Woodward, Frank Webster

Frank was born in Leicester in 1878.
At the time of the 1881 census, his parents were living at 82 Conduit Street, Leicester, with Frank and a 4-month old daughter, also Ruth. Robert was a printer for a newspaper (Observer?)

The family were still at 82 Conduit Street at the time of the 1891 census but Frank now had 2 younger brothers, Thomas (8) and Robert (6).

By the 1901 census, the family had moved to 4 Stoughton Street, Leicester. Robert was now a newspaper overseer and the family had a live-in servant. Frank was working as a cabinet maker on his own account, his sister was a kindergarten mistress and his brothers were a photographer’s apprentice and a printer/compositor.

Frank married Alice Gibson in around 1906 and at the time of the 1911 census the couple were living at 8 Uppingham Road, Leicester.
Frank and his wife had four children – Robert Walter  (born 25th July 1906),  Margaret Ruth (born 27th November 1907, in Warwick), George John (born 1st August, 1909) and Frances Winifred (born 12th May 1916).

The 1915 Spennell’s Trade Directory for Warwick lists Frank Woodward, cabinet maker, living at 89 Cliffe Hill, although he was not the 1914 edition.

Warwick Advertiser – 1919: