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Gilbert
Wardle |
Leek FC & Corinthians FC
reserve
1887-88 |
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Timeline |
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Gilbert Charles Wardle |
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Birth |
Sunday, 22 June 1862 in Leek Brook,
Staffordshire |
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registered as a male in Cheadle July-September 1862 |
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Baptism |
Sunday, 3 August 1862 at St. Edward's Church,
Cheddleton. |
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According to
the 1871 census, Gilbert is boarding with
Elizabeth Lockett and her daughter on Chorley Road in Chelford.
His
parents are Thomas Wardle, a silk dyer, and Elizabeth (née Wardle).
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According to
the 1881 census, scholar Gilbert is the oldest
of the six children living at home with two servants at 62 Edward Street
in Leek. |
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According to
the 1891 census, Gilbert, a silk dyer, is the
eldest of the seven children at home with their parents, a guest and three
servants at 54 Edward Street in Leek. His father is a silk
and calico printer.
Gilbert had an older brother, Herbert, who died as a
three-day old and Gilbert was in fact, one of fourteen. |
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First marriage |
to Mary Blanche Challinor, on 27 April 1893 in
St. Edward's Church in Leek. |
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registered in Leek April-June 1893 |
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Children |
Gilbert and Mary Wardle have two children
together. Hilda (b.1897) and John Leeke
(b.31 May 1899). |
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According to
the 1901 census, Gilbert, still a silk dyer,
is now married to Mary Blanche, and with two children, Hilda and John,
they live at Southfields in Leek.
His wife died shortly after this
cenus was completed, on 16 June. His mother died in Leek on 8 September 1902. |
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Second marriage |
to Katherine Fearon, on 19 April 1906 at St.
Saviour Church in Paddington. Gilbert is a 43 year old widower,
Katherine is a 26 year old spinster. |
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registered in Paddington April-June 1906 |
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Children |
Gilbert and Katherine Wardle have six children
together. Elizabeth (b.1907), Margaret Katherine
(b.1909), twins Bridget and
Thomas Fearon (b.15 April 1911) and another set of twins
Geoffrey and Gilbert (b.23 September 1917). |
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His father died in Leek
on 3 January 1909.
According to
the 1911 census, Gilbert, still a silk dyer,
now married to Katherine, with two daughters, Elizabeth and Margaret,
living back at 54 St Edward Street in Leek. |
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His wife, Katherine, died
at Compton House on 13 December 1920, following a long illness.
According to
the 1921 census, Gilbert is now a widower and
still a silk dyer, and lives with three of his children, Hilda, Gilbert
and Geoffrey, and five servants at Compton House in Leek. |
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According to
the 1939 register, Gilbert is a retired silk
dyer living at Compton House with a single domestic help.
His youngest son, Gilbert, died at sea on 27 April 1940. |
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"BUILDING SOCIETY |
Mr. G. C. Wardle was re-elected President at the annual general
meeting of the Leek United and Midlands Buildings Society, held in the
Town Hall, Leek, last night." - Staffordshire Sentinel,
Tuesday, 30 March 1943. |
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Death |
Wednesday, 31 March 1943 at Compton House,
Compton, Leek, Staffordshire. |
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aged 80 years 282 days |
registered in Leek April-June 1943 |
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Funeral |
Monday, 5 April 1943 at All Saints Church in
Leek, interred in Cheddleton Churchyard, with both of his wives |
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Probate |
"WARDLE
Gilbert Charles of Compton House Leek
Staffordshire died 31 March 1943
Probate
Llandudno 13 November to Westminister Bank Limited and Robert John Halkett Baddeley retired lieutenant-colonel H.M. army. Effects £56524 13s. 4d."
[2019 equivalent: £2,195,359] |
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Source |
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Playing Career |
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Club(s) |
Captain of Leek FC, and also guested with the
Corinthians team. |
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Distinctions |
not known |
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Height/Weight |
not known |
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England Career |
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Position(s) |
Half-back |
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Individual honours |
The
North (one appearance, January 1887) |
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Beyond England |
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a silk dyer by trade |
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