Private 5621 William Fail

BMD details:
Marriage: 4th Qtr 1911 - William Fail to Sarah A Morris at Wrexham, Denbighshire. Vol 11b - Page 509. The couple had 3 children, Jeannette (b.1911 m.1937 to Ernest Dumble in Leigh), Sarah C (1913-q3 1915) and John William La B (q2 1915- q4 1915), all events registered in the Ruabon district (which includes Penycae).

Family details:
Son of William and Jeanette Fail; husband of Sarah Ann Fail, of 3, Jersey Street, Clock Face, St. Helens, Lancs.

Census details:
1891 - 1 year old William is living at 1 Kitchen Street, Chester with parents William (25) and Janett (32). Also at the address are lodgers Allen Everitt (40), Thomas F Bryan (21) and Samuel Thelwell (48). 1901 - 12 years old William and widowed father William Fail (36) are boarding at The Bricklayers Arms, Wrexham with the Evans family. 1911 - Not found.

Notes:
The census suggests that William was born at Chester.

[pic]imgs/WW1_memorials/FailW_RWF.jpg[/pic][caption]The inscription for Private William Fail on the Le Touret Memorial (Photograph Courtesy of Ste M.)[/caption]