Ancestors of Christopher McGarry

Fifth Generation

16. James McGarry [image] was born ¹ on 30 Nov 1851 in Birmingham. He died on 7 Sep 1934 in 35 Lillington Street westminster london. The cause of death was bee sting. He married ² Amelia Ellen Hone on 12 Oct 1891 in Kilburn. [Parents]

In 1865 nearly ten thousand workers were employed in Birmingham's gun industry. It was of great importance throughout the century, from the Napoleonic wars when the town supplied two-thirds of the arms used by the British. In times of peace it proved less successful, weapons being required mainly for field sports. Kelly's directory for 1874 lists 329 names connected with the gun trade in Birmingham, 210 of which had premises in the Gun Quarter.

The Birmingham Small Arms Company had an influential factory in Small Heath from 1862 which spanned twenty-six acres between the Great Western Railway line and Warwick Canal. This thrived in the First World War. The factory was supported by independent gunsmiths, who supplied the parts for the finished weapons, and who were concentrated in the district around Steelhouse Lane. Only two manufacturers (William Powell and Son and Westley Richards and Co.) from this area are still in evidence, and these have moved from the city centre.
james worked for Westley Richards and Co for some time.james worked for westley richards and co...and bsa

The slum area of nineteenth and early twentieth century Birmingham consisted largely of back-to-back terraced housing, with several two or three storey houses sharing a common yard, wash house ("brew 'us") and amenities, such as a water pump, which hundreds of people may have had to share, and a privy, usually uncovered, which was shared by as many as fifteen families. The situation offered little opportunity for privacy. A single roof covered both rows of the terrace. Little light was available, as the houses were built very close together to accommodate the increasing population, and migrants from the countryside who flocked to the cities to find work in the growing factories.

At time of 1880 census James live at Ct 1 7 Moseley St Birmingham, Warwick, England He was the head of the household and his parent lived with him

17. Amelia Ellen Hone [image] was born ¹ on 5 Apr 1870 in hatch end. She died ² on 13 Aug 1965 in Minster. [Parents]

lived at 18 beaford road enfield at time of grandads birth

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18. john Goodson was born on 30 Apr 1849 in chelsea. He died in Mar 1900. He married Mary Ann Felmingham on 7 Nov 1886. [Parents]

19. Mary Ann Felmingham [image] was born on 27 Jun 1856 in watford. She died on 2 Oct 1943. [Parents]

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20. Charles William Patient was born ¹ on 7 Jun 1859 in Moreton Ongar. He was christened on 7 Jul 1859 in Moreton. He died about Aug 1912 in Chelsea, London. He married Amy Odell on 10 Nov 1880 in Camberwell. Charles was employed ² as in 1881 in Assistant Barman - Walworth Road. He was employed ³ as in 1891 in Potman. [Parents]

1901 Census - Only reference to Amy Patient shows her husband as Edward (1 Godfrey St. Chelsea)

21. Amy Odell was born on 11 Aug 1860 in Cambridge. She died about May 1918 in Kensington, London. [Parents]

Name spelt as Amey on 1871 census
1881 Census has her lodging in Camberwell while Charles is 'living in' at the pub where he works

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22. Edward Lansdell was born on 23 Feb 1855 in Chelsea London. He died in Jun 1935 in Uxbridge. He married Emily Jane Rickard on 6 Feb 1877 in Chelsea. Edward was employed as in 1901 in Bootmaker. [Parents]

23. Emily Jane Rickard was born on 21 Apr 1855 in Plymouth. She died on 19 Oct 1948 in Saffron Walden. [Parents]

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