Birth: 26 March 1890 St James, Westminster, UK
Father: William Day b1868-a1893
Mother: Emma ? [Stopford] c1862-a1911
Christening: Unknown
Marriage: 1 August 1915 in Tooting Gravney, Surrey, London, UK
Wife: Louisa Jane Eeles 1893-1981
Death: April-June 1970 Wandsworth, Greater London, UK
Louisa Mary Day 1916
Ivy F L Day 1921
William J F Day 1929-1959
James A Day 1932
Birth of Joseph William Day in FreeBMD in April-June 1890 in Westminster (1a 474).
I cannot locate an entry in the 1891 census but a William and Emma Day and son William aged 10 were living at 122 Victoria Street, Westminster, but Emma is 10 years too old. His brother was born in Westminster in 1891 after the census.
In the 1901 census as Joseph Day aged 11, born in St James, London, and living with his mother (Emma Stopford), (step)father (Thomas Stopford), two brothers (James and John), two sisters (Ada and Amelia), and two (half)brothers (Alfred and Harry Stopford) in three rooms at 41 Orwille Road, Battersea, London. Another family lived at the same address.
In the 1911 census as Joseph William Day aged 21, born in Soho, Middlesex, single, a portnanteau maker, and boarding with Elizabeth Atkins (aged 64, born in London, widowed, and a portmanteau manufactirer), and another boarder (William Francis Lemis aged 21, born in Camberwell, Surrey, single and a portmanteau maker) in four rooms at 51 Trafalger Road, Old Kent Road SE.
Marriage of Joseph W Day and Louisa J Eeles in FreeBMD in July-September 1915 in Wandsworth (1d 1733).
Entry in Ancestry London, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1932 for Joseph William Day, aged 24, father William Day, and Louisa June (sic) Elles (sic) on 1 August 1915 in Tooting Graveney, Wandsworth. "Page 131 Marriage solemnized at The Parish Church in the Parish of Tooting in the County of London. No. 261 Aug 1st 1915 Jiseph William Day aged 24, a Bachelor and Bag maker of 8 Carlwell St, father William Day (deceased), an Undertaker, and Louisa June Eeles aged 22., a Spinster of 8 Carlwell St, father William George Eeles, a Collector. Married in the Parish Church according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Established Church after banns [...] in the Presence of us, William George Eeles and John Robert Day".
His four children were born in Wandsworth from 1916 to 1932.
Seventeen entries in Ancestry London, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1965 for Joseph William Day addresses 35 May bury Street, Tooting, Wandsworth from 1918 to 1933, other occupants Louisa Jane day (wife?), and James Day (brother?) from 1923 to 1924,1 Myrtle Villa, Carwell Street, Tooting, Wandsworth in 1935, other occupant Louisa Jane Day (wife?), and 8 Carlwell Street, Tooting, Wandsworth from 1936 to 1938, other occupants Louisa Jane Day (wife?) and William George Eeles (father-in-law?) from 1938.
In the 1939 England and Wales Register as Joseph W Day born 26 March 1890, married, an arterian well engineer and heavy worker, and living with Louisa J Day (wife?),William J Day (son?), Ivy F Day (daughter?), William G Eeles (father-in-law?) and one other at 8 Carlwell Street, Wandsworth, London.
Fifteen entries in Ancestry London, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1965 for Joseph W Day address 8 Carlwell Street, Tooting, Wandsworth from 1946 to 1964, other occupants Louisa J Day (wife?), William G Eeles (father-in-law?) to 1949, William J Day (son?) to 1956, James A Day (son?) in 1954 and Patricia R Day (daughter?) in 1956.
Death of Joseph William Day, born 26 March 1890, in FreeBMD in April-June 1970 in Wandsworth.
Three entries in Ancestry Public Member Trees for Joseph Willam Day born 26 March 1890, his marriage to Louisa Jane Eeeles on 1 August 1915 in Tooting Gravney, Surrey, and his death in Wandsworth, Greater London in June 1970
Joseph William Day was the father of William J F Day, husband of Patricia Fullick, my fifth cousin.
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