Alfred Woodward

Alfred was the second son of Arthur and Elizabeth Woodward (née Breffitt).

His father was born in Radford, Nottingham, in 1844 and his mother was also born in Radford in about 1848. They were married at Radford St Peter on 27 February 1870 and had at least nine children who were born in Radford: Thomas Arthur b. 1870, Mary birth reg. 1872 JFM, Sarah A b. abt 1874, Elizabeth b. 1875, George b. 1877, Louisa b. 1879, Alfred b. 1881, Adela b. 1883 and Walter Leonard birth reg. 1886 (JFM). Thomas Arthur, Mary and Sarah Ann were baptised at Radford St Peter on 5 April 1874 and their youngest siblings, Alfred and Adela, at St Peter on 14 October 1883.

In 1881 Arthur, a lace maker, and his wife were living at 74 St Peter Street, Radford, with their children Thomas, Mary, Sarah, Elizabeth, George and Louisa.

They had moved to 67 Miall Street, Radford, by 1883 when two of their children were baptised at the parish church and continued to live at that address until their deaths. All nine of their children were in the home in 1891: Thomas and Mary who were lace makers, Sarah a 'lace maker edelweiss' and her younger sister Elizabeth, a 'lace maker edelweiss assistant', George a mechanics' assistant, and Louise, Alfred, Adela and Walter who were school age. By 1901 only the four youngest children were still living with their parents: Louisa a cigar maker, Alfred a plasterer, Adela a lace clipper and Leonard (15) for whom no occupation was given.

The second daughter, Sarah Ann, married Samuel Turner at Radford St Peter on 4 November 1893. They had three children, Ethel birth reg 1896 JFM, Arthur b. 1898 and Fred birth reg. 1905. Samuel, a coal merchant, Sarah and their two children, Ethel and Arthur, were living at 67 Mitchell Street, Nottingham, in 1901. Sarah and her three children were recorded on the outward passenger list of the Allen Steamship Line, SS Victoria, departing Liverpool in 1908 for Canada. It is likely that Samuel had travelled in advance of his wife and children. The original record of the 1911 Canadian Census has not been sighted but a 'linked' Samuel Turner was named on the index list. Both he and his wife died in Canada; Samuel in December 1936 and Sarah on 11 November 1959, and were buried in Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto.

The eldest son, Thomas, had married Sarah Elizabeth Maddock at Radford St Peter on 27 June 1896. Although the couple have not yet been traced on the 1901 Census they were living at 65 Miall Street by 1911: Thomas, a lacemaker (Leivers), Sarah and their children Percy C, a toy maker, Alfred, Adela and Mabel.

George married Ada Perkins at Radford All Souls on 26 December 1898. In 1901 George, an iron fitter, his wife and their two daughters, Edith and Ada (b. 1900 JAS), were living at 15 Scarcliffe Terrace, Radford. The infant Ada died later that year a few months before her first birthday. George and Ada were still living 15 Scarliffe Terrace in 1911; also in the home on the night of the census were their five children; Edith, Elizabeth, May Louisa, Doris Mabel, Winifred and Arthur.

The youngest son, Walter, a lace machine fitter, married Eliza Ann Clay in 1906 and in 1911 he and his wife, a box maker, were living at 18 Deligne Street, Radford, with their two children, Adela and Arthur.

The fourth daughter Louisa married Horace Edgar Stevenson in 1907.

Elizabeth snr. died at her home on Miall Street on 7 January 1909 aged 62. Her husband Arthur died the following year on 21 October 1910 aged 66.

In 1911 their married daughter Louisa Stevenson was living at 67 Miall Street with her husband, Horace, a bricklayer, and two boarders one of whom was her unmarried brother, Alfred, a plasterer. The other boarder, Louis Radnall, was also a plasterer.

There is a record of both a Horace Stevenson, 'S' (presumably 'single') occupation labourer, and a Mrs L Stevenson 'wife' on separate outward passenger lists from Liverpool to Quebec; Horace onboard SS Virginian (Allan Line Steamship Co.) departing 21 July 1911 and Mrs L Stevenson onboard SS Tunisian (Allan Line) departing 30 August 1911.

Alfred has not yet been identified on a UK-Canada passenger list, but when he emigrated he settled in Toronto where his sister Louisa and brother-in-law lived. His sister Sarah and her husband Samuel Turner who had emigrated in 1908 also made their home in Toronto.

His sisters Mary and Elizabeth have not yet been identified on records after the 1891 Census and the youngest, Adela after the 1901 Census.