Biography:
James S. Wellard
1887 –1936
James S. Wellard
Unmarked grave James Smissen Wellard (1887-1936)
James was born in 1887 in Dover, Kent, to Mary Dray (née Smissen) and William Henry Wellard.
In 1891 the family were living at Warren Cottage, Youngs Place, Capel le Ferne, near Dover. James’s father was a railway plate layer and he had two older and one younger brothers and two older and one younger sisters – his mother was dealing with seven children aged 13 to new born.
James became a labourer for the railway and in 1911 was living with his parents and three of his younger siblings at Black Cottage, The Warren, Dover Road, Folkestone.
In 1926 he was living at 86, St John’s Street, Folkestone and appears to be a lodger or boarder.
He died December 1936, aged 49, at 38, Castle Street. It is not known why he was in Berkhamsted.
in the cemetery
Unmarked grave James Smissen Wellard (1887-1936)
James was born in 1887 in Dover, Kent, to Mary Dray (née Smissen) and William Henry Wellard.
In 1891 the family were living at Warren Cottage, Youngs Place, Capel le Ferne, near Dover. James’s father was a railway plate layer and he had two older and one younger brothers and two older and one younger sisters – his mother was dealing with seven children aged 13 to new born.
James became a labourer for the railway and in 1911 was living with his parents and three of his younger siblings at Black Cottage, The Warren, Dover Road, Folkestone.
In 1926 he was living at 86, St John’s Street, Folkestone and appears to be a lodger or boarder.
He died December 1936, aged 49, at 38, Castle Street. It is not known why he was in Berkhamsted.
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