Property: 5 Market Place ln year: 1881

Occupant: Frederick William James aged:  44  Born:  Redditch

Trade: Confectioner –

Notes: Wife Elizabeth (Gibbs) (42) plus 3 children + 2 servants at home. On the 1871 census they lived Church Green South, Redditch, which became Market Place on later census and Frederick was a Baker. On the 1891 census they lived at this address. On the 1901 census their son Frederick W. lived at 7 Market Place. In the 1873 Gazetteer and Directory of Worcestershire he had an advert stating F. W. James was a Confectioner of Fancy Bread and Biscuit Baker. 5 Market Place, Redditch. Rich Bride Cake, Cakes and Funeral Biscuits, Real Banbury Cakes, Jellies &c. Agent for Johnson , Johnson & co.’s Pure Uncoloured Teas. Dealer in British Wines.

Source: JC – Census