Abigail Head [1834 - 1912]

[1834 - 1912] FMFMM

Baptised: 25 December 1834, Halesowen WOR
IGI C01376-3 lists the baptismal date, the father's name, & the mother's given name

Father: George Head

Mother: Jane Hipkiss

5-generation pedigree

Siblings:

  1. William Henry Head [baptised 16 June 1833 Halesowen -]
  2.   Abigail Head [1834 - 1912]
  3. Timothy Head [born 12 July 1836 Cradley Heath, baptised 28 October 1838 Halesowen - 29 January 1896] married 18 October 1857 Netherton Sarah Hingley [1837 - 1911]
    Timothy commited suicide by throwing himself down the Rattle Chain Pit shaft
    1. Jane Head [13 November 1857 Cradley - 23 December 1869 Cradley]
    2. Myra Head [4th qtr 1860 Stourbridge RD - 2nd qtr 1935 Stourbridge RD] married 3 March 1888 Rowley Regis Samuel Clift [1865 -]
      1. Howard Vivian Clift [25 January 1889 - 8 January 1980] married 4th qtr 1919 Ely RD Florence Louisa Hostler [3 June 1885 - 2nd qtr 1951 Birmingham RD]
          66 Brandhall Road, Oldbury WOR: RG101/5792G sn97 {1939 [no closed entries]}
      2. Clarence Ewart Clift [7 May 1894 - 17 February 1983]
      3. Florence Mabel Clift [20 May 1896 - 6 May 1977 Northfield, Birmingham] married 3rd qtr 1931 Stourbridge RD Eric Tate [2 July 1894 -1st qtr 1959 Birmingham RD]
        • 112 Alvechurch Road, Birmingham: RG101/5619F sn85 {1939 [no closed entries]}
        Florence Mabel Tate married 2nd qtr 1974 Birmingham RD Walter Leslie Cotterrell [9 January 1896 - 30 August 1977 Northfield]
        • 186 Hole Lane, Northfield Birmingham {1977 [Walter L Cotterrell was also living at that address in 1939 with his first wife, Jessie F Cotterrell née Bond]}
      4. Leslie Ashworth Clift [16 July 1904 Colley Gate - 8 December 1985] married 4th qtr 1934 Stourbridge RD Alice Winifred Willetts [3 August 1908 Colley Gate - 7 August 1993 Stourbridge]
        1. John Howard Clift [30 July 1935 - 21 May 2012]
        2. Sheila H Clift [4th qtr 1943 Stourbridge RD -]
          "Cross Ways", Eveson Road, Stourbridge: RG101/5798B sn414 {1939 [1 closed entry]}
        Parade, Cradley: RG12/2300 f46 p8 {1891}
        Haden View, Cradley: RG13/2752 f32 p4 {1901}
        Linden Villa, Talbot Street, Cradley Heath STS: RG14/17466 sn409 {1911 [5 children, 4 surviving]}
    3. William Henry Head [1st qtr 1863 Stourbridge RD - 4th qtr 1931 Warrington RD] married Harriett Olive Billingham [1st qtr 1862 Dudley RD - 4th qtr 1893 Dudley RD]
      1. William Charles Head [4th qtr 1885 Dudley RD -]
      2. Thomas Spooner [28 September 1887 Warrington -] (stepson)
      3. Louis Albert Head [1st qtr 1888 Dudley RD -]
      4. Bertie Head [3rd qtr 1892 Dudley RD -]
      5. Herbert Head [26 July 1892 Warrington -] married 3rd qtr 1918 Warrington RD Lily Broadhurst [30 November 1898 -]
        1. Herbert Head [9 December 1918 Warrington - November 1988 Banbury RD] married 1st qtr 1940 Warrington RD Annie Moorcroft
        2. Ella Head [1st qtr 1920 Warrington RD - 2nd qtr 1920 Warrington RD ]
        3. Henry Head [2nd qtr 1921 Warrington RD - 1st qtr 1923 Warrington RD ]
        4. Stanley Head [30 April 1923 Warrington -]
        5. Denis Eric Head [2 June 1925 Warrington - December 1987 Torbay RD] married 4th qtr 1945 Warrington RD Blanche Williamson
        6. Ronald Head [2nd qtr 1931 Warrington RD -]
          14 Povey Road, Warrington: RG101/4665C sn105 {1939 [Herbert sr, Lily, Stanley, and 3 closed entries. The household also contains Robert Horne born 14 May 1896]}
      6. Harold Spooner [3rd qtr 1893 Wigan RD -] (stepson)         (Rebecca Wooley married 4th qtr 1886 Warrington RD James Spooner [- 1st qtr 1895 Wigan RD])
      William Henry Head married 2 March 1896 Warrington St Barnabas Rebecca Spooner née Wooley [19 December 1868 Rowley Regis - 1st qtr 1935 Warrington RD]
      1. Oliver Head [24 February 1898 Warrington - 2nd qtr 1898 Warrington RD] married 4th qtr 1937 Warrington RD Madeline Jones [30 July 1908 -]
        1. Kenneth Head [17 June 1938 -]
          140 Alder Lane, Warrington LAN: RG101/4664I sn112 {1939 [no closed entries}
      2. Laura Florence Head [1st qtr 1900 Warrington RD - 1st qtr 1905 Warrington RD]
      3. Minnie Head [3rd qtr 1903 Warrington RD - 2nd qtr 1915 Warrington RD]
      4. Frederick Head [16 December 1904 Warrington - 4th qtr 1979 Warrington RD] married 4th qtr 1931 Warrington RD Marjorie Knowles [25 November 1911 -]
