William John (Ben) Caddy (c1858-c1952)

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Ben Caddy ‡
Birth:	1858 Launceston, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom Ω
Death:	1952
Spouse / partner:	Sarah Annie Haddy (1857)
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Ben Caddy was born circa 1858 in Launceston, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom and died circa 1952 of unspecified causes. He married Sarah Annie Haddy (1857) .

Siblings

Sampson Richard Caddy (c1860-aft1910): appears in 1871, 1901, and 1911 census.

Fairly certain to be William's brother; they were the only Caddy boys born in Launceston about that time and surviving until the 1901 census.

In 1901 he and his wife Louisa were in St Andrew parish (and subdistrict), Plymouth, RG13/2100, ED14, folio 142, household 64.

1911 census shows him as William's brother, living with William and Sarah and Fred in London.

1871 and 1901 censuses also had a Sampson R Caddy; in 1901 on Royal Navy ship Amphion: age 31; Where born: Millbrook, Cornwall, England.

Probably:

Name: Sampson Richard Caddy

Date of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec 1869

Registration district: St Germans

Inferred County: Cornwall

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Children

Offspring of Sarah Annie Haddy (1857) and Ben Caddy
Name	Birth	Death	Joined with
Florence (Flo) Caddy (c1884-)
Frederick John Caddy (1885-1970)	November 1885 London, United Kingdom	20 December 1970 Newton Abbot, Devon, England, United Kingdom	Doris Mary Lees (1892-1972)
Ethel Maud Caddy (1897-)

Footnotes (including sources)

‡ General

Family sources and some secondary documentation.

Ω Birth

This is the most likely family for him to have been born into: 1881 census (courtesy findmypast.co.uk - including est birth years 1856-60) could be this, except that St Erth is some way from Launceston): Name Relation Condition Sex Age Birth Year Occupation/Disability Where Born CADDY, William Head Married M 62 1819 Retired Miner St Hilary Cornwall CADDY, Eliza Wife Married F 60 1821 Marazion Cornwall CADDY, Eliza Daughter Single F 37 1844 Domestic Serv (General) St Hilary Cornwall CADDY, William J Son Single M 22 1859 Ag Lab St Erth Cornwall CADDY, Amelia Daughter Single F 17 1864 Copper Miner St Erth Cornwall CADDY, Margaret A Daughter Single F 14 1867 Copper Miner St Erth Cornwall RICHARDS, Frederick Visitor Single M 5 1876 Scholar Penzance Cornwall RG number:RG11; Piece:2340; Folio:9; Page:12 Registration District:Penzance; Sub District:Uny-Lelant; EnumerationDistrict: - Ecclesiastical Parish: - ; Civil Parish:St Erth; Municipal Borough: --- ; Address:Treganhorne, St Erth; County:Cornwall The only other 22-year-old William was a tin miner (like his father and 14-year-old brother) born and still living in Wendron: Piece:2321; Folio:50; Page:10; Registration District:Helston; Sub District:Wendron 1901 census: age 42, living with wife and two children, in Islington (St Mary Magdalene parish) - RG13/195, Subdistrict Islington South-east, ED 67, Folio 11, page 14, Hshld 89.

Robin Patterson