James Woodward

1852 James Woodward

James was born on April 11th, 1804 in Liverpool and his baptism took place on January 1st, 1806 at St. Nicholas (L'pool).^1 2 

• Birth Notes

  Aged 35 in 1841, Not from Cheshire, a Coal Miner
  Aged 47 in 1851, born Liverpool, A Schoolmaster. Writing & Arith.
  
  Name:    James Woodward
  Father:    Joseph Woodward
  Occupation:    Cooper
  Mother:    Elizabeth Tomkins
  Abode:    Dock Side
  Birth:    11 Apr 1804
  Baptism:    1 Jan 1806 in Liverpool, St Nicholas, Lancashire
  
  James son of Joseph Woodward, Dock Side, Cooper of Elizabeth Tomkins his wife.

James' father was Joseph Woodworth (Woodward) and his mother was Elizabeth Tomkins.  His paternal grandparents were Joseph Woodworth and Alice Dobb. He had two brothers named John and William.  He was the oldest of the three children.  He died due to a medical problem, Chronic Hepatitis , at the age of 48 on December 11th, 1852 in Little Neston.  He was buried on December 15th, 1852 in Neston.³ 

• Death Notes

  Died befoe 1861, leaving Ann a Widow.
  
  John Woodward was in attendance, 28 Cleveland Square, Liverpool
  
  Cheshire Death indexes for the years: 1852
  WOODWARD    James    48    Neston, Wirral    NES/3/74

• General Notes

  In 1836, James Woodward was a coal miner at Gorston near Neston occupying three plots of land (180 with house, 183, 184)
  
  In 1841, James (35, a coal miner) and Ann (40) were at Gorston, Little Neston.  There were not from Cheshire.  His neighbour was Thomas and Elizabeth Lee, a farmer.  They were still there in 1851 where James is now a Schoolmaster.
  
  On another 1841 census, another (or the same) James Woodward (47) and Jane Woodward (50) were School master and mistress in Neston, together with Henry Woodward (20, Professor of Music), both from Cheshire.  They were iving at Meadow Cottages, Neston, adjacent to the Liverpool Road.
  
  James and Ann were living in Little Neston in 1871 with John and Lydia (both unmarried) and grandson James (age 3).
  
  James tought the "Young Ideas" at the National School (Chester Observer Article 14-5-1887).
  
  Another James Woodward (b.1894) was a banker, charged with fraud from a bank in Neston, Wirral.

Details of James' family with Ann Williams