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Helena Wolfenden

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Margo

Margo Report 27 Aug 2013 22:15

Thank you all for the information you have given me I have been at my wits end trying to get information regarding Helena Wineford Woolfenden
Very grateful
Regards
Margo

Margo

Margo Report 18 Aug 2013 20:39

Thank you all for the info you have given me it has been a help and I am grateful
Regards
Margo

PricklyHolly

PricklyHolly Report 14 Aug 2013 13:40

Births Mar 1887 (>99%)
Cato Albert Harry Pancras 1b 23


England & Wales, Death Index, 1916-2007
about Albert Harry Cato Name: Albert Harry Cato
Birth Date: 1887
Date of Registration: Sep 1970
Age at Death: 83
Registration District: Hitchin
Inferred County: Hertfordshire
Volume: 4b
Page: 447


PricklyHolly

PricklyHolly Report 14 Aug 2013 09:56

England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966
about Arthur Leonard Cato Name: Arthur Leonard Cato
Probate Date: 7 Jul 1965
Death Date: 16 Jan 1965
Death Place: London, England
Registry: London, England

....Of 108 Marlborough Road, Upper Holloway at Colindale Hospital Hendon Middlesex.

To Albert Harry Cato retired handyman.

Effects: £4795

PricklyHolly

PricklyHolly Report 14 Aug 2013 09:52

England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966
about Sarah Ann Cato Name: Sarah Ann Cato
Probate Date: 6 Jul 1955
Death Date: 17 Apr 1955
Death Place: London, England
Registry: London, England

.....Otherwise Sarah of 3 Tynemouth Road, Tottenham (Wife of Arthur Leonard Cato) at the Prince Of Wales Gereral Hospital.

To the said Arthur Leonard Cato journeyman-baker.

Effects: £200 17s 11d

PricklyHolly

PricklyHolly Report 14 Aug 2013 09:47

Helena's (Eleanor) sister Sarah Ann and Albert Harry's brother Arthur Leonard also married in 1908.

Marriages Dec 1908 (>99%)

CATO Arthur Leonard Pancras 1b 235
WOOLFENDEN Sarah Ann Pancras 1b 235


Household transcription
1911 census

Person: CATO, Sarah
Address: 13 Cumberland Market St Pancras N W

CATO, Arthur Head Married2 years M 27 1884 General Baker Holborn England VIEW
CATO, Sarah Wife Married2 years F 26 1885 House Wife St James England VIEW
CATO, Winnie Child F 1 1910 St Giles Bloomsbury England VIEW
CATO, Alice Child F 0 (10 MONTHS) 1911 St Marylebone England VIEW
RG number: RG14
Piece: 664
Reference: RG14PN664 RG78PN23 RD9 SD1 ED13 SN348
Registration District: St Pancras
Sub District: West St Pancras
Enumeration District: 13
Parish: St Pancras
Address: 13 Cumberland Market St Pancras N W
County: London

There are lots of Cato/Woolfenden births registered after 1911......but without the certificates, there is no way of knowing who belonged to who.


England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915
about Sarah Ann Woolfenden Name: Sarah Ann Woolfenden
Date of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep 1883
Registration District: Westminster
Inferred County: London
Volume: 1a
Page: 486

PricklyHolly

PricklyHolly Report 13 Aug 2013 19:23

Ancestry version........

1911 England Census
about Helena Winifred Cato Name: Helena Winifred Cato
Age in 1911: 23
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1888
Relation to Head: Wife
Gender: Female
Birth Place: St James
Civil Parish: St Pancras
County/Island: London
Country: England
Street Address: 8 Gospel Oak Grove, London N W
Marital Status: Married
Years Married: 2
Estimated Marriage Year: 1909
Occupation: GENERAL SERVANT
Registration District: St Pancras
Registration District Number: 9
Sub-registration District: North St Pancras
ED, institution, or vessel: 15
Piece: 759
Household Members: Name Age
Albert Harry Cato 24...Parcel Porter...London St Pancras
Helena Winifred Cato 23....London St James
(1 child born and died)


Choccy

Choccy Report 13 Aug 2013 18:06


living at same address as parents - (mis-transcribed)


1911

National Archive Reference: RG14PN759 RG78PN26 RD9 SD4 ED15 SN353

Reg. District: St Pancras
Sub District: North St Pancras
Parish: St Pancras
Enum. District: 15
Address: 8 Gospel Oak Grove London N W
County: London


COTE, Albert Harry Head Married M 24 1887 Parcel Porter London St Pancras
>>>>>COTE, Helena Winifred Wife Married
2 years F 23 1888 General Servant London St James

