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  1. 15 August 1895 · Birth

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    William Charles Stanley Greaves was born at 11 Linscott Road, Hackney, Middlesex on 15 August 1895. Father: Harry Greaves, journeyman painter. Mother: Alexandrina Monteith Greaves nee Johnstone. Informant: A. M. Greaves, mother. 11 Linscott Road, Lower Clapton. Birth was registered on 01 October 1895.
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  2. 31 March 1901 · Census

    1901 Census - England & Wales
    39 Hassett Road, Hackney, Middlesex. The household consisted of: Harry Greaves. Head. Married. 28. Decorator, paint. Born: Hackney, London. Alexandrina M Greaves. Wife. 30. Born: Leith, Scotland. Charles W Greaves. Son. 5. Born: Hackney, London.
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    • Spouse/partner of Alexandrina Monteith Johnston

    Added by Clare Hopkins on 20 May 2026Admin

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    1. Clare Hopkins wrote:

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      In 1891, 39 Hassett Road was the house of his brother Charles James Greaves and his wife Kate.

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  3. 02 April 1911 · Census

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    21 Chippendale Street, Hackney, Middlesex. The household consisted of: • Harry Greaves. Head. 39. Married 5 years. Builders foreman. Born: Homerton, London. • Lizzie Greaves. Wife. 24. 3 children, 3 living, 0 died. Housework. Born: Leeds, Yorkshire. • William Charles Greaves. Son. 16. Single. Unemployed. Born: Clapton, London. [William was the son of Harry and Alexandrina; the younger children in the household were the children of Harry and Lizzie (Elizabeth)]. • Constance Greaves. Daur. 4. Single. Born: Homerton. • Harry Greaves. Son. 2. Single. Born: Homerton. • Charles James Greaves. Son. 10 months. Born: Homerton.
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    • Parent of Charles James Greaves
    • Parent of Ethel Constance Greaves
    • Parent of Harry Greaves
    • Parent of William Charles Stanley Greaves
    • Spouse/partner of Elizabeth Martin

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  1. 30 January 1961 · Marriage

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    Married on 30 January 1961 at The Register Office, Wycombe, Buckingham. William Charles Stanley Greaves. 65 years. Previous marriage dissolved. Painter. 1 Elm Road, Booker, High Wycombe. Father: Harry Greaves (deceased), painter. Helen Greaves formerly known as Begadon. 52 years. Spinster. Domestic worker. 1 Elm Road, Booker, High Wycombe. Father: Patrick Joseph Begadon (deceased). Journalist. Witnesses: E. F. Bevis & D. M. Treacher.
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      William and Helen met in the 1930s while William was still legally married, though separated. When their first child was born in 1931, he could not legally be registered with his father’s name and was therefore given Helen’s maiden surname. Raised in an Irish Catholic family, Helen felt deeply ashamed of the stigma surrounding illegitimacy. She therefore began using the surname Greaves, despite not being married to William, and their next two children were registered as Greaves with William named as their father - something that was not technically legal at the time. The couple lived as husband and wife for decades before finally marrying at the Registry Office after William’s first marriage was dissolved. Their children only discovered the marriage after William’s death in 1980.

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