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Family: William Worrall / Caroline Brisland (F288)  [1

m. 16 Feb 1863


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  • William WorrallFather | Male
    William Worrall

    Born  26 Jan 1841  Tenbury, Worcester, England Find all individuals with events at this location
    Christened  21 Feb 1841  Tenbury, Worcester, England Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  Aft 1911   
    Buried     
    Married  16 Feb 1863  [2, 3]  Longhope, Gloucestershire, England  [2, 3] Find all individuals with events at this location
    Other Spouse  Martha Sheldon | F54 
    Married  Aft 1873   
    Other Spouse  Fanny Kinchin | F622 
    Married  22 Apr 1905  St John's Church, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location
    Father  William Worrall | F203 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Sarah Tyler | F203 Group Sheet 

    Caroline BrislandMother | Female
    Caroline Brisland

    Born  Abt 1845  Longhope, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died     
    Buried     
    Father  John Brisland | F533 Group Sheet 
    Mother   

    Frederick WorrallChild 1 | Male
    Frederick Worrall

    Born  Abt 1864  Longhope, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location
    Christened  25 Feb 1866  Tenbury, Worcester, England Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died     
    Buried     

    Alexander WorrallChild 2 | Male
    Alexander Worrall

    Born  Abt 1866  Longhope, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location
    Christened  25 Feb 1866  Tenbury, Worcester, England Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died     
    Buried     
    Spouse  Sara Ann | F535 
    Married  Abt 1888   

    John Edward WorrallChild 3 | Male
    John Edward Worrall

    Born  Abt 1869  Tenbury, Worcester, England Find all individuals with events at this location
    Christened  31 5 1869  Tenbury, Worcester, England Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died     
    Buried     
    Spouse  Emily E. | F536 
    Married  Abt 1897   

    George WorrallChild 4 | Male
    George Worrall

    Born  Abt 1870  Worcester, Worcestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died     
    Buried     

    Jessie Elizabeth WorrallChild 5 | Female
    Jessie Elizabeth Worrall

    Born  Abt 1872  Tenbury, Worcester, England Find all individuals with events at this location
    Christened  23 Nov 1872  Tenbury, Worcester, England Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died     
    Buried     

  • Photos
    Longhope Church
    Longhope Church
    Where William and Caroline married

  • Notes 
    • William was married to Caroline until at least 1873. The children from that marriage stayed with Caroline. The second family is the one for our tree.
    • The oldest child, Frederick, seems to have always lived with his grandmother.

  • Sources 
    1. [S58] Other Researchers - Patsy Witchell.
      This is a little about the Blockhouse area where Wm and Caroline Worrall were living in 1871. This from researcher.

      I can add to the information already supplied about the Blockhouse area. Apparently this area was growing fast in the 1820s - the population doubled between the 1821 & 1831 censuses. St Paul's church, serving the Blockhouse, was completed in 1837. I have a small book on the leather glove industry in Worcester in the 19th century, which shows that over half all glovers (about 80% women workers) lived in the civil parishes of St Martin & St Peter at the time of the 1851 census - I think the Blaockhouse must have been lumped in with St Martin's. I shouldn't think that there was any special reason for the Worralls settling in the Blockhouse apart from the fact that reasonably priced accommodation near to the city centre was to be had there. Bentley's 1841 Directory shows large numbers of boot & shoe makers scattered throughout the city, including a number in the Blockhouse area.

      The Worcester glove industry suffered a serious decline after the reduction of tariffs on imported gloves in the 1820s. Many manufacturers left the trade and found alternative employment, including Thomas Price, father of the Victorian novelist Mrs Henry Wood* (n?e Ellen Price), who became a maltster. Incidentally one of Mrs HW's novels concerns itself with gloving in Worcester ('Mrs Haliburton's Troubles'), if you want to find more information. There was a big shake-out, and a few large firms began to dominate the trade - eg Dent, Allcroft & Fownes. The Fownes factory, built in 1884, is now a hotel on the city walls road.


    2. [S19] BMD - ancestry websites, vol 6A p317.

    3. [S58] Other Researchers - Patsy Witchell, Marriage Certificate.
      Both of Longhope. William said he was a photographer! His father William a coachman, hers John a tailor.