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One day I might actually sit down for more than ten minutes with planetdan. If it’s 2014 and this post is still top of the page, then erm – I told you so.
I have a habit of opening lots of interesting/promising links in a new tab and then a little later I can’t remember where I found the link. Pretty sure I found this one through the excellent stackoverflow.com (or it’s twin serverfault.com): Killing the right svchost.exe process
This page was first written in late 2000 – I’ve kept it for anyone
ending up here hoping to find something about “Wardle” 9/7/09
My great-grandfather, Albert, was the fourth of 10 children, whose father was James Wardle, a lay preacher at the Baptist church in Kegworth. James Wardle married Frances Hardy on 9-Feb-1861 (Frances Hardy, born 1841 in Kegworth (or Chester-Le-Street?) died 29-Nov-1920). Their children:
- John born 1861 married Emma
- Eliza born 1863 married James Barker
- Harriett born 18-May-1864 married William English (born 26-Oct-1860 in Northern Ireland)
- Albert born 15-Jul-1866 married Sarah Jane Brentnall
- Margaret born 1869 married Albert Marsh (born 14-Mar-1870 in Stowe, Bury St Edmunds)
- George born 1871 married Florence Parker Brentnall on 28-Sep-1891
- Hannah born 5-Apr-1872 married Samuel Wilders (born 1873 in Kegworth)
- Caroline born 16-Nov-1875 married George Croker (born in Isleworth, London)
- John born 1876 (correct? or repeat entry born 1861?)
- Ellen (Nellie) born 12-May-1877 died 1-May-1966 in Kegworth
- Fanny born 19-May-1879 married Thomas Henry Seal (born 11-Oct-1877 in Leicester)
James Wardle’s father was John Wardle born 1810 in Diseworth.
Harriett and Fanny were married in the Baptist Church in Kegworth, which probably explains why there’s more detail about them and their children.
A Wardle family gathering in Blackpool, 1903
The photograph was taken at Blackpool in 1903*
Back row left to right: unknown, Albert, James, George Croker, James Barker, unknown, unknown
Middle row (l-r): Unknown, Sarah Jane (with baby Grace), Frances (née Hardy), Caroline Croker (née Wardle), Eliza Barker (née Wardle)Unknown
Front row (l-r): Harold, Doris, Frances Croker, Albert Barker, Marjorie and Eric
* Wardle unless stated otherwise
If a date is close to one you’re trying to connect to, or you spot something that doesn’t tally, please let me know.
Back row left to right: George Bowler, William North, George H.Wallis, Samuel Wilders, John Adkins, John Woolley, Ernest Woolley
Front row (standing): John Waterhouse, Joseph Barker, Percy Mills, James Shepherd, Edwin W.Wilders, Frederick Woolley
Seated: John Young, James Wardle
Not sure how my dad ended up with this photograph (and unfortunately lacking a date). James Wardle was a lay preacher at the Baptish Church in Kegworth.
This page was first written in late 2000 – I’ve kept it for anyone
ending up here hoping to find something about “Wardle” 9/7/09
John Wardle was born 18-Jan-1810 in Diseworth and worked on the canals as a labourer. He lived to 80 years of age (died 18-Dec-1890).
John married Hannah Bramley who was born in Kegworth (born 13-Apr-1812 died 20-Oct-1880).
Their children:
- Thomas born 3-Dec-1832 married Sarah (born Whittleton, Cambridgeshire 1837)
- William born 13-Jan-1834
- Sarah born 9-Feb-1836 died 10-Feb-1851
- Robert born 22-Jan-1838
- James born 29-Dec-1839 died 10-Mar-1914 married Frances Hardy
- George born 3-Oct-1841 married Isabella (born in Kegworth 1841)
- Eliza born 8-Nov-1843 married George Dakin (born in Kegworth 1843)
- Maria born 10-Mar-1845 married William Jarvis (born in Leicester 1844)
- John born 8-Sep-1847 married Mary Jane Bray (born in Shepherd’s Bush 2-Apr-1843, died 2-Feb-1925)
- Hannah born 16-Feb-1850 died 8-Apr-1852
- Joshua born 11-May-1852 married Sarah Woolley (born 1854)
- Sarah Elizabeth born 13-Jun-1854 married Henry Roberts (born 1853)
John Wardle’s father was George Wardle, also born in Diseworth. John had two brothers – Robert, born 24-Aug-1807 and Joshua born 3-Jan-1812. That’s as far back as our Wardle line goes (so far).
This page was first written in late 2000 – I’ve kept it for anyone
ending up here hoping to find something about “Wardle” 9/7/09
James‘ younger brother John Wardle was born 8-Sep-1847 (in Kegworth) and was a successful mill owner/baker/greengrocer (the 1901 census lists his occupation as a farmer). He married Sarah Jane Bray, born 1843 in Hammersmith, on 27 July 1870 in Kegworth.
