1883. Ada Gosling, 3rd child & only daughter of George Inniss Gosling & Sarah Adshead. Born 4/11/1883 at 14 Jenkins Buildings, St George Bristol . Father a circular Sawyer. The family had moved from Gloucester to Bristol 1880-1881.
She was baptized on 30th Nov 1883 in St Mark’s Easton. Ada’s godfather was the legendary cricketer W.G. Grace. Grace was also a Bristol doctor who had his surgery at 57 Stapleton Rd in Easton. He was a widely-known and highly respected doctor who cared greatly for the predominantly working-class people of Easton and District. There is a family rumour that Ada’s father used to play cricket with the “Grand Old Man”!
Her mother, Sarah Gosling, with 2 of her first 3 children: George 1880 & Ada 1883.
Ada Gosling, aged 6, 1889
1891C. Ada Gosling, aged 7, living with her parents & 5 siblings at Florence Villa, St Pauls, Bristol
The 2 Adshead visitors , Mary & Frederick, are younger siblings of her mother,Sarah.
1901C. Ada Gosling, aged 17, tailoress, living with her parents & 9 brothers in Henrietta Street, Bristol
1905. Ada Gosling, 21, married George Frederick Cordey, 22, on 21/1/1905 at the Register Office, Bristol. His occupation - maybe Stone mason.
1911C. Ada Cordey, 27, living in 2 rooms at 9 Thomson Road Easton Bristol with her husband and 3 children 1-5. He a mason & builder for a Charcoal Manufacturer.
They had the following children: . .all born Bristol - - One son, Maurice, is still alive
1968 Ada Cordey died on 17th Dec 1968 in Manor Park Hospital aged 85 and she is buried in the Cordey family grave Greenbank Cemetery, Bristol.