Person:Winifred Woodcraft (1)

Winifred Ivy Woodcraft was born on 31st December 1906 at Shenleybury in Shenley, Hertfordshire, daughter of Elena Maria Woodcraft, formerly Grey, and her husband Francis Woodcraft, a farm labourer. Shortly after Winifred's birth the family moved to the Luton area, where she appears in the 1911 census living with her parents and siblings at Dunstable Road in Leagrave.

In 1929 Winifred married Arthur George Maddock. They appear to have had three children. At the outbreak of the Second World War, Winifred and Arthur were living at 17 Clifton Road in Luton. Arthur was working as a straw plait bleacher and serving as an air raid warden. Winifred's sister Dorothy lived next door at 15 Clifton Road with her husband Arthur Edward (Eddie) Cox and children.

Winifred's husband Arthur died in 1964. He died in hospital in London, but immediately before his death had still been living at 17 Clifton Road in Luton.

Winifred's sister Dorothy died in 1968, and in 1970 Winifred married her late sister's widower Eddie Cox.

Winifred died in 1996, aged 89. Eddie outlived her by six years.

1. ↑ Births index, in General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration. (London: General Register Office).

   b. Winifred Ivy WOODCRAFT, March Quarter 1907, Barnet Registration District, Volume 3a, page 383, mother's maiden name Grey

2. ↑ England. 1911 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom: The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.))
   Class RG14; Piece 9022; Schedule 296, 2 Apr 1911.

   Address: Dunstable Road, Leagrave, Bedfordshire
   6 rooms occupied
   Francis Woodcraft, head, male, 55 [1855/6], married, Labourer on Farm, worker, b. Kensworth, Bedfordshire
   Elena Woodcraft, wife, female, 41 [1869/70], married 22 years, 11 children born to marriage, 8 still living, b. Kings Langley, Hertfordshire
   Beatrice Woodcraft, daughter, female, 21 [1889/90], single, Ironer[?] in laundry, worker, b. Kensworth, Bedfordshire
   Annie Woodcraft, daughter, female, 16 [1894/5], single, Laundry work (Washer), worker, b. Kensworth, Bedfordshire
   Francis Woodcraft, son, male, 14 [1896/7], House Work, worker, b. Kensworth, Hertfordshire
   Lily Woodcraft, daughter, female, 12 [1898/9], b. Shenley Bury, Hertfordshire
   John Woodcraft, son, male, 9 [1901/2], b. Shenley Bury, Hertfordshire
   Dorothy Woodcraft, daughter, female, 6 [1904/5], b. Shenley Bury, Hertfordshire
   Winnie Woodcraft, daughter, female, 4 [1906/7], b. Shenley Bury, Hertfordshire
   Reginald Woodcraft, son, male, 2 [1908/9], b. Chaul End, Bedfordshire

   Leagrave was historically a hamlet in the parish of Luton, but was made a separate civil parish in 1894. It was absorbed back into Luton in 1928.

3. ↑ General Register Office. 1939 Register
   Luton Municipal Borough, 29 Sep 1939.

   Address: 17 Clifton Road, Luton, Bedfordshire
   Maddock, Arthur G. / male / 14 Mar 1905 / married / Straw Plait Bleacher / A.R.W. No. 215 Luton
   Maddock Winifred I. / female / 31 Dec 1906 / married / Unpaid Domestic Duties
   [one record closed]

4. ↑ Deaths index, in General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration. (London: General Register Office).

   d. Winifred Ivy COX, February 1996, Luton Registration District, Register C48F, District 3151C, Entry 141, b. 31 Dec 1906