Property: 27 Alcester Street ln year: 1901

Occupant: Elizabeth Smith aged:  40  Born:  Birmingham

Trade: Hairdresser – Employer at home

Notes: Classed as married but no husband at home plus 2 children + 3 boarders at home. (On the 1901 census the enumerator started at this house in Alcester Street after 4 Smith Street) On the 1891 census Elizabeth is with her husband W. A. Smith who was the hairdresser and they lived at this address. On the 1911 census Elizabeth is still at this address In the 1900 Kelly’s Directory a Mrs Lizzie Smith was Hairdresser at this address. In the 1900 Kelly’s Directory there is an entry for John Barker, Hairdresser, 27 Alcester Street. In the 1924 Kelly’s Directory one of her boarders Harry Ashmore is now a hairdresser at this address.

Source: JC – Census