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Machin family Erdington

Vivienne14

Vivienne14

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George Machin was very involved in the Erdington community, owning many properties as well as playing a long and active part in his role as churchwarden and a member of the local council. Examples of his activities;

Director of the First Aston, Handsworth, and Erdington Model Building Society in 1897.

He owned numerous properties, specifically a whole row of at least 20 two-storey cottages named "Easy Row" in High Street, about which extensive discussion can be found on the High Street Erdington thread

The Machin family had a small brick making business. In 1890, G H Machin (named as brick maker) owned the Six Ways Tea Warehouse, Erdington, for which he acquired a licence.

He was a businessman and had a vested interest in building projects and the financing of them
 
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Which brings us on to the Machin Family who must have had quite an influence in the history of Erdington.

The sale notice of 1915 suggests that the family were sorting out their investments. The Dr. Edward Spooner Machin had died in 1907 and represented by Execs. George Henry Machin, the brother of ES Machin, was still alive at the time. There were also properties still owned by their late father Charles Machin Junior.

Did GH Machin actually build the cottages in Easy Row ?
 
I think that's a serious possibility as the family had a brickworks (albeit small and not on the scale of Nocks) making small hand-made bricks and George was a director of an early building society. So presumably.could be instrumental in the financing of house building. Almost certain I would say.
 
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The Machins sold Stanley House in 1940. House was #48 Sutton Road.
 

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yes i agree ...ive gone back on all the census years for george machin and hes either a farmer or registrar of births marriages and deaths but in 1871 he is a builder employing 8 men and 2 boys..on the 61 he is living with his parents his father is charles occ farmer and builder

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There's a Machin Road nearby (and not far from the place we've been discussing), probably named after George and the family I guess. Look like WW2/post-WW2 properties I think.
 

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George Machin's view of Erdington before the railway arrived.. Machin was born in 1841, the railway arrived in Erdington in the 1860s.
 

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As mentioned the father of Edward and George was Charles Machin Jnr who was a farmer/ malster/builder employing 30 men. Living at Blythe House, Erdington.
In July 1877 the Warwickshire Yeomanry sword awarded to Sgt G Machin of Erdington, son of the late Quartermaster Machin who served upwards of 60 years in the Yeomanry.
 
I think there's a G H Machin (farmer) connected with the Ash family of Packwood House. Warwickshire, but I'm not sure if it's the same line.And I think there was a connection between the Ash family with Stanley House in Erdington. Seem to remember coming across this on my internet travels, although I can't remember exactly where I read it.
 
Memorial stone inscriptions of the Machin family ar St Barnabas churchyard Erdington. He must have married again after his first wife Clarissa passed away.
 

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Vivienne14 said:
I think there's a G H Machin (farmer) connected with the Ash family of Packwood House. Warwickshire, but I'm not sure if it's the same line.And I think there was a connection between the Ash family with Stanley House in Erdington. Seem to remember coming across this on my internet travels, although I can't remember exactly where I read it.
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in 1892 a widower he married 2nd wife louisa ash at st barnabas church

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As mentioned the father of Edward and George was Charles Machin Jnr who was a farmer/ malster/builder employing 30 men. Living at Blythe House, Erdington.
In July 1877 the Warwickshire Yeomanry sword awarded to Sgt G Machin of Erdington, son of the late Quartermaster Machin who served upwards of 60 years in the Yeomanry.
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Found the reference (re post #11) to Packwood House. This is the info, quoting the marriage between George Henry Machin and Louisa Ash of Packwood House. It was a reference from Landed Farmers of Britain and Ireland. https://landedfamilies.blogspot.com/2015/12/199-ash-of-packwood-house.html

Louisa Ash (c.1843-1940), born c.1843 and baptised at St Philip, Birmingham, 8 October 1849; married, 1 June 1892, George Henry Machin (c.1842-1921) of Erdington, farmer but had no issue; died 8 April 1940 aged about 96; will proved 1 July 1940 (estate £3,468);

Seems to me that Geo Machin had already made/inherited a lot of money before getting married to Louisa Ash as this was his second marriage and, by the 1890s already owned a lot of property in Erdington. I expect his initial business success came from farming (perhaps in part passed down the family). I'm now wondering in what type of farming and whether it was lucrative.
 
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The death of builder Charles Machin, of Blyth House (maybe a typo) in 1873.
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Source : British Newspaper Archive
 
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Stanley House. Owned by Mrs G Machin in 1939. Taken from this link here https://birminghamhistory.co.uk/for...ington-large-houses-and-their-residents.53246

Hilda Williams occupied it in 1954.

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thanks viv...nice to have a photo of the house..post 35 on that thread is interesting


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Thread 'Sutton Road Erdington: large houses and their residents'

Does anyone have any old photos of the houses that were on Sutton Road before they got demolished in the 50's? I am more specifically looking for any information/photos of a Melrose House and Rustic Cottage located on Sutton Road. I believe both of these houses do not exisit today and have been replaced with the Lyndhurst Estate.

Does anyone remember any Avery's or Starkey's that lived down Sutton Road pre 1950? I believe my Great Granfather had a builders business 'Joseph Avery & Son' on Sutton Road.
lyn
 
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