Arthur Grantham

Arthur was the son of Peter and Ellen Grantham nee Yardley. Peter Grantham was born and lived in Nottingham and his wife Ellen Yardley was born in Belper, Derbyshire. In 1881 Ellen (25), working as a lace mender, was living at 86 Canal Street, with her uncle and aunt, Lodge and Annie Neale. Peter and Ellen were married in 1884 (J/F/M Nottingham) and had two sons, Joseph and Arthur. In 1891 Peter, Ellen and their first child Joseph were living at 36 Crossland Place, Nottingham. Ten years later in 1901, Peter (40), a bricklayer, and Ellen (42), a plain net mender, and their two sons, Joseph (16), a machine sawyer in a woodyard, and Arthur (8), were still living at the same address. By 1911 the family had moved to 5 Pemberton Street, Leen Side, Nottingham, in the ecclesiastical parish of St John the Baptist. Peter (51) was a bricklayer's labourer while Ellen (54) was no longer working. Joseph was still a wood sawyer while Arthur was now a carter for a coal merchant. Arthur's brother Joseph died at Nottingham on 1 July 1916. His mother Ellen died on 9 August 1923 aged 67 years and his father Peter died on 15 April 1930.