Photo - Harold Wadsworth 1

Life History

1st Oct 1898	Born in Bootle, Lancashire.1,2,3,4 Place and year of birth comes from census. dob comes from death record
31st Mar 1901	Recorded in census in Bootle, Lancashire (11 Cowper Street).5
2nd Apr 1911	Occupation Scholar in Bootle, Lancashire.6
2nd Apr 1911	Recorded in census in Bootle, Lancashire (65? Brook Road).6
from 13th May 1919 to 24th Jun 1924	Occupation Professional Footballer - Liverpool FC in Liverpool, Lancashire.7,8 Transferred from Tranmere as an Outside Right. 55 appearances in first team, 3 goals scored. Left for Leicester City FC
24th Jun 1924	Occupation Professional Footballer - Leicester FC in Leicester City FC.7 Sold by Liverpool for £250
12th Mar 1925	Birth of daughter Peggy J WADSWORTH in Leicester.17,18
between Apr 1927 and 1928	Occupation Professional Footballer - Nottingham Forest in Nottingham,.9
14th Jul 1929	Birth of son Gavin Lennox McCulloch WADSWORTH in Wallasey, Cheshire,.19,20
between 1930 and 1931	Occupation Professional Footballer - Millwall FC in Milwall FC.10,9
between 1939 and 1945	Resident in Greenwich, Kent (Grotes Lodge).11 According to mum, Harold and Lily moved in during the war when the house was unoccupied in order to stop squatters and allow the house to fall into disrepair (the owners having been evacuated or moved at the start of the war). Although they paid no rent during the war, Lily kept money aside each month and the property was well maintained to the extent that when the owners returned, they were sufficiiently impressed to allow Harold and Lily to remain there.
between 1940 and 1960	Occupation Master Carpenter Mum mentioned he was a master carpenter after he was a footballer. I
between 1952 and 1969	Resident in Blackheath, London (Grotes Lodge SE3).12,13,14
14th Oct 1975	Resident in Greenwich, Kent (5 Grotes Buildings).15
14th Oct 1975	Wrote will in Chesterfield.15
2nd Nov 1975	Died in Chesterfield.8,16,10,15 It may well be that he died in a nursing home or hospital as the witnesses to his will of 14 October were a Nursing Auxiliary and a Staff Nurse
17th May 1976	Probate in Nottingham,.15

Other facts

Married Lily RUTHERFORD No obvious marriage record found yet for a Harold Wadsworth or a Lillian Rutherford in the BMDs

Sources

• 1. Census - 1901
  • 11 Cowper Street, Bootle
  • (primary evidence)
• 2. Liverpool FC Website
• 3. Notes from WFJ
• 4. ancestry.co.uk - General search
  • BMD - D
• 5. Census 1901 Bootle, Lancashire
  • (primary evidence)
• 6. Census 1911 Bootle, Lancashire
  • (primary evidence)
• 7. Liverpool FC Website
  • http://www.lfchistory.net/player_profile.asp?player_id=873
• 8. Letter - Liverpool Football CLub
• 9. Website
  • http://www.shankley.com
• 10. Website
  • http://www.playerhistory.com/Default.aspx?page=player_details&playerID=41706
• 11. Mum
• 12. Death Certificate - Frederick Wadsworth
  • 28 March 1953
• 13. Letter - WFJ
  • 3 Feb 1961
• 14. ancestry.co.uk - General search
  • Phone Books
• 15. Will of Harold Wadsworth 1975
  • (primary evidence)
• 16. ancestry.co.uk - General search
  • Chesterfield Q4 1975 6/0444
• 17. findmypast - Actual BMD Registers
  • BMD-B
• 18. England and Wales Death Index 1916-2005
  • Chesterfield
  • (primary evidence)
• 19. findmypast - Actual BMD Registers
• 20. Death Certificate - Gavin Wadsworth 1988