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Testun Gwreiddiol (Anodiad: EPW024713 / 789819)
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A few doors up from the Duke of York pub at number 35 Dudley Street lived Mary Berwick, my wife's great, great aunt. Mary was widowed in 1861 and moved from Green Lane to Dudley Street where she lived and carried on her butchery business. The 1871 Census list the occupants as being:-
Mary (head, widow) 44, Butcher - b. Walsall
Joseph (son, single) 22, Butcher’s assistant - b. Walsall
Mary Jane (dau, single) 16 - b. Walsall
Elizabeth (dau) 14, Scholar - b. Walsall
Eliza (dau) 11, Scholar - b. Walsall
Mary Meeson (mother, widow) 76 - b. Walsall
In 1876 an incident occurred where Mary threatened a neighbour who had in turn threatened Mary's daughter Elizabeth. Both parties went to court but the judge decided it was six of one and half dozen of another but fined both women one shilling each nevertheless!
Mary died in 1902 and left over £7,000 after investing in various businesses in Walsall.
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