See also
Amy Winifred Wakefield, 1927-1933
Name:
Amy Winifred Wakefield
Sex:
Female
Father:
Mother:
1887, Register Entry for Baptism Amy Winifred Wakefield
1911, 1911 Census for Household of Amy Wallace in East Stonehouse, Plymouth, Devon
1956, Certified Copy of an Entry of Death for Amy Winifred Waring
Birth:
3 May 1887
Address: 1 Hope Chapel Hill
Birth Registration:
15 Jun 1887 (age 0)
the Register Office4
Address: Clifton, Barton Regis
Baptism:
19 Aug 1887 (age 0)
Holy Trinity Church5
Address: Clifton, Bristol
The fact that it was a private baptism may indicate that they were not regular churchgoers. It is possible that they took their other children but who else was there is not known.
Residence:
frm 1887 to 1905 (age 0-18)
According to the 1901 Census she was born in Clifton, near Bristol, and this is confirmed by her birth being registered in the Barton Regis district. At the time of the 1891 Census the family were still living in Clifton, but by 1901 had moved to the St Augustine district of Bristol. One anomaly is that the birth of Amy's younger sister Elizabeth who was born in 1890 is registered in West Bromwich, London. Whether this means that the family moved to London between 1891 and 1901 is not known.
Census (living with parents):
5 Apr 1891 (age 3)
1891 Census - living with parents
Census (living with parents):
31 Mar 1901 (age 13)
1901 Census - living with parents
Residence:
frm 1905 to 1921 (age 17-34)
Why and when she moved to Stonehouse is not known but the whole family may have moved as the Marriage Certificate for her marriage to Jack in 1907 shows her living at 44 George Street, and her father and her sister Elizabeth as witnesses. On the other hand the family may have travelled from Bristol for the wedding. The former is considered more likely as her father died in Stonehouse in 1907 and PHW remembers Elizabeth (Lizzie), who never married, living in Plymouth.
The date of 1905 for the move from Bristol to Stonehouse has been chosen on the basis that she most likely met her future husband Jack for the first time when he was either stationed in the Royal Marine Barracks at Stonehouse or serving in a Devonport based ship and giving a reasonable time for courtship before their marriage in 1907.
The letter from the Admiralty informing her of Jack's death in 1918 gives her address as 23 George Street and she was also married from there to Bertam Waring in 1921.
However, her son Roy's Birth Certificate (the only certificate curently available) gives her address as 71 George Street. Whether she moved to number 71 sometime after her marriage to Jack and then back to number 23 prior to his death is not known.
Married Name:
12 May 1907 (age 20)
Amy Wallace
John Wallace
Parent:
9 Jun 1908 (age 21)
Birth of son Leslie John William Henry
Mother:
13 Jul 1908 (age 21)
Reported her son Leslie's birth to the Registrar
Mother:
28 Oct 1910 (age 23)
Reported her son Roy's birth to the Registrar
Census:
2 Apr 1911 (age 23)
East Stonehouse, Devon13
Address: 71 George Street
The household consisted of Amy and her sons Leslie (age 3) and Roy (age 6 months). They were living in one room. All the houses in George Street were in multiple occupancy with anything between 2 and 7 families. Amy shared the house with 3 other families:-
James Tucker - 3 people in 3 rooms
Alice Hammett - 2 people in 1 room
Elizabeth Lucas - 5 people in 2 rooms
Thus there were 13 people in all sharing a 7 roomed house.
Amy's husband John who was in the Royal Marines was serving in H.M.S. Bellerophon.
Parent:
30 Aug 1912 (age 25)
Birth of son Harry Victor
Parent:
18 Oct 1914 (age 27)
Birth of daughter Winifred Lilian M. L.
spouse:
2 Oct 1918 (age 31)
Death of spouse John
Whether she knew that he was ill is not kown. However, receiving a pro-forma letter informing her of John's death must have been a shock.
