1911 census released today

 

My father Leonard was 4 years old on Mow Cop in April 1911. Here he is with his father and mother, sisters Elizabeth and Evelyn, and brothers Fred and George.

Note that his father Benjamin is described as a stationary engineman, working above ground in a local colliery. They lived in a 3-room house just below the castle on the Staffordshire side of Mow Cop.

Note also that my grandmother had borne 10 children after 20 years of marriage, but only 5 were still alive.

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The Nantwich Wainwrights in 1911

 

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The Wainwrights lived in a 7-room house at The Beeches, Nantwich. They had four children including Marjorie, my mother, who was 3 years old. Francis Joseph Wainwright, my grandfather, was a Railway Clerk.