The Wretham Family

Alfred James Wretham

Birth: 1892, in Willesden, Middlesex, England

Father: James Robert Wretham

Mother: Annie Laura (Sweeting) Wretham

Loos Memorial, France, where Alfred James Wretham is memorialised

photograph from Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Death: 6 October 1915 in the Battle of Loos, France, aged 24. Alfred was a private in the 6th Battalion of The Buffs (East Kent Regiment). Service no. G/1065.

Alfred is recorded as the son of James Robert and Annie Laurie Wretham, of 44, Priory Park Rd., Kilburn, London.

Memorial: Loos Memorial Panel 15-19

Census:
1901: 98 Granville Street, Willesden, Middlesex

Sources:

Birth: England Birth Index (2Q1892 vol 3a p191); exact place from 1901 census
Parents: Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Death: Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Alice Mary (Wretham) Wells

Birth: 28 February 1868, in Kentish Town, Middlesex, England

Baptism: 6 April 1868, in Old Church, St Pancras, London, Middlesex, England

Father: George Wretham

Mother: Mary Ann (Allen) Wretham

Married: Alfred E. Wells in 1889, in Hendon district, Middlesex, England. Alfred was born in 1868/9, in Marylebone, London. He was a sailor.

Occupation: Dressmaker

Census:
1871: 2 Albert Gardens, Willesden, Middlesex
1881: 7 Albert Gardens, Willesden, Middlesex
1891: 7 Albert Gardens, Willesden, Middlesex

Sources:

Birth: England Birth Index (2Q1868 vol 1b p146); exact date and place from John Nichols, IGI Batch K045631
Baptism: John Nichols, IGI Batch K045631
Occupation: 1891 census
Marriage: England Marriage Index (4Q1889 vol 3a p195); Alfred details from 1891 census

Annie L. Wretham

Birth: 1870

Father: George Wretham

Mother: Mary Ann (Allen) Wretham

Sources:

Birth: John Nichols

Annie Rose Wretham

Birth: 1875, in Higher Booths, Lancashire, England

Father: Thomas Wretham

Mother: Anna Robina (Cross) Wretham

Occupation: Pupil Teacher (1891)

Census:
1881: Westerfield, Suffolk, England
1891: Turin Street, Ipswich St Peter, Suffolk

Sources:

Birth: England Birth Index (1Q1875 vol 8e p139); exact place from 1881 census
Parents: 1881 census
Occupation: 1891 census

Arthur Nelson Wretham

Birth: 1896, in Willesden, Middlesex, England

Father: James Robert Wretham

Mother: Annie Laura (Sweeting) Wretham

Married: Dorothy M. Barlow in 1925 in Willesden district, Middlesex, England

Census:
1901: 98 Granville Street, Willesden, Middlesex

Sources:

Birth: England Birth Index (3Q1896 vol 3a p196); exact place from 1901 census
Marriage: England Marriage Index (3Q1925 vol 3a p790)

Audrey Florence (Wretham) Norris

Birth: 1887, in Kilburn, Middlesex, England

Father: James Robert Wretham

Mother: Annie Laura (Sweeting) Wretham

Married: Frederick B. Norris in 1912 in Willesden district, Middlesex, England

Census:
1891: 35 Canterbury Road, Willesden, Middlesex
1901: 98 Granville Street, Willesden, Middlesex

Sources:

Birth: England Birth Index (3Q1887 vol 3a p166); exact place from 1891 census
Marriage: England Marriage Index (4Q1912 vol 3a p512)

Bertha Lilian Wretham

Birth: 1900, in Hendon district, Middlesex, England

Father: James Thomas W. Wretham

Mother: May (Chambers) Wretham

Census:
1901: 76 Ossory Road, Camberwell, London

Sources:

Birth: England Birth Index (4Q1900 vol 3a p193)

Charles Wretham

Birth: 1845, in Tostock, Suffolk, England

Father: James Wretham

Mother: Keziah (Cock) Wretham

Sources:

