On 7 March 1905 William John Pendleton was born to Eliza and William, and he was baptised on 23 April at Birkenhead St. John. The family home was 18 Bentinck Place, which is still standing.

In 1911 they were living at 5 Grange Place, just around the corner from Bentinck Place, and it too is still standing. William was aged 27 and a General Labourer, birth year 1884, Eliza was 32 and birth year 1879, and William J. was 6.

In the 1939 register (taken on 29 September) they were still at 5 Grange Place. William was a Transport Foreman and his birth date is 29 October 1883, so he was 55. Eliza gave her birth date as 26 December 1881 making her 57, but she was actually 60. William John was a Corporation Labourer aged 34.

William died in Q3 1941 aged 57 in Birkenhead.

There are two marriages listed for a William J Pendleton. One in 1936 to Tegwen F. Evans, although he was listed as single in 1939 so this can’t be him. The other is in Q1 1941 to Ethel Lowres. I think her name may have been mis-spelled on the register, there is no trace of her birth.

William John Pendleton died in Q4 1973 in Birkenhead.

Ethel Pendleton died in 1973 in the Wirral, her birth date being given as 20 December 1910.