Spouse:
8 Oct 1918 (age 31)
Her husband John was buried in Ford Park Cemetery
Residence:
frm 1921 to 1956 (age 33-69)
It is thought that she moved to 25 Dingle Road on, or shortly after, her marriage to Bertram and lived there until her death in 1956. Her two sons, Leslie and Roy were married from there and her grandaughter Pat remembers staying there frequently.
For all or most of their married life they lived in a Council house at 25 Dingle Road, Swilley. It is assumed that they moved there shortly after their marriage and they continued to live there until their final illnesses took them into hospital. Their gandaughters Pat & Madeline Wallace remember the house as being a rather small semi-detached property which was always clean and tidy and the garden was well kept. Initially they had Amy's four children - Leslie, Roy, Harry and Wynne - living with them and in later years Pat wondered how they all fitted in although the situation would have been eased as the children moved out. Leslie in 1924 when he joined the Navy, Harry when he married Mary in 1935, and Roy in 1941 when he married Rose and they went to live with his mother. Presumably Leslie returned home when on leave as 25, Dingle Road is shown as his home address on his Marriage Certificate when he married Doris Luscombe in 1931; according to the certificate the area was called North Prospect, Ford, at that time. The certificate also provides the earliest definative record of 25 Dingle Road being the family home.
Pat remembers the marriage as being a very happy one and she accepted Bertam as her grandfather and was always very happy in his company, and also her grandmother's. She would often spend the weekend with them.
A few photographs from the 1930s of Amy with some of her children taken in the garden of 25 Dingle Road survive.
Married Name:
21 Jul 1921 (age 34)
Amy Waring
Bertram Waring
Son's marriage:
20 Feb 1931 (age 43)
Marriage of son Leslie to Doris Winifred Luscombe
Witness:
5 Mar 1935 (age 47)
Amy witnessed the Marriage of Harry Victor Wallace and Mary Beatrice Blagdon
Guest:
21 Jun 1941 (age 54)
Guest at marriage of Roy Albert Wallace and Rose Laura Bone
parent:
29 Jan 1942 (age 54)
Death of son Leslie John William Henry
Death:
20 Sep 1956 (age 69)
Cause: acute lymphatic leukaemia
Address: Plymouth, Devon
Her son Roy Wallace was with her when she died and according to her Death Notice her passing was peaceful. A short while before her death Roy had been to visit her and found her sitting in an armchair feeling unwell and looking very pale. He called the doctor who arranged for her to go into hospital.
Burial:
24 Sep 1956
Address: Plymouth, Devon
The funeral was well attended by family and friends and there were a large number of floral tributes. Her granddaughter Pat Boyle (née Wallace) who attended the funeral recalled seeing Amy's husband Bert and her son Roy although Roy's wife Rose who did not get on with her mother-in-law and their daughter Madeline were not there; Amy's son Harry and his wife Mary; her sisters Lottie, Bessie, Ivy and Hilda whose husbands were all dead; and her daughter-in-law Doris (wife of Amy's son Leslie who died in 1942) who was Pat's mother.
Family of John Wallace and Amy Winifred Wakefield, 1917
Spouse: John Wallace, 1917, age 29
Son: Leslie John William Henry Wallace, c. 1929, age 21
Roy Wallace at his Wedding to Rose Bone 21 June 1941
Son: Harry Victor Wallace, 1947, age 34
Daughter: Winifred Lilian M. L. Wallace, 1940, age 26
1907, Certified Copy of an Entry of Marriage for John Wallace and Amy Winifred Wakefield
St George's Church Stonehouse Interior 1890s
Spouse:
Children:
Marriage:
12 May 1907 (age 20)
St George's Church20
Address: East Stonehouse, Devon
Henry was the bride's father and Faith (Bessie) her sister which indicates that the groom's family (which lived in the Townland of Drumhirk in County Fermanagh in Northern Ireland) did not attend the wedding probably because they could not afford the fare. Who else was at the wedding is impossible to determine. If the groom had a best man he was probably a friend from his ship (H.M S. Commonwealth). As the bride's father was a witness it is certain that this wife Eliza was also there. The bride's sister Bessie was probably a bridesmaid as well as a witness. Of her other siblings William had probably emigrated; Lilian was living in Bristol so may not have made the journey; Walter and his wife Maud moved from Bristol to Plymouth sometime between the death of their daughter at the end of 1906 and the birth of their son in 1910 so would probably have attended if they had moved to Plymouth before the wedding; Bert was employed as a waiter in Gloucester so was probably not there; Frank age 8, Ivy age 6 and Hilda age 3 were all living with their parents so were almost certainly present.
