The Family History of Janet Lovesey

  Frances Road ~ 1911 Census

The 1911 Census was taken on the 2 April of that year.  It differed to previous census in that a separate page was given over to each household detailing how long the couple had been married, how many children had been born (and how many were still living), the Industry/Service and the work status of the inhabitants.


   1     Frances Road, Kings Norton
          George Docker / Head / Married / 49 / Roadman / B'ham Council / Smethwick, Staffordshire
          Ada Docker / Wife / Married 21yrs / 39 / 13 children (10 living / 3 dead) / Yorshire (NK town)
          George Docker / Son / single / 20 / Greenkeeper / Golf Links / All Saints
          William Docker / Son / single / 19 / Engine Cleaner / Railway / Selly Oak, Wor
          Alfred Docker / son / single / 15 / Polisher / Cycle Mft / Hockley, Staffs
          Lily Docker / daughter / 13 / School / Winson Green, B'ham
          Elsie Docker / daughter / 8 / School / Kings Norton, Wor
          Violet Docker / daughter / 6 / School / Kings Norton, Wor
          Howard Docker / son / 5 / Northfield, Wor
          Arthur Docker / son / 4 / Northfield, Wor
          Amy Docker / daughter / 1 / Kings Norton, Wor
          Kate Docker / daughter / 1mth / Kings Norton, Wor

    3    Frances Road, Cotteridge
          Percy Cutts / Married / 34 / Non Resident Attendant / B'ham, Aston, Kings Norton Joint Poor Law Establishment Cttee / Hucknall Torkard, Notts
          Gertrude Jane Cutts  / Married 2yrs (no children) / 34 / Reading, Berks 

    5    Francis (sic) Road, Kings Norton
          Walter W Clayton / Head / Married / 30 / House Painter / Birmingham
          Elizabeth Clayton / Wife / Married 5yrs / 1 child (still living) / Bromsgrove
          Gladys Clayton / daughter / 2 / Birmingham
          Esther Mountford / boarder / single / 25 / Warehouse Work / Screw Mft / Bromsgrove

    7    Francis (sic) Road, Kings Norton
          Arthur Smith / Head / 49 / Married / Iron and Steel Turner / Kings Norton, Worcestershire
          Harriet Smith / Wife / 52 / Married 30yrs / 4 children (3 living / 1 dead) / Coleford, Gloucestershire
          Harold Smith / son / 19 / single / India Rubber Mixer / Kings Norton, Worcestershire

    9    Frances Road
          James Crumpton / Head / Married / 47 / Metal Annealer / Birmingham
          Ada Charlotte Crumpton / Wife / Married 15yrs / 5 children (2 living / 3 dead) / 38 / House Wife / Birmingham
          Thomas Crumpton / son / 12 / School / Kings Norton
          John Crumpton / son / 7 / Kings Norton

          William Clements / lodger / 32 / single / General Labourer / Builder / B'ham, Warwickshire

    11  Frances Road
          Walter Bevan / Head / Widower / 52 / Labourer Metal Works / Kings Norton Metal Co. /  Birmingham
          Maria Bevan / daughter / married / 32 / Birmingham
          Walter William / son / 23 / Chocolate Worker / Cadbury Bournville / Washwood Heath
          Albert Bevan / son / 20 / Unemployed / Birmingham
          Sydney Bevan / son / 17 / Metal Works / Kings Norton Metal Co. / Stirchley
 * crossed out on the original page are the names of other children - Boshus Edward Bevan 30, Harry Bevan 27 and Christopher Bevan 25.  Also
    struck through is that Walter snr was married for 23yrs, had 7 children (all living) and that his daughter had been married for 9yrs with 3   
    children (all living).

updates ongoing at 3 March 2010