Boddington families

Family notes for Arnold John BODDINGTON and Winifred SHAW

A letter from son Roddy to his mother indicates that they lived at Wichmont, St Bernard's Road, Olton, Warwickshire in 1931. My father said that they lived in five different houses in St Bernard's Road at various times during their childhood. [269]

I discovered that Arnold's son Arnold Peter very much disliked being addressed by his first name, Arnold. It is noticeable that all three boys were addressed by their second names. However, I was not aware that my father, Samuel Rodney, disliked the name Samuel. He named me Samuel Timothy and I have always been addressed as Tim. I wasn't keen on Samuel in my younger years but often use Samuel for official purposes, mainly because they require ones first name for identity checking. Ida Kathleen was always addressed as Ida. [269]

I suspect Arnold and Winifred named their first child in honour of Arnold's sister Ida who had very sadly died four yours earlier at the age of just 16. [269]

Notes for Winifred SHAW

My father once told me that they lived in five different houses in St Bernard's Road at various times during their childhood. During her life Winifred lived at the following addresses:
Greenhead Lane, Huddersfield 1874;
Inglewood, Birkby Road, Lindley, Edgerton, Huddersfield 1881;
St. Leonard’s School, South Street, St. Andrew’s, Fife 1890, 1891;
Inglewood, Birkby Road, Edgerton, Lindley, Huddersfield 1901;
Weston Hall Hotel, Bournemouth 1911 (on holiday);
Kineton Lodge, St. Bernard's Rd., Olton 1911;
Wychmont, St. Bernard’s Road, Olton, Solihull 1929;
Greswolde, Warwick Road, Solihull 1934. [269],[301]

Shaw family page set:
Shaw family;
Frederick Henry Shaw, obituaries;
Frederick Arthur Shaw, visitor book;
Shaw family and their relationship to the Boddington family.

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