Person:George Wassell (1)

George Wassell was born in 1857 at Birmingham, son of a burnisher named Rose Wassell, formerly Adderly, and her husband Henry Wassell, a button maker. George appears in the 1861 census living with his parents and siblings in Birmingham. In the mid 1860s, George's father died. His mother remarried in 1870 to a gun rib forger named Henry Payne. The 1871 census finds George living with his mother, stepfather and siblings. At this time, aged 14, George was working in the steel toy trade.

By 1881 George had left home and was a soldier, based at Budbrooke Barracks just outside Warwick. Whilst still serving as a soldier, George married Emma Mitchell on 17th September 1882, when he was 25 years old. She was 18 years old and from Warwick. They had a daughter, Rose Ann, born in 1883, but sadly she died the following year. George then appears to have left the army. He returned with Emma to Birmingham, where George found work as a porter. They went on to have a son named Henry in 1885, a daughter named Florence Beatrice in 1887 and a son named George Thomas in about 1889. Sadly, Emma died either giving birth to George Thomas or shortly afterwards. She was only 24 when she died; they had been married less than seven years. Baby George was brought up by Emma's sister Fanny and their mother in Warwick and later Coventry.

George stayed in Birmingham with his elder two surviving children. Some time between 1901 and 1911 young George rejoined the family in Birmingham. The 1911 census finds George with all three of his surviving children living in a four roomed house. His daughter Florence's husband and their two daughters (George's first grandchildren) were also in the house.

George died in 1935, aged 77. He had outlived his wife Emma by over 46 years.

1. ↑ Births index, in General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration. (London: General Register Office).

   b. George WASSELL, March Quarter 1857, Birmingham Registration District, Vol. 6d, page 135

2. ↑ England. 1861 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class RG9; Piece 2153; Folio 97; Page 4, 7 Apr 1861.

   Address: 37 Steelhouse Lane, Birmingham, Warwickshire
   Henry Wassell, head, married, male, 30 [1830/1], Pearl Button Turner, b. Birmingham, Warwickshire
   Rose Wassell, wife, married, female, 28 [1832/3], Burnisher, b. Birmingham, Warwickshire
   Elizabeth Wassell, daughter, unmarried, female, 8 [1852/3], Scholar, b. Birmingham, Warwickshire
   Henry Wassell, son, unmarried, male, 7 [1853/4], Scholar, b. Birmingham, Warwickshire
   Sarah A. Wassell, daughter, unmarried, female, 6 [1854/5], Scholar, b. Birmingham, Warwickshire
   George Wassell, son, unmarried, male, 4 [1856/7], Scholar, b. Birmingham, Warwickshire
   Eliza Wassell, daughter, unmarried, female, 3 [1857/8], Scholar, b. Birmingham, Warwickshire
   Alfred Wassell, son, unmarried, male, 1 [1859/60], b. Birmingham, Warwickshire
   Walter Wassell, son, unmarried, male, 1mo [1861], b. Birmingham, Warwickshire
   Phoebe Fisher, boarder, widow, female, 74 [1786/7], b. Birmingham, Warwickshire

3. ↑ England. England and Wales. 1871 Census Schedules. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class RG10; Piece 3118; Folio 10; Page 14, 2 Apr 1871.

   Address: 25 Digby Street, Birmingham, Warwickshire
   Henry Payne, head, married, male, 40 [1830/1], Gun Ribb Forger, b. Birmingham, Warwickshire
   Rose Payne, wife, married, female, 46 [1824/5], Burnisher, b. Birmingham, Warwickshire
   Henry Payne, son, unmarried, male, 17 [1853/4], Gun Ribb Forger, b. Birmingham, Warwickshire
   George Wassell, son, male, 14 [1856/7], Steel Toy Trade, b. Birmingham, Warwickshire
   Alfred Wassell, son, male, 12 [1858/9], Errand Boy, b. Birmingham, Warwickshire
   Walter Wassell, son, male, 9 [1861/2], Scholar, b. Birmingham, Warwickshire
   John Wassell, son, male, 8 [1862/3], Scholar, b. Birmingham, Warwickshire
   Elizabeth Wassell, daughter, female, 19 [1851/2], Burnisher, b. Birmingham, Warwickshire
   Sarah Ann Wassell, daughter, female, 16 [1854/5], Burnisher, b. Birmingham, Warwickshire
   Mary Marly, lodger, widow, female, 67 [1803/4], b. Essex