        1. Freda M Head [12 May 1932 Warrington -] married 3rd qtr 1953 Warrington RD Joseph A Ford
        2. Sylvia Head [1 June 1937 Warrington -] married 3rd qtr 1958 Warrington RD Brian G Smith
          4 Cedar Grove, Warrington: RG101/4661J sn133 {1939 [no closed entries}
      5. Gertrude Head [22 February 1907 Warrington - 28 May 1987 Warrington] married 30 March 1929 Warrington Henry Todd [20 September 1902 Holytown LKS SCT - 5 July 1933 Peterborough HUN]
        1. Doreen M Todd [3 September 1929 Warrington -] married 2nd qtr 1950 Warrington RD Wilfred Picken [29 July 1928 Warrington -]
          1. Wilfred Picken
          2. Leslie Picken
          3. Janice Picken married David R Anderson
        2. Jean Todd [22 August 1931 Warrington - 1st qtr 1999 Warrington RD] married 3rd qtr 1952 Warrington RD Thomas A Hough
          40 Lloyd Street, Warrington: RG101/4658C sn194 {1939 [Gertrude, Doreen and Jean Todd, and Thomas Spooner (stepson). No closed entries]}
          Thomas Spooner's surname was originally entered as Todd, and later corrected.
        Gertrude Todd married 1st qtr 1950 Warrington RD George Jackson
        14 Surfeit Hill, Rowley Regis: RG12/2281 f83 p12 {1891}
        40 Lloyd Street, Warrington LAN: RG13/3581 f172 p21 {1901}, RG14/23165 sn236 {1911 [5 children, 4 surviving]}
    4. George Head [born 24 December 1864, baptised 30 August 1869 Cradley, emigrated to Brisbane AUS 3 January 1888 - 20 August 1953 Mount Park VIC AUS] married 16 March 1889 QLD AUS Catherine Wooldridge [baptised 13 May 1867 Cradley, emigrated to Brisbane AUS 10 December 1888 - 1854 Burwood VIC AUS]
      1. Lilian Florence Head [23 December 1889 QLD AUS - 1975 Mount Albert VIC AUS]
      2. Arthur George Head [1892 Clifton Hill VIC AUS - 1978 Cant VIC AUS]
      3. Albert Lindsay Head [1894 Collingwood VIC AUS - 1972 Burwood VIC AUS]
      4. Eva Ethel Head [1897 Carlton VIC AUS -]
      5. one other child
    5. Frank Head [19 September 1868 Cradley - 22 December 1936 Rowley Regis] married 14 November 1892 Walsall St Andrews Elizabeth Barnsley [21 July 1867 Tipton - 20 March 1950 Rowley Regis]
      1. Harold Robert Head [5 December 1894 Cradley - 29 December 1960 Torquay DEV] married 16 May 1921 Rugeley STS Hilda Errington [21 April 1897 -]
        1. Kenneth H Head [2nd qtr 1927 Dudley RD -]
        2. Dorothy Hilda Head [19 January 1930 -] married 3rd qtr 1959 Bromsgrove RD Leslie C Wheeler
          41 Haden Park Poad, Rowley Regis: RG101/5418A sn275 {1939 [1 closed entry, presumably Kenneth]}
      2. Cyril Conrad Head [25 March 1901 Cradley - 1 February 1980 Newport SAL] married 10 July 1929 Smethwick STS Marjorie May Adams [28 January 1907 - 26 August 1979 Wordsley STS]
        1. Peter Head [16 April 1931 -] (Peter is the author of Chain-Makers, Chapels & Pubs, published by Kates Hill Press in 2009, the source of much of this information)
        2. Janet Head [14 December 1933 -]
        3. Roger Head [16 July 1942 -]
          36 Talbot Street, Halesowen: RG101/5776G sn193 {1939 [2 closed entries. Elizabeth Head née Barnsley was also in the household]}
      3. Noel Norman Head [18 May 1904 Cradley - 29 June 1976] married 2 April 1934 London Edith May Cheeseman [11 February 1912 - 6 June 2004]
        1. Pamela C Head [6 December 1937 - married 1st qtr 1963 Bromsgrove RD Paul W Lees
          68 Greenhill Road, Halesowen: RG101/5774F sn190 {1939 [no closed entries]}
          "Woodnorton", 28 Newfield Road, West Hagley {1976}
        Lyde Green, Cradley: RG13/2751 f156 p33 {1901}
        High Street, Cradley: RG14/17464 sn23 {1911 [3 children, all surviving]}
    6. Elizabeth Head [30 August 1869 Cradley - 5 November 1872]
    7. Timothy Head [1870 Cradley, baptised 2 September 1872 - 1872]
    8. Jane Head [baptised 2 September 1872 - 30 October 1872]
    9. Leonora Florence Head [4th qtr 1875 Stourbridge RD, baptised 6 August 1877 Cradley -]
    10. Lewis Albert Head [baptised 6 August 1877 Cradley -]
      15 Innage, Cradley: RG11/2884 f59 p25 {1881}
  4. John Head [baptised 28 October 1838 Halesowen - 28 January 1889 Cradley] married 29 June 1862 Dudley Sarah Ann Yates [1st qtr 1844 Stourbridge RD - 2nd qtr 1920 Stourbridge RD]
    1. William Head [16 March 1863 Cradley - 1910] married 26 February 1882 Dudley Emma Harbach [3 February 1863 Stourbridge - 2nd qtr 1957 Stourbridge RD]
