BBC TV "WDYTYA?" Series 10 Episode 7 William Roache

[roopat]

Well!    That's put Norfolk people firmly in their place then..... 

[suey]

I enjoyed the programme if only because it was different.

Don't forget those of us commenting here have got a bit of a head start on 'joe public' where researching is concerned.   

I had a friend who was brought up by his aunt in the 30s, he had full contact with his parents and siblings but said it was quite frequent and accepted that in a big family, some children would be brought up by relatives.

I was told a story by a lady who was one of twelve children born between 1893 and 1912.  They had aunts and uncles and other extended family close by, sometimes one or other of the children would nip around the corner and stay with auntie for a few days...if only to get a bit of peace from siblings 

[anabanana]

Not one, but two census' state that May was Alice's daughter.  She would've been in her 40s when May was born so not inconceivable...but more likely that Albert (by the description of his character) had been playing away...and the resultant child's dubious parentage swept under the carpet....conjecture, I know!  But again something didn't quite add up.

Did think that May had a decidedly darker complexion that that of her sisters     While Bill himself thought at the start of the program that May was not a "full" sister.  If anything, my Genealogy has certainly taught me there's no smoke without fire!

I enjoy all of these episodes (some more than others obv.!), but did find that Bill LOVED the sound of his own voice, and didn't let the experts speak and display their expertise...but that could be all in the editing!!

[Aulus]

My ggg grandmother was a Zillah & came from a family of Obadiahs, Kerenhappuchs etc as well as the more usual Henry, Joseph, Elizabeth etc.

I sometimes think that at times our ancestors asked the vicar for suggestions for names...

My Zillah was more commonly known as Priscilla.

[Phil Goater]

There were a fair number of Waddicors around in Lancashire in the 19th century and seemingly coming from around Darwen but what about the 18th century? Where did they come from originally and what does the name mean?

Phil

[Geoff-E]

Where did they come from originally and what does the name mean?

Same as WHITTAKER (allegedly) http://www.surnamedb.com/Surname/Waddicor

[Phil Goater]

Did somebody have an exceptionally bad cold when they got married? How does 'Whit...' become 'Wadd...'?

Phil

[KGarrad]

Just a strong Lamcashire accent!!

[clayton bradley]

Reaney's Dictionary of English surnames lists Edmund de Wadeker 1275 and origins as "dweller by the field where woad was grown" or Waddicar, Woodacer, Lancs and Weddiker, Cumb. When I came across Waddicor first I assumed it must be a derivation of Whittaker but I haven't found any of my Lancashire Whittakers having an alternate spelling as Waddicor back to the 18th century. If it is the same name I think it must have been an early split as they seem to be quite distinct, claytonbradley