Samuel Sanday

Samuel was born in 1884 in Carrington, Nottingham, the son of Samuel and Emma Elizabeth Dewey Sanday (née Eason).

His father Samuel was born in Cotgrave, Nottinghamshire, in 1853 and his mother Emma in Plungar, Leicestershire, also in 1853. They were married in 1874 (JFM Nottingham) and had ten children, nine of whom survived infancy/early childhood.

Nine children have been traced including their first child, William who was born before their marriage: William Sanday Eason b. September 1873 (Whatton, reg. Bingham) and baptised at Beeston St John on 4 August 1875, father Samuel Sandy-sic Eason, mother Emma Elizabeth Easom. William's surname is given variously as 'Eason' or 'Sanday' on census records. Their other children, who were born in Nottingham, were: Anne Elizabeth b. 1875 (AMJ), Luther b. January 1877 bap. Carrington St John the Evangelist August 1879, John Hansell birth registered 1880 (JFM), Agnes Emma birth registered 1882 (JFM), Mary Ellen b. 1885, Samuel b. 1883 (OND), Constance Edith b. 1887 and George born about December 1890 (reg. JFM 1891) bap. Carrington St John 2 Jul 1893.

Samuel and Emma were living on Academy Row, Nottingham, when Luther was baptised in 1879 and recorded on the 1881 Census at 11 Academy Place, Basford: Samuel a labourer (Nottingham Corporation gas works), Emma and their four children, William (7), Anne Elizabeth (6), Luther (4) and John Hansell (1).

The family was still living at 11 Academy Row in 1891. In the home on the night of the census were the couple's nine children: William a lace threader, Ann a factory machine hand, Luther an errand boy, John, Agnes (9), Samuel (7) and Mary (6) who were school age, and Constance (3) and George (u/1y). George was baptised at Carrington parish church in 1893 and the baptismal register gives his parents' address as 11 Academy Row.

William Sanday (sic), a postal telegraph engineer, married Elizabeth Mary (Mary Elizabeth) Goodwin at Bingham St Mary & All Saints in December 1892. In 1911 they were living at 11 Academy Place, Carrington; William was now an inspector (postal telegraph engineers). Also in the home were their children Annie Elizabeth (17) a hosiery machinist, William Luther (15) a messenger (Postal Telegraphs), Edith (13), George (10), Frank (8) and Constance Aileen (5) who were school age, and Frances Ellen (4m). William and his wife were living at 6 Wycliffe Street, Nottingham, in 1939 when the England & Wales Register was compiled. Also in the household was William Sanday (b. 13 March 1916), a police constable. William died in June 1949; home address 6 Wycliffe Street. The probate record gave his name as 'William Sanday Eason otherwise Sanday William'; his widow Mary [Eason] was awarded Administration of his Will.

Annie Elizabeth married William Birkinshaw at Carrington St John on 3 November 1894 and in 1901 William, a Post Office telegraph linesman, Annie and their daughter Florence (5) were living at 12 Academy Place. The couple and their two daughters, Florence and Ivy (9) had moved to 126 Ewart Road by 1911. They later lived in Derby where Annie died in October 1923; administration of her Will was awarded to her husband William, an inspector of post office engineers.

Samuel and Emma had moved to 1 Wesley Grove, Nottingham, by 1901. Seven of their children were still living at home: Luther, a 'private policeman', John a laundry carter, Agnes, hosiery machinist, Mary, lace mender, Samuel, grocer's assistant, Constance, hosiery machinist and George who was both a scholar and barber's assistant.

