The mysterious William Douthwaite

[chr1st1an]

So, regarding the wealth of William Douthwaite, I guess he could have inherited money from:

His sister Emma who died in 1916 spinster: £340
His mother Agnes who died in 1919 widow: £244 / 3 (brothers left) = £81
Total = £421 (or £19400 of today's money)

Plus IF his first wife Maggie Jane who died in 1945 left him: £1824 (£70300)

It all adds up to nearly £90000 plus what he earned himself.
I know all this is a lot of speculation  , but it fits with the idea that he had "a bit of money" when he married Mary Alice in 1947...

[rosie99]

Plus IF his first wife Maggie Jane who died in 1945 left him: £1824 (£70300)

If she was estranged from him as you suggested I doubt she would leave him any 

[imd6662]

I'm a little late to this rodeo but, for what it's worth, If yoir William Doithwaite is the son Richard Douthwaite and Agnes Scambler, his father - Richard - is  the yoingest of 14 children of Henry Dowthwaite (1771-c1847) of Over Staveley and Kentmere.

This Westmorland Dowthwaite family qppears in quite a few Ancestry members family trees.

Incidentally, that also makes William some cousin of Willam lhe Liverpool fireman on the steamers Ludworth amd Cassia