Numerous family branches: one of which came to Altrincham:

Henry Theodore Gaddum 1835 – 1905

Merchant: Came from Rusholme, married Emily Joynson of Ashton on Mersey – bought land at Green Walk from Earl of Stamford – moving into house built there : Oakley in 1870. (Later built Brockhole in the Lake District – now a successful Visitor Centre

He had first telephone in Altrincham with the number “Altrincham 1” was a JP and said to be a local benefactor and often paid the fines he had imposed if he thought the accused were too poor to pay them!

Principal of H.T Gaddum, Silk merchant of Macclesfield. The Gaddum family had been trading in textiles since 1826 and in England, was the sole provider of raw silk to the UK during much of World War 2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Gaddum

Son: Arthur Graham Gaddum b: 9 Jan 1874 d: 7 Sept 1948 in Pembrokeshire

Lived at Oakley, Green Walk, Bowdon since the death of his father Henry Theodore Gaddum in 1905 (when Arthur was 31 years)

Arthur moved in the same social circles as the Earl of Stamford: Roger Grey

He was County Commissioner of Lancashire Boy Scouts

Said to be an Organiser of Greek Boy Scouts