Birth: England Birth Index (4Q1845 vol 12 p403); exact place from IGI

Charles Thomas Wretham

Birth: 1871, in Kilburn, Middlesex, England

Father: George Wretham

Mother: Mary Ann (Allen) Wretham

Occupation: Cycle Maker

Census:
1881: 7 Albert Gardens, Willesden, Middlesex
1891: 7 Albert Gardens, Willesden, Middlesex

Sources:

Birth: England Birth Index (3Q1871 vol 1b p123); exact place from 1881 census
Occupation: 1891 census

Charles Henry Wretham

Birth: 1880, in Southwark St George, Surrey, England

Father: James Wretham

Mother: Sarah (Wood) Wretham

Occupation: Grocers Assistant

Death: 1897, in Camberwell district, London, England, aged 17

Census:
1881: 105 Old Kent Road, Southwark, Surrey
1891: 160 High Road, Lee, London

Sources:

Birth: England Birth Index (4Q1880 vol 1d p39)
Occupation: 1891 census
Death: England Death Index (4Q1897 vol 1d p598)

Charlotte (Wretham) Bone

Birth: 1851, in Woolpit, Suffolk, England

Father: James Wretham

Mother: Keziah (Cock) Wretham

Married: Lewis John Bone on 2 July 1883 in St Marys, Lewisham, Kent, England.

Children:

Charles Bone (1884 - ? )
Ethel Wretham Bone (1884 - 1884)
Lewis Wretham Bone (1884 - ? )
Winifred Wretham Bone (1887 - 1979)

Census:
1861: Tavern Row, Woolpit, Suffolk
1891: Milton in Gravesend, Kent

Sources:

Birth: England Birth Index (4Q1851 vol 12 p445); 1861 census
Marriage: England Marriage Index (3Q1883 vol 1d p1531); exact date and place from John Nichols

Eliza (Wretham) Mulley

Birth: 1820/1

Baptism: 16 September 1821, in Norton, Suffolk, England

Father: James Wretham

Mother: Mary (Spalding) Wretham

Married: William James Mulley on 23 November 1841, in Woolpit, Suffolk, England. The marriage was witnessed by Mary Ann Ramsbotham and George Cock. William is listed as a bachelor, and a labourer of Woolpit, the son of George Cock, labourer. Eliza is listed as aged 20, a spinster of Woolpit and the daughter of James Wretham, a labourer.

Sources:

Birth: Age at marriage
Baptism: John Nichols
Marriage: John Nichols; England Marriage Index (4Q1841 vol 12 p903)

Elizabeth Emily Wretham

Birth: 1878, in Southwark St George, Surrey, England

Father: James Wretham

Mother: Sarah (Wood) Wretham

Married: William Christopher Coxall in 1906 in Camberwell district, London, England

Occupation: Restaurant Waitress (1901)

Death: 1968

Census:
1881: 105 Old Kent Road, Southwark, Surrey
1891: 160 High Road, Lee, London
1901: 19 Aulay Street, Camberwell, London

Sources:

Birth: England Birth Index (1Q1878 vol 1d p34); exact place from 1881 census
Marriage: England Marriage Index (3Q1906 vol 1d p1853)
Occupation: 1901 census
Death: John Nichols

Emilia (Wretham) Cock

Baptism: 17 February 1805, in Horningsheath, Suffolk, England

Father: James Wretham

Mother: Mary (Spalding) Wretham

Married: Robert Cock on 29 December 1824, in Woolpit, Suffolk, England. The marriage was witnessed by John Baines Rout, Benjmn Borrell and John Stokes. Both Robert and Emilia are listed as single and of Woolpit.

Children:

Robert Cock (1826 - ? )

Burial: 2 November 1827, in Woolpit, Suffolk, England, aged 23

Sources:

Baptism: IGI Batch P012561
Marriage: John Nichols; IGI marriage extracts Batch M132361
Burial: John Nichols

Emily Jane Wretham

Birth: 1867, in Pancras district, Middlesex, England

Father: George Wretham

Mother: Mary Ann (Allen) Wretham

Death: 1869, in Pancras district, Middlesex, England, aged 1

Sources:

Birth: England Birth Index (3Q1867 vol 1b p19)
Death: England Death Index (1Q1869 vol 1b p3)

