Lily Waterhouse 1916-2007

Paternal Family Tree: Waterhouse

In 1904 [her father] Richard Waterhouse [aged 26] and [her mother] Ada Louise Moorcroft [aged 20] were married.

On or before 17th May 1916 Lily Waterhouse was born to Richard Waterhouse [aged 38] and Ada Louise Moorcroft [aged 32] at 5 Bridge Street [Map]. She was baptised on 17th May 1916. Her father is described as a Labourer.

Richard Waterhouse: On 27th August 1877 he was born to William Waterhouse and Matilda Graham. In 1904 Richard Waterhouse and Ada Louise Moorcroft were married. On 26th January 1952 Richard Waterhouse died.

In 1934 [her daughter] Joyce Chadwick was born to [her future husband] Stanley Chadwick [aged 21] and Lily Waterhouse [aged 17] at Newtown New Mills, Derbyshire [Map]. She married Norman Unknown and had issue.

In July 1934 Stanley Chadwick [aged 22] and Lily Waterhouse [aged 18] were married at Hayfield, Derbyshire [Map].

On 24th March 1944 [her son] Peter Chadwick was born to [her husband] Stanley Chadwick [aged 32] and Lily Waterhouse [aged 27].

On 24th March 1944 [her daughter] Margaret Chadwick was born to [her husband] Stanley Chadwick [aged 32] and Lily Waterhouse [aged 27] at Newtown New Mills, Derbyshire [Map]. She married January 1962 Harold Hyde aka Oxley and had issue.

On 26th January 1952 [her father] Richard Waterhouse [aged 74] died.

In January 1962 [her son-in-law] Harold Hyde aka Oxley [aged 23] and [her daughter] Margaret Chadwick [aged 17] were married.

In 1963 [her mother] Ada Louise Moorcroft [aged 79] died at New Mills, Derbyshire [Map].

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In April 1995 [her husband] Stanley Chadwick [aged 83] died at New Mills, Derbyshire [Map].

In 2007 Lily Waterhouse [aged 90] died.

Ancestors of Lily Waterhouse 1916-2007

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Waterhouse

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Waterhouse

Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Waterhouse

Great x 1 Grandfather: James Waterhouse

Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Slack

Great x 2 Grandmother: Sarah Slack

Grandfather: William Waterhouse

Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Lomas

father: Richard Waterhouse

Great x 1 Grandfather: George Graham

Grandmother: Matilda Graham

Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Graham

Lily Waterhouse

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Moocroft

Great x 2 Grandfather: Samuel Moorcroft

Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Moorcroft

Grandfather: George Henry Moorcroft

Great x 1 Grandmother: Eliza Harvey

mother: Ada Louise Moorcroft

Great x 2 Grandfather: James Wood

Great x 1 Grandfather: William Wood

Grandmother: Caroline Wood