Property: 28 Evesham Street ln year: 1871

Occupant: James Harris aged:  44  Born:  Ireland

Trade: Chemist –

Notes: Wife Emma (42) plus 1 son at home. This was a Chemist on 1881 census but no numbers are stated on 1871 census or earlier On the 1861 census James was classed as a General Practioner and they lived in Kings Norton. On the 1881 census James now seems to be a Farmer in Hewell Lane, Tutnall & Cobley, Worcestershire. On the 1891 census James is classed as Retired Chemist, Elbows Farm House, Tutnall & Cobley, Tardebigge. In the Jones’s 1865 Mercantile Directory of the Iron District of South Staffordshire and East Worcestershire classed James as Chemist &c, Evesham Street. In 1872 Post Office Directory James is classed as Chemist and Druggist, Evesham Street. In the 1873 Littlebury’s Directory & Gazetteer James was M.P.S. Chemist, Evesham Street. In the 1884 Kelly’s Directory James was at “Elbows”, Tardebigge.

Source: JC – Census