Further.......re Fendall family:
The 1901 census shows Ellen living in Claremont Street, Rowley Regis, next door to her son, Reuben, and his wife, Mary Ann; and a few houses away from her daughter, Mary Ann, and her husband, Benjamin Johnson (a ‘Blacksmith’). This supports Peter's record of the marriage of a Mary Ann Fendall.
At home with Ellen are John, a ‘Draper’s Assistant’, Joseph Harold, a ‘Nail Manufacturer – at home’ and Horace Clayton, a ‘Cabinet Maker’s Apprentice’.
Joseph Harold Fendall seems to have had a significant business, as Kelly’s 1900 Directory of Worcestershire lists him several times as a ‘Manufacturer of ‘Nails/Wall Ties/ Staples’ with an office in Claremont Street, Old Hill (the family address) and a warehouse in Hagley Street, Halesowen.
The 1911 census shows Ellen living with her son, Horace Clayton (‘Cabinet Maker’) in 55 Emily Street, West Bromwich, Staffordshire; however,The National Probate Calendar shows Horace Clayton died on 28 February 1917 in Plaskyfryd (Santarium), Abergele, Denbighshire, North Wales. Administration was granted to ‘Helen Fendall, widow’ but I believe that ‘Helen’ refers to his mother and not a wife
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A BMD record was found which shows the death of Ellen (in the West Bromwich District 6b 834) in the March quarter of 1935, aged 88 years.
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