| The
Walsh Page
Right:
Francis Leonard Walsh and his wife Lily Grace Walsh (nee Sanders) |
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| The
Walsh Page
Right:
Francis Leonard Walsh and his wife Lily Grace Walsh (nee Sanders) |
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| James [Robert]
Walsh
bn. ~1860 perhaps 24 Jul 1860 Wesminster or Battersea area? [father: Michael Walsh] Coach Painter
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St Saviour's Church, Battersea Wandsworth |
Lucy Fletcher
born 22nd. April 1861 4 Leather Lane, Holborn [father James Fletcher, mother Mary (nee Kent)] |
The Walsh Siblings:
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& James |
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| Born early 1880s married
Children:
Died ? |
died
young - not in 1891 census |
Born 11 Jun 1886 36 Battersea
Park Road. [SQ 1886 Wandsworth 1d 582]
Married to William Henry Whitlock
Children: Mabel born 30th. October
1911
Stanley Percy William born 9th. February 1913, died 17th. July 1948. Died 15th. November 1960. |
Born ~ 1888 [possibly Percy Walsh JQ 1888 Wandsworth]
(possibly witness at marriage of Rosina)
Died 28 Dec 1917. Rifleman 552560. Buried Jerusalem War Cemetery Y.46 [Not in the WW1 burnt or unburnet series] |
Born 04 Nov 1890/1 [possibly
Madeline Walsh DQ 1890 Wandsworth 1d 527?]
known as Maddie Married George William Ruddell Died 30
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Born 12 May 1893, Battersea [JQ
1893 Wandsworth 1d 599]
Married Violet Victoria Blackwell 12 February 1920 Wandsworth Lived at 18 Park Road, Rickmansworth 1 daughter:
Died 19 Feb 1991, Worthing. Buired Rickmansworth. |
Born 11 Jun 1896 [SQ
1896 Wandsworth 1d 563]
Known as Frank.
Married Lily Grace Sanders in Watford 19th. September 1942 [cert] No children Died ?Easter time 1973 |
Born ~1900
Died 30 Sep 1940 age 39
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Notes:
There were at least two children older than Percy who died as infants; believed James and Rose.
Percy: I believe that Percy possibly went to the Dardanelles in WW1 and then perhaps later to Palestine where he died and was buried 'at the foot of the Mount of Olives'. There is a P. Walsh as a witness to the marriage of Rosina Walsh in 1910 so I guess this might be the same person. I have searched every P. Walsh whose death is in the CWGC register in WW1 and the most likely entry is for P. Walsh, Rifleman 552560 2nd/16th Bn., London Regt (Queen's Westminster Rifles) died 28 Dec 1917, buried Jerusalem War Cemetery (which is at the north end of the Mount of Olives), reference Y. 46. I have checked for a Percy Walsh in all burnt and unburnt series Great War records in the PRO Kew and I don't think he is there.
The bombing and CWGC details: The family were bombed by a direct hit on their house at 126 Kingston Avenue, North Cheam on 30 Sep 1940. May died and is recorded in the CWGC register as May Walsh age 39 (so born 01 Oct 1900 to 30 Sep 1901 and had not married). James (senior) was very badly injured and died the same day and is recorded in the CWGC register as age 81 at the time (so born 01 Oct 1858 to 30 Sep 1859, and his marriage certificate implies he was born 15 Aug 1858 to 14 Aug 1859). Madeline Ruddell (nee Walsh) also died and is registered as age 49 (so born 01 Oct 1890 to 30 Sep 1891). Rosina was away, staying with Maria Anthonette Sanders (nee de Smit), but Rosina's husband William Henry Whitlock was also injured.
1881 census: Fletcher: RG11/649/54/4 20 Henley Street, Battersea: Lucy Fletcher, age 19, Tailoress born Pimlico, Lucy L. Fletcher age 11m, James Fletcher, Head, age 49, a Mill Sawyer born Westminster (plus Lucy's half brother, three step-siblings and her stepmother Caroline). Is the Lucy L. Fletcher the Lillian Walsh (who was 10 in 1891 and 20 in 1901 - see below).
1881 census Walsh: not sure: could it be RG11/111/34/62 James N. Walsh, age 19 Carter, born Westminster with his mother C. Walsh, age 55, widow, shirt maker born Ireland? Update Jul 2004: Monica Chiles thinks it might be James Walsh aged 20yrs born St Georges with an address of 21, Orange Street, Southwark - parents James from Cork and Mary from Limerick, and a sister Mary Ann 10 yrs b St Saviours; and is chasing that possibility...
1891 census: RG12/422 St. Saviours Battersea at 1 Oulton Street: James Walsh, 30, Laundryman born Westminster and his wife Lucy, 29, born Holborn and their children Lillian, 10; Rosina, 4; Percy, 2; and Madeline 5 months, all born Battersea.
1901 census: RG13/442/37/11 at 20
Kennard Street: James Walsh, 40, Laundry Engineer and his wife Lucy, 39
and their children: Lillian, 20, laundress; Rosina, 14, laundress; Percy,
12; Maudiline, 10; James Robert, 7; Francis Lennard,
4 and May,1 (all given as born Battersea - but so were most people
on that page!).
With thanks to the late Francis
Leonard (Frank) Walsh q.v., the late Mabel Odell (nee Whitlock, q.v.); and Renie
Potter (nee Walsh, q.v.) and her daughter Monica Chiles for providing
many of the details on this page.
The
Sanders / Hill / Whitlock / Walsh / De Smit page and The
Whitlock page and The Hill page
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