Laura Ann Willday
Born: about 1865, Worcester, Worcestershire
Christened: 6 May 1870, Holy Trinity, Worcester, Worcestershire
Died: 4 May 1943, Liverpool South registration district
Buried: uncertain location
Occupation: fishmonger assistant (1881)
Address: Ronkswood Farm, Worcester St. Martin, Worcestershire (1871 census), 486 Rice Hill Lane, Walton on the Hill, Lancashire
(1881 census), 2 New Orchard Street, Swansea Holy Trinity, Glamorgan (1901 census)
Spouse: Thomas Gass
Born: about 1860, Halfmorton, Dumfries, Scotland
Parents: not certain
Married: not certain - possibly between 1891 and 1898
Died: after 1911
Occupation: commission agent (1901)
Address: 2 New Orchard Street, Swansea Holy Trinity, Glamorgan (1901 census)
4. Ada Willday
Born: 6 May 1867, Ronkswood, Poulton by Seacombe, Cheshire
Christened: 6 May 1870, Holy Trinity, Worcester, Worcestershire
Died: 2 January 1944, Aughton, Lancashire
Buried: St. Michael’s Church, Aughton, Lancashire
Spouse: John Worsley
Married: 29 August 1890, Liverpool register office
Please follow the link for details of John and Ada Worsley’s family.
5. Alice Amy Willday
Born: about May 1870, Poulton by Seacombe, Cheshire
Died: 6 May 1870, Holy Trinity, Worcester, Worcestershire
Buried: uncertain location
Address: Ronkswood Farm, Worcester St. Martin, Worcestershire (1871 census), 486 Rice Hill Lane, Walton on the Hill, Lancashire
(1881 census), Melling (2 December 1891), 1a Thorndale Road, Waterloo, Lancashire (1901)
Spouse: Henry Arthur Owen
Born: 23 April 1867, Liverpool, Lancashire
Christened: 24 October 1867, St. Peter’s Church, Liverpool, Lancashire
Parents: Charles Owen and Margaret Rawsthorne
Married: 2 December 1891, St. Thomas’ Church, Melling, Lancashire
Died: after 1911?
Occupation: sailor (2 December 1891), master mariner seas (1901 census)
Address: 8 Landfield Marsh Lane, Walton, Lancashire (1871 census), Aintree (2 December 1891), 1a Thorndale Road, Waterloo,
Lancashire (1901 census)
6. Edith Eleanor Willday
Born: about March 1875, Wallasey, Cheshire
Died: 17 April 1954, Crosby registration district
Buried: Christ Church, Aughton, Lancashire
Address: 486 Rice Hill Lane, Walton on the Hill, Lancashire (1881 census), Geddigate Lane, Melling, Lancashire (1891 census),
Brookfield Lane, Aughton, Lancashire (1901 census)
Other notes: Edith Eleanor Willday never married.
7. Clara Florence Willday
Born: about 1890, Melling or Liverpool, Lancashire or At Sea
Died: 25 March 1969, Ormskirk registration district
Buried: St. Michael’s Church, Aughton, Lancashire
Occupation: spinster (5 October 1915)
Address: Geddigate Lane, Melling, Lancashire (1891 census), Brookfield Lane, Aughton, Lancashire (1901 census), Maghull (5
October 1915), Ravenscroft, Aughton (19 June 1927)
Notes: There are contradictions in my research regarding the birthplace of Clara Florence Willday. No child of that name
appears to have been registered between 1887 and 1890 in the Liverpool or Ormskirk areas, and although she was described as
“visitor” to Edward and Ursula Willday in 1891, by 1901 she was stated to be their “daughter”.
