Hello bbart,
Thanks for your questions and the information about Alf and Ada.
Albert is shown on the 1921 Census as being 36yrs and 9mths but this is wrong, Albert was definitely born in 1874 and was therefore 47 years old at the time of the census. and I do not know how or why this occurred.
In the Free BMD Birth index the Registered Place of Albert’s birth is Chippenham Wiltshire Volume 5A Page 76 and the date is Jan, Feb, Mar. 1874
The 1881 Census shows a birth date of 1874
The 1891 Census shows a birth date of 1874
The 1901 Census shows a birth date of 1875
The 1911 Census shows a birth date of 1874
The 1921 Census also shows the wrong dates for Ada May 34yrs 2mths
She was only 26
Fanny Hammond is 63yrs 4mths
She was 57
William Arthur Hammond is 27yrs 8mths
He was 29
The previous census records for all of the above all confirm my ages. I have no clue how these anomalies came about, it is very strange but I am 100% certain that you have the right Albert.
Albert died in June 1923 and he was buried in Farsley Baptist Church Burial Ground in Bagley on 12th June 1923.
The following is taken from the transcription of the grave book of The Baptist Chapel at Farsley: 2. [100.00] Farsley Baptist Burial Registration 74 PREDDY Albert Farsley 1923 06 12
http://www.calverley.info/fars_bap_graves.htm - 579.9kb
With regard to your information about Alf and Ada Smallwood I am beginning to think that Ada was not a nice person! It looks as if she left Alf to take up with Albert and when her daughters were put in the children’s home (presumably abandoned) Ada reverted to her real married name and started a new life.
Albert was also a bit of a rogue! 3 women in his life. The first went in a workhouse with their 2 childen (Albert did not) the second had their second baby in June 1916. His third (Ada May) had his first child (my mother) on 24th August 1916! He was also sacked from a job because of bad timekeeping.
If you are researching the Preddy family, did you know that Albert’s father, (James Preddy) was knocked down and killed by a chauffeur driven Yellow, Renault Landaulette car in 1909? I have much more information about this if you are interested.
With regard to your research into Ada Smallwood neé Hammond I would be very interested to have more details. I am new to Rootschat so I don’t know if there is any facility of putting members directly in touch with each other so that we could share documents, pictures etc? Please tell me how we do it if possible.
Hope this is useful.
Best Wishes,
Historylad1