The 1891 census states that my gt. grandmother - Emma Jane Taylor (b. 1870 - d. 1921) and other members of her family were pen strikers living in Cromwell Road, Aston.
Was a pen striker a pen nib maker?
Was this work done at home or in a factory?
The following year Emma Jane married Thomas Hiley and by the 1911 census was a newsagent in Cromwell Road Aston and her husband was an annealer. I know annealing is something to do with working in glass but I'm not sure what my gt. grandfather did - or where.
I'm trying to write a biography about my grandmother - Edith Lucy Onions (nee Hiley) b. 1893 d. 1986) and any information would be very useful.
Was a pen striker a pen nib maker?
Was this work done at home or in a factory?
The following year Emma Jane married Thomas Hiley and by the 1911 census was a newsagent in Cromwell Road Aston and her husband was an annealer. I know annealing is something to do with working in glass but I'm not sure what my gt. grandfather did - or where.
I'm trying to write a biography about my grandmother - Edith Lucy Onions (nee Hiley) b. 1893 d. 1986) and any information would be very useful.