This page has been started, based upon correspondence with Betty Burrows: (back to BATTLEY)

"I have to confirm that Mary Ready was really a Ready and that her daughter, born out of wedlock, was Sarah Ready. Sarah, in turn, bore a son (George William Ready) also born out of wedlock.

My husband's Ready line is descended from George William Ready. Sarah Ready, his mother, later married into the Scarfe family of Mendlesham (Thomas Scarfe).

Back to Mary Ready for a minute. I have an interesting fact about her young life. It is called a The Settlement Certificate by the churchwardens of Badwell Ash, Suffolk. (about 1829) The church wardens of Badwell Ash certified that Mary Ready was a legal resident of Badwell Ash and was single and pregnant with child. (This child was probably her daughter Sarah Ready.) (Source: Settlement Certificate of Parish of Badwell Ash, FB159/G3/152)

"We the churchwardens and overseers of the poor of the parish of Badwell Ash in the County of Suffolk do hereby certify own and acknowledge Mary Ready single woman and the child with which she is now pregnant as inhabitants legally settled in our parish of Badwell Ash."

The preceding would have linage as:

Mary READY of Badwell Ash, Suffolk <Mary later married William BATTLEY>

Had a daughter:

• Sarah READY, born Abt 1829 <¹ Christening on 21 Sep 1829 Suffolk County Bts, Suffolk, England>

Sarah READY

Had a son:

• George William READY ² born About 1850

(Sarah Ready was later married to Thomas Scarfe on 19th November 1854. Two of the witnesses were Zephaniah Chapman and Charlotte Battley (Sarah's half-sister and Zephaniah's wife to be) - source Marie Foster's research. (Sarah later married into the SCARFE family of Mendlesham to ⁴ Thomas Scarfe in the December quarter of 1854 in the Hartismere district).  The 1881 census shows them living in College Little Stonham, Suffolk, England, both 51 years of age.  Their son Thomas E. SCARFE, age 22 is living with them at the time.)

George W. Ready and Elizabeth H. Abbot 1871 photograph courtesy of Betty Burrows

George William READY, ² a Brewers Laborer, of 58 Belgrave St London, Middlesex, England in 1881,  ² born About 1850

Married to Elizabeth Honor ^{2, 3} ABBOT in the March quarter of 1871 in Poplar, Middlesex, who was born Abt 1853 Shalford, Essex, England, a daughter of William ABBOTT, a Tailor who was born Abt 1826 Colchester. William is shown as widowed in the 1881 census. George would be about 21 at the time of the marriage, and Elizabeth would be about 18.

They had the following children:

• George W. READY ² born Abt 1872 in Bromley, Middlesex, England in school in 1881. REV. George William READY, SR., born 29 July 1871, 15 Bruce Road, Bromley Parish, District of Poplar, Middlesex, England; died 25 November 1929, Sutton cum Duckmanton near Chesterfield, England at the age of 58 years, 3 months and 27 days. He married Sarah Ann WRIGHT 15 June 1898 in Parish Church of Holy Trinity, Barking Road, West Ham, England, daughter of CHARLES WRIGHT. She was born Abt. 1877, and died 1975 in Nottingham, England at the age of 98.  Photograph They had the following children:
  • REV. George William READY, JR., born 31 October 1898, West Ham, England; died 10 October 1950, Duckmanton, near Chesterfield at the age of 51; married Alma BONSER, March 1926, Bawell, Leicestershire; born 30 March 1901, Leicestershire, England; died 23 July 1968, Long Itchington, Warwickshire.
  • Charles Ferris READY, born 11 September 1908; died 5 March 1979; married <Private>.
• William O. READY ² born Abt 1874 in Mile End, Middlesex, England in school in 1881. William Owen READY, born 14 April 1873, Bethnal Green, Mile End Parish, Middlesex, England; died 25 July 1958, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. He married Gertrude Josephine MURRELL 25 December 1900 in Parish Church of Bromley St. Leonard, County of London, England, daughter of Joseph Ebenezer MURRELL. She was born 27 June 1878, and died 5 July 1961 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada at the age of 83 years. Photograph They had the following:
  • Ivy Hilda Gertrude READY, born 12 October 1902, Plaistow, East Ham, London, England; died 14 December 1994, Santa Barbara, California, U.S.A.; married Maxey Kinley MURRAY, 27 August 1927, Grace Church, Winnipeg, Manitoba; born 25 June 1895, Waltourville, Georgia, U.S.A; died 30 April 1964, Sunland, California, U.S.A..
  • Wallace READY, born Abt. 1916; died Abt. 1956, Winnipeg.
• Elizabeth Sophia READY ² born Abt 1876 in Bromley, Middlesex, England in school in 1881. Elizabeth ⁵ married James Lewis CARTWRIGHT in the June quarter of 1895 in in Poplar, Middlesex <"James was a Baptist lay preacher and did work with the Home Children" - Betty Burrows> Elizabeth Sophia READY, born 13 April 1875, Poplar, Bow, London, Middlesex, England; died 23 March 1962, Winnipeg, Manitoba. She married James Lewis CARTWRIGHT 2 June 1895 in Church of Allhallows, Bromley Parish, London, England, son of William CARTWRIGHT and Sarah YOST. He was born 23 October 1872 in 12 Peter Street, Mile End, Old Town Eastern, Middlesex, England, and died 27 August 1958 in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Photograph

