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1861. South Street, Kingswinford
Benjamin Shakespear, head, 35, Shoe maker
Mary, wife, 30,
Elizabeth Price?, visitor, 4,
All born Kingswinford

Can we follow him...

1871. South Street, Kingswinford
Benjamin Shakespeare, head, 43, Shoemaker
Mary, wife, 39,
Rebecca, daur, 9,
Emily, daur,
Phoebe, daur, 5,
Thomas, son, 3,
David, son, 1
All born Kingswinford

1881. Lower Delph, Kingswinford
Benjamin Shakespeare, head, 59? Shoemaker
Mary, wife, 49,
Rebecca, daur, 18, Brick worker
Emma, daur, Potters assistant,
Pheobe, daur, 16,
Thomas, son, 13,
David, son, 11,
Esther, daur, 9
All born Kingswinford

1891. 4 Lower Delph, Kingswinford
Mary Shakespear, head, W, 61, Stamber Mill
David, son, 21, Coal miner,
Esther, daur, 18, Brickyard labourer
Others born Brierley Hill

1901. Barnes Lane, Rushall
George Pratt, head, 35, Coal Miner
Phoebe, wife, 35,
John ? , son, 11,
George, son, 7,
David, son, 5, Aldridge
Joseph, son, 3, Walsall Wood
Baby Pratt, 4 days, Rushall
Mary Shakespeare, Mother in Law, 71, Stourbridge
All others born Brierley Hill

West Midlands Marriage indexes for the years: 1854
SHAKESPEARE Benjamin BURLEY Mary Oldswinford, St Mary Dudley Register Office 003/004/457

24 Feb 1854 St Mary Oldswinford
Benjamin SHAKESPEARE 25 B Shoe Maker The Lye Father Thomas Shakespeare Miner
Mary BURLEY 22 S The Lye Father William Burley Forge Man
After Banns The X Of Both
Wit; Thomas Riley? X / Sarah Hatton? X

25 Dec 1888 St Michael Brierley Hill
George PRATT 22 B Miner New St Father George Pratt Labourer
Phoebe SHAKESPEAR 22 S Delph Father Benjamin Shakespear Shoemaker
After Banns The X Of Both
Wit; Alfred Howard X / Martha Pratt X

Oh brilliant RF!
I will try and add later on.
Jo

Looks like Marys father William is on BCC here
http://bcconnections.tribalpages.com/fa ... ley-Family

rockyfowler wrote:24 Feb 1854 St Mary Oldswinford
Benjamin SHAKESPEARE 25 B Shoe Maker The Lye Father Thomas Shakespeare Miner
Mary BURLEY 22 S The Lye Father William Burley Forge Man
After Banns The X Of Both
Wit; Thomas Riley? X / Sarah Hatton? X

Looks like he is the one bapt 1827 Brierley Hill, s of Thomas & Mary Ann

are you still working on this JO?

Yep leave it here and I will sort soon.

I have added best I can I think...
I haven't found Benjamin with his father Thomas although sp1 says it may be

Looks like he is the one bapt 1827 Brierley Hill, s of Thomas & Mary Ann

But I will leave it here for now and see what we come up with the others...
Other connections I have added and we need to sort something out for the Burley family...

Benjamin here
http://bcconnections.tribalpages.com/tr ... =940879154

William Burley here
http://bcconnections.tribalpages.com/tr ... =517140111

George Pratt here
http://bcconnections.tribalpages.com/tr ... =820352685

grangers14 wrote:I have added best I can I think...
I haven't found Benjamin with his father Thomas although sp1 says it may be

Looks like he is the one bapt 1827 Brierley Hill, s of Thomas & Mary Ann -----


But I will leave it here for now and see what we come up with the others...
Other connections I have added and we need to sort something out for the Burley family...

Benjamin here
http://bcconnections.tribalpages.com/tr ... =940879154
Jo

I knew there was something about this family - they moved to West Bromwich, but kept going back to Brierley Hill for baptisms & burials: will post these soon as I can, but I think we may need to look for some of them in West Bromwich in 1841!

From the Brierley Hill Parish Registers:

Baptisms:
13 Nov 1825, Ann, d.of Thomas & Mary Anne Shakespeare, Delph, Miner
1 July 1827, Benjamin, s.of Thomas & Mary Ann Shakespeare, Brierley Hill, Collier
12 Apr 1829, Thomas, s.of Thomas & Mary Ann Shakespeare, West Bromwich, Collier

Burials:
12 Jan 1826, Anne Shakespeare, inft, The Delph, d.of Thomas & Mary Ann
3 Jan 1830, Mary Anne Shakespeare, 22, Wife of Thomas Shakespeare
7 June 1848, Jane Shakespeare, 77, Golds Green, West Bromwich
5 May 1867, Mary Shakespeare, 63, West Bromwich

Not sure who the last two are, and cant find any of them in 1841

There is a submitted marriage on the IGI for Thomas Shakespeare & Mary Ann Perry, either 31 July 1825 or 25 Sept 1825, Kingswinford

PERRY?

Well I think I have seen Benjamin with a family called Perry, may be grand parents? I think there was another girl, cant thnk of hand Hodgkiss or something...
I will look.
Thanks for them baptisms
Jo

Here...

1841. Delph, Kingswinford
Thomas Perry, 50, Miner
Rebecca, 52,
/Benjamin Shakespeare, 14,
/Mary Hodkiss, 9
All born in County

1851. Delph, Kingswinford
Thomas Perry, head, 67, Coal Miner
Rebecca, wife, 68, Worcestershire
Benjamin Shakespeare, Lodger, 22,
Mary Hodgkiss, Lodger, 18
All others born Kingswinford