      1. Wilfred Head [20 August 1882 - 3rd qtr 1957 Stourbridge RD] married 3rd qtr 1906 Stourbridge RD Fanny Maria Wooldridge [17 September 1880 Woolescote - 1st qtr 1950 Rowley Regis RD]
        1. Allen Head [17 December 1908 Stourbridge - April 2000 Stourbridge RD] married 4th qtr 1932 Stourbridge RD Alice Mary Cook [4 August 1911 - August 1997 Dudley RD]
          1. John Cook [3rd qtr 1941 Stourbridge RD -]
          2. Geoffrey Cook [1st qtr 1943 Stourbridge RD -]
          3. Glenis Cook [2nd qtr 1945 Stourbridge RD -]
            25 Coppice Avenue, Stourbridge: RG101/5800E sn387 {1939 [1 closed entry]}
        2. Howard Head [25 December 1911 Stourbridge -February 1992 Stourbridge RD] married 2nd qtr 1936 Stourbridge RD Daisy Chance [30 December 1912 -]
          1. Diana C Head [4th qtr 1945 Stourbridge RD - June 1997 Stourbridge RD]
            "Wayside" 3 Lawrence St, Stourbridge: RG101/5796A sn190 {1939 [no closed entries]}
        3. Clifford Head [3rd qtr 1916 Stourbridge RD - 4th qtr 1916 Stourbridge RD ]
        4. Lillian M Head [2nd qtr 1918 Stourbridge RD -]
          Hill Dene, Belmont Road, Wollescote WOR: RG14/17494 sn236 {1911 [2 children, 1 surviving]}
          30 Balds Lane, Stourbridge: RG101/5799I sn92 {1939 [Wilfred and Fanny. no closed entries]}
      2. Mary Ellen Head [3rd qtr 1883 Stourbridge RD -]
      3. Emma Head [18 February 1886 Stourbridge -] married 9 September 1907 Ernest T Homer [21 December 1885 - 2nd qtr 1959 Stourbridge RD]
        1. Eliza Jane Homer [1st qtr 1909 Stourbridge RD -]
        2. Annie May Homer [born February 1911, registered 2nd qtr 1911 Stourbridge RD -]
        3. Mary E Homer [1st qtr 1915 Stourbridge RD -]
        4. Lucy C Homer [1st qtr 1917 Stourbridge RD -]
        5. Emma Kathleen Homer [5 September 1919 Stourbridge - August 1984 Dudley RD] married 2nd qtr 1942 Stourbridge RD Horace A Parry [2nd qtr 1917 Stourbridge RD -]
          1. Stephen Parry
          2. Andrew Parry
          3. Julie L Parry
        6. Ernest T Homer [1 August 1924 Stourbridge -]
        7. Bessie Homer [18 March 1926 - 17 March 2007] married 28 December 1946 Sidney Gordon Stephens [2nd qtr 1926 Stourbridge RD -]
          1. Helen J Stephens
          Highfield Road, Colley Gate, Cradley: RG14/17467 sn9 {1911 [2 children, all surviving]}
          29 Colman Hill Avenue, Halesowen: RG101/5776H sn100 {1939 [no closed entries]}
      4. Florence May Head [30 April 1887 -] married 1st qtr 1912 Stourbridge RD Arthur Crampton [5 November 1885 -]
        1. Ivy M Crampton [3rd qtr 1912 -] married 3rd qtr 1939 Stourbridge RD Sidney Hart [29 July 1911 -]
          32 Drews Holloway South, Halesowen: RG101/5777A sn49 {1939 [no closed entries]}
      5. John Edward E Head [2nd qtr 1889 Stourbridge RD -]
      6. Gertrude Head [9 September 1892 -] married 1st qtr 1917 Stourbridge RD Alfred Guest [23 February 1892 -]
        1. Edith Z Guest [23 August 1917 -] married 1st qtr 1943 Rowley Regis RD Joseph H F Cutler
          1. Jennifer J Cutler
          2. Richard J A Cutler
        2. Alfred Norman Guest [14 May 1919 -]
        3. Joan Guest [29 September 1923 -]
          10 King Street, Brierly Hill STS: RG101/5375E sn239 {1939 [no closed entries]}
      7. Theresa Blanch Head [8 November 1896 -] married 3rd qtr 1920 Stourbridge RD Horace C Richards [14 May 1898 -]
        1. Basil Horace J Richards [13 January 1922 - November 1988 Sandwell RD] married 1st qtr 1955 Wolverhampton RD Joan Cresswell
        2. Robert C Richards [30 November 1927 -]
          6 Ravens Crescent, Dewsbury YKS: RG101/3375B sn59 {1939 [no closed entries]}
      8. Ruth Head [2nd qtr 1898 Stourbridge RD -]
      9. Clifford Lawson Head [7 April 1901 - 1st qtr 1971 Stourbridge RD] married 2nd qtr 1930 Dudley RD Annie Faulkner [12 November 1898 -]
        1. Jeffery W Head [3rd qtr 1938 Surrey South East RD -]
          31 West Road, Halesowen: RG101/5776D sn190 {1939 Clifford and Annie. no closed entries. I cannot find Jeffery W Head]}
      10. Clarice Rebecca Head [22 September 1904 Stourbridge - 6 June 1979 Halesowen] married 1st qtr 1923 Stourbridge RD Frank Kirton [26 March 1905 -]
        1. Edna I Kirton [1st qtr 1923 Stourbridge RD - 4th qtr 1925 Stourbridge RD]
        2. Raymond Kirton [2nd qtr 1925 Chelmsford RD -]
