In April 1855 Caroline Wood was born at New Mills, Derbyshire [Map].
On 30th December 1905 Charles Hadfield [aged 19] and Caroline Wood [aged 50] were married. The difference in their ages was 31 years; she, unusually, being older than him.
Around 1909 [her son] George Hadfield was born to [her husband] Charles Hadfield [aged 22] and Caroline Wood [aged 53] at Mellor, Cheshire [Map].
Before 1911 [her husband] Charles Hadfield [aged 24] and Caroline Wood [aged 55] had two children who died in infancy. See 1911 Census.
1911. 1911 Census Mellor. Lower Bradshaw Farm [Map].
George Henry Moorcroft [aged 54]. Head. 55.
Caroline Wood [aged 55]. Wife. 55.
Arthur Moorcroft [aged 24]. Son. 24.
Caroline Moorcroft [aged 21]. Daughter. 21.
George Henry Moorcroft [aged 19]. Son. 19.
Thomas Willam Moorcroft [aged 15]. Son. 15.
2nd April 1911. 1911 Census Derbyshire New Mills Back Meal Street. 2 Back Meal Street [Map]
[her husband] Charles Hadfield [aged 24]. Head. 24. Carter Coal Merchant.
Caroline Wood [aged 56]. Wife. 24.
[her son] George Hadfield [aged 2]. Son. 2.
In January 1920 [her husband] Charles Hadfield [aged 33] and Edith Fletcher [aged 23] were married.
Before 11th October 1937 Caroline Wood [aged 82] was living at 139 Hayfield Road [Map].
On 11th October 1937 Caroline Wood [aged 82] died at 139 Hayfield Road [Map].
This is a translation of the 'Memoires of Jacques du Clercq', published in 1823 in two volumes, edited by Frederic, Baron de Reissenberg. In his introduction Reissenberg writes: 'Jacques du Clercq tells us that he was born in 1424, and that he was a licentiate in law and a counsellor to Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, in the castellany of Douai, Lille, and Orchies. It appears that he established his residence at Arras. In 1446, he married the daughter of Baldwin de la Lacherie, a gentleman who lived in Lille. We read in the fifth book of his Memoirs that his father, also named Jacques du Clercq, had married a lady of the Le Camelin family, from Compiègne. His ancestors, always attached to the counts of Flanders, had constantly served them, whether in their councils or in their armies.' The Memoires cover a period of nineteen years beginning in in 1448, ending in in 1467. It appears that the author had intended to extend the Memoirs beyond that date; no doubt illness or death prevented him from carrying out this plan. As Reissenberg writes the 'merit of this work lies in the simplicity of its narrative, in its tone of good faith, and in a certain air of frankness which naturally wins the reader’s confidence.' Du Clercq ranges from events of national and international importance, including events of the Wars of the Roses in England, to simple, everyday local events such as marriages, robberies, murders, trials and deaths, including that of his own father in Book 5; one of his last entries.
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In January 1959 [her former husband] Charles Hadfield [aged 72] died.