Emma (Wretham) White

Birth: 1857/8, in Paddington, Middlesex, England

Father: George Wretham

Mother: Mary Ann (Allen) Wretham

Married: Walter White in 1880, in Hendon district, Middlesex, England

Children:

Ada Emma White (1881 - ? )
Ethel White (1882/3 - ? )
Alice Mildred White (1887 - ? )
Elsie Wretham White (1890 - ? )

Census:
1861: 40 Harwood Street, St Pancras, Middlesex
1871: 2 Albert Gardens, Willesden, Middlesex
1881: 7 Albert Gardens, Willesden, Middlesex
1891: 23 Salisbury Road, Willesden, Middlesex

Sources:

Birth: 1871, 1881 census
Marriage: England Marriage Index (4Q1880 vol 3a p192)

Ernest Edward Wretham

Birth: 1877, in Westerfield, Suffolk, England

Father: Thomas Wretham

Mother: Anna Robina (Cross) Wretham

Married: Elizabeth Florence Skilton in 1902 in Ipswich district, Suffolk, England

Elizabeth was born in 1879, in Ipswich, Suffolk, the daughter of Alfred Skilton and Margaret Child.
Census:
1881: Providence St, Ipswich St Matthew, Suffolk
1891: Orford Street, Ipswich St Matthew, Suffolk
1911: Hitchin Urban, Hertfordshire

Children:

Dorothy Margaret Wretham (1904 - 1923)

Occupation: Builder's Setter Out (1901); Joiner (1911)

Census:
1881: Westerfield, Suffolk
1891: Turin Street, Ipswich St Peter, Suffolk
1901: North Station Road, Colchester, Essex
1911: Hitchin Urban, Hertfordshire

Sources:

Birth: England Birth Index (4Q1877 Ipswich vol 4a p667); exact place from 1881 census
Parents: 1881 census
Marriage: England Marriage Index (2Q1902 Ipswich vol 4a p1487); 1911 census; Elizabeth birth from England Birth Index (4Q1879 Ipswich vol 4a p671) with exact place from 1911 census; Elizabeth parents from 1881 census with mother's surname from England Marriage Index (1Q1876 London C. vol 1c p25)
Occupation: 1901, 1911 census

Florence Mabel (Wretham) Everett

Birth: 1886, in Kilburn, Middlesex, England

Father: George William Wretham

Mother: Mary Ann (Dibley) Wretham

Married: Henry C. W. Everett in 1915 in Willesden district, Middlesex, England

Occupation: Dressmaker (1901)

Census:
1891: 7 Albert Gardens, Willesden, Middlesex
1901: 1 Canterbury Gardens, Willesden, Middlesex

Sources:

Birth: England Birth Index (4Q1886 vol 3a p181); exact place from 1891 census
Marriage: England Marriage Index (4Q1915 vol 3a p793)
Occupation: 1901 census

George Wretham

Birth: 13 May 1834, in Woolpit, Suffolk, England

Baptised: 18 May 1834, in Woolpit, Suffolk, England

Father: James Wretham

Mother: Keziah (Cock) Wretham

Married: Mary Ann Allen in 26 December 1856 in St George Hanover Square, Marylebone, Middlesex, England.

Mary Ann was born in 1837, in Ilminster, Somerset. She died in 1920 in Hendon district, Middlesex, aged 83.
Census:
1861: 40 Harwood Street, St Pancras, Middlesex
1871: 2 Albert Gardens, Willesden, Middlesex
1881: 7 Albert Gardens, Willesden, Middlesex
1891: 7 Albert Gardens, Willesden, Middlesex
1901: 7 Albert Gardens, Willesden, Middlesex
1911: 22 Westbury Road, Wembley, Middlesex: Mary Ann Wretham, wife, is aged 74, born in Ilminster, Somerset.

