Lydia Bird

  Noted events in her life were:

• Census, 1851, Bassingbourn, Cambridgeshire England. There is an entry in the Cambridgeshire 1851 Census Index at www.cfhs.org.uk for Lydia Bird, age 4 months, in the parish / town of Bassingbourn, and entries for her parents, John Bird, age 22, and Mary Bird, age 23, and an older brother, William E. Bird, age 2.

• Census, 1881, 1 Field Barn Cottage, Orwell, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire England. Lydia <b>Waldeck</b>, age 32, b. in Bassingbourn, Cambridge, was living with her husband, Alfred L. Waldeck, head of household, age 32, b. in Ashwell, Hertford, agricultural labourer, and six children : Lucy A. Waldeck, age 10, b. in Orwell, Cambridge, scholar ; William C. Waldeck, age 9, b. in Bassingbourn, Cambridge, scholar ; Frederick S. Waldeck, age 6, b. in Bassingbourn, Cambridge, scholar ; Priscilla Waldeck, age 5, b. in Orwell, Cambridge ; Ernest H. Waldeck, age 3, b. in Orwell, Cambridge ; Frank Waldeck, age 1, b. in Orwell, Cambridge.

They lived at 1 Field Barn Cottage, Orwell, Cambridge.

• Census, 1901, Orwell, Cambridgeshire England. Lydia Waldock, age 52, b. in Bassingbourn, Cambridge, was living in Orwell, Cambridge.

Also living there were her husband, Louis Waldock, age 52, b. in Ashwell, Hertford, ploughman, and four sons : Fred Waldock, age 26, b. in Bassingbourn, Cambridge, horse keeper ; Ernest Waldock, age 23, b. in Orwell, Cambridge, brickmaker ; Henry Waldock, age 14, b. in Orwell, Cambridge, farmers boy ; Albert Waldock, age 12, b. in Orwell, Cambridge.

• Residence, 1891, Patemans Farm, Wimpole, Cambridge. An entry at www.gencircles.com/users/kevinbean for Lydia Bird, daughter of John Bird, wife of Alfred Louis Chapman Waldock, states that in 1891 she was living at Patemans Farm, Wimpole, Cambridge.

Lydia married Alfred Louis Chapman Waldock, son of Henry Waldock and Lucy Chapman, on 14 Oct 1868 in Ashwell, Hertfordshire England. (Alfred Louis Chapman Waldock was born on 5 Jul 1849 in Ashwell, Hertfordshire England and was christened on 14 Jul 1849 in Ashwell, Hertfordshire England.)

  Marriage Notes:

a). There is a marriage entry in the IGI for Lydia Bird and Alfred Lewis Chapman Waldock, on October 14, 1868 in Ashwell, Hertford ; the entry states that he was 20, son of Henry Waldock, and she was 18, daughter of John Bird.

b). There are marriage entries in the BMD Index at http://freebmd.rootsweb.com for Lydia Bird and Alfred Lewis C. Waldock in the December quarter 1868 in Royston district -- Vol. 3a, page 290.