Family of Bertram Waring and Amy Winifred Wakefield, 1927-1933
Spouse: Bertram Waring, 1925?, age 34
1921, Certified Copy of an Entry of Marriage for Bertram Waring and Amy Winifred Wallace
St George's Church Stonehouse Interior 1890s
25 Dingle Road 1
25 Dingle Road 2
Spouse:
Marriage:
21 Jun 1921 (age 34)
St George's Church21
Address: East Stonehouse, Devon
Their relationship to the groom and the bride is unknown but they may have been a married couple who were friends of the bride. It is unlikely that they were friends of the groom as he was in the Navy and living in the R. N. Barracks at the time. The church was destroyed in Blitz in 1940 and is is thought that the Registers were also destroyed at the same time.
Amy's children Leslie, Roy, Harry and Winifred who were 13, 11, 9 and 7 at the time were old enough to appreciate that their mother was getting married and the three oldest almost certainly remembered their father who had died three years before. Winifred may have had only a hazy memory of her father as he would have been away a lot during the 1914-18 war. It is not known whether they attended the service but they probably did. Who else attended is not known.
Although Amy was still of child bearing age Bertram and Any did not have any children of their own.
Residence (family):
frm Jul 1921 to 1956 (age 34-69)
Address: 25 Dingle Road, Swilly
For all or most of their married life they lived in a Council house at 25 Dingle Road, Swilley. It is assumed that they moved there shortly after their marriage and they continued to live there until their final illnesses took them into hospital. Their ganddaughters Pat & Madeline Wallace remember the house as being a rather small semi-detached property which was always clean and tidy and the garden was well kept. Initially they had Amy's four children - Leslie, Roy, Harry and Wynne - living with them and in later years Pat wondered how they all fitted in although the situation would have been eased as the children moved out. Leslie in 1924 when he joined the Navy, Harry when he married Mary in 1935, and Roy in 1941 when he married Rose and they went to live with his mother. Presumably Leslie returned home when on leave as 25 Dingle Road is shown as his home address on his Marriage Certificate when he married Doris Luscombe in 1931; according to the certificate the area was called North Prospect, Ford, at that time. The certificate also provides the earliest definative record of 25 Dingle Road being the family home.
Pat remembers the marriage as being a very happy one and she accepted Bertam as her grandfather and was always very happy in his company, and also her grandmother's. She would often spend the weekend with them.
A few photographs from the 1930s of Amy with some of her children taken in the garden of 25 Dingle Road survive.
It is obvious from eight letters spanning the period December 1910 to August 1923 from John's family which survive that John's family were fond of Amy and her children. Two letters are from William Wallace (John's father), five are from George Wallace (John's Uncle) and one is from Mary Wallace (John's Aunt) and appear to have been kept because they refer to significant events so there were probably others. All, except one, written whilst John was alive were addressed to Amy, and contained the request to send them on to John who would have been at sea. After John's death in November 1918 the correspondence continued, although with urgings to 'write soon' and apologies for not writing! As none of the letters from Amy to John's family survive it can't be certain how good a letter writer she was. Two of the letters refer to presents of poultry and a rabbit.