        3. Margaret J Kirton [1st qtr 1933 Stourbridge RD -] married 1st qtr 1954 Stourbridge RD Gerald S Barber [2nd qtr 1930 Stourbridge RD -]
          1. Susan H Barber
          2. Ruth E Barber
          43 Banners Street, Halseowen: RG101/5776H sn215 {1939 [Clarice, Frank, and 1 closed entry. Emma Head née Harbach was also in the household]}
        Banners Lane, Cradley: RG12/2300 f99 p18 {1891}
        Intended Street, Cradley: RG13/2752 f13 p18 {1901}, RG14/17466 sn91 {1911 [15 children, 10 surviving]}
    2. Mary Jane Head [1st qtr 1865 Stourbridge RD, baptised 3 April 1871 Cradley -]
    3. John Head [2nd qtr 1867 Stourbridge RD - buried 15 February 1945] married 2 March 1890 Dudley St Thomas Eliza Boxley [1867 Cradley WOR -]
      1. John William Head [16 February 1891 -] married 4th qtr 1914 Stourbridge RD Daisy Maria Male [5 October 1891 -]
          40 Banners Lane, Halesowen: RG101/5776H sn59 {1939 [1 closed entry]}
      2. William Head [4th qtr 1895 Stourbridge RD -]
      3. Herbert Head [23 August 1903 -] married 2nd qtr 1936 Rowley Regis RD Phoebe Boxley [22 November 1893 -]
          40 Lawrence Lane, Rowley Regis: RG101/5417G sn96 {1939 [Herbert and Phoebe, no closed entries. Also in the household was Alfred Boxley, widowed, born 25 November 1864, Phoebe's father]}
        Lumban's Bank, Cradley: RG12/2300 f85 p46 {1891}
        Little Hill, Cradley: RG13/2751 f162 p3 {1901}, RG14/17464 sn122 {1911 [3 children, all surviving]}
    4. Samuel Head [28 September 1868, baptised 3 April 1871 Cradley - 10 April 1952] married 1st qtr 1891 Dudley RD Susannah Harbach [1865 - 30 March 1932]
      1. Enoch Head [2nd qtr 1892 Stourbridge RD -]
      2. Annie Ellen Head [4th qtr 1893 Stourbrisge RD -]
      3. Lilian May Head [2nd qtr 1895 Stourbridge RD -]
      4. Susannah Head [1st qtr 1897 Stourbridge RD -]
      5. Samuel Frederick Head [4th qtr 1901 Stourbridge RD -]
        Church Street, Cradley: RG13/2751 f172 p24 {1901}, RG14/17465 sn30 {1911 [5 children, all surviving]}
        18 Church Street, Halesowen: RG101/5776F sn87 {1939 [Samuel Head sr. No closed entries]}
    5. Ann Maria Head [1st qtr 1871 Cradley RD -] married 29 March 1894 Cradley Harry Clifton [1875 - buried 28 March 1940]
    6. Sarah Anne Head [baptised 6 January 1863 Cradley -] married 2nd qtr 1894 Stourbridge RD Giles Dillard [1st qtr 1874 Stourbridge RD - 3rd qtr 1917 Stourbridge RD]
      1. Cyril Dillard [24 August 1896 - 1st qtr 1950 Dudley RD] married 3rd qtr 1925 West Ham RD Florence E Plumb [18 July 1900 -]
          The Bakery, Saffron Walden ESS: RG101/1590E sn71 {1939 [no closed entries]}]
      2. May Dillard [2nd qtr 1896 Stourbridge RD -]
      3. Annie Dillard [3rd qtr 1904 Stourbridge RD -]
      4. Sarah Ann Dillard [2nd qtr 1906 Stourbridge RD -]
        New Street, Cradley: RG13/2752 f22 p35 {1901}, RG14/17466 sn253 {1911 [5 children, 4 surviving]}
    7. Henry 'Harry' Head [13 March 1875 - 1st qtr 1957 Stourbridge RD] married 29 November 1896 Cradley Leah Westwood [12 December 1875 - 2nd qtr 1941 Rowley Regis RD]
      1. Ethel Head [7 July 1897 -] married 3rd qtr 1913 Stourbridge RD William Hall [22 December 1882 -]
        1. Roland Hall [31 October 1913 -]
        2. Winifred Hall [21 August 1916 -] married 2nd qtr 1940 Stourbridge RD Horace P Powell
          1. Donald Powell [1st qtr 1941 Rowley Regis RD -]
          2. Margaret S Powell [3rd qtr 1946 Stourbridge RD -]
          3. Linda M Powell [2nd qtr 1949 Rowley Regis RD -]
          Winifred Powell married 4th qtr 1951 Stourbridge RD Alfred H Neath
          1. Andrew H Neath
          54 Furlong Lane, Halesowen: RG101/5776G sn66 {1939 [no closed entries]}
      2. John Henry Head [24 August 1899 Stourbridge RD - April 1990 Dudley RD] married Elsie Unknown [14 June 1900 -]
          12 High Street, Brierly Hill: RG101/5375J sn237 {1939 [2 closed entries]}
      3. Alfred Head [2 August 1903 - January 1998 Dudley RD] married 1st qtr 1931 Stourbridge RD Edith Thompson [11 February 1909 -]
          13 Foredraft Street, Halesowen: RG101/5776G sn144 1939 [1 closed entry]}
      4. Benjamin Head [1st qtr 1906 Stourbridge RD -]
        Intended Street, Cradley: RG13/2752 f11 p14 {1901}
        Off Intended Street, Cradley: RG14/17466 sn75 {1911 [4 children, all surviving]}
        20 Clent View Road, Halesowen: RG101/5777B sn47 {1939 [Harry and Leah. No closed entries]}