Their children:
- Frederick Bray, born 1872
- Alice, born 1874 married Thomas Rose (born in Sunderland). Died 1952
- Florence, born 1876 married George William Haywood (born in Kegworth). Died 1957
- Edith, born 1878 became Mrs Shepherd
I wonder if Mr Shepherd is related / the same as found in the Baptist Church photograph
John Wardle owned a mill on the sideley at Kegworth (photograph above – unknown date), as well as a bakers and grocers store in Kegworth (below).
The white building in the centre of the photograph (left, date also unknown) has on its sign:
WIDDOWSON
Plumber -something- Painter
Gas Fitter
The shop on the right has the sign WARDLE BAKER GROCER. One of the carts in front of the shop has ‘WARDLE & Co’ on its side (I’ve zoomed in on the cart – see below).
As an aside … a sideley is a side ley. A ley or lea being O.E. a field, originally a clearance in a forest, stretch of open grassy country. Common in place names, spelt -ley, -leigh, -ly &c. Therefore Kegworth’s sideley means the side field, pasture, meadow &c.
This page was first written in late 2000 – I’ve kept it for anyone ending up here hoping to find something about “Wardle” 9/7/09
This is my starting point… Details from the Wardle family tree (click on the links for more names and dates):
- My great grandfather is Albert Wardle (born 15-Jul-1866 in Kegworth / died 24-Jun-1936 in Kettering).
- Albert’s father was James Wardle (born 29-Dec-1839 in Kegworth (maybe Belper?) / died 10-Mar-1914 in Kegworth).
- James’ father was John Wardle (born 18-Jan-1810 in Diseworth / died 18-Dec-1891 in Kegworth).
John’s father was George Wardle – born in Diseworth, he married Sarah.
Uncle Bernard couldn’t remember why and where the dinner in the photo above was held, but thinks it might have been to celebrate the anniversary of the end of the First World War. Using the decor as a guide the dinner was probably held at the Fuller Institute. Working your way up the lefthand side*: Hilda (1st cousin twice removed), Margaret (1st cousin twice removed), Bert (1st cousin twice removed), unknown, Eric (great uncle), Florrie (wife of Eric), unknown, unknown. On the righthand side starting at the front*: Len (grandfather), Fred (great uncle), Harold (great uncle), Bill English (1st cousin twice removed), unknown, unknown, Bernard (great uncle), Syd Marsh (1st cousin twice removed), Frank Marsh (husband of great aunt). * Wardle unless specified otherwise
This page was first written in late 2000 – I’ve kept it for anyone
ending up here hoping to find something about “Killick” 9/7/09
On my Mum’s side my family tree can be traced to Cheam village in Surrey. There, practically in the centre of the village (opposite the library), is Whitehall – a clapper-board house that dates back to the 16th Century.
In the mid 19th Century Captain James Killick (my great-great-great-great grandfather) raced to and from China all for the sake of tea*, and in 1861 with James Henry Martin founded Killick Martin & Co. Ltd.
* Better put in a correction here – that’s not in time for tea but when giant ships (clippers) such as Killick’s “Challenger” raced back from China with a cargo of tea. The Cutty Sark is a fine example of a clipper which has been restored and is in dry-dock at Greenwich.
The Killick family (or its descendants) lived at Whitehall from 1741 until 1963, when Sutton Council bought the house and began restoration work. The House today is a museum describing its own little place in history.
The Killick Family Tree
I’ve scanned in a copy of our Killick Family Tree (older descendants) and relatives mostly living between 1900 and 1980. In the older descendants the tree starts from John Killick of Walton, Surrey 1515 to 1612, and then just picking a few names which might help people searching via google…
- John Killick died 10-Aug-1764 (took tenancy of Whitehall 1741)
- Captain James Killick born 26-Aug-1816 died 21-Oct-1889
- Lucy Killick born 2-Nov-1859 died 12-Aug-1936 (one of Captain Killick’s daughters) married Frederick William Moore born 21-Mar-1864 died 17-Feb-1930
In the relatives mostly living between 1900 / 1999 image:
- Continues with Harriet Maud Muller born 23-July-1872 died 9-Aug-1958 (lived in/owned Whitehall)
- Maurice Perret born 1918 died 1992
I’ve just picked a few names/dates out to try to give a sense of the range of entries on the two files. The family tree has not been updated since 1984 although I have cropped the last two generation lines from the tree (for privacy of those persons alive today).
What happened to Challenger?
A long while ago I was wondering what happened to Challenger, and found a database listing sail ships’ history; Challenger was sold in 1868 and abandoned on 14th May 1871 at 48°N, 13°W. Anyone know where 48°N, 13°W is?
Tea Clippers
Channel 4 did a 1 hour documentary about clippers the other week, but they didn’t make any mention of Challenger. Surprised to see archive black and white film of the clippers at sea though. And the company that Captain Killick founded Killick Martin exists today.
