Property: Unknown Church Road ln year: 1911

Occupant: Thomas William Fletcher aged:  49  Born:  Redditch, Worcestershire

Trade: Surgical needle maker and employer – employee

Notes: Although Thomas was married, his wife was not mentioned. His son, Henry Vivian Carton, was 20, single and born in Redditch. He was a surgical needle maker’s head clerk. Although not there, there were 2 other children still living. There were 2 servants. Agnes Wargent, the general servant, was 20, single and born in Feckenham, Worcestershire. Sophie Donner was the housekeeper, 32, and single. Alwine Agnes Donner was a boarder and both she and Sophie were born in Cologne, Germany. Shrimpton (Eml.) & Fletcher, surgical needle manufacturers, Premiere Works, Hewell Road are listed in Kelly’s Directory of Worcestershire1896, but they do not appear in Bennett’s Business Directory of Worcestershire 1914.

Source: AW – Census