Martha Williams

Martha Ann Williams 

Born: 1844, Nottingham 

Baptised: 17 September 1847, Crowell Bishop

Father: Thomas Williams (b. 1819)

Mother: Ann Williams 

Stepmother: Elizabeth Williams (b. 1807)

Marriage:        27 December 1866, Beeston  

Husband:         Joseph Heard  

                        b. 1843

                        Plumber/Agent for Books 

                        d. 1892

Issue – 

#1 Thomas Williams Heard (b. 1868) (d. 1868) 

#2 Edith Heard (b. 1869)

#3 Helen Maud Heard (b. 1870) (d. 1870)

#4 Helena Heard (b. 1873)

#5 Arthur Williams Heard (b. 1877)

#6 Blanche Heard (b. 1879)

In 1861 – 

She is at Chapel Street, Beeston. Her father is listed as ‘Lace Maker’. Her mother is unlisted. Martha is listed as ‘Pupil Teacher’.

In 1871 – 

She is at High Road, Beeston. Her husband is listed as ‘Plumber’. Martha is listed as ‘National Schoolmistress’. Her daughter, Edith, is unlisted.  There is a servant, Jane Barber (b. 1853). 

In 1881 – 

She is at 16 Glovers Road, Aston, Warwickshire. Her husband is listed as ‘Agent for Books’. Martha and her children (Edith, Helena, Arthur and Blanche) are unlisted. There is a servant, Susanna Jackson (b. 1867)

In 1891 –

She is at Frederick Road, Aston, Warwickshire. Her husband is listed as ‘Brewers Traveller’. Her daughter, Helena, is listed as ‘Dressmaker’. Martha and her children (Edith, Arthur and Blanche) are unlisted.  

In 10/95 – 

Address is Beeston. 

In 1901 –

She is at 78 Hailsham Avenue, Streatham. Her son-in-law, Charles Edgar Long (b. 1872), is listed as ‘Clerk Accountant’. Martha, her daughter, now Edith Long, and grandchildren, Eric Dudley Long (b. 1894) and Gerard Douglas Long (b. 1896), are unlisted

d.         1901, Wandsworth