Caroline Brisland

Abt 1845 -

• Name	Caroline Brisland
  Born	Abt 1845	Longhope, Gloucestershire, England
  Gender	Female
  Occupation	Dressmaker
  Person ID	I874	Family
  Last Modified	27 Jan 2009

  
  

  Father	John Brisland
  Family ID	F533	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	William Worrall,   b. 26 Jan 1841, Tenbury, Worcester, England ,   d. Aft 1911  (Age 70 years)  [1]
  Married	16 Feb 1863	Longhope, Gloucestershire, England   [2, 3]
  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

  
  

• Sources

  [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.

  
  

• Censuses

  [187]   British Census - 1861, Little London, Longhope, England - Caroline Brisland, aged 17 [74]   British Census - 1871, Cardew Street, Blockhouse, Worcester, England - Caroline Worrall, aged 26 [163]   British Census - 1881, Trumpet Yard, Tenbury, England - Caroline Worrall, aged 35 [186]   British Census - 1891, Trumpet Yard, Tenbury, England - Caroline Worrall, aged 46