Jane Maud Woodhurst


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Brief biography

Jane Maud Woodhurst was born in 1893 to parents Richard William (3) Woodhurst and his second wife Jane Ann (nee Stanford) Wright. The GRO reference is [Birth Index: Hackney 1b 557, 1893 (Sept)].

The 1901 Census her at age "8" living with her parents at 56, Chatham Place in Hackney.

She married James Andrews in 1921 [Marriage Index: Hackney 1b 836, 1921 (Dec)]. The GRO index reference inverts her forenames as "Maud Jane", and in adult life she was known as "Maud" within her family. After raising her children she worked full-time as a dress-maker. She lived in Theydon Road and then in Averly Road (both in Upper Clapton).

Nothing more is currently known of her.

Her children by James Andrews

  1. James H. Andrews - [Birth Index: Hackney 1b 586, 1924 (March)]
  2. Joan M. Andrews - [Birth Index: Hackney 1b 542, 1927 (June)]
  3. Leslie P. Andrews - [Birth Index: Hackney 1b 563, 1934 (Sept)]

A relative reports that Leslie P. Andrews was born with a hole in his heart. During a period as a baby when his mother was in hospital he was cared for by his aunt Emily. Joan M. Andrews married Alan Rogers by whom she produced three children - Sally born around 1952, then another daughter and then a son.