Spouse: Joseph Snelson Colley
Born: about 1893, Toxteth Park, Liverpool
Parents: William Henry Colley and Mary Elizabeth Snelson
Married: 5 October 1915, St. Andrew’s Church, Maghull, Lancashire
Died: 15 June 1971, Crosby registration district
Buried: St. Michael’s Church, Aughton, Lancashire
Occupation: wholesale produce merchant (5 October 1915), shipping clerk (1927)
Address: Ravenscroft, Aughton (19 June 1927)
Edward Willday
Born: 18 February 1839, Worcester, Worcestershire
Parents: (Thomas) George Willday and Elizabeth Hunter
Christened: 17 March 1839, St. Peter the Great, Worcester, Worcestershire
Occupation: accountant (10 May 1863)
Address: Barton Terrace, Barton St. Mary, Gloucestershire (1841 census), Droitwich Road, Claines, Worcestershire (1851
census), Farnall Heath (10 May 1863), Ronkswood Farm, Worcester St. Martin, Worcestershire (1871 census), Poulton by
Seacombe, Cheshire (c.1876-c.1878?), Her Majesty’s Prison, Knutsford Nether, Cheshire (1881 census), Brookfield Lane,
Aughton, Lancashire (1901 census)
Died: 7 March 1917, Maghull, Lancashire
Buried: St. Andrew’s Church, Maghull, Lancashire
Other Notes: At the Liverpool sessions in December 1875 Edward was charged with larceny by a servant after taking three
separate sums of money amounting to £723 11 shillings from his employer Edwin Bamford and sentenced to twelve months'
hard labour. On 1 October 1880 Edward was charged with stealing three "domesticated and reclaimed fowls" and was
sentenced to six months hard labour. [Information provided by a descendent of David, Edward Willday's brother.]
Additional information: listed on the Register of Electors for Poulton by Seacombe, Cheshire (1876, 1877, 1878)
Wife: Ursula Smith
Born: before 14 November 1841, Claines, Worcestershire
Christened: 14 November 1841, St. John The Baptist, Claines, Worcestershire
Parents: James Smith and Mary
Occupation: fishmonger (1881)
Married: 6 May 1862, St. John The Baptist, Claines, Worcestershire
Died: 9 March 1924, Maghull, Lancashire
Buried: St. Andrew’s Church, Maghull, Lancashire
Address: Farnall Heath (10 May 1863), Ronkswood Farm, Worcester St. Martin, Worcestershire (1871 census), 486 Rice
Hill Lane, Walton on the Hill, Lancashire (1881 census), Geddigate Lane, Melling, Lancashire (1891 census), Brookfield
Lane, Aughton, Lancashire (1901 census)
Other Notes: Ursula’s name was noted down as “Ada” in 1891.
Children of Edward Willday and Ursula Smith:
1. Ursula Victoria Willday
Born: before 10 May 1863, Claines, Worcestershire
Christened: 10 May 1863, St. John The Baptist, Claines, Worcestershire
Died: 1951, Liverpool North registration district
Buried: uncertain location
Occupation: fishmonger’s assistant (1881 census), barmaid domestic (1891 census)
Address: Farnall Heath (10 May 1863), Ronkswood Farm, Worcester St. Martin, Worcestershire (1871 census), 486 Rice Hill
Lane, Walton on the Hill, Lancashire (1881 census), Ferry Hotel, Liscard, Cheshire (1891 census), 2 Buckingham Road,
Wallasey, Cheshire (1901 census)
Spouse: John Charles Bowman
Born: 10 March 1859, Liverpool, Lancashire
Christened: 22 April 1859, St. Nicholas’ Church, Liverpool, Lancashire
Parents: James Bowman and Elizabeth Langley
Married: 10 October 1892, Our Lady and St. Anne’s Church, Liverpool, Lancashire
Died: 25 May 1905, Ingleside, Maghull, Lancashire
Occupation: scholar (1871), wool broker’s clerk (1881), licensed victualler (1891), wine and spirit merchant (1901, c.1905)
Address: 15 William Brown Street, Liverpool, Lancashire (1861 census, 1871 census, 1881 census, 1891 census), 2
Buckingham Road, Wallasey, Cheshire (1901 census)
2. Mary Elizabeth (Polly) Willday
Born: about 1864, Worcester, Worcestershire
Christened: 2 October 1864, Hindlip, Worcestershire
Died: 5 November 1931, West Derby registration district
Buried: St. Thomas’ Church, Melling, Lancashire
Occupation: inn barmaid (1891)
Address: Ronkswood Farm, Worcester St. Martin, Worcestershire (1871 census), West Side The Tything, Britannia Sq to
Salt Lane, Worcester, Worcestershire (1881 census, with her grandmother Mary Smith), Geddigate Lane, Melling, Lancashire
(1891 census), Brookfield Lane, Aughton, Lancashire (1901 census)
Other notes: named as Polly rather than Mary Elizabeth on the 1881 and 1891 census records
Spouse: James Hulse
Born: about 1863, Stublach, Cheshire
Parents: James Hulse and Ann Wright
Married: about March 1896, Ormskirk registration district
Occupation: tailor and draper (26 February 1898)
Died: 26 February 1898, Melling, Lancashire
Buried: St. Thomas’ Church, Melling, Lancashire
Other notes: James’ death was registered by his father-in-law Edward Willday on 28 February 1898. The cause of death was
phthisis (tuberculosis) as certified by Joseph Walker MRCS.