4. ↑ England. 1881 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands: . (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class RG11; Piece 3090; Folio 105; Page 9, 3 Apr 1881.

   Many soldiers, including:
   George Wassell, unmarried, male, 25 [1855/6], Private 6. Regiment, b. Birmingham, Warwickshire

5. ↑ England. 1891 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class RG12; Piece 2421; Folio 21; Page 36, 5 Apr 1891.

   Address: Highlam, Great Lister Street, Aston, Birmingham, Warwickshire
   5 or more rooms occupied
   Joseph Knowles, head, married, male, 46 [1844/5], Licensed Victualler, Neither employer nor employed, b. Birmingham, Warwickshire
   Susan A. Knowles, wife, married, female, 37 [1853/4], b. Birmingham, Warwickshire
   Florence Knowles, daughter, single, female, 18 [1872/3], b. Birmingham, Warwickshire
   George Wassell, boarder, widower, male, 34 [1856/7], Show Room Porter, employed, b. Birmingham, Warwickshire
   Henry Wassell, boarder, male, 6 [1884/5], Scholar, b. Birmingham, Warwickshire
   Florence Wassell, boarder, female, 4 [1886/7], b. Birmingham, Warwickshire

6. ↑ England. England. 1901 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class RG13; Piece 2837; Folio 145; Page 24, 31 Mar 1901.

   Address: Malt Shovel, 58 Coventry Street, Birmingham, Warwickshire
   5 rooms occupied
   Joseph Knowles, head, married, male, 62 [1838/9], Licensed Victualler, worker, b. Birmingham
   Sarah Knowles, wife, married, female, 48 [1852/3], b. Birmingham
   George Wassell, boarder, widower, male, 46 [1854/5], Electroplaters Porter, worker, b. Birmingham
   Henry Wassell, boarder, single, male, 16 [1884/5], Bicycle Fitter, worker, b. Birmingham
   Florrie Wassell, boarder, female, 14 [1886/7], Warehouse Girl (Electro Plate Manufacturers), worker, b. Birmingham
   Sarah Fellows, servant, single, female, 18 [1882/3], General Servant Domestic, worker, b. Dudley, Staffordshire

7. ↑ England. 1911 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom: The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), (formerly the UK General Register Office.))
   Class RG14; Piece 18101; Schedule 186, 2 Apr 1911.

   Address: 42 Ryder Street, Birmingham (St George), Warwickshire
   4 rooms occupied
   George Wassell, head, male, 54 [1856/7], widower, Porter - silversmith, worker, b. Birmingham
   Henry Wassell, son, male, 25 [1885/6], single, Vat Builder - Vinegar Brewery, worker, b. Birmingham
   George Wassell, son, male, 22 [1888/9], single, Silversmith, worker, b. Birmingham
   Thomas Wilcox, son in law, male, 24 [1886/7], married, Carpenter & joiner - builder, worker, b. Birmingham
   Florence Beatrice Wilcox, daughter, female, 24 [1886/7], married 3 years, 2 children born alive, 2 children still living, b. Birmingham
   Florence Ester Wilcox, granddaughter, female, 2 [1908/9], b. Birmingham
   Norah Sarah Ann Wilcox, granddaughter, female, 7 months [1910], b. Birmingham

8. ↑ Deaths index, in General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration. (London: General Register Office).

   d. George WASSELL, December Quarter 1935, Birmingham Registration District, Vol. 6d, page 369, aged 79 [1855/6]