Children:

Emma Wretham (1857/8 - ? )
George William Wretham (1861 - 1930)
William Thomas Wretham (1863 - ? )
James Robert Wretham (1864 - ? )
Emily Jane Wretham (1867 - 1869)
Alice Mary Wretham (1868 - ? )
Henry Frederick Wretham (1869 - ? )
Annie L. Wretham (1870 - ? )
Charles Thomas Wretham (1871 - ? )
Walter Ernest Wretham (1879 - ? )

Occupation: Labourer (1861), Coal Porter (1871, 1881, 1891, 1901)

Death: 1924, in Hendon district, Middlesex, England, aged 91

Census:
1841: Elmswell, Suffolk
1851: Tostock, Suffolk: George Wretham, son, is age 17, born in Woolpit, Suffolk
1861: 40 Harwood Street, St Pancras, Middlesex
1871: 2 Albert Gardens, Willesden, Middlesex
1881: 7 Albert Gardens, Willesden, Middlesex
1891: 7 Albert Gardens, Willesden, Middlesex
1901: 7 Albert Gardens, Willesden, Middlesex
1911: 22 Westbury Road, Wembley, Middlesex: George Wretham, head, is aged 77, born in Woolpit, Suffolk.

Sources:

Birth: John Nichols
Baptism: John Nichols lists full baptismal record showing 18 May; IGI baptism extracts Batch C132531 has baptism on 13 May 1834
Marriage: England Marriage Index (4Q1856 Marylebone vol 1a p720); exact date from John Cox private tree on ancestry.com; Mary Ann birth from England Birth Index (3Q1837 Chard vol 10 p267) with exact place from 1881, 1891, 1911 census; Mary Ann death from England Death Index (1Q1920 Hendon vol 3a p358)
Occupation: 1861, 1871, 1881, 1891, 1901 census
Death: England Death Index (2Q1924 Hendon vol 3a p312)

George William Wretham

Birth: 25 August 1861, in Kentish Town, Middlesex, England

Father: George Wretham

Mother: Mary Ann (Allen) Wretham

Married: Mary Ann Dibley in 1883, in Hendon district, Middlesex, England.

Mary Ann was born in 1860, in Camberwell, Surrey, the daughter of John William Dibley and Mary Jane Prentice. She died in 1937, in Willesden district, Middlesex, aged 77.
Census:
1891: 7 Albert Gardens, Willesden, Middlesex
1901: 1 Canterbury Gardens, Willesden, Middlesex

Children:

Florence Mabel Wretham (1886 - ? )
Lily Emily Wretham (1890 - ? )
Violet Alice Wretham (1890 - ? )
George Walter Wretham (1892 - ? )
Rose Hilda Wretham (1899 - ? )
Harold Charles Wretham (1901 -? )
Reginald Arthur Wretham (1903 - 1969)

Occupation: Labourer in Iron Works (1881), Ironfitter (1891), Gas fitter (1901), General Engineer Fitter (1911). An ironfitter erects the steelwork of a structure, and fits various components such as girders, columns on the site. A gas fitter is a worker who installs or repairs gas pipes and appliances.

Death: 1930, in Willesden district, Middlesex, England, aged 69

Census:
1871: 2 Albert Gardens, Willesden, Middlesex
1881: 7 Albert Gardens, Willesden, Middlesex
1891: 7 Albert Gardens, Willesden, Middlesex
1901: 1 Canterbury Gardens, Willesden, Middlesex
1911: 1 Canterbury Terrace, Kilburn NW, Middlesex: George Wretham, head, is aged 49, born in Camden Town, London. He has been married for 27 years, and is a General Engineer Fitter.

Sources:

Birth: England Birth Index (3Q1861 Pancras vol 1b p157); exact date from John Cox private tree on ancestry.com; exact place from 1871, 1881 census
Marriage: England Marriage Index (4Q1883 Hendon vol 3a p187); Mary Ann birth from England Birth Index (4Q1860 Newington vol 1d p208) with exact place from 1891, 1901 census; Mary Ann father from John Cox private tree on ancestry.com; Mary Ann mother from England Marriage Index (3Q1857 Newington vol 1d p209); Mary Ann death from England Death Index (4Q1937 Willesden vol 3a p440)
Occupation: 1881, 1891, 1901 census
Death: England Death Index (4Q1930 Willesden vol 3a p311)

