43 Engleheart Road
The MARTIN family moved to 43 Engleheart Road in November 1905, when William MARTIN 1 (Charles & Emma’s son) moved with his wife Emily (née COOPER) and their first-born, William 2 (my grandfather), who was born earlier the same year.
We don’t know what prompted the move but we do know that William 1 set up a window cleaning business in Catford and, from the 1911 census record for the house, we find that W’s brother Jack (then 21) was an assistant, along with a William WELLS (also 21), both of whom lodged with W’s family.
William & Em grew their family there, with the addition of Emily (1907), Harry (born Henry, 1909) and Violet (1911). William 1 died in 1912, after falling from his ladder.
After that, we know that Em and her children remained living there and Em & W’s first son, William 2, was living there with his wife, Emily Rose BELCHEM when their first child, my Dad, William 3, was born there in 1926, and his brother, Pete, in 1932.
We understand that various cousins lived nearby in the late twenties/early 30s. William 1’s daughter, Emily, married William BROOME, and their son Clive remembers living nearby.
I’d love to know what happened to Charles & Emma’s other children. Did they remain in Lambeth? Did any, apart from Jack, move to Catford?
December 3rd, 2009 at 07:55 pm
I believe that I may be the granddaughter of Annie Martin mentioned in one of the blogs as William’s older sister, who married Joseph Sherrell in 1990. They lived in Catford and his profession was master window cleaner! They must have all worked together.
I was interested in the comment about William dying after falling off a ladder as I have also heard this story but thought it was my grandfather’s brother rather than my grandmother’s!
December 4th, 2009 at 10:02 pm
This sounds very promising, Sigrid! Let’s pool our info!