William Thomas WILLDER = Elizabeth (née BENTLEY) NEWMAN
Married 1894, [Fylde]
William Thomas
Born 1855, [Bury]
Died 1940, [Bury]
Occupation: Cab driver of Bury
RW#: 1/215
Date of death probably wrong. Ray presumably found a William d.1940, but not this one?
Cab driver, 15 Grundy Street, Bury, Lancs 1881
Presumed moved to Fylde with parents 1883/90
Presumed moved to Bury after 1921
Susan Wolstenhome writes (Oct 2009):
I believe he was something of an alchoholic and possibly a rogue!
Ray has his death in 1940. Susan doubts this, saying:
Elizabeth Willder aged 64 remarries to Thomas GRAY 17 Sep 1919 stating that she is a widow. Thus William must have died BEF 1920.
Elizabeth (née BENTLEY)
Born 1863
Died 1921, [Fylde]
RW#: 1/215w(iii)
Ray has this wife as "Jane ?".
Susan Wolstenholme says (2009):
Elizabeth Newman (nee Bentley) aged 38 22.10.1894 in Blackpool
William refers to hiself as a Batchelor on the marriage cert. But no question it is him, father James Cab prop. Witnessed by Edward Gaskell and Alice Jane Willder, his daughter. only months after the death of Ellen (Eleanor).
Elizabeth Willder, aged 64, remarries to Thomas GRAY 17 Sep 1919 stating that she is a widow.
Assumed third marriage of William Thomas