Just looking at this and I have a query on son Thomas Stonely here...
http://bcconnections.tribalpages.com/tr ... =924584018on both his marriages father is down as a
Bakerso 1854/ 1872
1st Marriage info by jan
6 August 1854 St Thomas Dudley
Thomas Stonely- full- bach- chainmaker- Dudley- William Stonely-
BakerMary Ann Southall- Dudley- Thomas Southall- labourer
banns
Thomas signed/ X Mary Ann
Wit-Isabella Stonely/ Thoms Pratt??
2nd Marriage info by Kdw
Married 26 Oct 1872 St Edmund Dudley
Thomas Stonely X 42 Widow Occ. Horse nailor Living Dudley Father William Stonley Occ.
BakerMary Woodhouse X 41 Widower Living Dudley Father Joram Willetts Occ. Gun Smith
Witness Samuel Whitehouse/Mary Ann Willetts X
now this should say Stock taker and it concerns me
as does occupation of Thomas in 1851 as a puddler and a chainmaker in 1854 on marriage and nailer in 1872
1851 Census Rowley Regis, Cradley HeathStonely William Hd M M 40 Asst. Stocklaker Leominster Hereford
Jane wife M F 39 Housewife Halesowen Worc
Thomas son U M 20 Asst. Pudler Halesowen Worc
Isabella dau U F 17 Chainmaker Halesowen Worc
William son U M 15 Chainmaker Cradley Worc
Mary Ann dau U F 13 Chainmaker Cradley Heath Staff
Esther dau 11 Cradley Heath Staff
Joseph son 9 scholar Cradley Heath Staff
John son 6 scholar Cradley Heath Staff
George son 4 scholar Cradley Heath Staff
Martha Jane dau 11 mos. Cradley Heath Staff
hmmm
as on the marriage in 1858 of William Stonelys dau Mary Ann William is correctly down as a stocktaker
was Stocktaker mistaken for Baker twice!