Ernest Samuel WALFORD born Lydbrook 1879 (General)

by admin , Forest of Dean, Wednesday, June 14, 2006, 18:34 (6538 days ago)

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Picture of Ernest Samuel Walford
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My great grandfather Ernest Samuel Walford who was born in Lower Lydbrook 12
September 1879.

He was the son of Richard Walford 1841-1918 and Charlotte Probert 1852-1926.

Samuel as he was know had brother's Thomas Richard Walford born 1870, Harold
James Walford born 1887 and sister's Eliza Catherine Walford born 1874,
Elizabeth Walford born 1875, Winifred Walford born 1882 and Grace Kate Walford
born 1884.

The family lived around Waterscross and Vention Lane. Samuel moved to Abercarn,
South Wales, where he worked in the Tin-plate works and married Mary Ann
Lavender in 1904. Mary Ann's father John and grandparents Amos and Elizabeth
Lavender also lived in Lydbrook for a time.

Ernest Samuel Walford died in July 1940 aged 60 and was buried in Abercarn,
South Wales.

Andrew R Walford