3. Laura Ann Willday
Born: about 1865, Worcester, Worcestershire
Christened: 6 May 1870, Holy Trinity, Worcester, Worcestershire
Died: 4 May 1943, Liverpool South registration district
Buried: uncertain location
Occupation: fishmonger assistant (1881)
Address: Ronkswood Farm, Worcester St. Martin, Worcestershire (1871 census), 486 Rice Hill Lane, Walton on the Hill, Lancashire
(1881 census), 2 New Orchard Street, Swansea Holy Trinity, Glamorgan (1901 census)
Spouse: Thomas Gass
Born: about 1860, Halfmorton, Dumfries, Scotland
Parents: not certain
Married: not certain - possibly between 1891 and 1898
Died: after 1911
Occupation: commission agent (1901)
Address: 2 New Orchard Street, Swansea Holy Trinity, Glamorgan (1901 census)
4. Ada Willday
Born: 6 May 1867, Ronkswood, Poulton by Seacombe, Cheshire
Christened: 6 May 1870, Holy Trinity, Worcester, Worcestershire
Died: 2 January 1944, Aughton, Lancashire
Buried: St. Michael’s Church, Aughton, Lancashire
Spouse: John Worsley
Married: 29 August 1890, Liverpool register office
Please follow the link for details of John and Ada Worsley’s family.
5. Alice Amy Willday
Born: about May 1870, Poulton by Seacombe, Cheshire
Died: 6 May 1870, Holy Trinity, Worcester, Worcestershire
Buried: uncertain location
Address: Ronkswood Farm, Worcester St. Martin, Worcestershire (1871 census), 486 Rice Hill Lane, Walton on the Hill, Lancashire
(1881 census), Melling (2 December 1891), 1a Thorndale Road, Waterloo, Lancashire (1901)
Spouse: Henry Arthur Owen
Born: 23 April 1867, Liverpool, Lancashire
Christened: 24 October 1867, St. Peter’s Church, Liverpool, Lancashire
Parents: Charles Owen and Margaret Rawsthorne
Married: 2 December 1891, St. Thomas’ Church, Melling, Lancashire
Died: after 1911?
Occupation: sailor (2 December 1891), master mariner seas (1901 census)
Address: 8 Landfield Marsh Lane, Walton, Lancashire (1871 census), Aintree (2 December 1891), 1a Thorndale Road, Waterloo,
Lancashire (1901 census)
6. Edith Eleanor Willday
Born: about March 1875, Wallasey, Cheshire
Died: 17 April 1954, Crosby registration district
Buried: Christ Church, Aughton, Lancashire
Address: 486 Rice Hill Lane, Walton on the Hill, Lancashire (1881 census), Geddigate Lane, Melling, Lancashire (1891 census),
Brookfield Lane, Aughton, Lancashire (1901 census)
Other notes: Edith Eleanor Willday never married.
7. Clara Florence Willday
Born: about 1890, Melling or Liverpool, Lancashire or At Sea
Died: 25 March 1969, Ormskirk registration district
Buried: St. Michael’s Church, Aughton, Lancashire
Occupation: spinster (5 October 1915)
Address: Geddigate Lane, Melling, Lancashire (1891 census), Brookfield Lane, Aughton, Lancashire (1901 census), Maghull (5
October 1915), Ravenscroft, Aughton (19 June 1927)
Notes: There are contradictions in my research regarding the birthplace of Clara Florence Willday. No child of that name
appears to have been registered between 1887 and 1890 in the Liverpool or Ormskirk areas, and although she was described as
“visitor” to Edward and Ursula Willday in 1891, by 1901 she was stated to be their “daughter”.
Spouse: Joseph Snelson Colley
Born: about 1893, Toxteth Park, Liverpool
Parents: William Henry Colley and Mary Elizabeth Snelson
Married: 5 October 1915, St. Andrew’s Church, Maghull, Lancashire
Died: 15 June 1971, Crosby registration district
Buried: St. Michael’s Church, Aughton, Lancashire
Occupation: wholesale produce merchant (5 October 1915), shipping clerk (1927)
Address: Ravenscroft, Aughton (19 June 1927)
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