    8. Francis Thomas 'Frank' Head [baptised 2 June 1878 - buried 18 July 1914]
    9. Lewis Albert Head [3rd qtr 1877 Stourbridge RD, baptised 24 February 1880 Cradley - 1st qtr 1946 Rowley Regis RD] married 26 September 1904 Cradley Heath Holy Trinity Rebecca Tibbetts [1880 Cradley Heath STS - 4th qtr 1952 Rowley Regis RD]
      1. Wesley Head [7 April 1905 - 5 May 1956 Burton Road Hospital, Dudley] married 4th qtr 1934 Dudley RD Elsie Tromans [13 July 1905 -]
        1. Derek Head [28 June 1939 Rowley Regis - August 2001 Dudley RD ]
          Brifran, Bearmore Road, Rowley Regis: RG101/5417G sn140 {1939 [Wesley, Elsie, and 1 closed entry. Also in the household was Samuel Tromans, born 30 November 1901. Possibly Elsie's brother]}
      2. Ewart Head [1st qtr 1910 Dudley RD - 1990] married 2nd qtr 1937 Rowley Regis RD Amy Clarke [1912 - 1987]
        1. Robert E Head [3rd qtr 1939 Rowley Regis RD -] married 3rd qtr 1963 Rowley Regis RD Beryl E Willetts
          1. Sharon Yvonne Head
          2. Cheryl Elaine Head
          3. Ian Robert Head
        No 46 Pearson St, Old Hill STS: RG14/17367 sn297 {1911 [2 children, both surviving]}
    10. Herbert Head [15 May 1882 Cradley - 8 September 1964] married 14 October 1905 Cradley Alice Hingley [27 December 1881 - 25 January 1949]
      1. Denis Head [2nd qtr 1921 Stourbridge RD - 1976] married 2nd qtr 1944 West Bromwich RD Marjorie Edginton [1920 -]
        1. Paul Head married Lynda Bingham
          1. Caroline Head
        2. Martin Head married Elaine Unknown
        41 Talbot Street, Halesowen: RG101/5776G sn187 {1939 [Herbert and Alice, and 1 closed entry]}
    11. Ernest Head [29 June 1884 - buried 28 August 1940] married 3rd qtr 1904 Dudley RD Rose Charles [2 February 1884 -]
      1. Jack Head [4th qtr 1915 Stourbridge RD -]
      2. Mary Head [14 March 1918 -] married 3rd qtr 1940 Stourbridge RD Reggie Goodwin
        1. Patricia A Goodwin [4th qtr 1943 Stourbridge RD -]
      3. Dilys Head [2nd qtr 1926 Stourbridge RD -] married 3rd qtr 1946 Stourbridge RD Joseph J Dearn
        1. Terence J Dearn
        30 Spring Street, Halesowen: RG101/5776G sn222 {1939 [Ernest, Rose, and Mary, and 1 closed entry]}
    12. Charles Henry Head [4 March 1886 - 3rd qtr 1966 West Bromwich RD] married 1st qtr 1905 Dudley RD Edith Wellings [3 January 1884 -]
      1. Lucy Head [1 July 1905 -] married 3rd qtr 1930 West Bromwich RD William T Good [25 January 1901 -]
          33 Hayes Street, West Bromwich: RG101/5339J sn258 {1939 [no closed entries]}
      2. Gladys Head [1909 Halesowen -]
        35 Best Street, Old Hill STS: RG14/17361 sn346 {1911 [2 children, all surviving]}
        37 Clive Street, West Bromwich: RG101/5337J sn52 {1939 [Charles and Edith, and 1 closed entry]}
      Bedcote Street, Cradley: RG10/3019 f83 p25 {1871}
      15 New Street, Cradley: RG11/2884 f88 p33 {1881}
      New Street, Cradley: RG13/2752 f22 p35 {1901}
  5. George Head [1844 Bobbington - 1925] married 1864 Priscilla Tibbetts [1864 -]
  6. Jane Head [1847 - 1893] married 1870 Cradley Heath Samuel Wilcox
    Jane Wilcox married 1876 Benjamin Tibbetts
  7. Thomas Head [1848 - 1915 Warrington LAN] married 16 September 1878 Mary Ann 'Annie' Smith [1885 -]
    1. Emma Jane Head [29 July 1879 - 2nd qtr 1961 Warrington RD] married 4th qtr 1899 Warrington RD Mark Johnson [1878 Sandford STS - 1st qtr 1910 Warrington RD]
      1. Annie Johnson [1st qtr 1904 Warrington RD -]
      2. Harry Johnson [May 1910 Warrington -]
        165 Welfield Street, Warrington: RG14/23165 sn34 {1911 [number of children not given]}
      Emma Jane Johnson married 3rd qtr 1917 Warrington RD William E Shaw [6 August 1863 -]
      1. Audry Shaw [1st qtr 1918 Warrington RD -]
      2. Albert Shaw [12 March 1919 -]
      3. Frances Shaw [2nd qtr 1920 Warrington RD -]
        15 Mill Lane, Warrington: RG101/4658C sn7 {1939 [William, Emma, and Albert, and 2 closed entries]}
    2. John Thomas Head [1st qtr 1882 Warrington RD -]
    3. George Head [4th qtr 1884 Warrington RD -]
    4. Harry Head [2nd qtr 1887 Warrington RD -]
    5. James Head [9 March 1891 -] married 4 August 1917 Warrington LAN Elizabeth E Screawn [8 June 1890 -]
      1. Vera Head [17 February 1922 -] married 3rd qtr 1949 Warrington RD Victor Westwood
        1. Susan E Westwood
