William Woodhead
- Born: 1821, Leeds, Yorkshire, England
- Marriage (1): Mary Ann Smithson Chaffers on 1 Jun 1841 in The Church of St Peter, Leeds, Yorkshire, England
- Died: Apr 1852, Leeds, Yorkshire, England at age 31
General Notes:
From Pat Beatty
My Great, Great, Grandfather (Woodhead) was a Yorkshire man and a publican. He had the Market Tavern, The Marqes of Grandby, and the Albion Hotels in Leeds. He died at the early age of 33 and left 33,000 pounds and property etc, to his widow. They had one son, my Great Grandpa Woodhead, I think his name was William Abraham Woodhead. He married Mary Elizabeth Ludgate and they had 11 children. Alfred died in infancy
*My Great, Great, Grandma Woodhead married again, a Mr. Barstow, and they had one son. Besides the pubs, she had a rag warehouse, property in Becket St., Leeds, also a street in Roundhay and reputed the ground that Rowntrees Chocolate factory is built on in York. She died without making a will. Owing to her second marriage there was trouble between her sons, so all the money went into chancery for 99 years. The solicitor looking into it is Bill Dixon who was a friend of Great Aunt Maud and her solicitor too. I had a lawyer in Kamloops write to the law firm in Leeds and they replied that as far as they know there was no such will. Some family members believe that Great Aunt Maud got it all.
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Research Notes:
Birth Surety:0
William married Mary Ann Smithson Chaffers, daughter of William Chaffers and Unknown, on 1 Jun 1841 in The Church of St Peter, Leeds, Yorkshire, England. (Mary Ann Smithson Chaffers was born in 1819 in Leeds, Yorkshire, England and died in 1874.)
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