William Worrall

1841 - Aft 1911  (70 years)

• Name	William Worrall
  Born	26 Jan 1841	Tenbury, Worcester, England   [1]
  Christened	21 Feb 1841	Tenbury, Worcester, England
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	Post boy, bootmaker, shoemaker...
  Died	Aft 1911
  Person ID	I80	Family
  Last Modified	26 Mar 2012

  
  

  Father	William Worrall,   b. Dec 1804, Milson, Nr Tenbury, Worcester, England ,   d. 22 Feb 1851  (Age ~ 46 years)
  Mother	Sarah Tyler,   b. Abt 1806, Tenbury, Worcester, England
  Married	18 Jan 1830  [2]
  Family ID	F203	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Caroline Brisland,   b. Abt 1845, Longhope, Gloucestershire, England   [3]
  Married	16 Feb 1863	Longhope, Gloucestershire, England   [4, 5]
  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.
  Children	1. Frederick Worrall,   b. Abt 1864, Longhope, Gloucestershire, England   2. Alexander Worrall,   b. Abt 1866, Longhope, Gloucestershire, England   3. John Edward Worrall,   b. Abt 1869, Tenbury, Worcester, England   4. George Worrall,   b. Abt 1870, Worcester, Worcestershire, England   5. Jessie Elizabeth Worrall,   b. Abt 1872, Tenbury, Worcester, England
  Photos		Longhope Church Where William and Caroline married
  Last Modified	27 Jan 2009
  Family ID	F288	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Martha Sheldon,   b. 11 Jul 1848, Cleeve, Gloucestershire, England ,   d. 7 Mar 1902, Westminster, London, England  (Age 53 years)
  Married	Aft 1873
  Notes	Thomas and Francis are probably not William's children - Thomas definitely started out as Thomas Sheldon, staying with his grandparents in 1871. I expect Martha didn't marry their father, and I can find no marriage for Martha and William. Martha's parents had a different grandson, William, staying with them in 1881, about the same age as Thomas. I have found William and Thomas living in the same house in 1891, both married - they could be cousins or brothers since the ages given differ by a year. Wm and Martha are captured in the 1881 census in Birmingham with Thomas and Francis, then in the 1891 census in London with the youngest three. Thomas and Francis would be 21 and 19 in 1891 - old enough to have left home.
  Children	+ 1. Thomas Sheldon,   b. Abt 1869, Stafford, Staffordshire, England   2. Francis Worrall,   b. Abt 1872, Stafford, Staffordshire, England   3. Albert Edward Worrall,   b. 9 Nov 1881, 55 Christopher Buildings, Marylebone, London, England ,   d. 31 Oct 1940, West London Hospital, London, England  (Age 58 years)   4. Martha Worrall,   b. 1883 4th qtr, 55 Christopher Buildings, Marylebone, London, England ,   d. 1958, Great Windmill Street, London, England   5. Sarah Ellen Worrall,   b. 1886, Marylebone, London, England
  Last Modified	26 Mar 2012
  Family ID	F54	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 3	Fanny Kinchin,   b. 12 Oct 1862, Ilmington, Warwickshire, England   [6]
  Married	22 Apr 1905	St John's Church, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England
  Last Modified	26 Mar 2012
  Family ID	F622	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S1] Certificate, Birth, Tenbury vol 18 p510. Mispelt as Warrell. Mother Sarah Warrell formerly Tyler, of Tome St, Tenbury. She was the informant and made her mark, so wouldn't have seen the spelling. [S58] Other Researchers - Patsy Witchell. Bishop's Transcripts of Burford parish register. They actually married at Nash chapel, which clearly did not have its own register. Son John must have been 'on the way' when they married. [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. [S19] BMD - ancestry websites, vol 6A p317. [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. [S58] Other Researchers - Patsy Witchell, Marriage Certificate. He lived at 50 Duke Street, father William Worrall, Coachman, and said he was 56 years old (he was actually 64) She also lived in Duke Street, father William Kinchim, Farm Bailiff, and said that she was 40 - 6 years later at the census she said she was 48. Witnesses were Charles Leaver and Emily Newcombe, who later married. They were from Tewkesbury.

  
  

• Censuses

  [140]   British Census - 1841, Teme Street, Tenbury, England - William Worrall, aged 6mo [72]   British Census - 1851, Teme Street, Tenbury, England - William Worrall, aged 10 [73]   British Census - 1861, Teme Street, Tenbury, England - William Worrall, aged 20 [74]   British Census - 1871, Cardew Street, Blockhouse, Worcester, England - William Worrall, aged 30 [75]   British Census - 1881, 5 Newport Place, Birmingham, England - William Worrall, aged 38 [76]   British Census - 1891, 8 Dufour's Place, Westminster, England - William Worrall, aged 48 [15]   British Census - 1901, 3 Black Lion Court, Westminster, England - William Worrall, aged 60 [238]   British Census - 1911, 115 Flaxman Road, Lambeth, England - William Worrall, aged 70