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This looks like him in later Census...

1891: No 8 Hall Street, Dudley, Worc
Willin H Guest 57 Head General Contractor & Haulier
Elizabeth Guest 41 Wife
William H Guest 14 Son
Elizabeth Guest 5 Dau
Frank Guest 10 mths Son
Hannah Cooksey 20 Serv S
(all born Dudley)
a Willetts family are living next door (head John a Wid)

1901: Hall Street, Dudley
William A (H on image) Guest 67 Head Contactor Iron Works
Elizabeth Guest 50 Wife
William H Guest 24 Son Wid Farmer & Cowman
Elizabeth Guest 15 Dau
Frank Guest 10 Son
Elizabeth Pearsall 19 Grd Dau S Milkmaid
Hannah Corfield 46 Sister Marr
Sarah Corfield 16 Niece Dressmaker
(all born Netherton)

1911: Oak Field House, Simms Lane, Netherton Near Dudley, Worcestershire
William Henry Guest 77 Contractor At Iron Works - Married 41 years - children 3 born alive, 3 still living
Elizabeth Guest 61
Frank Guest 20 Son S Ass to father at Iron Works
Thomas Corfield 32 Nephew Marr Grocers Assistant - Married 3 years - children 1 born alive, 1 still living
William Corfield 1

Deaths Dec 1911
Guest William H 78 Dudley 6c 106

Courtesy of Peter'd

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St Andrews, Netherton:

His headstone reads...

IN AFFECTIONATE REMEMBERANCE OF WILLIAM HENRY GUEST
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE NOV 2 1911 AGED 78 YRS
LOVED BY HIS WIFE & FAMILY, RESPECTED BY ALL WHO KNEW HIM & DEEPLY REGRETTED
BY HIS EMPLOYERS, WHO HAVE PLACED THIS RECORD OF HIS LOYAL COOPERATION FOR SEVENTY YEARS

England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations) 1858-1966

GUEST William Henry of Simms Lane, Netherton Dudley, Worcestershire
Coal Dealer Dairyman & Haulier Died 2? Nov 1911. Probate Worc 30 Dec to Elizabeth Guest Widow and John Hope Furnace Manager.
Effects: £4543 2s 6d. Resworn: £4613 2s 6d.

England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966
GUEST Elizabeth of Cinder Bank, Netherton, Dudley Worcestershire Widow died 18 March 1924. Probate 10 April to Elizabeth Corfield (wife of Thomas Corfield)
Effect £178 15s 10d

Their dau Elizabeth...

Marriage 1909
CORFIELD Thomas GUEST Lizzie Dudley, St Andrew Dudley Register Office 205/012/444

The 1911 Census has Thomas Corfield as their Nephew - http://bcconnections.tribalpages.com/fa ... ard-Family

I have a copy of William Henry's will and he must have had a serious falling out with 2 of his sons Stephen Henry and Noah Daniel as he left them very little and what they were left was not given as a lump sum but in small payments. He did leave a number of properties around St Andrews, I have found a newspaper report of his funeral which makes interesting reading with a number of dignitaries from Dudley attending. If it is of interest to anyone I will put it on the forum.
nessa

maybe the two that got left little and in small payment might of been gamblers or drunks and he didnt want his hard work go to waste ?

nessa wrote:I have a copy of William Henry's will and he must have had a serious falling out with 2 of his sons Stephen Henry and Noah Daniel as he left them very little and what they were left was not given as a lump sum but in small payments. He did leave a number of properties around St Andrews, I have found a newspaper report of his funeral which makes interesting reading with a number of dignitaries from Dudley attending. If it is of interest to anyone I will put it on the forum.
nessa

Nessa, if you would like to add that newspaper report as a seperate thread I'll put a link on BCC

sent you a pm Nessa

Ok to archive?

Will add that article later today can't remember the name of the paper at the moment hopefully it will have the name on the photocopy or maybe my husband will remember as he found it.

nessa