William GADD

1824 - 1899  (75 years)

• Name	William GADD
  Birth	1824	Bristol, Gloucestershire   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Census	7 Jun 1841	Ayres [Eyer's] Lane, St. P & J, Bristol   [4]
  	Labourer
  		1841 Ayres Lane, Bristol
  Census	30 Mar 1851	Lamb Street, St. Philip's, Bristol   [1]
  	Labourer. Widower.
  	Age: 27
  Census	7 Apr 1861	26 Little George Street, St. P&J, Bristol   [5]
  	Scavenger
  Census	2 Apr 1871	1 Teague's Place, St. P&J, Bristol   [2]
  	Brickmaker
  Census	1881	19 Little George Street, SS P&J, Bristol
  	General Labourer (unemployed)
  Census	5 Apr 1891	1 Cottage Place, St. P&J, Bristol   [6]
  	Mason's Labourer
  Death	19 Aug 1899	Bristol Workhouse, Bristol, Gloucestershire   [7]
  	Admitted to workhouse on 14 August 1899 and died on 19 August. Relative Mrs Gadd, 7 Waterloo Place, Waterloo Street, Bristol.
  Burial	Greenbank Cemetery, Eastville, Bristol
  Notes	Born before marriage of James GADD and Martha HOWELL: speculation that James may have had a previous marriage and been widowed, but this is not supported by the absence of an appropriate burial in the Bristol Burial Index (1813-1837).
  Person ID	I11487	Gadd
  Last Modified	11 Dec 2025

  
  

  Father	GADD Stonemasons
  Family ID	F6794	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Father	James GADD,   b. 1803   d. Dec 1835 (Age 32 years)
  Mother	Martha HOWELL,   b. 1799, Gloucester, Gloucestershire d. 25 Jul 1873, 14 Ellbroad Street, St. Philip's, Bristol (Age 74 years)
  Marriage	08 Apr 1827	St. George, Bristol, Gloucestershire   [8]
  	Witnesses: James SILCOX & John COLLINS A William COLLINS was a witness at the marriage of Joseph GADD and Anne SAGE at Dundry in 1777 - Joseph's grandmother was Joyce COLLINS (wife of Guy GADD).
  Notes	Living in the household with Martha and the children in 1841 were Sophia (b abt 1791, d Q4 1842?) and Sarah (b. abt 1816) DYMOCK. Sarah was in 1861 living with her sister, also named Sophia, who had married Robert COLES in 1841. Robert came from a family of chimney sweeps. It's not known whether there was a familial link with the GADDs.
  Family ID	F2	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Catherine? _______   d. Q3 1848?, Clifton Reg'n District
  Children	1. William GADD,   b. 1845, Bristol, Gloucestershire d. Q2 1852, Clifton Reg'n District (Age 7 years)   2. James GADD,   b. 1848, Bristol, Gloucestershire d. Q3 1867, Clifton Reg'n District (Age 19 years)
  Family ID	F1971	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Ellen BROWN,   b. Abt 1830, Bristol, Gloucestershire d. 14 Mar 1904, 25 Trinity Street, Newtown, Bristol (Age 74 years)
  Marriage	Bedminster Reg'n District, Somerset
  Children	1. Ellen GADD,   b. Abt Jun 1860, Bristol, Gloucestershire d. 23 Feb 1917, 51 Beaufort Road, Barton Hill, Bristol (Age 56 years)   2. Joseph W. GADD,   b. 1863, Bristol, Gloucestershire d. Q2 1900, Bristol Reg'n District (Age 37 years)   3. Clara GADD,   b. 1865, Bristol, Gloucestershire   4. Elizabeth GADD,   b. 1870, Bristol, Gloucestershire   5. Caroline GADD,   b. 1872, Bristol, Gloucestershire   6. William George GADD,   b. 1877, Bristol, Gloucestershire d. Q3 1881, Barton Regis Reg'n District (Age 4 years)
  Family ID	F4557	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jan 2008

  
  

• Sources

  [S46] 1851 Census, (30 March 1851). [S354] 1871 Census, (2 April 1871). [S355] 1881 Census, (3 April 1881). [S377] 1841 Census, (7th June 1841). [S361] 1861 Census, (7 April 1861). [S360] 1891 Census, (5th April 1891). [S357] FreeBMD, (FreeBMD.rootsweb.com). [S267] Marriage Register.