Middlesex Blacksmiths

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Surname	Given Name	Trade	Year	Notes
BARRINGER	Dan Angel	Blacksmith	1921	Daniel Angel Barringer, blacksmith & Wheelwright. Born 1821 in Ruislip, Middlesex, England. Died in Uxbridge, Middlesex, aged 51yrs in 1871 (seen on FIndmypast). The 1841 census lists Daniel as 20yrs, born Middlesex living with parents Daniel (Snr) 53yrs and Mary 45yrs both born Middlesex.IN 1841 Danie married Sarah Barrrow in Marylebone, London. In 1851 Daniel is 30yrs, Sarah 30yrs, in Middlesex. Children: Mary E. 8yrs, Emily S. 6yrs, Francis A. 2yrs, Hannah S. 4 months infant. Sarah died18th July 1868 in Uxbridge. Buried at Ruislip, London Borough of Hillingdon, Greater London, England. Daniel then married Emily Saich 1869, in Middlesex. In 1871 Dan is 50yrs, living in Poplar House, The Village, Ruislip with wife Emily 24yrs. Daughter Emily Ellen 8 months (b.1870) & Sarah Ann (b.1871). Sister Frances. A. Barringer 22yrs (Assistant in office) & Henry Saich 13yrs (Visitor). In 1881 Emily and her 2 daughters Emily 10yrs & Sarah 9yrs. are living in Ruislip village with Emily�s parents John Saich 75yrs (A harness maker) & Elizabeth 77yrsand son Alfred 41yrs, unmarried (harness maker). Emily died aged 69yrs, in 1919 Wandsworth, London. Also listed in the Wheelwrights Index..
COLE	James	Blacksmith	1600	James Cole, blacksmith, shoemaker, innkeeper. Born 25 June 1600 in Highgate, London, Middlesex, England. In 1632 James Cole, his wife, Mary & two children came to Saco, ME,USA and in the following year located at Plymouth, Massachusetts,.USA. He owned Cole's Hill located just behind Plymouth Rock. His occupations in America are listed as shoemaker & then inn keeper. James died 1692 in the USA. See Blacksmiths of America for his grandson Ephraim Cole born 1659..
GEESON	Moses Henry	Blacksmith	1851	Moses Henry Geeson, blacksmith. Born about 1851. Place of Baptism Bletchington Oxford. Moses moved to Middlesex before he was 10 years old. His last known address was 32 Locknager Street, Bromley, Middlesex..
HAWLEY	Charles	Blacksmith	1800	Charles Hawley, born circa 1800 is listed on his son's marriage certificate as a blacksmith. Place of birth unknown, but lived in London, Middlesex from about 1829 when his son Charles was born..
HAWLEY	Charles	Blacksmith	1829	Charles Hawley, born 1829, appears in 1881 and 1871 census as a blacksmith; Living at 77 Pulford Street, St George Hanover Square, Westminster. He married Mary Ann Harrison in 1851. Their eldest son, Charles�19yrs at the time appears in the 1881census as a blacksmith..
HAWLEY	Henry Samuel	Blacksmith	1866	Henry Samuel Hawley, born 1866. Henry was the youngest son of Charles (of 1829). Charles' occupation on the birth certificate is 'Journeyman Blacksmith'. Henry grew up to be a blacksmith too, as shown on his marriage certificate. He married Annie Mead in 1884. Later he specialised his blacksmith skills as a toolsmith catering to the stonemason's trade. He appears in the 1901 census as a tool smith and on his youngest son's birth certificate as a tool smith. It is believed he made and repaired all of the stonemason's tools used on Tower Bridge. I believe the business name was "Henry Samuel Hawley and Sons" but I have no documents to prove it. I believe that the business was continued by Henry's son Frederick when Henry moved away from London in about 1906..
PASSEY	John	Blacksmith	1830	John Passey, a blacksmith. Died in the 1830's in Hounslow, Middlesex, England. Looking for birth and other details..
REYNOLDS	Benjamin	Blacksmith	1700	Benjamin Reynolds was a blacksmith in the late 1700�s & was apprenticed to a blacksmith named LUNN in Cove in the parish of Yateley Hampshire (now Berks). His family all came from local parts of this parish back to 1720. Died 1786 aged 30yrs leaving a wife and 5 children. He died in Isleworth Middlesex his wife having recently given birth to a son Thomas in Isleworth. Two of his other children were born in Cobham Surrey and Kingston also in Surrey. Also listed in Blacksmiths of Hampshire & Surrey. I believe that he was a travelling blacksmith with his family which would explain the births at these other parishes. I have not found any articles to verify this and wondered if this was a common practice assuming they could not afford their own premises..
RIDDALL	James	Blacksmith	1790	James Riddall, born at Rotherhithe, Surrey, in 1790, youngest child of Thomas Riddall Blacksmith. By late 1821 he and his wife Ann were settled in Mile End Old Town, Middlesex, where three of their children were baptized. A fourth child was baptized at St Dunstan Stepney, Surrey, in 1830. See also Blacksmiths of Surrey..
TAYLOR	John	Blacksmith	1798	John Taylor, blacksmith. Born about 1798 and died 1860 at Turnham Green, Chiswick High Road, Chiswick, London,. Listed as a blacksmith in 3 census� for Twickenham, Middlesex, London..
VICKERY	Eli	Blacksmit	1864	Eli Vickery, blacksmith. Born about 1864 in Heston, Middlesex, England. The son of William Vickery (1835-1905 & Saran Ann Archer (1835-1904). The 1871 census lists Eli as 7yrs, living at 11 cannon Row with his mother Sarah 37yrs( Laundress) and brothers Jessie 11yrs & George 5yrs. Father William not present. In 1881, Eli is 17yrs, a farm labourer living at same address. Sarah 46yrs; Martha 8yrs, William 6yrs. Again, father William not present. 1891 Eli 27yrs, unmarried, working in a gunpowder factory. Living at Cannon Cottages with his parents, general labourer William 56yrs and Sarah Ann Archer 55yrs. Siblings: George 24yrs (?batlers assistant) & William 15yrs (labourer). Eli married Mary Jane Hewitt on 24 June 1893, Hounslow Heath, Hounslow. They had 3 children, Horace (b.1889); Herbert (b.1892) & Eli (b. 1894)..
WHITLEY	John	Blacksmith	1882	John Whitley, blacksmith journeyman. Born about 1882 in Tottenham, Middlesex, England. The exact year of his birth is unknown at this stage as it is different on every document related to him! I believe he was born around 1882. On the 8th Jun 1920, he married Emily Eliza Margaret RANN at the Church of the Precious Blood, Hertford Road, Lower Edmonton. His occupation was listed as journeyman blacksmith and his residence as 85 St Mary's Road, Edmonton, London, Middlesex, England. In 1925 the young family were living at 10 Grove Road, West Enfield Wash, Middlesex, England and John had become a fully qualified blacksmith. On the 8th Dec 1928 he left England on the SS Orsova for Australia. In 1931 he is living at 45 Myrtle St, Bendigo, Vic, Australia and is working as a blacksmith. In 1936 he is still in Bendigo, but now at 243 Queen St, Golden Square, Bendigo, Vic, Australia, working as a labourer. Listed in the Blacksmiths of Australia and Blacksmiths of Middlesex Indexes..

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