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Note: William and Frances lived when first married in Wye street Middlesbrough then at 152 Grange Rd East for a time, the address in the 1940's was used by a cobbler called Wm. Hay. they then moved around the corner to 19 Trent street before 1937 It was believed that William had served in the British Army possibly in the Boer War. He told his grandson Keith that he had been a butcher in Gibralta. On the release of military records it was discovered that he had enlisted in the Royal Atilerry in March 1892 at Seaforth. He was posted to Singapore in December of that year. In 1895 posted to Malta and in September 1898 posted to Gibralter until October 1899. He was then posted back to the United Kingdom leaving the army in 1902 he gave his elder brother Henry's address as his. He married Francis Jane rather late in life and there was only the one son In retirement he supplemented his income by scavenging wood from the Docks which where only a short distance away, sometimes taking his Grandson Keith with him. This wood he then cut up to make bundles of firewood to sell at the door. His grandson tells the tale of how when William had died and was laid in the coffin and the grandson was looking after the house, a young boy came to buy a bundle of sticks. The Grandson Keith was 12 y ears old at that time. Their son William Keith when he first married moved in with them but moved after the birth of Keith, to number 22 Horsefield street around the corner.
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