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Martha Lydia WOODCOCK
1867 - 1932 (65 years)-
Name Martha Lydia WOODCOCK [1, 2] Birth 1867 Great Chishall, Essex 
Gender Female Death 1932 East Preston Reg Dist, Sussex [3] Person ID I17078 Tree001D Last Modified 8 Apr 2025
Father Joseph WOODCOCK, b. 1831, Great Chishall, Essex Mother Ellen PIGGOTT, b. 1838, Langley, Essex Marriage 12 Nov 1859 Great Chishall, Essex Notes - Joseph Woodcock bacheloe son of Samuel Woodcock, and Ellen Piggott spinster daughter of George Piggott
Family ID F32375 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Frederick FLACK, b. 1867, Chrishall, Essex d. 1922, East Preston Reg Dist, Sussex (Age 55 years) Marriage 9 Jun 1894 Nazeing, All Saints, Essex Notes - [Essex Record Office / fmp and ancestry transcripts] Marriage at Nazeing, Essex: Frederick Flack aged 27 bachelor of Nazeing son of John Flack labourer, and Martha Woodcock aged 23 spinster of Nazeing daughter of Joseph Woodcock labourer. (fmp transcript has Martha Amelia Woodcock, ancestry and the GRO Marriage index have Martha Woodcock)
Children 1. Dorothy Gladys FLACK, b. 26 Dec 1899, Worthing, Sussex d. 14 Jan 1900, Worthing, Sussex (Age 0 years)2. May Lydia Winifred FLACK, b. 1901, Worthing, Sussex d. 1901, Worthing, Sussex (Age 0 years)3. Frederick John Charles FLACK, b. 1902, Worthing, Sussex d. 1903, Worthing, Sussex (Age 1 year)4. William Charles FLACK, b. 19 Dec 1903, Worthing, Sussex d. 1971, Worthing Reg Dist, Sussex (Age 67 years)5. Julia Blanche Lilian FLACK, b. 31 Oct 1906, Worthing, Sussex d. 6 Nov 1957, Worthing, Sussex (Age 51 years)Family ID F5262 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 2 Dec 2021
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Notes - A 8-9 year gap in surviving children in the early 1900s is very characteristic of Syphilis. The mother with syphilis (often caught from the father!) will typically go through a period of infertility, then have children either still born or dying within hours, days or progressively months. Eventually the disease will attenuate to the point where the children will be born alive and survive infancy, often then living many years albeit with syphilis related deformaties (such as blindness) in some cases.
With Frederick and Martha having no children for the first six years of their marriage, then to have 3 born alive who died within the first few days or months, makes me think we seeing evidence of syphilis in this family. [Denise Carr 6 Sep 2009]
"We shouldn5t be too surprised by this, says Dr Peter Greenhouse, an expert in sexual health. A century ago, 10 per cent of the population had syphilis, so a huge percentage of people tracing their family tree can expect to encounter the disease" - Source: "Who Do You Think You Are? http://www.bbcwhodoyouthinkyouaremagazine.com/episode/martin-freeman Sep 2009. - GRO Birth Index JFM 1867 Royston mother's maiden name Piggott
- A 8-9 year gap in surviving children in the early 1900s is very characteristic of Syphilis. The mother with syphilis (often caught from the father!) will typically go through a period of infertility, then have children either still born or dying within hours, days or progressively months. Eventually the disease will attenuate to the point where the children will be born alive and survive infancy, often then living many years albeit with syphilis related deformaties (such as blindness) in some cases.
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Sources - [S1730] 1901 Census England and Wales 31 March, 5 Southview Terrace, Worthing, West Sussex RG13/958/11/16.
Lydia Flack, wife of Frederick Flack, M 34, Chishall - [S1748] 1911 Census England and Wales 2 April, 40 Northcourt Road, Worthing, Sussex RG14/5321 RG78/238 RD84 SD1 ED2 SN370.
M L Flack, wife of Frederick Flack, M for 19 years, 5 children 2 still living 3 died, 44, Chishall Herts - [S3717] General Register Office Index (Deaths), (Record located and transcribed by Denise Carr / Jim Flack), Dec 1932 E Preston 2b 420.
FLACK Martha L aged 67 [est yob 1865)
- [S1730] 1901 Census England and Wales 31 March, 5 Southview Terrace, Worthing, West Sussex RG13/958/11/16.