Interestingly two of the letters from George Wallace in May and August 1923 were written after Amy's marriage to Bertram Waring. In them he sends his love to Amy and the family (almost certainly Amy's children). No mention is made of Bertram and whether Amy had told her Uncle of her marriage is not known. No letters after August 1923 have survived. It would appear that the correspondence was somewhat sporadic so it may have just petered out, or subsequent letters may have been destroyed, or George may have learned of Amy's marriage to Bertram and broken off contact. The last alternative is considered the most likely as the Wallaces had wanted Amy's and John's eldest son, Leslie, to live with them in Drumhirk and did not approve of Amy's marriage to Bertram Waring.23 24 25
Marriage to Bertram Waring.
For all or most of their married life they lived in a Council house at 25 Dingle Road, Swilley. It is assumed that they moved there shortly after their marriage and they continued to live there until their final illnesses took them into hospital. Their gandaughters Pat & Madeline Wallace remember the house as being a rather small semi-detached property which was always clean and tidy and the garden was well kept. Initially they had Amy's four children - Leslie, Roy, Harry and Wynne - living with them and in later years Pat wondered how they all fitted in although the situation would have been eased as the children moved out. Leslie in 1924 when he joined the Navy, Harry when he married Mary in 1935, and Roy in 1941 when he married Rose and they went to live with his mother. Presumably Leslie returned home when on leave as 25, Dingle Road is shown as his home address on his Marriage Certificate when he married Doris Luscombe in 1931; according to the certificate the area was called North Prospect, Ford, at that time. The certificate also provides the earliest definative record of 25 Dingle Road being the family home.
Pat remembers the marriage as being a very happy one and she accepted Bertam as her grandfather and was always very happy in his company, and also her grandmother's. She would often spend the weekend with them.
A few photographs from the 1930s of Amy with some of her children taken in the garden of 25 Dingle Road survive.26
General Register Office, Certified Copy for an Entry of Birth for Amy Winifred Wakefield, (General Register Office 30 Mar 2010 in repose to Application No. 2197946-1). Custom Id: BXCE461942; When born. Cit. Date: 3 May 1887. Pat Ward.
General Register Office, CRI(E&W) for Birth of Amy Winifred Wakefield, Event Type: Birth, Registration District: Barton Regis, Volume: 6a, Page: 58, (Ancestry website). Custom Id: Births 1887 Q2 Barton Regis Vol. 6a, Page 58; CRI(E&W) for Birth of Amy Winifred Wakefield (500)Qtr and YearJun 1887Full Name Amy Winifred WAKEFIELDRegistration DistrictBarton RegisCountyGloucestershire. General Register Office. Call Number: Births.
1901 England Census for Household of Henry J. Wakefield at St Augustine, Bristol, (Ancestry website). Custom Id: RG13/2372, Folio 113, Page 24, Schedule 187; Amy Wakefield daughter of Henry and Eliza Wakefield age 14 - born 1887 - in Clifton, Bristol. National Archives. Call Number: RG13/2372.
General Register Office, Certified Copy for an Entry of Birth for Amy Winifred Wakefield, (General Register Office 30 Mar 2010 in repose to Application No. 2197946-1). Custom Id: BXCE461942; When registered. Cit. Date: 15 June 1887. Pat Ward.
Parish Register for Baptism of Amy Winifred Wakefield, Holy Trinity, Clifton, Bristol, Gloucestershire, 19 August 1887, Bristol Archives.
General Register Office, CRI(E&W) for Birth of Amy Winifred Wakefield, Event Type: Birth, Registration District: Barton Regis, Volume: 6a, Page: 58, (Ancestry website). Custom Id: Births 1887 Q2 Barton Regis Vol. 6a, Page 58; General Register Office. Call Number: Births.
1891 Census for Household of Henry Wakefield in Clifton, Gloucestershire, (Ancestry website). Custom Id: RG12/1966, Folio 84, Page 15, Schedule 159; National Archives. Call Number: RG12/1956.
