Ernest Herbert Wheatley

Ernest Herbert Wheatley was the son of William and Susannah A. Wheatley. Their children included included: Kate Ellen (b.1872), Clara (b.1874), Catherine (b.1878), Ernest Herbert (b.1880) and Albert Edward (b.1883). The Wheatley family lived at: 3 Bright Alley, Nottingham [C.1881]; 7 Brassey Street, Radford [C.1891]; 63 Bloomsgrove Street, Radford [C.1901]. In 1907 William Wheatley who latterly had worked as a house painter, died at Nottingham aged 57. By 1911 his widow, Susannah, was acting as a live-in housekeeper to Noah Chubb whose residence was 21 Clifford Street. The same address was given for Susannah Wheatley in Army records dated 1920. Susannah A. Wheatley died at Nottingham, aged 75, in 1923. In 1901 Ernest Herbert Wheatley married Kate Wright at Nottingham. The couple had three children: Hector Maurice (b.1903), Eric Gordon (b.1906) and Cyril (b.1911/d.1911). In 1911 the Wheatley family were living at 3 Dorset Street, Radford. This same address appeared in all Private Wheatley’s Army paperwork and was also given as the post-war address for his widow in the CWGC records. Kate Wheatley never remarried and died in Nottingham, aged 86, in 1967.