        2. Geoffrey V Westwood
      2. James Head [30 October 1927 -]
        77 Baxter St, Warrington: RG101/4658E sn179 {1939 [no closed entries]}
    6. Wilfred Head [4th qtr 1894 Warrington RD -]
      Butchers Lane, Cradley: RG11/2884 f121 p42 {1881}
      11 Bramhall Street, Warrington LN: RG12/3077 f101 p12 {1891}
      14 Bissell Street, Warrington: RG13/3581 f177 p31 {1901}
      165 Welfield Street, Warrington: RG14/23165 sn34 {1911 [6 children, all surviving]}
  8. Francis Head [December 1850 - 3rd qtr 1938 Rowley Regis RD] married 3rd qtr 1881 Dudley RD Lydia Clarke [2nd qtr 1859 Dudley RD - 2nd qtr 1913 Dudley RD]
    1. Jane Head [6 February 1882 Cradley Heath -1st qtr 1976 South Staffordshire RD] married 4th qtr 1903 Dudley RD William Henry Hackett [26 January 1879 Rowley Regis - 3rd qtr 1951 Rowley Regis RD]
      1. William Horace Hackett [1st qtr 1905 Dudley RD -]
      2. Wilfred Hackett [19 December 1908 Rowley Regis -] married 2nd qtr 1937 Rowley Regis RD Laura A Hackett [11 February 1914 -]
        Some researchers have identified Laura A Hackett with the Laura Hackett who died 23 May 1964. But her probate record has her as a widow, and there seems to be no suitable pre-1964 death record for Wilfred Hackett.
          41 Trinity Street, Rowley Regis: RG101/5416H sn256 {1939 [no closed entries]}
      3. Dora Hackett [2nd qtr 1913 Dudley RD - 2nd qtr 1913 Dudley RD]
      4. Hilda Hackett [2nd qtr 1913 Dudley RD - 2nd qtr 1913 Dudley RD]
      5. Nellie Hackett [2nd qtr 1920 Dudley RD -]
      6. Lily Hackett [5 April 1925 -] married 1st qtr 1948 Rowley Regis RD Arthur J C Parish
        Spinners End, Cradley Heath: RG14/17369 sn160 {1911 [2 children, both surviving]}
        60 Upper High Street, Rowley Regis: RG101/5417F sn371 {1939 [William Henry, Jane, Lily, and one closed entry (presumably Nellie)]}
    2. Francis Head [2nd qtr 1884 Dudley RD -]
    3. Miriam Head [7 April 1887 -] married 3rd qtr 1909 Dudley RD Frank Ferguson
      1. Lydia Ferguson [1st qtr 1910 Dudley RD -]
      2. Annie Ferguson [27 June 1916 -] married 4th qtr 1940 Rowley Regis RD Frederick W Woodhouse
        1. Robert Woodhouse
        2. David Woodhouse
        3. Graham Woodhouse
        4. John Woodhouse
      3. Ethel Ferguson [22 May 1922 -] married 1st qtr 1948 Rowley Regis RD Geoffrey C Hough
        84 Quarry Rd, Dudley WOR: RG14/17455 sn70 {1911 [1 child, surviving]}
        8 Park Street, Rowley Regis: RG101/5417E sn259 {1939 [Miriam (widowed), Annie, and Ethel. no closed entries]}
    4. Ann Rebecca Head [2 August 1893 - 13 July 1963 Birmingham] married 4th qtr 1919 Dudley RD William T Morgan [3 June 1892 - 2nd qtr 1952 Birmingham RD]
      1. Joan Morgan [2nd qtr 1924 Birmingham RD -]
        1 Church Terrace, Holyhead Road, Handsworth: RG101/5624I sn279 {1939 [William, Ann, and 1 closed entry. Albert Head (see below) was also in the household]}, {1963 [Ann Rebecca Morgan's probate record]}
    5. William Henry Head [3rd qtr 1896 Dudley RD -]
    6. George Head [2nd qtr 1899 Dudley RD -]
    7. Albert Head [9 December 1902 -]
      10 Tibbetts Garden, Rowley Regis: RG13/2733 f143 p33 {1901}
      98 Graingers Lane, Cradley Heath: RG14/17371 sn89 {1911 [10 children, 7 surviving]}
  9. Henry Head [29 November 1853 Cradley - 1943] married 25 December 1875 Halesowen Amelia Hodgetts [baptised 7 June 1857 Halesowen - 1907]
    1. Frank Head [2 February 1877 Colley Gate - 10 April 1939] married 22 April 1900 Rowley Regis Rosehannah Hill [23 Nov 1876 - 10 April 1962 Cradley]
      1. Albert Edward 'Bert' Head [28 April 1901 -] married 3rd qtr 1927 Stourbridge RD Madelaine 'Madge' Hodgetts [27 August 1903 - 2nd qtr 1968 Stourbridge RD]
        1. Shelia Eileen Head [17 November 1929 -] married 1st qtr 1948 Stourbridge RD Hugh E Taylor
          34 West Road, Halesowen: RG101/5776D sn183 {1939 [Albert, Madelaine, Sheila, and 1 closed entry. Also James Henry Haden born 24 February 1864]}
      2. Blanche May Head [3rd qtr 1903 Stourbridge RD -] married 2nd qtr 1927 Stourbridge RD Clarence Bowen
        1. Doris M Bowen [3rd qtr 1930 Stourbridge RD -]
      3. Edith Alice Head [16 June 1906 -] married 4th qtr 1931 Stourbridge RD James Bennett [14 August 1906 - January 1984 Dudley RD]
        1. Anthony Bennett [4th qtr 1940 Stourbridge RD -]
          5 Drews Holloway, Halesowen: RG101/5777A sn3 {1939 [James and Edith. No closed entries]}
