Property: Unknown Walford Street ln year: 1871

Occupant: Samuel Aston aged:  50  Born:  Feckenham

Trade: Boot Maker –

Notes: Wife Mary (40) Needle Maker plus 1 working daughter + 1 younger child + 2 working step-children + 1 younger step-child + 1 boarder at home. On the 1881 census they lived at 11 Walford Street. On the 1861 census Samuel was a widower and lived in Walford Street but no numbers stated on the early census. In the 1872 Kelly’s Directory Samuel was classed as Shopkeeper, Walford Street. In the 1873 Gazetteer and Directory of Worcestershire was classed as Shoe Maker and Shopkeeper, Walford Street.

Source: JC – Census