Read Welfare (1860 - 1949)

Read Welfare was born on 10th April 1860 in Chatteris. His parents were John Welfare and Ann Skeels. He was the youngest of nine children (one of whom had died at birth or in early infancy).

Read (Reid Welford?) first appears on the 1861 census for Chatteris living with his family. He also had an older sister, Martha who was 19 and working as a servant in Chatteris.

Read appears on the 1871 census living in Chatteris. His mother was a widow by now:

By 1881 Read had moved to Ramsey St Marys and was boarding with the Elderkins:

In 1882 he married Emily Corney. Emily was from Ramsey St Marys.

In 1891 Read and Emily are recorded as living at Middle Level Drove, Ramsey St Marys with their three young daughters and a boarder. Read was a farm labourer.

By 1901 Read had two more daughters and was still living in Ramsey St Mary:

Mary Ann Kate - married George Edis Butler in 1902. They emigrated to Australia in 1907 but came back a few years later.
Selina - married John Sharman Taylor. They emigrated to Australia in 1907 and had several children. Nothing more known about them.
Martha Lizzie - married Tom Price.
Lily - married Reginald Slote and had two children, Vennymore and Lawrence.
May/Mary? - married John Robert Price.

Emily died in 1922. Read then married Ruth Barnes.

Further Research:

According to information obtained from Moya (Kalgoorlie, Australia) the Butler and Taylor families were nominated to go to Australia by J Corney. Who was J Corney? Assuming he was a relative on Emily Corney's side. Was he living in Australia at the time? There is a George Corney and a Gladys Corney on the Coolgardie State School register.