George Walter Wretham

Birth: 1892, in Willesden, Middlesex, England

Father: George William Wretham

Mother: Mary Ann (Dibley) Wretham

Married: Margaret N. Trevatt in 1915 in Willesden district, Middlesex, England

Census:
1901: 1 Canterbury Gardens, Willesden, Middlesex

Sources:

Birth: England Birth Index (2Q1892 vol 3a p160); exact place from 1901 census
Marriage: England Marriage Index (3Q1915 vol 3a p852)

Harold Charles Wretham

Birth: 1901, in Hendon district, Middlesex, England

Father: George William Wretham

Mother: Mary Ann (Dibley) Wretham

Sources:

Birth: England Birth Index (3Q1901 vol 3a p293)

Henry Frederick Wretham

Birth: 1869, in Pancras district, Middlesex, England

Father: George Wretham

Mother: Mary Ann (Allen) Wretham

Sources:

Birth: England Birth Index (2Q1869 vol 1b p13)

James Wretham

Married: Mary Spalding

Children:

Emilia Wretham (1805 - ? )
James Wretham (1807 - 1892)
Eliza Wretham (1821 - ? )

Occupation: Labourer

Sources:

Marriage: John Nichols
Occupation: Marriage record of daughter Eliza

James Wretham

Birth: 20 February 1807, in Whepstead, Suffolk, England

Father: James Wretham

Mother: Mary (Spalding) Wretham

Married: Keziah Cock on 1 November 1831, in Woolpit, Suffolk, England. The marriage was witnessed by Thomas Wretham, Amy Peak and John Stokes. Both James and Keziah are recorded as single and of Woolpit.

Children:

Robert Wretham (1832 - 1880)
George Wretham (1834 - 1924)
James Wretham (1836 - 1905)
Mary Wretham (1838/9 - ? )
Thomas Wretham (1841 - 1925)
William Wretham (1843 - ? )
Charles Wretham (1845 - ? )
Keziah Wretham (1849 - ? )
Charlotte Wretham (1851 - ? )

Occupation: Labourer (1832, 1834); Gardener (1841), Agricultural labourer (1861, 1871)

Death: 23 December 1892, aged 85, in Stow district, Suffolk, England

Census:
1841: Elmswell, Suffolk
1851: Tostock, Suffolk: James Wretham, head, is aged 44, born in Whepstead, Suffolk
1861: Tavern Row, Woolpit, Suffolk
1871: Norton Road, Woolpit, Suffolk
1881: Norton Road, Woolpit, Suffolk
1891: Cottage, Norton Road, Woolpit, Suffolk

Sources:

Birth: IGI
Marriage: John Nichols
Occupation: Baptism records of sons Robert and George, 1841, 1861, 1871 census
Death: England Death Index (4Q1892 Stow vol 4a p414); exact date from IGI

James Wretham

Birth: 1836, in Tostock, Suffolk, England

Father: James Wretham

Mother: Keziah (Cock) Wretham

Married: Sarah Wood on 8 June 1873 in St Pauls, Westminster Bridge Road, Southwark, Surrey, England. Sarah was born in 1850/1, in Hammersmith, Middlesex.

Children:

James Thomas W. Wretham (1875 - 1941)
Elizabeth Emily Wretham (1878 - 1968)
Charles Henry Wretham (1880 - 1897)
Sidney Alfred Wretham (1892 - 1961)

Occupation: Grocer

Death: 1905, in Camberwell district, London, England, aged 68

Census:
1841: Elmswell, Suffolk
1881: 105 Old Kent Road, Southwark, Surrey
1891: 160 High Road, Lee, London
1901: 19 Aulay Street, Camberwell, London

Sources:

Birth: 1841 census; age at death; IGI has Totock as birthplace, the 1891 census has Norton and the 1901 has Elmswell!
Marriage: England Marriage Index (2Q1873 vol 1d p154); exact date and place from IGI; Sarah details from 1881 census
Occupation: 1881, 1891, 1901 census
Death: England Death Index (3Q1905 vol 1d p480)

James Robert Wretham

Birth: 1864, in Kentish Town, Middlesex, England

Father: George Wretham

Mother: Mary Ann (Allen) Wretham

Married: Annie Laura Sweeting in 1886, in Hendon district, Middlesex, England. Annie was born in 1864-8 in Blackfriars, London.

