BENTLEY and RELATED FAMILIES
Chapter 13: George WOODFORD (c1833->1881)
Like his father before him, George Woodford was a shoemaker. He learned his trade from his father and worked with him for a time before setting up in business on his own. Around 1870 he was living with his wife Mary, in Chados Street, Winchcombe, with his growing family. Ten years later he was employing his sons John and Sidney in the business, and possibly his oldest son George William, who was also a shoemaker but had set up home with his own wife Elizabeth. George was living on North Street by 1891, near to John, who was by then a postman. Sidney was still at home at his latter date. He also worked for the Post Office as a letter carrier, as was Ernest. The difference between a postman and letter carrier is not clear! Two years previously, on 31 July 1889, Sidney had enrolled in G (Winchcombe) Company of the 1st Battalion Gloucestershire Engineer Volunteers, which was formed in the Town in June of that year and was attached to the 1st Battalion headquarters in Cheltenham. Along with the rest of the battalion, it was disbanded at the end of March 1908.
John married Laura Sharp. The couple had eight children. A son, Alfred, married Laura Green and fathered eight children of his own. Courtney, one of Alfred and Laura’s sons, married from 101 Gloucester Street, Winchcombe, in 1909. Courtney and his wife, Flora Jelfs, lived all their married lives in Little Comberton, under the shadow of Bredon Hill in Worcestershire. They had four children. Courtney’s brother Frank stayed in the Winchcombe area, where he worked at Sudeley Castle. He had three children by his wife Ivy.
8 . . . . . . . . . . . George W. WOODFORD b.c1833 d.>1901m.Mary
SEABRIGHT
9 . . . . . . . . . . . . .George William WOODFORD b.1855 d.>1901 m.Elizabeth
EDWARDS
10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Arthur William WOODFORD b.1877 d.>1901 m.Miriam
Rachel
10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .George WOODFORD b.1884 d.>1901
10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Beatrice Annie (known as Annie) WOODFORD b.c1890
d.>1901
9 . . . . . . . . . . . . .John WOODFORD b.1857 d.1927 m.Laura C. SHARP
10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ernest J. WOODFORD b.1883 d.>1891
10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Francis Tom (known as Frank) WOODFORD b.1884
d.>1901
10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Alfred WOODFORD b.1886 m.Laura Alice WIGGETT
11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . female WOODFORD m.male SKINNER
12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . male SKINNER m.female HYDE
13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .female SKINNER m.male LAWRENCE
13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .female SKINNER m.male KNIGHT
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11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Courtney John Alfred WOODFORD b.1909 d.1990
m.Flora E. JELFS
12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . male WOODFORD m.#1 #2 female CHELSTON
13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .#1 female WOODFORD
13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .#1 female WOODFORD
12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . female WOODFORD m.male RATCLIFFE
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13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .female RATCLIFFE
12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . female WOODFORD m.male BYWATER
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13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .male BYWATER
12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . male WOODFORD m.female KEEN
13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .female WOODFORD m.male DEBENHAM
13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .male WOODFORD m.female HOTCHKINS
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14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . male WOODFORD
13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .female WOODFORD m.male DE VAZELHES
14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . female DE VAZELHES
14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . female DE VAZELHES
11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Frank WOODFORD b.1916 d. 1993 m.Ivy -
12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . female WOODFORD
12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . male WOODFORD
12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . male WOODFORD
12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . child WOODFORD m.- -
13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . child WOODFORD m.- -
14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . child WOODFORD
13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . child WOODFORD
13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . child WOODFORD
13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WOODFORD
11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . female WOODFORD
11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . female WOODFORD
11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . female WOODFORD
11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . female WOODFORD m.male CORROLI
11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . female WOODFORD
10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Laura Beatrice WOODFORD b.1888 d.>1901
10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Harold WOODFORD b.1890 d.1890
10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Lucy Patience WOODFORD b.1892 d.>1901
10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Violet May WOODFORD b.1894 d.>1895
10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Rubert Charles WOODFORD b.1898 d.>1901
10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jack WOODFORD b.>1901
10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .child WOODFORD
9 . . . . . . . . . . . . .Mary Jane WOODFORD b.c1860 d.>1879 m.David James
JONES
9 . . . . . . . . . . . . .Tom Tustin WOODFORD b.1861 d.1865
9 . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sidney WOODFORD b.1865 d.>1901 m.Louisa –
9 . . . . . . . . . . . . .Agnes E. WOODFORD b.c1868 d.>1881
9 . . . . . . . . . . . . .Alfred WOODFORD b.1870 d.>1901 m.Annie Edith
JONES
10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Alfred WOODFORD b.1901 d.>1901
9 . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ernest Tom WOODFORD b. 1872 d.>1902 m.Emma Elizabeth
BALLINGER