The Village, Kings Norton

[illumina]

Hi, if you're still looking into this, do you have any info on a Davis family? I'm pretty certain my Davis's were at least near the Green around that time period. Their entry on the 1841 census just says 'The Village'. William Davis was a carpenter. His widow and children were in the same area in 1851 and 61. His son William Davis married Martha Haslum, who after his untimely death in 1869 (crushed by the flywheel at one of the paper mills) married James Rudge... and his niece Clara was still living in their house on the Green in the 1950s, my dad clearly remembers visiting her there! It may even have been the same house the entire time, but I s'pose that's unlikely. I'd love to know which house it was in the 1840s/50s.

[RobPhill]

Hi, Illumina,
Thanks for your e-mail re: the Green at Kings Norton. Unfortunately, I didn't persue the details any further. Have you tried typing in on Google 'The Green, Kings Norton'? Very often, these websites cough up odd details.
I must get down to following John Gwilliam further. If I find anything I will let you know.
Regards,
Rob

[RobPhill]

Hi, again,
Have just been browsing through websites re. Kings Norton and found two questions:

William Davis & Mary Ann (ne Smith) had 4 children: Tracy, b 1825, Amelia,b. 1829, William, b. 1836 & Mary Ann, b. 1841. Parents probably born in Bromsgrove.

William Davis Engine driver, etc) married Martha Haslum at St. Phillips, Birmingham. Four children born at Kings Norton, William, Ann, Thomas and Jesse. William died in 1859, age 33yrs, when Jesse was 3 months old. Jesse was Poster's great-grandfather. You may have posted this on Curious Fox
Rob.

[Yegvard]

Hi,

Although William DAVIS is not listed in the Tithe Applotments, his next door neighbour, Thomas LEWIS a shoeing smith, according to the 1841, is.  So if we assume nobody moved house, it looks like this:

In a property coded plot 2351, and owned by William Jones, lived William DAVIS.  The house probably had a small garden, the length of which was 4 or 5 times the depth of the house.  Although the 1841 says "The Village", I am reasonably certain that on this census "The Village" included Wharf Road.

Very approximately where The Green Nursing Home is now.

In 1871 there's a Frederick HASLAM listed in Wharf Road.

Hope that helps.

Mike

[illumina]

Hi Rob, yes, both of those are me!

Mike, many thanks for checking that out. Frederick Haslum was my Martha Haslum's brother - he moved to Kings Norton some time between 1861 and 1868.