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it Report 13 Aug 2013 17:32

she was reg as Eleanor too

Name: Eleanor Woolfenden
Date of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar 1888
Registration District: Westminster
Inferred County: London
Volume: 1a
Page: 512

Margo

Margo Report 13 Aug 2013 17:11

Hi
I am very late in replying, moved house two years ago and lots of renovations so I have never been on the site until just of late. I do apologise but I am most grateful for all the help and info you have provided me with
Regards
Margo

brummiejan

brummiejan Report 8 Jul 2010 19:13

Keep these in mind - going on possibility that Helena has been recorded as Eleanor. Eli is a tailor 1901 but canvassing agent 1891:

1891 England Census

Name: Eli Woolfenden
Age: 36
Estimated birth year: abt 1855
Relation: Head
Spouse's name: Elener
Gender: Male
Where born: Bury, Lancashire, England

Civil parish: St James Westminster
Ecclesiastical parish: St Thomas and St John the Baptist
Town: Westminster
County/Island: London

Registration district: Westminster
Sub-registration district: St James Westminster

Eli Woolfenden 36
Elener Woolfenden 30
Eli J Woolfenden 6
Harry P Woolfenden 5
Sarah Woolfenden 7
Elener Woolfenden 3
Kizia Woolfenden 2
Alice Woolfenden 4 months

1901 England Census

Name: Eli Woolfenden
Age: 45
Estimated birth year: abt 1856
Relation: Head
Spouse's name: Eleanor
Gender: Male
Where born: Bury, Lancashire, England

Civil parish: St Pancras
Ecclesiastical parish: St John the Evangelist
County/Island: London

Registration district: St Pancras
Sub-registration district: Tottenham Court

Eli Woolfenden 45
Eleanor Woolfenden 39
Sarah Woolfenden 19
Eli John Woolfenden 16
Harry Woolfenden 15
Eleanor Woolfenden 12 Where born: St James, London, England
Kizea Woolfenden 10
Alice Woolfenden 9
Carrie L Woolfenden 8
Minnie Woolfenden 6
Willie Woolfenden 4
Alfred Woolfenden 3
Heffell Woolfenden 1

brummiejan

brummiejan Report 8 Jul 2010 19:09

I wonder if this is her father 1911? Note wife's name:

WOOLFENDEN, Eli Head Married M 55 1856 Ladies Tailor Bury Lancashire VIEW
WOOLFENDEN, Helena Ryza Wife Married
22 years F 51 1860 Mayfair VIEW
WOOLFENDEN, William Son Married M 15 1896 London St James VIEW
WOOLFENDEN, Alfred Son M 13 1898 London St Giles VIEW
WOOLFENDEN, Ethel Florance Daughter F 11 1900 London St Giles VIEW
WOOLFENDEN, Albert Charles Son M 10 1901 London St Pancras South VIEW
WOOLFENDEN, Lilley Daughter F 7 1904 London St Pancras South VIEW
RG number:
RG14 Piece:
759 Reference:
RG14PN759 RG78PN26 RD9 SD4 ED15 SN355

Registration District:
St Pancras Sub District:
North St Pancras Enumeration District:
15 Parish:
St Pancras

Address:
8 Gospel Oak Grove London N W County:
London

brummiejan

brummiejan Report 8 Jul 2010 18:59

Name: Helena W Cato
Death Registration Month/Year: 1963
Age at death (estimated): 74
Registration district: Islington
Inferred County: Greater London

Andrew

Andrew Report 8 Jul 2010 18:53

London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921
about Albert Harry Cats
Name: Albert Harry Cats
Spouse Name: Helena Wineford Woolfenden
Record Type: Banns
Event Date: 19 Jul 1908
Parish: Christ Church, Albany Street
County: Middlesex
Borough: Camden


and marriage record

London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921
about Helena Winiford Woolfenden
Name: Helena Winiford Woolfenden (occ Housemaid)
Age: 20
Estimated birth year: abt 1888
Spouse Name: Albert Harry Cato (occ Porter)
Spouse Age: 21
Record Type: Marriage
Event Date: 2 Aug 1908
Parish: Christ Church, St Pancras
County: Middlesex
Borough: Camden
Father Name: Elis Woolfenden occ ladies tailor
Spouse Father Name: Harry Cato occ Foreman


Andy

Mike *

Mike * Report 8 Jul 2010 18:50

This certificate should give you her age and father's name
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Marriages Sep 1908

CATO Albert Harry - Pancras 1b 177

WOOLFENDEN Helena Wineford - Pancras 1b 177

Margo

Margo Report 8 Jul 2010 18:45

Helena married Albert Cato September 1908, but I cannot get details of her. She died in the 1960's
Margo