Birth: 23 September 1870 Squirrels/Hale House, Churt, Frensham, Surrey, UK
Father: Henry Matthews 1838-1914
Mother: Clara Croucher 1841-1927
Christening: 6 November 1870 St John the Evangelist, Churt, Surrey, UK
Marriage: 23 January 1895 Congreational Church, Farnham, Surrey, UK
Wife: Amy Wattridge 1865-1956
Death: 1963 Streetsville, Mississauga, Peel, Ontario, Canada
Buried: 1963 Section B, Streetsville Public Cemetery, Mississauga, Peel, Ontario, Canada
Nellie May Matthews [Blair] 1896-1973
John Henry Matthews 1899-1983
Harold William Matthews 1900-a1901
Cecil Walter Matthews 1905
Birth of William Matthews in FreeBMD in October-December 1870 in Farnham (2A 97). "Registration District Farnham 1870 Birth in the Sub-district of Farnham in the Counties of Surrey and Southampton [No.] 286 Twenty third September 1870 [In] Churt Frensham William [a] Boy [father] Henry Matthews [mother] Clara Matthews formerly Croucher, [occupation] General Labourer [informant] H Matthews father [of] Churt Frensham [on] Third November 1870 ".
Entry in Ancestry Surrey, England, Church of England Baptisms, 1813-1921 for William Mattheus (sic) baptised 6 November 1870 at St John the Evangelist, Churt, parents Henry and Clara Mattheus. "Page 6 Baptisms solemnized in the Parish of St John's Churt in the County of Surrey in the Year One Thousand Eight Hundred and seventy [...] 1870 Nov 6 No. 47 William [parents] Henry [a] Labourer & Clara Matthews [of] Churt."
In the 1871 census as William Matthews aged 6 months, born in Churton (sic - in the index, Churt on the original), Surrey and living with his parents (Henry and Clara), two brothers ((Albert and Henry) and two sisters (Alice and Rose) at an unnamed address two houses from the Crossways P.H, and next door to Charlotte Croucher (grandmother) so this must be Squirrels/Hale House, Churt, Frensham, Surrey.
His two brothers were born 14 July 1872 and baptised on 11 August 1872, and born 30 March 1875 and baptised 2 May 1875, and his sister was born 27 May 1877 and baptised 8 July 1877, all births at Squirrels/Hale House, Churt, and baptisms at St John the Evangelist, Churt.
In 1881 census as William Matthews aged 10, born in Churt, Surrey, and living with his parents (Henry and Clara), 3 brothers (Albert Alfred and Allan) and 2 sisters (Edith M and Rose) at Hale House Farm, Churt, Frensham, Surrey
In 1891 census as William Matthews aged 20, born in Frensham, single, a railway engine cleaner, and boarding with Maurice Wills (aged 39, born in East Meon, Hampshire and a railway porter), his wife (Julia aged 37 and born in Soham, Cambridgeshire), and their two sons (Bertie aged 10 and William aged 12, both born in Deptford, Kent) at 73 Brocklehurst Road, Deptford St Pauls (I assume Brocklehurst Street, New Cross Gate), London. Another family shared the same address.
Marriage of William Matthews and Amy Wattridge in FreeBMD in January-March 1895 in Farnham (2A 157). "1895 Marriage solemnized at the Congreational Church Farnham in the District of Farnham in the Counties of Surrey and Southampton. " [No.] 1111 Twenty third January 1895 William Matthews [aged] 24 years [a] Bachelor [and] Carman [of] Churt Farnham [father] Henry Matthews [a] Farm Bailiff, [and] Amy Wattridge [aged] 24 years [a] Spinster [of] Churt Farnham [father] John Wattridge [a] Dairy Farmer. Married in the Congregational Church according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Independents by Certificate [...] in the Presence of us John Wattridge [and] Jeanette ? Barton".
In 1901 census as William Matthews aged 30, born in Churt, Surrey, aged 30, a farmer and car man working on his own account, and living with his wife (Amy), two sons (Harold W and John A) and daughter (Nellie) in four rooms at Redhearne, Churt, Frensham, Surrey.
In the 1911 census as William Matthews aged 40, born in Churt, a carman contractor working on his own account, and living with his wife (Amy), three sons (Cecil Walter, Harold William and John Henry) and a daughter (Nellie May) at Cherry Cottage, Churt, Frensham, Surrey.
In the 1921 census as William Matthews born in Churt, Surrey in 1870 and living with Amy Matthews (wife?) and Cecil Walter and John Henry Matthews (sons?) in Farnham, Surrey.
Entry in Ancestry Canada, Ocean Arrivals (Form 30A), 1919-1924 for William Matthews aged 51, born in Christ (sic - in the index, Churt on the original), Surrey, a farmer and arrived 12 April 1922 at Saint John, New Brunswick, on the Melita to join his daughter Mrs P Blair of 181 ? , Toronto, Ontario and settle on his own farm accompanied by his wife Amy, nearest UK relative Mr P Wattridge, brother-in-law of Ringmore, Tongham, Farnham, Surrey. A note adds "Has a farm in ? Alta near Edmonton Alta [Alberta?] & the whole family will proceed there after visiting daughter in Toronto acc by Cecel 16, Amy 56, John 22, Helen 20."
In the 1931 census as William Matthews aged 60, born in England with English parents, immigrated in 1922, a Canadian national, a farmer working on his own account, and living in his own four room wooden house value 1500 with a radio with his wife (Amy) in Trafalgar, Ontario, Canada.
His wife died in Peel, Ontario in 1956.
Entry in FindaGrave for William Matthews born 1870, spouse Amy Matthews, died in 1963 and buried in Section B, Streetsville Public Cemetery, Mississauga, Peel, Ontario, Canada
Entry in Canada, GenWeb Cemetery Index, 1800-2011 for William Matthews born 1870 died 1963 and buried in Streetsville Cemetery, Streetsville, Peel County, Ontario. "Matthews/Amy/1865-1956/Beloved Wife o/William/1870-1963/Safe in the Arms of Jesus//Matthews/Harold William/[rest illegible]".
There are thirty five entries in Ancestry Family Trees for William Matthews.
William Matthews was my first cousin twice removed.
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