John William Sheldon

John William Sheldon was the son of John Sheldon and Ann Barnes who married at Derby in 1884. Their children included: Frederick (b.1885), John William (b.1890), Joseph (b.1892), Samuel (b.1894), Herbert (b.1895) and Clara Jane (b.1897). All these children were born in Middleton, Derbyshire. The Sheldon family lived at: Hillside Middleton, Derbyshire [C.1891 & C.1901]; The Alley, Middleton [C.1911]. The post-war address given for his parents in the CWGC records was 11 Byron Street, East Kirkby, Nottinghamshire. John Sheldon worked as a quarryman. It is not clear what ultimately happened to John and Ann Sheldon. In 1911 John William Sheldon was living as a boarder at 45 Garden Street, Radford, Nottingham. On 18 March 1916 he married Florence Holmes at Radford St Peter’s Church. The couple may have had a child. If so it would have been William A. (b.1917) born in the Ashbourne registration district just after his father’s death. John William Sheldon’s death notice in the local newspaper gave his home address as 42 Dulwich Street, Radford, which was the family home of his wife’s parents [n.e.p.2.6.1917]. In 1920 Florence Sheldon married Herbert Sheldon at Nottingham. It seems probable that her new husband was John William’s brother.