      4. Rose Amelia Head [17 June 1910 -] married 2nd qtr 1935 Stourbridge RD Francis Bate [6 December 1910 -]
        1. Jean Bate [4th qtr 1937 Stourbridge RD -]
          10 Spring Street, Halesowen: RG101/5776G sn3 {1939 [1 closed entry]}
      5. Henry 'Harry' Head [18 September 1911 -] married 2nd qtr 1935 Stourbridge RD Eileen Willetts [23 January 1915 -]
          33 Furlong Lane, Halesowen: RG101/5776F sn23 {1939 [1 closed entry]}
      6. Frances O Head [1st qtr 1913 Stourbridge RD -]
      7. Doris I Irene 'Rene' Head [5 February 1916 -] married 3rd qtr 1935 Stourbridge RD Winston F Hanson [16 November 1914 -]
        1. Raymond Hanson [6 April 1936 -]
          117 Graingers Lane, Halesowen: RG101/5418C sn278 {1939 [no closed entries]}
      8. Ivy Winifred Head [20 January 1919 -] married 4th qtr 1942 Stourbridge RD Charles A Williams
        34 King Edmund Street, Sedgley STS: RG13/2740 f112 p24 {1901}
        Beecher Rd, Cradley: RG14/17463 sn79 {1911 [4 children, all surviving] }
        8 Beecher Road, Halesowen: RG101/5776J sn4 {1939 [Ivy Winifred (as Winifred) and Rosehannah. 1 closed entry]
    2. Charles Henry Head [25 April 1879 Colley Gate - 1 December 1941 Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham] married 3rd qtr 1900 Stourbridge RD Martha Withers [3 July 1878 - 2nd qtr 1959 Stourbridge RD]
        189 Stourbridge Road, Halesowen (Public House): RG101/5777D sn193 {1939 [no closed entries]}
    3. William Henry Head [born 8 August 1881, baptised 3 October 1882 Cradley - 1 May 1964] married 4th qtr 1912 Stourbridge RD Alice Mary Slater [28 Nov 1889 - 27 January 1967]
      1. Clarence W Head [8 June 1913 -] married 2nd qtr 1939 Rowley Regis RD Annie Billingham [30 August 1917 -]
        1. Margaret Head [2nd qtr 1940 Stourbridge RD -]
        2. Kenneth A Head [1st qtr 1947 Stourbridge RD -]
        30 Banners Lane, Halesowen: RG101/5776H sn55 {1939 [no closed entries]}
    4. Albert H Head [12 Jan 1915 -] married 3rd qtr 1941 Stourbridge RD Gladys I Mobberley [4th qtr 1916 Stourbridge RD -]
      1. Patricia A Head [1st qtr 1942 Stourbridge RD -]
    5. Annie Doreen Head [8 October 1917 -] married 2nd qtr 1942 Stourbridge RD Arthur Lowe
      1. John W Lowe [3rd qtr 1943 Stourbridge RD -]
    6. Alice A Head [3rd qtr 1920 Stourbridge RD -] married 4th qtr 1942 Stourbridge RD Sidney H Hawthorne
      1. Barry S Hawthorne [2nd qtr 1944 Dudley RD -]
    7. Gladys Head [1st qtr 1924 Stourbridge RD -] married 3rd qtr 1949 Stourbridge RD Francis E Yardley
      1. Kevin R Yardley
      2. Denise B Yardley
      3. Sharon Jayne Yardley
    8. Iris Head [3 December 1928 -] married 1st qtr 1952 Stourbridge RD Ivan Hadley
      "William Henry (1882 - 1964), a bricklayer, seems to have lived a quiet life with his wife Alice, two sons and 4 daughters, along the Foredraft, an unmade street off Windwill Hill ..." Chain-Makers, Chapels & Pubs
      25 Foredraft Street, Halesowen: RG101/5776G sn150 {1939 [William, Alice Mary, Albert, Annie, Iris, and 2 closed entries]}
  10. John Head [1884 -]
  11. Thomas Henry Head [25 April 1889, baptised 5 May 1890 - cremated 10 July 1981 Stourbridge] married 31 May 1913 Lye Methodist Church Eliza Stinton [2 June 1889 - 19 May 1985, buried 23 May 1985 Lye]
    1. Margaret Head [3rd qtr 1921 Stourbridge RD -]
      "Sunnydean", Belmont Road, Halesowen: RG101/5800A sn202 {1939 [1 closed entry]}
  12. Albert Edward 'Bert' Head [29 May 1893 - 15 February 1978, cremated 21 February 1978] married 27 December 1926 Gladys Hodgetts [15 July 1897 - 4 March 1989, cremated 14 March 1989]
  13. George Head [1 February 1894 - 25 April 1975] married 2nd qtr 1918 Dudley RD Emma Malpas [born 22 January 1895, registered 1st qtr 1895 Durham RD - 14 November 1986]
    1. George H Head [1st qtr 1927 Stourbridge RD -]
    2. Mary M Head [1st qtr 1935 Stourbridge RD -]
      "Lyndhurst", Two Gates Lane, Halesowen: RG101/5776J sn196 {1939 [George and Emma, 1 closed entry. Next door neighbours to Albert and Gladys (above)]}
  14. Caleb Head [15 January 1900 - 1st qtr 1982 Dudley RD] married 3rd qtr 1928 Dudley RD Elsie M Smith [28 May 1895 -]
    Highfield Road, Cradley: RG13/2752 f40 p19 {1901}
    Highfield Villas, Highfield Road, Colley Gate, Cradley: RG14/17467 sn12 {1911 [8 children, all surviving]}