Children:

Audrey Florence Wretham (1887 - ? )
Phyllis Kathleen Wretham (1889 - ? )
Alfred James Wretham (1892 - 1915)
Arthur Nelson Wretham (1896 - ? )

Occupation: Coal Porter

Census & Addresses:
1871: 2 Albert Gardens, Willesden, Middlesex
1881: 7 Albert Gardens, Willesden, Middlesex
1891: 35 Canterbury Road, Willesden, Middlesex
1901: 98 Granville Street, Willesden, Middlesex
1915: 44 Priory Park Road, Kilburn, London (from death record of son Alfred)

Sources:

Birth: England Birth Index (1Q1864 vol 1b p161); exact place from 1871, 1881 census
Marriage: England Marriage Index (3Q1886 vol 3a p209); Annie details from 1891, 1901 census
Occupation: 1881, 1891, 1901 census

James Thomas W. Wretham

Birth: 1875, in Battersea, Surrey, England

Father: James Wretham

Mother: Sarah (Wood) Wretham

Married: May Chambers in 1899 in St Savior Southwark district, London, England. May was born in 1878/9, in Surrey.

Children:

James Wretham (1897/8 - ? )
Bertha Lillian Wretham (1900 - ? )

Occupation: Commercial Clerk

Death: 1941

Census:
1881: 105 Old Kent Road, Southwark, Surrey
1891: 160 High Road, Lee, London
1901: 76 Ossory Road, Camberwell, London

Sources:

Birth: England Birth Index (4Q1875 vol 1d p609); exact place from 1881 census
Marriage: England Marriage Index (2Q1899 vol 1d p160); May details from 1901 census
">Occupation: 1891, 1901 census
Death: John Nichols

James Wretham

Birth: 1897/8, in Surrey, England

Father: James Thomas W. Wretham

Mother: May (Chambers) Wretham

Census:
1901: 76 Ossory Road, Camberwell, London

Sources:

Birth: 1901 census

Keziah Wretham

Birth: 1849, in Tostock, Suffolk, England

Father: James Wretham

Mother: Keziah (Cock) Wretham

Census:
1861: Tavern Row, Woolpit, Suffolk
1871: Eastbourne, Sussex

Sources:

Birth: England Birth Index (3Q1849 vol 12 p418); exact place from 1861 census

Lily Emily (Wretham) Goodman

Birth: 1890, in Kilburn, Middlesex, England

Father: George William Wretham

Mother: Mary Ann (Dibley) Wretham

Married: Frederick C. S. Goodman in 1912 in Paddington district, London, England

Census:
1891: 7 Albert Gardens, Willesden, Middlesex
1901: 1 Canterbury Gardens, Willesden, Middlesex

Sources:

Birth: England Birth Index (4Q1890 vol 3a p150); exact place from 1891 census
Marriage: England Marriage Index (4Q1912 vol 1a p158)

Mary Wretham

Birth: 1838/9, in Tostock, Suffolk, England

Father: James Wretham

Mother: Keziah (Cock) Wretham

Census:
1841: Elmswell, Suffolk

Sources:

Birth: 1841 census; exact place from IGI

Phyllis Kathleen (Wretham) Seaby

Birth: 1889, in Kilburn, Middlesex, England

Father: James Robert Wretham

Mother: Annie Laura (Sweeting) Wretham

Married: _____ Seaby in 1921 in Willesden district, Middlesex, England

Census:
1891: 35 Canterbury Road, Willesden, Middlesex
1901: 98 Granville Street, Willesden, Middlesex

Sources:

Birth: England Birth Index (3Q1889 vol 3a p198); exact place from 1891 census
Marriage: England Marriage Index (1Q1921 vol 3a p480)

