Woodward, Thomas

Thomas was born on 8th March 1879 and baptised at St Paul’s Church on 20th July 1879.  His parents were George Woodward and Jane Woodward nee Beasley.  Jane died three years later, in 1882, whilst living at Crompton Street

In the 1891 census, Thomas, aged 12 was living with his widowed father George and 5 of his siblings on Upper Cape, Warwick.  They were William G (23), Harry (19), Florence M (15), Gertrude B (14) and Bernard B (9).  There were two sisters who were not present – Annie E (born 1867) and Emily Jane (born 1873).  Thomas’ father, George is listed as a Brewers Agent.

In the 1901 census, Thomas, by then a Railway Clerk,  and his brother Bernard, an apprentice plumber, are boarding at the house of a widow, Mary Ann Hollins, at 1 Parkes Street.

Thomas married Fanny White in October 1904 and by 1911 he and Fanny, were living at 16 Coten End with 2 children, Victor Thomas, (1906-1971) and Robert (1908-1964). They later had a third child, Dorothy (1913-1994).  Thomas was working as a clerk at the Leamington Spa Corn Merchants, Burman and Brewsters.

Warwick Advertiser April 1918:

Fanny was still living at 16 Coten End when she died in March 1962, at the age of 83, although she appears to have died in the house of her daughter, Dorothy, on Stratford Road, Warwick

The headstone shown is that of Thomas and Fanny Woodward and their daughter Dorothy, with her husband, Frederick Arthur Townsend (1910-1987)