1881 Census (Identified as Walter G Waddington, aged 7), living at 1 Moss Side Villas, Yarlside, son of Joseph Waddington (43, iron founder employing 90 men and boys); Ruth (43 – both parents born Chorley, Lancs); brothers Edwin (13); Joseph B. (5); and Frederick W. (1) – all born Barrow in Furness; with servant Bridget Frawley, 17, born in Coniston.

1891 Census the family was living at 1 Mossfield, Yarlside (probably the same house), and now consisted of Joseph (52, engineer and iron founder, born Chorley); Mary (46, born Chorley); Mary H. (daughter 22, assistant schoolmistress), Walter E. (17, mechanical engineer); Joseph B. (15, scholar); Frederick W. (11, scholar); Bertram M. (6, scholar).

1895 married Edith Bell in Barrow in Furness

1901 Census Walter E Waddington, born Barrow in Furness, was at sea on board HMS Terror. He was an ERA (Engine Room Artificer). HMS Malabar was a Euphrates-class troopship launched in 1866. She was designed to carry troops between the United Kingdom and British India, and was employed in that role for most of her life. She became the base ship in Bermuda in 1897, was renamed HMS Terror in 1901 and was sold in 1918. (Wikipedia)

1911 Census living at 102 Roose Road, aged 37, an engine fitter, shipbuilding, born Barrow in Furness.

 

Wife Edith, 36, born Barrow in Furness;

Children: Cecil (14, born Barrow in Furness); Horace (12, born New Brompton, Kent); Edith Alma (10, born New Brompton, Kent); Norman (5, born Barrow in Furness).

When Walter died on 14 February 1928 he left £2530 3s 6d to his widow. (Probate Records 9 March, London – from Ancestry).

Elsewhere on Ancestry can be found his service record in the Royal Navy. From this we find that his date of birth is recorded as 9 October 1873; he signed up for 12 years on 2 March 1897; was 5ft 6ins, and a fitter and turner (engine). He then appears to have signed up again on 2 March 1909, and left in 1919.

 

From Ancestry