Reginald Arthur Wretham

photograph from John Cox private tree on ancestry.com

Minnie (Clark) Wretham

photograph from John Cox private tree on ancestry.com

Reginald Arthur Wretham

Birth: 28 March 1903, in Willesden, Middlesex, England

Father: George William Wretham

Mother: Mary Ann (Dibley) Wretham

Married: Minnie Clark in Willesden district, Middlesex, England, in 1928

Minnie was born on 22 February 1905 in Hampstead, London, the daughter of Arthur Clark and Harriet Capon. She married, secondly, Herbert Alfred Case on 5 September 1981 in Hemel Hempstead. Minnie died on 11 July 1996, in Isle of Wight, England.
Census:
1911: 78 Charteris Road, Kilburn NW, Middlesex: Minnie Clark, daughter, is aged 5, born in Hampstead, London

Death: 2 March 1969, in the Isle of Wight district, Isle of Wight, England, aged 65

Census:
1911: 1 Canterbury Terrace, Kilburn NW, Middlesex; Reginald Wretham, son, is aged 8, born in Willesden

Sources:

Birth: England Birth Index (2Q1903 Hendon vol 3a p273); exact date from John Cox private tree on ancestry.com; exact place from 1911 census
Marriage: England Marriage Index (4Q1928 Willesden vol 3a p604); Minnie birth from England Birth Index (2Q1905 Hampstead vol 1a p604) with exact date from John Cox private tree on ancestry.com and exact place from 1911 census; Minnie parents from 1911 census with mother's surname from England Marriage Index (3Q1891 Islington vol 1b p690); Minnie 2nd marriage from John Cox private tree on ancestry.com; Minnie death from John Cox private tree on ancestry.com
Death: England Death Index (1Q1969 I.Wight vol 6b p1104); exact date from John Cox private tree on ancestry.com

Robert Wretham

Baptised: 11 March 1832, in Woolpit, Suffolk, England

Father: James Wretham

Mother: Keziah (Cock) Wretham

Married: Elizabeth Rodwell in 1866, in Tonbridge district, Kent, England. Elizabeth was born in 1822/3, in Badwell Ash, Suffolk.

Census: 1881: Bunkers Hill, Elmswell, Suffolk

Occupation: Shoemaker

Death: 14 February 1880, aged 48, in Woodbridge, Suffolk, England

Census:
1841: Elmswell, Suffolk
1861: Woolwich, Kent; bombardier, unmarried
1871: New House, Elmswell, Suffolk

Sources:

Baptism: IGI baptism extracts Batch C132491; John Nichols
Marriage: England Marriage Index (4Q1866 vol 2a p943); Elizabeth details from 1871, 1881 census.
Occupation: 1871 census
Death: England Death Index (1Q1880 vol 4a p496); exact date and place from John Nichols

Rose Hilda (Wretham) Mitchell

Birth: 1899, in Willesden, Middlesex, England

Father: George William Wretham

Mother: Mary Ann (Dibley) Wretham

Married: William H. Mitchell in 1927 in Willesden district, Middlesex, England

Census:
1901: 1 Canterbury Gardens, Willesden, Middlesex

Sources:

Birth: England Birth Index (1Q1899 vol 3a p266); exact place from 1901 census
Marriage: England Marriage Index (1Q1927 vol 3a p421)

Sidney Alfred Wretham

Birth: 6 May 1892, in Lee, London, England

Father: James Wretham

Mother: Sarah (Wood) Wretham

Married: Jane Eleanor Summersgill in 1919 in West Derby district, Lancashire, England

Death: 1961, in Ilford, Essex, England

Census:
1901: 19 Aulay Street, Camberwell, London

Sources:

Birth: John Nichols; place from 1901 census
Marriage: England Marriage Index (3Q1919 vol 8b p963)
Death: John Nichols

Thomas Wretham

Birth: Jan/Feb 1841, in Elmswell, Suffolk, England

Father: James Wretham

Mother: Keziah (Cock) Wretham

Married: Anna Robina Cross in 1872 in Stow district, Suffolk, England. Anna was born in 1839/40, in Woolpit, Suffolk, the daughter of Eliza (_____) Cross, and died in 1908, in Tonbridge, Kent.
Census:
1881: Westerfield, Suffolk, England
1891: Turin Street, Ipswich St Peter, Suffolk

Children:

