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Jesse Nash 28 July 1824 – 1908

Jason Ellis

Jason Ellis

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Does anybody have any information on Jesse Nash 28 July 1824 – 1908. On the 1851 census he ran the town mill in Shipston on Stour. But on the 1861 census he was "Miller and Wesleyan local preacher" at 81 Henry Street, Duddeston. I have looked at 81 Henry Street on a map on this forum and it dosn't look like the right size or shape for a mill, but perhaps it was just his residence and not his place of work.
Does anybody have a photograph of 81 Henry Street, Duddeston, even if it's from a later period?

Any information on either Jesse and his family or the building would be gratfully received.
 
No 81 Henry St is not listed at all in the 1862 or 1867 directories. therefore it is extremely unlikely it was a mill. Any person listed as a miller would likely have been the owner of the mill, who very likely might not have been the actual miller. In the 1850 PO directory James Hands is listed as the miller in Shipston on Stour
 
Can’t locate Jesse on the 1851 Census. On the 1861 census he is referred to as miller, maybe employed using a milling machine ?
 
See a Jesse in 1851 census in Birmingham as a visitor. In 1841 there is a Josias Nash in Shipton on Stour age 13.
 
i wonder where jesse did his preaching....st james sunday school was on the corner of henry st and francis st and i do have a photo of that

lyn
 
Below is a map from late 1880s showing where no 81 Henry st was around 1861. The numbering changed between 1884 and 1888 an d/I cannot be certain of exactly which building was no 81, but it was one of the three marked in red.

map from 1880s showing position no 81 Henry st c1861.jpg
 
Jason Ellis said:
Does anybody have any information on Jesse Nash 28 July 1824 – 1908. On the 1851 census he ran the town mill in Shipston on Stour. But on the 1861 census he was "Miller and Wesleyan local preacher" at 81 Henry Street, Duddeston. I have looked at 81 Henry Street on a map on this forum and it dosn't look like the right size or shape for a mill, but perhaps it was just his residence and not his place of work.
Does anybody have a photograph of 81 Henry Street, Duddeston, even if it's from a later period?

Any information on either Jesse and his family or the building would be gratfully received.
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Get in touch with -
https://www.wesleyan.org/communication/archives
You will find they have extensive records
 
I can't shed any light on Henry Street or mills in the vicinity, but Jesse's marriage to Elizabeth Haydon on Nov 18th 1848 confirms his residence in Shipston on Stour and profession of miller at that time. There's a B&B called "The Old Mill" in Shipston that could perhaps date back to that era. The current Wesleyan chapel there is more recent, built in 1880.

Jesse and Elizabeth appear to be buried in Key Hill cemetery. www.jqrt.org has the details.
Jesse's will leaves his effects to his second wife, Annie.
 
ed.s said:
I can't shed any light on Henry Street or mills in the vicinity, but Jesse's marriage to Elizabeth Haydon on Nov 18th 1848 confirms his residence in Shipston on Stour and profession of miller at that time. There's a B&B called "The Old Mill" in Shipston that could perhaps date back to that era. The current Wesleyan chapel there is more recent, built in 1880.

Jesse and Elizabeth appear to be buried in Key Hill cemetery. www.jqrt.org has the details.
Jesse's will leaves his effects to his second wife, Annie.
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Have you found him on the 1851 census?
 
I've found the Nash family in 1851 just now - Worcestershire / Shipston on Stour / 9B, page 35. Surname is mistranscribed as "Nath".
Jesse's occupation confirmed as "miller", presumably in the employ of the aforementioned James Hands.
Jesse and Elizabeth live on Mill Street, with son Arthur and neice Ann Haydon.
 
Including one (Arthur) who seems to be 1 year old ! I suppose the one at 10 at that time is very possible
 
I see three families headed by millers in Shipston all living on Mill Street, close to where the "Old Mill" is now, appropriately enough. These are presuambly the three millers employed by James Hands of New Street. Here's a (non-commercial) link with a picture of the Old Mill:
https://www.ourwarwickshire.org.uk/content/catalogue_wow/shipston-on-stour-old-mill-hotel-2

As for Jesse Nash's 1861 place of work, the mills on Duddeston Mill Road and Cato Street noted by Alberta seem good candidates.
One Robert Evans looks likely to be the owner of Duddeston Mill in 1862. I can't see who owned the Cato Street mill so far.
Millers in Business Directory of Birmingham, 1862:
https://specialcollections.le.ac.uk/digital/collection/p16445coll4/id/251592
 
mikejee said:
Including one (Arthur) who seems to be 1 year old ! I suppose the one at 10 at that time is very possible
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The one who is 10 is down as niece but on a later census is "daughter in law" - sometimes used for stepdaughter. So possibly Elizabeth's daughter.
 
Places listed as mills included many establishments which were not corn mills. but I would guess (and only a guess) that the term miller refers to a corn mill. There is no corn mill listed in 1862 in Cato St. The 1862 corporation directory (published then but of somewhat uncertain date as to when it refers) lists the following corn mills below
Note. the shipston mill was a corn mill

corn millers in 1962.jpg
 
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