Property: 25 Evesham Street ln year: 1861

Occupant: William Gibbs aged:  62  Born:  Redditch

Trade: Shoe Maker – employing 2 men & 1 boy

Notes: Wife Mary (52) plus son William as Assistant + 1 apprentice + 1 servant at home. In 1870 & 1872 Kelly’s Directory and William is a Boot and Shoe Maker & Ironmongers, Evesham Street. In the 1873 Littlebury’s Directory and Gazetteer William is classed as William Gibbs & Son, Ironmongers, Boot and Shoe Makers, Furniture Dealers, Grocers and file Manufacturers, Evesham Street. William died 19th March 1870 at Redditch.

Source: JC – Census