George, the youngest child, enlisted in the Grenadier Guards, and by 1916 was a staff sergeant at the Royal Military College Sandhurst. He married Alice Daisy Kibblewhite at Swindon St Barnabus in August 1916. Their eldest son, Albert George (b. May 1917), was baptised at the College Chapel, RMC Sandhurst in June 1917; his parents were living at 5C Block, MQs RMC. They had three more sons: Ronald E b. 1920 (reg. JFM Camberwell), Peter G. b. 1925 (reg. JAS London) and Samuel P. b. 1926 (reg. JAS Farnham). It is likely that George was still serving in the Army when the 1939 England & Wales Register compiled as there is a record of a George Sanday on a training course - possibly as an instructor - at Brampton, Carlisle. His wife Alice died in 1964 (reg. JFM Blackpool and George probably died in 1973 (reg. JFM Fylde Lancashire).

John Hansel married Selina Newton at Awsworth St Peter in July 1901. In 1911 John, a van man, his wife and their daughter Doris (8) were living off Winchester Street, Sherwood. In 1939 he was employed as a motor lorry driver and he and Selina were living at 182 Hucknall Road with their two children, Doris (b. 1902), a printer's cashier, and John (b. 1922) a machine fitter. John Hansel died in 1971.

Agnes Emma married William James Billing, a joiner, of 3 Wesley Grove, at Carrington St John in 1903 and their daughter Mabel was born three years later in 1906. Her husband appears to have emigrated to Australia where he probably died in October 1955. In 1911 Agnes and her daughter were living with Agnes's parents. Agnes later married Arthur Robert Wood and in 1921 they were living on Cromer Road, Nottingham, with Mabel and their sons Leslie (5) and George (2). They were still at the same address in 1939. Agnes died in June 1955.

Luther married Annie Smith in 1906. In 1911 they were living at 11 Raglan Street, Nottingham. Luther was a police constable and in 1921 they were living at 2 Police Cottages, Leenside. Luther had retired by 1939 when he and Annie were recorded on the England & Wales Register at Middle Furlong Street, Meadows. Luther died in April 1949; probate was awarded to William Sanday and John Sanday, police officers.

Samuel jnr. married Grace Louisa Bromley (b. 30 October 1881, Paddock Wood, Kent) at Croydon in 1909. They had two children, Frederick Samuel (b. 8 October 1910) and Molly (b. 23 April 1912). Samuel (27), a police constable, his wife and their son Samuel (5m.) were living at 13 James Street, Grimsby, in 1911. Their daughter Molly was born the following year.

Mary Elizabeth married Joseph Dane, a regular soldier, on 26 December 1910. In 1911 Joseph was recorded on the census at Strensall Camp, Yorkshire, a sergeant (clerk) in the Yorkshire Regiment. Mary, who was working as a lace mender, was living with her parents, Samuel and Emma, at 1 Wesley Grove, Carrington. Also in the home were her sisters, Constance, a hosiery maker, and Agnes (Billings) and her daughter Mabel (5).

Joseph Dane was posted to India in February 1912 and was accompanied by his wife who gave birth to twins, John Joseph and Mabel Ellen, in Barian on 24 July 1912. Their son died on 9 Septembe; their daughter was baptised in Barian on 15 September the same year. Mary died aged 29 in 1914 (reg. Rawalpindi, India). Her husband returned to the UK in November that year but it is not known whether his daughter had returned to England earlier. Joseph married Ethel Bellamy in 1922 and their son John was born the following year. In 1939 they were living on Nottingham Road; Joseph was working as a trolley bus driver and his son was a woodworker. Joseph probably died in 1978. His daughter Mabel married William Frederick Kindleysides in 1934 (JAS); she died on 12 August 1937.

Constance Edith married Frederick Selby in 1913 and in 1939 Frederick, a stableman, Constance and their son Joseph (b. 1913) a Post Office linesman and his wife Kathleen (b. 1919) were living at 25 Agnes Street, Nottingham. Constance died in 1962 (reg. Oxford).

Samuel's mother, Emma, died at 1 Wesley Grove on 22 June 1915 aged 62.

Samuel snr. married Jane King (b. 1855) in 1917 and in 1939 they were living at 3 Bank Terrace, Nottingham. He died on 16 November 1939 and his widow Jane on 3 April 1941.