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1895 Birth May Stephenson Warrender to Charles Warrender and Jane Ellen Warrender nee Bradburn while living at 38 Bute Street, Pendleton, Salford, Lancashire, England.on 30th May 1895. Charles was described as a Gas Stoker and Jane Ellen registered the birth on 11th July 1895.
1896 Birth of May's brother Henry Stephenson Warrender
1898 Birth of May's brother William James Warrender
1899 Birth of May's sister Helen Warrender , possibly in Cardiff, Helen later married a John Frost.
1904 Death of May's father Charles Warrender aged 52 while living at 55 Dorset Street, Grangetown, Cardiff, Wales on 10th April 1904. Charles is described as a Labourer at Gas Works and cause of death is Pneumonia (Cardiac Syncope). Jane Ellen was present at the death and registered it on the following day.
1905-18 Remarriage of May's mother Jane Ellen Warrender nee Bradburn to Thomas Williams in Cardiff, Wales.
1919 May Stephenson Warrender is married to George Albert Holt at St. Paul's Church, Grangetown, Cardiff, Wales on 26th January 1919. George Albert Holt is aged 24, is a bachelor and described as an Able Seaman. His address is 43 Somerset Street, Grangetown, Cardiff. He gives his father's name as George Albert Holt (believed incorrect) who he says is a Revolving Shutter Maker. May Stephenson Warrender is aged 23, is a spinster and has no occupation. She is living at 70 Darrel Street, Grangetown, Cardiff. She gives the name of her deceased father as George Warrender (incorrect, Charles her father died when May was 9) and says that he was a Coal Trimmer. The witnesses to the wedding are Ernest Alfred Hayball (husband of Jessie Madeleine Hayball nee Warrender) and Jane Ellen Williams (May's mother, Jane Ellen Warrender nee Bradburn, remarried to Thomas Williams. see above)
1920 At their wedding date May was living at 70 Darrell Street and George was living at 43 Somerset Street, both in Grangetown. They now both move to 55 Dorset Street Grangetown where May had previously lived. The family remember that Jane Ellen Williams, formerly Warrender nee Bradburn was still there in the same house with her new husband Thomas Williams.
1920 In August, Mary Helena Holt born to May Stephenson Holt nee Warrender and George Albert Holt, at 55 Dorset Street, Grangetown, Cardiff.
1923? Lilian Maud Holt born to May Stephenson Holt nee Warrender and George Albert Holt, at 55 Dorset Street, Grangetown, Cardiff.
1925? Kathleen May Holt born to May Stephenson Holt nee Warrender and George Albert Holt, at 55 Dorset Street, Grangetown, Cardiff.
1927? Doreen Elizabeth Holt born to May Stephenson Holt nee Warrender and George Albert Holt, at 55 Dorset Street, Grangetown, Cardiff.
1929? George Henry Holt born to May Stephenson Holt nee Warrender and George Albert Holt, at 55 Dorset Street, Grangetown, Cardiff.
1930? Family move from 55 Dorset Street, Grangetown, Cardiff to 38 Wilson Street, Ely, Cardiff around this time.
1932 Patricia Frances Holt born to May Stephenson Holt nee Warrender and George Albert Holt, on 5th June 1932 at 38 Wilson Street, Ely, Cardiff.
1934 Clive Charles Holt at either 38 Wilson Street, Ely, Cardiff, or 13 Phyllis Crescent, Ely, Cardiff - it was around this time that the family moved. Jane Ellen Warrender nee Bradburn was still alive and living with her new husband Thomas Williams. Doreen Elizabeth Coggins nee Holt remembers that Thomas Williams had a hand cart and sold from it, fish and fruit. She remembers going around the streets to help him.
| 1945 | May Stephenson Holt nee Warrender and her husband
George Albert Holt are present at the wedding of
their daughter Mary Helena Holt to Thomas Allen on 4th August 1945 at St. David's Church, Cowbridge Road, Ely, Cardiff. From left to right in the photo are;- Doreen Holt (later Coggins), sister of the bride, Kenneth Allen, brother of the groom, Caven Allen, sister of the groom, Thomas Allen, The Groom, Mary Helena Allen nee Holt The Bride Merle Allen, sister of the groom, George Albert Holt, father of the bride, Patricia Frances Holt (later Thompson) sister of the bride. |
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1946 Death of May's husband George Albert Holt on 3rd September 1946 at 13 Phyllis Crescent, Ely, Cardiff.George was buried at The Western Cemetery, Cardiff in plot J1195.
1947 Death of May's brother William James Warrender aged 49 leaving a wife, Maud. It is said that at one time William managed the 'Half Way' public house in Cathedral Road, Cardiff.
| 1948 | May Stephenson Holt nee Warrender is present at the wedding
of her daughter Doreen Elizabeth Holt
to Arthur Seewood Coggins at the Presbyterian Church, Fairwater, Cardiff on 24th July 1948. From left to right in the photo are;- Roger Pritchard (Uncle Podge) husband of Alice Pritchard nee Warrender, Mr. Coggins, father of the groom, Patricia Frances Holt (later Thompson) sister of the bride, Mrs. Coggins, mother of the groom, George Holt, brother of the bride, Arthur Seewood Coggins the groom, Doreen Elizabeth Coggins nee Holt the bride, Peter Coggins brother of the groom May Stephenson Holt nee Warrender Jack Summers brother in law to the bride, Clive Holt brother of the bride Kathleen May Summers sister of the bride Reginald Hyde brother in law to the bride Lilian Hyde nee Holt sister of the bride Alice Pritchard nee Warrender (Aunt Puss) sister of May Stephenson Holt nee Warrender |
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| 1951 | May Stephenson Warrender is present at the wedding of her
daughter Patricia Frances Holt
to Francis Ernest Thompson at St. David's Church, Ely, Cardiff on 4th April 1951. From left to right are Bernard Thompson, - father of the grroom, May Stephenson Holt nee Warrender - mother of the bride, Harry Thompson - brother of the groom, Francis Ernest Thompson - Groom Patricia Frances Thompson nee Holt - Bride George Holt - brother of the bride Norma Holt nee Hanson wife of George Holt Hilda Thompson nee Davies Sister in law of the groom Jeanette James - friend of the bride. |
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1955 Death of May's mother Jane Ellen Warrender nee Bradburn on 23rd June 1955, aged 93 living at Cardiff and buried at Cardiff New Cemetery EP1983 (no headstone)
1956 Death of May's brother henry Stephenson Warrender who died a bachelor aged approx 60.
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