1901 England Census for Household of Henry J. Wakefield at St Augustine, Bristol, (Ancestry website). Custom Id: RG13/2372, Folio 113, Page 24, Schedule 187; National Archives. Call Number: RG13/2372.
General Register Office, London, Certified Copy for an Entry of Marriage for John Wallace and Amy Winifred Wakefield, (Issued By GRO on 30 Oct 1989 in response to Application No S69D). Custom Id: MX 643823; Pat Ward.
General Register Office, Civil Registration Index (England & Wales) for Death of Henry James Wakefield, (FreeBMD website). Custom Id: Deaths 1907 Q3 East Sonehouse Vol. 5b, Page 162; General Register Office. Call Number: Deaths.
Admiralty, Death of John Wallace, Corporal R.M.L.I. Pat Ward.
Walter Naylor, Certified Copy of an Entry of Birth for Roy Albert Wallace, (Peronal application on 7 feb 1952). Custom Id: CD 941804; Madeline Blackham.
1911 England, Wales & Scotland census, 71 George Street, East Stonehouse, Devon, RG14, head of household: Amy Wallace, National Archives.
Rev. Anthony T. Allwork, Certificate of Marriage for Leslie John Wallace and Doris Winifred Luscombe, (20 Feb 1931). On 20 Feb 1931 Amy's son Leslie Wallace was living at 25 Dingle Road, North Prospect, Ford. Pat Ward.
Rev. K. F. Way , Certified Copy for an Entry of Marriage for Roy Albert Wallace and Rose Laura Bone, (21 Jun 1941). Custom Id: D3 092065; Madeline Blackham.
Plymouth Central Register Office, Certified Copy of an Entry of Death for Amy Winifred Waring, (20 Sep 1956, Registration Date, 20 Sep 1956). Custom Id: KD 142072; Cit. Date: 20 September 1956. Madeline Blackham.
Death Notice in Western Evening Herald, Death Notices, Plymouth, Devon, 21 September 1956 (estimated), Pat Ward.
Funeral Director, Floral Tributes - Sacred to the Memory of Amy Winifred Waring. Cit. Date: 24 September 1956. Madeline Blackham.
Mrs Sam Dunbar, Office Assistant Ford Park Cemetery Trust, Graves of John Wallace, Winifred Liliam Wallace and Amy Winifred WaringAmy Winifred Waring, (24 Sep 1956). Date of Burial of Amy Winifred Waring. Cit. Date: 24 September 1956. Ford Park Cemetery Trust, Ford Park Road. Tel: 01752 665442, Call Number: Burial Index.
General Register Office, London, Certified Copy for an Entry of Marriage for John Wallace and Amy Winifred Wakefield, (Issued By GRO on 30 Oct 1989 in response to Application No S69D). Custom Id: MX 643823; Cit. Date: 12 May 1907. Pat Ward.
Rev. Edward Cocke, Certified Copy of an Entry of Marriage for Bertram Waring and Amy Winifred Wallace, (Original 21 Jun 1921). Custom Id: A655381; Cit. Date: 21 June 1921. Madeline Blackham.
Rev. Anthony T. Allwork, Certificate of Marriage for Leslie John Wallace and Doris Winifred Luscombe, (20 Feb 1931). Residence at time of marriage. Cit. Date: 20 February 1931. Pat Ward.
George Wallace, Letter from George Wallace to his neice Amy Wallace (nee Wakefield) dated 3 March 1918, (3 Mar 1918). Madeline Blackham.
Patricia Ward, Reminiscences of Patricia Ward (née Wallace), Subject: Northern Ireland branch of the Wallace family. Dowell-Wallace Data Base.
Jack Ward, The Wallaces in Northern Ireland, Subject: John Wallace's early days and his his ancestors, (2010).
J. P. W. Ward, Memoir - The Wallace Family - Reminiscences of Patricia Hélène Ward, (2009 & updated as necessary). Click on Exhibit Log to open document then go to 2 John and Amy Wallace. Wallace-Boyle Database.