William Dransfield Spedding

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Clerk

Date of Birth: November 25, 1874 Date of Death: December 13, 1953

Biography

Full name of worker at H.M. Factory Gretna (and any other names they are known by) :

William Dransfield Spedding

Gender: Male

Date and Place of Birth: 25^th November 1874, Liverpool, Lancashire

Date and Place of Death: 13^th December 1953, Scaffold Hill Hospital, Wallsend, Tyneside

Nationality: British

Childhood: William was born in Liverpool, where his childhood was spent living in different areas of Lancashire.

Parents: James & Elizabeth Ann (nee Gravell) Spedding

Parent’s occupations: Father Railway Contractor, then Joiner & Builder.

Schools / universities attended and years of attendance: N/K

Occupation: Joiner, builder and clerk of Building works

Place of residence at Gretna: 7 S West

Job title at Gretna: Clerk

Marital status: Married Gertrude nee Robinson

Children: At least 5 children.

Travels: Awards/recognitions: N/K

Trivia / any other information:

William was born in Liverpool, where his childhood was spent living in different areas of Lancashire (1881, Oldham, Manchester at 6 years old & 1891 Heaton Norris, Stockport, 16 years). This may be partly to do with his father’s occupation at the time of Railway Contractor.

1901 – They moved to Morecambe where William and his father worked as a Joiner & Builders.

1911 – William was a Clerk of Building works for the council, living in Heywood, Lancashire.

1907 – Married Gertrude nee Robinson in Bury, Manchester

William continued working as a clerk, and in 1921 was working as a clerk for a tobacco company.

1939 – working back for Building & Public Works as a clerk.

William, his wife Gertrude (1887 – 1958), his son James (1918 – 1937) and granddaughter Patricia (1932 – 1938) are all in Preston & Tynemouth Cemetery, North Shields, North Tyneside.

William died in Scaffold Hill Hospital (Isolation), this hospital (1914 – 1986) was known locally as the fever hospital, and his newspaper death entry states that he was in there after a long illness.

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