  From Betty Burrows research "S.S. (steamship) Lake Champlain of the C.P.R. line - Sailed from Liverpool on June 12, 1906 and arrived in Quebec on June 22, 1906 at 10:10 A.M.. In steerage along with 656 others were: James L. Cartwright - 32 - gardener - from Middlesex - to Winnipeg Sophia E. (Ready) Cartwright - 30 - from Middlesex - to Winnipeg Edith L. Cartwright - 8 - from Essex - to Winnipeg Gertrude S. Cartwright - 10 - from Essex - to Winnipeg After passing both medical and civil examinations they all left by a "special" C.P.R. train for points west at 3 P.M."

  They had the following:

  • Gertrude Sofia CARTWRIGHT, born 27 July 1896, West Ham, England; died 4 April 1992, Hamilton, Ontario; married George Lionel PITT-SMITH, 23 October 1923, Winnipeg, Manitoba; born 4 April 1900; died 29 April 1972, Hamilton, Ontario.
  • Edith Lilian CARTWRIGHT, born 18 June 1898, Plaistow Subdistrict, West Ham, England; died 12 November 1982, Winnipeg, Manitoba; married Ernest George Victor BURROWS, 10 September 1921, Winnipeg, Manitoba; born 14 April 1897, Poole Subdistrict, Dorset, England/Poole, England; died 23 July 1969, Port Credit, Ontario.
  • Dorothy Mae CARTWRIGHT, born 9 May 1916, West Kildonan, Manitoba; died 21 March 2001, Thunder Bay, Ontario; married <PRIVATE>
  • <PRIVATE>
• Sarah J. READY ² born Abt  1879 in Limehouse, Middlesex, England. Sarah Julia READY, born 2 May 1878, No. 7 Wright's Building, Limehouse Parish, Stepney, Middlesex, England; died 1 February 1946, Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, B.C., Canada at the age of 67 years, 8 months and 30 days. She married William W. BROWN, son of William BROWN and Lucy. He was born Abt. 1875 in Bracebridge, Ontario, and died 4 April 1953 in Vancouver, B.C., Canada at the age of 78 years.  They had the following:
  • William A. BROWN, married HENDRIKA, Bef. 1950.

1 There was a Christening for a Sarah <Ready> 21 Sep 1829 Suffolk County Bts, Suffolk, England daughter of Mary Ready. <Bishop's transcripts, 1560-1853 Church of England. Archdeaconry of Sudbury File/Film # 0989585 - Bruce

2 1881 British Census 58 Belgrave St London, Middlesex, England

Ready, George William Year: 1871 Quarter: March Record Type: Marriages Volume: 1c
District: Poplar Page: 875

Abbott, Elizabeth Honor Year: 1871 Quarter: March Record Type: Marriages Volume: 1c
District: Poplar Page: 875

Scarfe, Thomas Year: 1854 Quarter: December Record Type: Marriages Volume: 4a
District: Hartismere Page: 1072

Ready, Sarah Year: 1854 Quarter: December Record Type: Marriages Volume: 4a
District: Hartismere Page: 1072

Cartwright, James Lewis Year: 1895 Quarter: June Record Type: Marriages Volume: 1c
District: Poplar Page: 925

Ready, Elizabeth Sophia Year: 1895 Quarter: June Record Type: Marriages Volume: 1c
District: Poplar Page: 925