Genealogy Chat

I'm trying to find out about William Waldron b. 1878 in Tavistock, Devon. He is my g.g.grandad and I'm trying to find out his parents and back. He married Jeanette Greaves in 1906 in Eastbourne. They moved to Leicestershire and in the 1911 census were in Kirby Bellars. Any information anyone has would be brilliant. I've hit a wall with this one now. Thanks.

Just for ref

1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
Cream Lodge Cottage Sanham Kirby Bellars Melton Mowbray, Kirby Bellars, Leicestershire, England



William Waldron Head Married Male Farm Labourer 33 1878 Tavistock Devon
Jeanette Waldron Wife Married Female - 22 1889 Eastbourne Sussex n
Doris Waldron Daughter - Female - 4 1907 Eastbourne Sussex
William Waldron Son - Male - 2 1909 Eastbourne Sussex
Marjorie Waldron Daughter - Female - 1 1910 Eastbourne Sussex

England & Wales deaths 1837-2007 Transcription
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First name(s) JEANETTE
Last name WALDRON
Gender Female
Birth day -
Birth month -
Birth year 1888
Age 60
Death quarter 1
Death year 1948
District MELTON MOWBRAY
County Leicestershire
Volume 3A
Page 790
Country England
Record set England & Wales deaths 1837-2007
Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
Subcategory Deaths & burials
Collections from Great Britain

1939 REGISTER TRANSCRIPTION
Waldron Household (5 People)
18 New Street , Melton Mowbray U.D., Leicestershire, England

~??? Waldron 13 Dec 1887 U D D first name faded looks likely to be Jeanette

William Waldron ? ? 1871 General Labourer

Rita Wake (Waldron) 25 Jan 1931 At School

Marjorie (M) Murday 22 Mar 1910 U D D

Phyllis Handley (Murday) 23 Jul 1932 At School

one closed record

Thank you. I'm a bit of a novice, what is UDD?

Unpaid domestic duties :-)

You may need to buy the marriage cert for his father's name and occupation to be able to go back further,

England & Wales marriages 1837-2008 Transcription

First name(s) WILLIAM
Last name WALDRON
Marriage quarter 4
Marriage year 1906
Registration month -
MarriageFinder™ WILLIAM WALDRON married one of these people
MARY GREEN, JEANETTE GREAVES
District EASTBOURNE
District number -
County Sussex
Country England
Volume 2B
Page 181
Record set England & Wales marriages 1837-2008

Birth year a bit out but he may have knocked a few years off his age as his wife was a bit younger than him.

1891

William Waldron
Age: 17
Estimated birth year: abt 1874
Relation: Servant
Gender: Male
Where born: Tavistock, Devon, England
Civil Parish: Handley
Ecclesiastical parish: Handley
Town: Handley
County/Island: Dorset
Country: England
Street address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Education:

Employment status:

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Registration district: Wimborne
ED, institution, or vessel: 13
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 1635
Folio: 138
Page Number: 14
Household Members:
Name Age
Rob Jesse Warren 25
Fredk J Charlton 24
Gertrude G Charlton 28
Dorothy E Charlton 4
Eliza Waldron 38, Widow
William Waldron 17, FARM Servant
Mable Lawrence 14
Amy Bevan 19

(perhaps him below!)

Chris :)

05 December 1936 - Grantham Journal - Grantham, Lincolnshire, England

Cycle Reflector Missing.
“lt came off this morning" William Waldron, a platelayer, of Melton Mowbray, told P.c. Webster. who found he was riding a pedal cycle without a rear light or reflector on the Dalby-road, Melton on November 21st. The officer told the Melton Bench on Tuesday there was no sign of a reflector having recently been on the cycle. Defendant was ordered to pay 5s.

William Renfield Lavis Waldron

England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966

Waldron- William Renfield Lavis of 18 New Street Melton Mowbray Leicestershire died 21 April 1944 Administration Llandudno 29 January to Jeanette Waldron widow.

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Death index:

Name: William R L Waldron
Birth Date: abt 1875
Date of Registration: Jun 1944
Age at Death: 69
Registration district: Melton Mowbray
Inferred County: Leicestershire
Volume: 7a Page: 310

Thank you all. Hopefully I will be able to get on a bit better now with that information.

I have managed to find out that William Waldron was born 1875 and that his mother was called Eliza, she was a widow in the 1891 census, both of them were servants in Handley, Dorset. I have ordered a copy of the marriage certificate for William Waldron and Jeanette Greaves who married 1906 so will be able to get something more concrete soon.

I'm wondering what the best way is to find out about Eliza, his mother? She was born in Lifton, Devon about 1853. However I don't have a maiden name - is this easy to find? I'm keen to find out what I can as soon as possible.