Westlake, Maud Mary

Data source Carol Haley

Maud Mary WESTLAKE was born on 8th February 1878 in Sampford Spiney,
Horrabridge, Devon on the western edge of Dartmoor.

William WESTLAKE her father was born around the early 1850's possiblyeither
in Horrabridge, Devon or Cornwall. So far I have been unable to find aBirth
Certificate or birth entry for William Junior. I did however, find aBaptism entry
for a William WESTLAKE at the Parish Church in Horrabridge for 9September
1853 showing William WESTLAKE, Blacksmith aged 54 born Buckland
Monachorum and Ann GILBERT aged 53 of St Austell, Cornwall as theparents.

Sidwell Vincent, Maud's mother, was born on the 29th April 1851, inIllogan,
Cornwall.

William and Sidwell were married at Tuckingmill Parish Church,Cornwall on
the 10 August 1873. On their marriage certificate, William'soccupation is given
as Smith and on the 1881 Census as Railway Labourer and that he wasborn
Horrabridge, Devon. Of course it may well be that William thought hewas born
in Horrabridge, but had in fact been born in Cornwall and onlybaptised in
Horrabridge.

William WESTlLAKE Senior gives his trade as Smith on his son'smarriage
certificate, and the two witnesses were William and Edward GILBERT. Isit just
coincidence that the two witnesses to Wm Jnrs wedding were Gilberts?Hopefully
this mystery will be solved in due course.

In 1875 William Charles was born, and sometime later the family movedto
Horrabridge in Devon.

Sidwell died shortly after my grandmother Maud was born in 1878, andnot long
afterwards, William married Mary E from Lynford. This is notsurprising as he
was left to care for two young children. William died during WW2.

At an age unknown, Maud left Devon and headed to Twickenham inMiddlesex,
where she met and married Henry KOSBAB on the 6th May 1901. They had
eleven children, Beatrice Maud, Queenie, Violet, Lois (who died as achild), Lily,
Florrie, Wynn, Ivy, Henry William, George and my father John being the
youngest. Gran was with her daughter Wynn in Richmond, Surrey when she
died in 1958.