Records show the Madin family to be natives of Chesterfield at least from the 1790s.

He was born on 12^th October 1867 and married Louisa Smyttan Robertson in Leek in 1892. He died on 24^th September 1927.

He went to America, presumably sometime between 1885, when he was 18 and finished his articles, and 1890 as he was back in England for the 1891 census.

1871 Census	48 St. Helen's	Chesterfield	Derbyshire
Name	Surname	Relation	Condition	Age	Occupation	Place of Birth
Thomas	MADIN	head	married	30	carpenter master joiner	Chesterfield
Mary	MADIN	wife	married	28		Harlan
William Beresford	MADIN	son	single	3		Chesterfield

1881 Census	17 Dowdeswell Street	Chesterfield	Derbyshire
Name	Surname	Relation	Condition	Age	Occupation	Place of Birth
Thomas	MADIN	head	married	40	joiner & contractor	Chesterfield
Mary	MADIN	wife	married	38		Harlan
William	MADIN	son	single	13	scholar	Chesterfield
Tom Rupert	MADIN	son	single	3		Chesterfield
Mary Ethel	MADIN	dau	single	5 mths		Chesterfield

1891 census	11 Queen Street	Leek & Lowe	Staffs
Name	Surname	Relation	Condition	Age	Occupation	Place of Birth
Hannah	HULME	head	widow	38		Leek
William	MADIN	boarder	single	24	assistant surveyor	Chesterfield
Elizabeth	HAYNES	boarder	single	61	living on own means	Leek

1901 census	38 Griffith Street	Rushden	Northants
Name	Surname	Relation	Condition	Age	Occupation	Place of Birth
William B	MADIN	head	married	33	civil engineer surveyor	Chesterfield
Louisa S R	MADIN	wife	married	35		Scotland
Annie M	MADIN	dau	single	7		Leek
Mary B	MADIN	dau	single	4		Leek
Kenneth	MADIN	son	single	1		Rushden
Edwin	MADIN	brother	single	18	surveyor's assistant	Chesterfield

1911 census	38 Griffith Street	Rushden	Northants
Name	Surname	Relation	Condition	Age	Occupation	Place of Birth
William Beresford	MADIN	head	married	43	Town Surveyor	Chesterfield
Louisa S R	MADIN	wife	married	45		Caputh
Annie Mackenzie	MADIN	dau	single	17		Leek
Mary Beresford	MADIN	dau	single	14		Leek
Kenneth William	MADIN	son	single	11		Rushden
Margaret Louisa Kinnison	MADIN	dau	single	3		Rushden