57.8 Siblings of Alice Wheaver (née Lambert)

Daniel and Mary Ann Lambert had five children. These were Alice's siblings.

(This page updated in Mar 2021after new information from Joan Allum)

• 57.1.1 Florence Elizabeth Lambert (1870-1904)
• Born in Dorking
• 1901: At home in Sutton Coldfield with widowed father. Dressmaker.
• Married Charles Henry Lea (1874-1943) in Sutton in 1901
• He was a blacksmith, and they both lived in Rectory Road, Sutton at the time of the marriage.
• Children:
• Margery Ellen Lea (1902)
• Doris Mary Lea (1903)
• Died in Aston district, presumably Sutton, at age 33.
• In 1911, the widowed Charles went to live with his parents at the Boot Inn, Sutton Coldfield
• There is a Charles Henry Lea listed in Kelly's as a beer retailer at 81 Highgate Road, Sparkbrook in 1921. 
• Charles died in the Boot Inn, Rectory Road, Sutton, so he may have taken it over. The Boot Inn is still there, and still open.

Boot Inn, Sutton Coldfield (Alex McGregor)

• 57.1.2 (Jesse) James Richard Lambert (1873) m Jane

James Lambert

• Born in Dawley. Married (Sarah) Jane Harrison in 1898. (Perhaps the photo is from his wedding day).
  
• In 1901, he was a 'horse keeper below', and they lived in Rawnsley Road, [Hednesford] Cannock. The closest mine would have been Old Hednesford Colliery, where five men were killed in an explosion in 1911. There was a minute's silence at Hednesford Town FC in 2011. The Museum of Cannock Chase is housed in the pit ponies' food store, apparently.                
  

Museum of Cannock Chase, Hednesford (John H Darch)

• Apparently, James emigrated to New Zealand but left Jane behind in Britain - her address being given as "The Firs", Shenstone nr Lichfield.
  
• I wondered if James went to NZ for a mining opportunity, but apparently he hated his time in the mines and much preferred being a coachman. He probably met Jane when he took this role - she was a servant at Manley Hall in 1891. What James really wanted was land to farm - and New Zealand wanted farmers. After WWI, servicemen were given generous land grants if they met certain conditions.
  
• The plan was to send for Jane - and Daniel - once he was established on a farm.
• Once there, he joined the Auckland Regiment of the NZEF, and he was killed at Gallipoli on 8 Jun 1915. He is remembered at Lone Pine Cemetery.  
• His sister Gertrude often said in later years that the family knew no details at all about what happened, not even the date - they just got a telegram that he was missing in action presumed killed.  It was a blow that seemed to have hit her very hard.  She talked about James a lot (really, really a lot).  

 

• 57.1.3 Gertrude Mary Lambert (1874-1958)

Gertrude Lambert

• Born in Dawley
• Caught measles as a teenager, and was left deaf.
  
• Married Thomas William Wallis (1880) in Aston district in 1906.
• William was a farm labourer, and they lived at 1 Wood Lane, Erdington (now an industrial estate). Her father, Daniel was staying with them.
• Children:
• James William Wallis (1907)
• Badly affected by the death of her brother in the War
  
• 1939: Thomas was farming a mixed farm: they live at Hurst Green Farm, Minworth. The farm is still there. Gertrude's granddaughter was brought up here, and remembers it well.
  

• 57.1.4 William Barnard Lambert (1876-1910) 
• Born in Dawley
• 1901: With his brother in Hednesford. He is a miners' lamp cleaner.
• Married Eliza Barker (1875) in West Derby, Liverpool in 1905
• No known children
• Died in Aston district. Eliza went to live with William's uncle John in Liverpool, where she was a shop-keeper (dealer).

• 57.1.5 Alice Elena Lambert (1879-1928)
• See Chapter 57

More on these individuals in Chapter 61.

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