Property: 3 Market Place ln year: 1881

Occupant: William E. Smith aged:  30  Born:  Redditch

Trade: Grocer & Mineral Water Manufacturer –

Notes: Wife Louisa (30) plus 4 children + 1 servant at home. On the 1891 census William was now a widower and lived in Park Road, Redditch. On the 1871 census William was living with his mother Mary in Church Green South, Redditch. I the 1873 Littlebury’s Gazetteer and Directory of Worcestershire a Mrs. Mary Smith, Grocer, Provision Dealer and Ginger Beer Manufacturer was at 3 Market Place and this would have been William’s mother. William E. Smith died in 1926

Source: JC – Census