Walter Henry Grainger

Walter Henry Grainger was the son of Joshua Grainger and Maria Orange who married in the Basford Registration District in 1869. Their children included: Jack (b.1870), Samuel (b.1872), George William (b.1876), Mary Elizabeth (b.1878), Joshua (b.1882), Eliza (b.1885), Ernest (b.1887), Walter Henry (b.1889) and Ethel (b.1893). The Grainger family lived at 15 Gate Street, Radford in 1881 and at 28 Gate Street in 1891 and 1901. Joshua Grainger, a miner, died at Nottingham, aged 66, in 1915. Maria Grainger died aged 87 in 1941 and was still living at 28 Gate Street.

On 23 December 1913, Walter Henry Grainger married Emma Edson (born 7th January 1892) at Radford St Peter’s Church. They had one child: Elsie born 28th July 1915 . They lived at 39 Salisbury Street, Radford in 1915 and at 20 Gate Street, Radford Woodhouse in 1917.

Commencing 16th December 1918 his widow was awarded a pension of 20shillings and 5 pence a week.

Walter Grainger's granddaughter, Carole Dyson, notes 'My mother, his only child, was named Elsie and was born on 28/07/15. She suffered polio as a small child and eventually died in a car accident in 1960.'

Emma Grainger married James Frederick Parkes in the Basford Registration District in 1921. She died at Nottingham, aged 81, in 1973.