The next child of Isaac Andrew Barrand and Mary Elizabeth Reece was Ada Ethel, born on 24th July, 1869 at 18 Avenue Road, Lower Clapton and baptised on the 16th November, 1878. Birth Ref: Hackney 1869 - 3rd Qtr (1b - 460). Ada Ethel married Walter Charles Head (b 1866) from Islington, the son of John Alexander Head (a book keeper) & Elizabeth Jacques (nee Luker) on the on the 13th April, 1893. Marriage Ref: Hackney 1893 - 2nd Qtr (1b - 750) on the same day as her sister Héléne Susan Sophia. (See Family Photograph) Walter Head's mother, Elizabeth Luker had been married previously to John Jacques in 1844.
Walter Charles Head was also an employer as a Timber Merchant. In the 1901 census, they had 3 children, Mary Héléne, (b 26th January, 1894), Wilfred Oscar Rees (b 1898) and Walter Terence Barrand, (b 1900)
On the 1911 census, Walter was still a timber merchant, and living at 20, Filey Avenue, and they still had three children. In 1939, Walter is noted as a retired timber merchant, Ada Ethel was shown to be incapacitated and living with her is a domestic nurse and a housemaid at their home in Harrow.
Mary Héléne Head (b 26th January, 1894) married Edward Montague (b 1877-1940) in 1918 and had 3 children –
(1) Michael John, born in 1920-1983 and he married Audrey Theodosia Jenkins (1923-2010) and they had 3 children (1 daughter Deborah & 2 sons Nigel and Simon)
(2) Charles Edward Montague (1921-1985) and he married twice, first to ? and second to Olive May Jones (1922-1987). He had 1 daughter to his 1st marriage and a son and daughter to his second marriage.
(3) Hilary Mary Ada, born in 1924-2009 and she married Horatio Henry Spurrier in 1953 and they had 3 children, 2 sons (Neil and Lance) and1 daughter Sheila.
Edward Montague was a paper and board merchant and in 1939, they were living in Harrow with Ada Ethel Head and her family. Mary Héléne Montague (nee Head) died in Cirencester in 1988, aged 94.
Wilfred Oscar Rees Head was born 25th October, 1897 and baptised 16th January, 1898, and he married Mary Grace Sanders (20/03/1901 – 14/05/1983) in Berkshire in April, 1925, and they had 4 children – John Wilfred Rees, born in 01/03/1926 and died 25/10/2009 and it seems he married Angela Davis in 1970. Their second child was Jane E.M., born in 1929 and probably married Stanley Rutter in 1962. Then came David born in 1932 and Ann, born in 1936. There may have been another daughter, Sarah, born in 1937.
Wilfred Oscar Rees was Managing Director of a general engineering company and he died in 1969 in Cirencester.
Walter Terence Barrand Head was born 18th April, 1900, and baptised on 17th June, 1900. He married Doris Beatrice Hart (b 26th October, 1904-1973) in December, 1931 and they had 1 daughter. Doris was a superb dressmaker. In 1939, Walter was a director of a woollen company and died in Frinton-on-Sea on 27th January, 1983 leaving an estate of over £130,000. Doris was in Frinton in 1939 as a dressmaker and died on the 10th January, 1973 in Frinton-on-Sea.
Walter Charles Head died on the 5th January, 1941 in Kilburn (London) and Ada Ethel died on 24th June, 1944 Death Ref: Hendon 1944 - 2nd Qtr (3a - 511
1939 census Wilfred Oscar Rees Head
Ada Ethel Barrand and Walter Head
1939 census
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Baptism Record of Ada Ethel Barrand
Birth Certificate Ada Ethel Barrand 1869
1871 Census, aged 1
1881 Census, aged 11
1891 Census, aged 21
Marriage certificate to Walter Charles Head (Same day as sister Helene)
1901 Census
1911 Census, Ada Ethel Head
That concludes the children of Isaac Andrew Barrand and Mary Elizabeth Reece.