Walter Alfred Woodhurst


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Brief biography

Walter Alfred Woodhurst was born in 1878 to parents George Daniel Woodhurst and his first wife Lauretta Evangeline. The GRO reference is [Birth Index: W. Ham 4a 135, 1878 (Dec)].

The 1881 Census finds him living with his parents at 136, Lea Bridge Gardens in Lea Bridge Road, Leyton in Essex.

The 1891 Census finds him living with his father and step-mother at 24, Northcote Road, Walthamstow in Essex.

The 1901 Census finds him boarding at 10, Albert Road in Walthamstow and occupied as a railway clerk. His brother George Albert (1) was also there with him.

He married Florence Maud Gooderham in 1905 [Marriage Index: W. Ham 4a 330, 1905 (June)].

Florence Maud was born in 1880 [Birth Index: Shoreditch 1c 108, 1880 (June)] and died aged 67 in 1947 [Death Index: Epping 5a 42, 1947 (Sept)].

In his later years Walter Alfred remarried to his housekeeper who was named Ethel [descendant's report].

Walter Alfred died aged 78 in 1957 [Death Index: Southend 4a 694, 1957 (June)].

His second wife Ethel Marie died in 1969 [Death Index: Thurrock 4a 2456, 1969 (June)]. She was born on March 23rd 1881.

His children by Florence Maud Gooderham

  1. Leonard Arthur George Woodhurst
  2. Frank Ernest Woodhurst

His children by Ethel Marie ...?

  1. there were none