Annie Rose Wretham (1875 - ? )
Ernest Edward Wretham (1877 - ? )

Occupation: Agricultural Labourer (1861); Brewers Cellarman (1881); Engine Driver Railway (1891)

Death: 1925, in Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England

Census:
1841: Elmswell, Suffolk
1861: Tavern Row, Woolpit, Suffolk
1871: Higher Booths, Lancashire
1881: Westerfield, Suffolk, England
1891: Turin Street, Ipswich St Peter, Suffolk
1901: Stoke St Mary, Suffolk

Sources:

Birth: Aged 4 months at 1841 census; 1861 census
Marriage: England Marriage Index (2Q1872 vol 4a p793), Anna details from 1881 census, England Death Index (1Q1908 vol 2a p572)
Occupation: 1861, 1881, 1891 census
Death: John Nichols

Violet Alice (Wretham) Everett

Birth: 1890, in Kilburn, Middlesex, England

Father: George William Wretham

Mother: Mary Ann (Dibley) Wretham

Married: Albert E. Everett in 1915 in Willesden district, Middlesex, England

Census:
1891: 7 Albert Gardens, Willesden, Middlesex
1901: 1 Canterbury Gardens, Willesden, Middlesex

Sources:

Birth: England Birth Index (4Q1890 vol 3a p150); exact place from 1891 census
Marriage: England Marriage Index (4Q1915 vol 3a p805)

Walter Ernest Wretham

Birth: 30 August 1879, in Willesden, Middlesex, England

Father: George Wretham

Mother: Mary Ann (Allen) Wretham

Married: Elizabeth Mary Garrett on 27 August 1903, in St John's Church, Kensal Green, London, England
The Courier-Mail 27 August 1953 (Brisbane, Queensland)
GOLDEN WEDDING
WRETHAM— GARRETT.—On 27th August, at St. John's Church, Kensal Green, London, Elizabeth Mary, to Walter Ernest Wretham. Present address "Eastcote," Victoria Street, Brighton.

Elizabeth was born in 1882, in Chelsea, London and baptised on 23 April 1882 in St Andrew and St Phillip, Kensal Green, Middlesex, the daughter of William Henry Garrett and Frances Mary Elizabeth Gordon.
Census:
1911: Harrow on the Hill, Middlesex

Children:

Walter Eric Wretham (1909 - ? )
Ruby E. Wretham (1911 - ? )
Pearl E. Wretham (1912 - 1925)

Occupation: Engineer Fitter (1901); Experimental Electrical Instrument Maker (1911)

Census & Addresses:
1881: 7 Albert Gardens, Willesden, Middlesex
1891: 7 Albert Gardens, Willesden, Middlesex
1901: 7 Albert Gardens, Willesden, Middlesex
1911: Harrow on the Hill, Middlesex
1953: "Eastcote", Victoria Street, Brighton, Brisbane, Queensland (The Courier-Mail 27 August 1953)

Sources:

Birth: England Birth Index (4Q1879 Hendon vol 3a p143); exact date from Lives of the First World War; exact place from 1911 census
Parents: 1891 census
Marriage: England Marriage Index (3Q1903 Paddington vol 1a p29); exact date and place from The Courier-Mail 27 August 1953 (Brisbane, Queensland); Elizabeth birth from England Birth Index (1Q1882 Chelsea vol 1a p302) with exact place from 1911 census; Elizabeth baptism from England Births and Christenings film 2214872 ; Elizabeth parents from England Births and Christenings film 2214872 with mother's surname from England Marriage Index (4Q1881 Kensington vol 1a p24)
Occupation: 1901, 1911 census

William Wretham

Birth: 1843, in Woolpit, Suffolk, England

Father: James Wretham

Mother: Keziah (Cock) Wretham

Occupation: Glazier & Plumber

Census:
1861: Tavern Row, Woolpit, Suffolk

Sources:

Birth: England Birth Index (3Q1843 vol 12 p413); exact place from 1861 census
Occupation: 1861 census

William Thomas Wretham

Birth: about 1863

Father: George Wretham

Mother: Mary Ann (Allen) Wretham

Sources:

Birth: John Nichols

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