info wanted on Cumberland Viaduct Hotel,Workington & Wheatsheaf Hotel,kirkland

[steffi]

Thanks ever so!

She wouldn't have been 'living with him' in the modern sense -the grandparents wouldn't have tolerated it!

The family lived together -grandparents Frank and Margaret, Elsie-Marietta (called Marie by family) and Frederick -who thinks he may have been about 4,5 or 6 years old when the family moved away to Workington(sorry for the lack of certainty -he was a rather little boy! -It's possible they lived with William Simpson - I suppose someone of 4 /5/6 years old 70 years ago wouldn't necessarily know.

Steffi

[Ado]

Hi Steffi,  My great grandfather was 'Boots' at the Viaduct Temperance Hotel, Workington for many years until he emigrated to Australia somewhere between his son's wedding in 1907 at the hotel and 1910.  I attach a photo of him outside the hotel, and a photo of the hotel today.  I don't know if this helps your quest any...
Ado

[steffi]

Thanks, it's good to have photos of the pub to see what it looks like.

I now know that the family lived in Whitehaven at the time of the 1911 census so the pubs must have come after this time.

According to the census the family consisted of:

Frank b1872 age 39 (actually he was born in 1870 -I have his birth cert to prove it!)
Margaret 1875 age 36
Frank E b1894 age 17 (actually Frank Edward)
Mary 1896  age 15 (called Polly by family/friends)
James R 1898 age 13 (died in first world war but I can't find a record of this)
Florence May b1900 age 11 (called Florrie by family/friends)
William 1902 age 9 (called Bill by family/ friends -later worked as an engine driver with the nick name 'Workington Bill')
Frederick b1905 age 6 (called Fred by family /friends)
Elsie Marietta 1908 age 3 (called Elsie or Marie by family/friends) actually born 1907)


I'm still looking for corroborative evidence of Elsie Marietta running the two pubs -family members remember this happening but were too young at the time to remember details now!

We do know that a lot of people from the theatre stayed at the hotel in Workington - I remember Elsie Marietta telling me this when I was young.