Frederick George Stanley Woodhurst


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Brief biography

Frederick George Stanley Woodhurst was born in Tottenham in North London in 1890 to parents William Frederick (2) Woodhurst and his wife Emily Ellen Head. His birth certificate [Birth Index: Edmonton 3a 371, 1890 (Sept)] states that he was born at his parents' address 8, Mitchley Road in Tottenham on August 16th 1890. His mother was the informant and his father's occupation was general labourer.

The 1891 Census finds him living at that address with his parents, citing his age then as 7 months.

The 1901 Census finds him living with his parents at 75, Plume Street in Aston, Warwickshire.

He married Louisa Smith in 1912 [Marriage Index: Aston 6d 359, 1912 (March)].

In the 1914-18 Great War he served as Private 925 in the 3rd Battalion of the Royal Warwickshire Regiment. He died on service in Belgium on July 1st 1915 at age 25, and was buried in the Ferme-Olivier Cemetery in Elverdinghe, Ieper. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission supplies further details of his interment.

His widow Louisa appears to have remarried to Albert J. Ward in 1927 [Marriage Index: Birmingham N. 6d 795, 1927 (June)].

His children by Louisa Smith

  1. Violet L. Woodhurst - [Birth Index: Aston 6d 572, 1912 (June)]
  2. Doris W. Woodhurst
  3. and probably no others ...

Violet L. died in infancy around early 1913 [Death Index: Aston 6d 598, 1913 (March)].