Property: Unknown Alcester Street ln year: 1871

Occupant: John Purcell aged:  28  Born:  Redditch

Trade: Harpoon Maker –

Notes: Wife Elizabeth (27) plus 2 children + sister + brother at home.On the 1861 census John lived with his father Henry in Walford Street, Redditch. On the 1881 census John is now married to Hannah and they lived in Orchard Street, Redditch. John was a Harpoon Manufacturer and Smith Master. In the 1870 Kelly’s Directory John was classed as Smith & Harpoon Maker, Evesham Street. By the 1872 Post Office Directory John was Smith & Harpoon Maker, Alcester Street. In the 1884, 1888 & 1892 Kelly’s Directory John was a Smith & Harpoon Maker, Oswald Street, Redditch.

Source: JC – Census