Married 1: William Clift

Marriage Certificate:

Registration DistrictWest Bromwich
Solemnized atParish Church
in the Parish ofOldbury
in the County ofWorcestershire
When Married25 December 1854
Name and Surname Abigail Head X
Age23
ConditionSpinster
Rank or ProfessionNailer
ResidenceLangley Green
Father's NameGeorge Head
Father's ProfessionShoemaker
WitnessesJoseph Thompson, James Payne

Children:

  1. Samuel Clift
  2. Timothy Clift
  3. Elizabeth Clift
  4. Hannah Clift
  5. Abigail Clift
  6. Jane Clift

Married 2: Richard Poole

Marriage Certificate:

Solemnized atSt James
in the Parish ofDudley
in the County ofWorcester
When Married2 March 1884
Name and SurnameAbigail Clift X
Age54
ConditionWidow
Profession-
ResidenceDudley
Father's NameGeorge Head (dead)George Head was actually alive at this date.
Father's ProfessionShoemaker
WitnessesJoseph Poole, Phebe Poole X
Groom's eldest son and his wife

Died: 2 April 1912, Cradley Heath

Death Certificate:

Registration DistrictDudley
in the Sub-District ofRowley Regis
in the County ofStafford
When and where died2 April 1912, Corngreaves Road, Cradley Heath
Name and SurnameAbigail Poole
SexFemale
Age77 years
OccupationFormerly a chain maker, Widow of Richard Poole anchorsmith
CAUSe of deathCerebral Haemorahage certified
Informant X Mary Clift, daughter-in-law, present at the death, 70 Petford Street, Old Hill.
Presumably the wife of Timothy Clift
When Registered2 April 1912

Addresses:

1841Cottage Lane, Ladywood, Birmingham
1851Butchers Lane, Cradley
1861 - 1871Corngreaves Rd, Cradley
1881 - 189113 Corngreaves Rd, Cradley
1901Church Street, Rowley Regis
191173 Petford Street, Old Hill


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