does anyone know where the name came from?
Hi It's been 7 years since your comment on this thread I hope you're still on this site. William Daniel snr was my Gt-Gt grandfather.
William and his wife Margaret Kernick and their family came up to Birmingham from St Ives Cornwall soon after the railway came to St Ives in the early 1870s, with Margaret's brother William Kernick and his family. Both Williams sold produce together until the mid 1880s when they separated and William Kernick went into Insurance. William Daniel snr ran the business with his son William.
They lived in Braithwaite road, Sparkbrook until about 1900 when William snr retired with his wife to St Ives. Most of his adult children left Birmingham, some headed up north and some headed back to Cornwall. One of William Snr's daughters Margaret married in Birmingham and moved to Sutton Coldfield, and she was buried in Witton cemetery in 1947.
William jnr ran the business in his Father's absence, but after William snr's wife died he came back up to Birmingham. William Daniel snr died in 1906, and his body was taken back down to St ives and he was buried with his wife. William Jnr ran the business until his death in 1928, and he cremated at Perry Barr crematorium. William had only one daughter, and she died a spinster.
One of William Daniel snr's other sons Frank who was by Great-Grandfather went back down to St Ives in the late 1890's, and his family remained there until my Father met my Mum in St Ives who was a tourist from Birmingham. My Father William moved up to to Birmingham in 1959, and I was later born a brummy