John W Francis

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Charles John Walter Bostridge
• Name: Walter John Francis
• GRO Birth Index: Sep 1849; Birmingham 16 - 333
• Residence: 1871, 2 Hurst Buildings, Coventry Street, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England
• Occupation: 1871; Iron Brazier
• Residence: 1881, 13, Dudley Street, Bilston, Staffordshire, England

Notes:

1871 Census Birmingham (St Martin)

2 Hurst Buildings, Coventry Street Birmingham
Walter John Francis Head UnMar Iron Brazier b. Birmingham
Mary Ann Francis Sister Un 20 Pin Cushion Cap Maker b. Birmingham
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1881 Census
13 Dudley Street Bilston
John W Francis Head 31 Iron Brazier b. Birmingham
Ellen Francis Wife 33 b. Birmingham
John W Francis 9 b. Birmingham
Ellen Francis Dau 6 b. Birmingham
Charles H Francis son 4 b. Bilston
Elizabeth M Dau 2 b. Bilston
Abraham Armitage Father in law Widower 60 Formerly Iron Fender Maker b. Sheffield
Anne Hughes Serv 17 Dom Serv b. ilston
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Name:
Birth Registered as Charles John Walter Bostridge
Married as Walter John Francis

Walter married Ellen Armitage in 1871 in Birmingham, : Registration District, England. Ellen (daughter of Abraham Armitage and Elizabeth Swann) was born in 1848 in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England; died in 1921 in Birmingham, : Registration District, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1871, House 5 Court 16, Mill Street, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England
• Occupation: 1871; Brazier
• GRO Death Index: Jun 1921; Birmingham 6d - 410 Age 72

Notes:

Residence:
Lodging with William Key and his Family

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Maria Bolstridge
• Baptism: 25 May 1819, Saint Mary's, Clifton on Dunsmore, Warwickshire, England
• Residence: 1861, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England; Lancaster Street, 21 Court, 1 House, St. Mary, Birmingham.

Notes:

Died:
Back of112

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1851, Bordesley Street, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England
• Occupation: Between 1851 and 1881; Fender Maker

Notes:

1851 Census Birmingham
Bordsley Street (St Martins)
Abraham Armitage Head 29 b. Fender Maker Sheffield
Elizabeth Armitage 29 b. Shropshire
Ellen 3 b. Birmingham
Abraham 11 months b Birmingham
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Abraham married Elizabeth Swann on 12 Sep 1847 in Saint Martin's, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England. Elizabeth was born in 1821 in Shropshire, England; died before 1881. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: John Daniel Bolstridge
• Residence at marriage: Churchover, Warwickshire, England
• Baptism: 1 Nov 1801, Saint Michael and All Angels, Maxstoke, Warwickshire, England
• Residence: 1816, Newton, Clifton on Dunsmore, Warwickshire, England
• Occupation: 1816; Servant at Churchover
• Occupation: Between 1819 and 1851; Labourer
• Residence: 1851, Silver Street, Newton and Biggin, Warwickshire, England

Notes:

1841 Census Newton HO 107 - 1137 - 6
Daniel Bolstridge 50 Labourer
Rebecca Bolstridge 51
Elizabeth Bolstridge 15
William Bolstridge 12
Charles Bolstridge 10
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1851 Census
Silver Street, Newton, Clifton Upon Dunsmore Rugby, Warwickshire
HO 107/2070 Folio 27

Danial BOSTRIDGE Head M 61 M Farm Labourer Macstock-WAR
Rebecca BOSTRIDGE Wife M 61 F --- Newton-WAR
William BOSTRIDGE Son U 22 M Farm Labourer Newton-WAR
Charles BOSTRIDGE Son U 20 M Farm Labourer Newton-WAR
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Why have we assumed this Daniel Bolstridge is the same as John Daniel Bolstridge baptised as a young man at Maxstoke.
1) Before his father John was was married he witnessed marriages at Maxstoke signing his name John Boastridge.
2) At Maxstoke register entries used Bostridge quite extensively alternating with Bolstridge and Bolestridge
3) The IGI gives us John Bostridge married Rebecca Birdett at Clifton on Dunsmore
4) The 1851 census shows Daniel Bostridge, born Macstoke, with sons John and William who were both baptised with Birdett - Burdett as middle names.

The evidence is convincing.

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There is an interesting possibility yet to explored regarding the Daniel part of John Daniels Name. There is no tradition of the Daniel Christian name in any of the Bolstridge families yet researched however there is a link to the Daniel surname. In 1770 Francis Bolstridge a freeholder of Bedworth Woodlands, the last Bolstridge of any property married Mary Daniel his second wife. Mary was the daughter of William Daniel of Packington, one of twins. The Daniels were and had been for some generations farmers in the area, a number of places today still refer to them on the larger scale OS maps, ie Daniel's Wood and Daniel's Pool, the 1893 OS map also shows a Daniels Mill. William Daniels name crops up many times in the Packington registers as a witness to marriages, possibly a Parish Clerk or Church Warden. This is similar to the situation at Meriden with Thomas Bolstridge. This may well provide an evidential link back to Bedworth eventually.
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John married Rebekah Birditt on 7 May 1816 in Saint Mary's, Clifton on Dunsmore, Warwickshire, England. Rebekah (daughter of John Burdett and Mary Hutchings) was born in 1789 in Newton, Clifton on Dunsmore, Warwickshire, England; died in Feb 1853 in Newton, Clifton on Dunsmore, Warwickshire, England; was buried on 15 Feb 1853 in Saint Mary's Churchyard, Clifton on Dunsmore, Warwickshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 25 Dec 1789, Saint Mary's, Clifton on Dunsmore, Warwickshire, England