Notes
Note N00121
Index
George Samuel Ramsdale was born on 17 November 1859 and died on 23 August 1938 (age 78) at 81 Alexandra Road, Soho, Birmingham.
George Samuel Ramsdale was born on 17 November 1859 at 2 Court, Great Russell Street, Birmingham, in the parish of St. George. On 26 April 1886 he married Mary Ann Horton (born 28 July 1860 at Myring Place, Sutton Coldfield and baptised on 19 August 1860, the daughter of William Horton and Caroline Perks) in the parish church of Sutton Coldfield in Warwickshire. George Samuel RAMSDALE's residence at the time of their marriage in 1886 was Park Road, Soho, Birmingham and his rank or profession described as "wire drawer". Mary Ann HORTON was described as a spinster age 25 without rank or profession residing in Sutton Coldfield whose father, William HORTON, was deceased. The rank or profession of George Samuel's father, Samuel RAMSDALE, was described as "Porter".
1. George Samuel RAMSDALE had various occupations:
2. jeweller fancy rings (1881)
3. (iron) wire drawer (journeyman) (1886 and 1887 at Back 34, Hingeston Street, 1889 at 2 Great Western Terrace, Icknield Street, 1891, 1897 at 215 Icknield Street, Birmingham, 1899, 1901 and 1911)
4. newsvendor (1921, 1924 and 1938)
5. tram car guard (?)
6. shopkeeper (1892, 1893, 1895 and 1896 at 215 Icknield St.)
George Samuel RAMSDALE died on 23 August 1938 (age 78) at 81 Alexandra Road, Soho, Birmingham. His cause of death was certified as (1) coronary thrombosis, and (2) arterio sclerosis and he was described as a "retired newsvendor".
Notes
Note N00123
Index
Samuel Ramsdale, born on 14 July 1827 at Livery Street, Birmingham, was baptised on 20 April 1829 in St. Phillip's, Birmingham. According to the 1851 Census, Samuel (then aged 23) lived with his parents, Samuel and Martha, at 14 Cox Street, Birmingham, at which time his occupation was described as a "silver pencil case polisher (journeyman)". Samuel married Charlotte EVANS (baptised 4 November 1836, at Whitchurch in Shropshire, the daughter of Samuel EVANS and Martha SHUKER) on 18 October 1858, in All Saints, Birmingham. Samuel RAMSDALE's occupation at the time of his marriage in 1858 was warehouse porter and he lived at 19 Hockley Hill. Charlotte's address at time of marriage was Lodge Road. He lived at
(1) 14 Cox Street on 31 March 1851 (census) aged 23;
(2) 19 Hockley Hill in October 1858 at time of marriage;
(3) 344 Park Road in October 1870 at time of baptism of Charlotte Rosina;
(4) Claremont Road, Trentham Villa, Handsworth, Staffordshire on 31 March 1881 (census) aged 53, occupation "scale maker servant (Dom)".
Employed as a "silver pencil case polisher (journeyman) in 1851 (census), warehouse porter in 1858 (marriage certificate), an ironmonger's porter in June 1868, October 1870 and 1891 and "scale maker servant (Dom)" in 1881 (census).
Maria Ramsdale, Samuel's sister, had married Thomas Lees in 1842. Susana Lees (37) was probably their daughter so Samuel was boarding with his niece.
Samuel RAMSDALE is believed to have been illiterate and he died, aged 64, on 9 October 1891 at Back 340, Park Road, Birmingham. His cause of death was certified as (1) paralysis and (2) exhaustion and his wife, Charlotte, was stated to have been present at the death.
Notes
Note N00132
Index
No record of death. Could have died in military service after 1795 during the Napoleonic wars? According to NBI ver 2 Edward Ramsdale died in 1835 in Staffordshire (born 1751). Often the numbers 1 and 6 look similar.
Notes
Note N00133
Index
Lived at Lodge road at time of marriage. Illiterate.
In 1851 census she is described as aged 15 (therefore born in 1836), the daughter of Ann Evans, widow aged 71, described as head of the household without an occupation. Three lodgers are identified - Charles Stanforth (33, labourer), Thomas Goode (20, labourer) and Ruben Barnett (25, mason). Their address was 45 Lawley Street, Birmingham.
If Ann was Charlotte's birth mother, Ann was aged 56 when Charlotte was born. It is likely that Martha Shuker died and Samuel Evans remarried (Ann).
Samuel RAMSDALE is believed to have been illiterate and he died, aged 64, on 9 October 1891 at Back 340, Park Road, Birmingham. His cause of death was certified as (1) paralysis and (2) exhaustion and his wife, Charlotte, was stated to have been present at the death.
Charlotte RAMSDALE, stated to be a widow age 62, residing at 7 Dawson Road, Handsworth, married George CHATER (a widower also age 62) of 5 Dawson Road, Handsworth, in the Register Office in the District of West Bromwich on 16 April 1894. Charlotte's age puts her year of birth as 1832. George CHATER's occupation at the time of marriage was "Coach Smith". The couple's respective fathers, William CHATER (labourer) and Samuel EVANS (butcher), were both stated to be deceased. George CHATER signed the marriage certificate but Charlotte, being illiterate, put only a cross ("her mark"). The witnesses to the marriage were James Frank CHATER and Charlotte CHATER.
Charlotte CHATER, formerly Charlotte RAMSDALE (nče EVANS), wife of George CHATER ("gardener domestic retired") died on 20 December 1908 at 3 Queens Head Lane, Handsworth, West Bromwich age 76. The cause of her death is stated on the certificate of death to have been senile decay and cerebral apoplexy. The informant was James CHATER, step son, of 16 Milestone Lane, Handsworth.