John William Aldous


John William Aldous was the second son born to Caroline Aldous in 1853 in Stepney, Middlesex.

At the time of the Hadfield
Padfield 1861 Census (near Glossop), his mother was 34 years old and worked at a cotton mill as a cotton winder. His older brother George is listed as a sweeper although he was only nine years old, and John William was eight and went to school, and his younger brother Frederick was five.

The Family of John William & Lizzie Aldous


John William Aldous
b. 1853
Stepney, London
d. 21 September 1915
Beckingham, Lincs


m. 1878

Elizabeth Jane ? (Lizzie Jane)
b. 1856/57 Kettering, Northampton?
d. 1940

In 1878, John William married Elizabeth (Lizzie Jane born 1856 in Kettering, Northampton) and they had four sons and one daughter; Walter (1880-1957), William (1881-1944), and Wilfred (1882-1944), Harry (1886-1933), Caroline (1892-1894).

By the time of the 1881 British Census, John William Aldous was married to Lizzie and had two sons. They lived with his mother, Caroline. The census says the Aldous family were living on Saltersbrook Road, Tintwistle, Cheshire. On the day of the census, the household included Caroline, Fred (age twenty-five), John W (age twenty-seven), and Elizabeth Aldous (age twenty-five) who was Caroline's daughter-in-law and called Lizzie for short, and their two sons,Walter (eighteen months old) and William (two months old).

John William and Lizzie Jane brought up their children in the Hadfield/Tintwistle area but later John went to live in Beckingham where he looked after the Willow Farm of Fred Aldous I. He died in 1915 but his wife lived on until 1940.



FIVE CHILDREN OF JOHN WILLIAM AND LIZZIE ALDOUS

1. Walter Aldous
b. 1879
Ashton
d. 1957
Glossop

m 1912 Ashton
Florrence Getliffe / Florrie Gatley?

one daughter:
Evelyn Aldous b 27 October 1913 m 1957 Harry Grahams
(no children)

2. William Aldous
b. 1881
d. 21 April 1944


m 1909
Annie Hurst

b. 1880
d. 1940

five children:

Carrie Aldous b. 1910
Rachel Aldous b 1911 Glossop
William Aldous b 1913 d. 1983
Clare Aldous b 1921 m 1942 to Payne
Alice Aldous b 1921


3. Wilfred Aldous
b. 1882 Ashton
d. 17 July 1944 Salford

m 1910
Harry Hays

4. Harry Aldous
b. 4 October 1886 Ashton
d. 2 December 1933

married 1914 in Glossop
Ethel Hampson

Had a willow growing business in Beckingham

5. Caroline Aldous
b 1892 Ashton
d. 11 September 1894 Tintwistle

Caroline was their only daughter and she died at age 2 1/2
and was buried in the graveyard at Tintwistle Chapel
where her grandmother, Caroline, was laid to rest in 1889.