Property: 36 Alcester Street ln year: 1881

Occupant: Henry Oakley aged:  53  Born:  Ipsley

Trade: Milk Seller & Green Grocer –

Notes: Wife Sarah A. (Lee) (46) plus 2 working children + 6 younger children at home. On the 1891 census they lived at 17 Alcester Street. On the 1871 census they lived in Feckenham. In the 1872 Kelly’s Directory of Worcestershire, Henry is classed as Farmer, Elcotts Brook, Callow Hill, Redditch. In the 1876 Kelly’s Directory he is Farmer Elcock’s Brook. In the 1884 & 1888 Kelly’s Directory Henry was classed as Greengrocer, 17 Alcester Street.

Source: JC – Census