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1878/John Gardiner/../../../Wrights Directory
1881/Emma Gardiner/Innkeepers Wife (Gladstone Arms)/34/Little Bowden,
Leicester/Census
1881/Flora Mabel Gardiner/Daughter/11/Leicester/Census
1881/Elizabeth Smith/Niece, Milliner/24/Leicester/Census
1887/Edward Bates/../../../Leicester Directory
1899/John Halford/Beer Retailer/../../Wrights Directory
1901/John Halford/Licensed Victualler/54/Leicester, Leicester/Census
1901/Elizabeth Halford/Wife/50/Leicester, Leicester/Census
1901/John Halford/Son, Barman/24/Leicester, Leicester/Census
1901/James Halford/Son, Barman/21/Leicester, Leicester/Census
1901/Florence Halford/Daughter, Barmaid/19/Leicester, Leicester/Census
1928/John Halford/../../../Post Office Directory
A distant relative James Halford was the Beerhouse Keeper at the
Woodboy in Fleet Street, Leicester when he
died in 1905. His Probate record reads:
HALFORD James of the "Woodby" inn 2 Fleet-street Leicester beerhouse-keeper
died 18 November 1905 at 115 Jarrom-street Leicester. Administration
Leicester 4 December to Edith Halford, widow. Effects 128 pounds 10
shillings.
I am not sure how long he had been there, he married in 1903 but I do not
have a copy of his marriage certificate. At the time of the 1901 Census he
is recorded as a barman at his parents pub, the Gladstone Arms. In the 1911
census, his widow Edith Halford was a servant at the
Crown & Cushion in Belgrave Gate,
Leicester, run by William Judkins and his wife Sarah Ann. *
* Provided By Brian Skelton