#11 Winnifred Glaydis Wade

Birth

Winnifred Glaydis Wade was born on July 21, 1895, in Kent, England, to Harriet Jane Swaffield, age 36, and Joseph Wade, age 42. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

She reportedly had blue eyes and brown hair. Her nickname was Doie.

Early Years

Winnifred's older siblings were Joseph Henry Wade, Sidney Thomas Wade, William Stanley Wade, Ruby Wade, Henry Wade, and May Violet Wade.

Younger siblings were Edith Phoebe Louise Wade, and Charles S Wade.

Her father Joseph passed away in June 1899 in London, London, England, at the age of 46.

Later that year, Winnifred was baptized on November 26, 1899 at Merstham Parish Anglican Church in Merstham, Surrey, England. [2, 3]

The 1900 Survey of homes in Essex county lists Harriett and her children Joseph (bricklayer labourer), Sydney (railway), William (firing on stationary engine), Ruby E., May V., Henry G., Winifred G., Edith P., Charley S., and Harriet's niece Alice L. Swaffield.

Winnifred's mother Harriett remarried sometime after the census of March 31, 1901 to Timothy William Brown. [5]

Her half-sister Ivy Mary Brown was born on October 22, 1901. Her half-brother George Edward Swaffield Brown was born on February 11, 1905.

At some point she immigrated to Canada.

Marriage
Winnifred Glaydis Wade married Gordon Thomas Napper at Livingstone Church in Montréal, Quebec, on October 28, 1916, when they were both 21 years old.

Family

All the children were born in Montreal, Quebec. Son Harold G T was born on July 29, 1917. 

Son Ronald/Roland James was born on February 7, 1920, in Montréal, Quebec. He passed away in 1923 at the age of 3.

Son Gordon Thomas was born on May 9, 1923. Daughter Ruby Elizabeth, my paternal grandmother, was born on January 3, 1927.

Death of Husband
Her husband Gordon Thomas passed away on March 25, 1949, in Montréal, Quebec, at the age of 54. They had been married 32 years.

Second Marriage
Winnifred Glaydis Wade married William Lematy around 1952 when she was 57 years old.

Death
Winnifred Glaydis Wade died on September 30, 1975, in Montréal, Quebec, when she was 80 years old. Conditions contributing to her death were congestive heart failure and coronary artery disease.

She was cremated and buried at Mount Royal Cemetery (G 1892 B) in Quebec, along with her husband Gordon. Her daughter Ruby was later buried there too.

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Sources:

1. England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915

2. England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975

3. Surrey, England, Church of England Baptisms, 1813-1912

4. UK, Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960

5. 1901 England Census