• General Notes

  Something of a mystery person: born in South Africa, there are no obvious records of him prior to his marriage, and no death record either, although he is listed several times in Australian records.  1901 Census shows a Henry Woods of the right age and occupation living at 20 St Paul's Road, so was this a twin or the same person?  The 1911 Census indicates that his parents had five children, of which only four can be identified (unless "Henry" was the fifth - in which case, what happened to him after 1901?).  "Henry" Woods is shown on the 1901 Census as an "apprentice marine engineer", aged 18, indicating that the family had probably returned to England by 1897/98, as it is unlikely that such an apprenticeship would have been started after the age of 15.  (The Ward's and Kelly's Directories of the town for the1895 - 1900 period may shed light on the actual year of return, although one wonders why West Hartlepool should have been chosen as their living place when they had absolutely no connection with the town beforehand: maybe they had just heard of its reputation as a "boom town"?).
  
  Was "Henry" his mother's pet-name for him?  Note that his own son was named only Charles William.
  
  Marriage Certificate states that he was 23 (three years younger than Lydia), and was living at 20 St Paul's Road, West Hartlepool, with Lydia living in Burbank Terrace, West Hartlepool.  His father was given as Henry Woods (deceased), a master civil engineer.
  
  Living in Burbank Street, West Hartlepool in 1906, when he was shown as an "Engineer" in his son's Christening record, and at 10 Belmont Gardens in June 1908 when his daughter was Christened, when he was then descibed as a "Marine Engineer".
  
  Emigrated to Adelaide, South Australia in 1910 under the guise of being a farmer - a common tactic, apparently, in order to secure an assisted passage.  Once there, the family moved to the Sydney area of New South Wales, where Antony George was born in 1913, and resumed his occupation as an engineer (as shown by the electoral rolls).
  
  Living at 33 Fifth Street, Canterbury, Sydney in 1930, then at 67 Holden Street, Ashfield, Sydney shortly afterwards.  Listed at 30 Jones Street, Pyrmont, Sydney in the 1933, 1936  and 1937 electoral rolls, and at 147 Victoria Street, Ashfield in 1943 and 1949.  Moved to "Aston Clinton", Dunmore Avenue, Leura (now Katoomba) in 1949.
  
  Moved to "Glenariff", Gladstone Street, Leura after his wife's death in 1952, and is shown there in the electoral rolls for 1953 and 1958, living with his daughter Mary Christiana, after which there are no more records of him. Possibly went back to South Africa? (Note that his sister Muriel's children lived at "Glenariff", Senlac Road, Lee, SE12 when they returned to England from Egypt in Sept 1932, so the name obviously had significance to both CW and Muriel - from their South African upbringing?)
  

Details of Charles William (Henry)'s family with Lydia Robson