Richard Davies, Shoe Maker, Heath Road, Harborne, Staffordshire 1861

[austinseven]

I am trying to find out if there is a Directory entry for Richard Davies shoe maker living on Heath Road Harborne in 1861. Later Heath Road was renamed High St. I know that he was still in Harborne at his death in 1898 (possibly at the same address). Any help you can provide will help to unravel family mysteries.

 

[mikejee]

He is not in Harrisons 1861 Staffs & Dudley directory

 

[austinseven]

OK thanks. Plenty of references to Harborne after it joined Brum, not a lot before. I will keep searching.

 

[mikejee]

The earliest I can find in what I have access to is in the 1862 Birmingham Corporation directory, where he is listed as Richard Davis, Heath road, Harborne, shoemaker

 

[austinseven]

Hey that is great Mikejee. Is there any chance I could have a scan of that record from that directory?

 

[mikejee]

Here are the two pages from the names section and the Street section. The directory is on DVD as pdf file

 

[austinseven]

Thank you very much. I only started this family history thing a couple of years ago, have found out a heck of a lot from the Census & other official records but now am getting to the stage where I want to put meat on the bare facts and of course that means I need access to the rare or hard to find Directories. So I do really appreciate your help.