Henry J Street any help!

[NicoC]

Back again with the same bloke & still stuck! This is my G g grandfather. Henry James W Street (1864 Leamington)  married Lilian Frisby 1890 Wolstanton, Staffs. My g g grandmother Alice McCrohan (1868 Brierley Hill) is living with him in 1901 in Birmingham. However, I cannot find a death for Lilian, a marriage for Alice & Henry (he later went by the name James) or any sign of Henry pre-1891.

I'm totally stuck! I'm assuming that his birth is Henry James Wareham Street (Warwick Q1 1864 6d 514) & from that I'm assuming that his parents are Henry James Street & Eliza Wareham (1856 Q4 6d 264 Birmingham) & I know that I'll need to get some certificates but I'd really like to find some trace of him or his parents anywhere in the censuses! The thing is I can't find any of them!! I can't find Henry jnr after in 1871 or 1881 & I can't find any reference to Henry snr & Eliza apart from 1871 where there is Eliza & Henery (sic) living in Wolstanton. I'm really confused & just need fresh eyes to look.

So if you're bored....!

Thanks

P.S. Posted in both Warwickshire & Staffordshire board

[lizdb]

When you say Alice Mc is living with him in 1901, is this as his wife? Is Lillian there too?
Are you sure Lillian died and he did marry Alice?
Have you found Lillian elsewhere in 1901?

[lizdb]

Here he is in 1881

RG11 2710 73 43

Hold on I'll type it up

[lizdb]

Interesting household!

H.J Street Head 48 bn Coventry widower Coal Merchant, but it says 'female'  (guess it doesnt mean that)

H J W Street son 17 bn Leamington Junior School assistant

W Coney 21 Boarder Asst school master

F Kynaston 22 Boarder Ironmongers asst

Ann Rhodes 29 Married servant

[NicoC]

Ok, now I'm really stuck! Because the one in 1871 which matches Henry snr roughly in age has him as born in Upton, Lancashire & a solicitors clerk. I'm guessing that isn't a normal change of career! Actually looking at it now I'm thinking that it's Eliza in 1881 and she's given her name as Mrs Henry Street as the birth place matches. Was it usual for women to becoem coal merchants?

Here's 1871

RG10; Piece: 2847; Folio: 23; Page: 40

Henery James Street Head 36 bn Upton, Lancashire

Eliza Street 36 bn coventry warks (transcribed nicely on Ancestry as Wancks county  )

Joseph Hardean Street 7 bn Lemmington

Thanks for finding 1881 though, the fact that they're living in the same street helps as now I know that I have the right family in 1871 & I think I found them in 1861 but dismissed them because they were in Lancashire, so now I can go back & find them there. I'll let you know how I get on!

Nico

[NicoC]

When you say Alice Mc is living with him in 1901, is this as his wife? Is Lillian there too?
Are you sure Lillian died and he did marry Alice?
Have you found Lillian elsewhere in 1901?

Sorry, yes she was living with him as his wife and went by Alice Street so I assume that they were married and that Lilian had died, however, I can find no record of her death & no record of Alice an Henry's marriage

[steve1956]

Hi

I have just started research on Henry J Street and his family. Would you please contact me so that we can exchange information. A lot of the replies that you have had to this post as been in some cases the information that i have found.
Look forward to hearing from you.
regards
Steve

[Ladyhawk]

I can't find any reference to Henry snr & Eliza apart from 1871 where there is Eliza & Henery (sic) living in Wolstanton. I'm really confused & just need fresh eyes to look.

31st August the will of Henry James Street late of Tunstall in the county of Stafford Attorney’s Clerk who died 18 May 1875 at Tunstall was proved at Lichfield by Eliza Street of Tunstall Widow the Relict one of the Executors

RG9; Piece: 2879; Folio: 98; Page: 15
1861 census
Henry J Street 27 Ashton under  Lyme Lancashire Solicitor's Clerk
Eliza Street 28 coventry

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[steve1956]

Many thanks Ladyhawk. The contents of the "will" confirm that i have the right family on the 1871 census
regards
Steve