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William Henry White, Broad Street

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My wife's father William Henry White had a confectionery shop in Broad Street. I am trying to find the address.
 
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According to the electoral rolls, William Henry White (and Agnes Ann White + Edwin Cyril White) was at 111 Broad Street in 1920, and also had an allotment in Westbourne Road.
He was gone from Broad St in 1925, but still had the allotment - with 'other abode' as 82 Loam Pit Vale, Lewisham, Kent.

Agnes Ann White + Edwin Cyril White were still at 111 Broad Street in 1925 and 1930, in the latter year a Gladys Marion White appears as well, and another address - 177 Dudley Road, Rotten Park.
 
Lloyd said:
According to the electoral rolls, William Henry White (and Agnes Ann White + Edwin Cyril White) was at 111 Broad Street in 1920, and also had an allotment in Westbourne Road.
He was gone from Broad St in 1925, but still had the allotment - with 'other abode' as 82 Loam Pit Vale, Lewisham, Kent.

Agnes Ann White + Edwin Cyril White were still at 111 Broad Street in 1925 and 1930, in the latter year a Gladys Marion White appears as well, and another address - 177 Dudley Road, Rotten Park.
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Lloyd, We've now had time to study your helpful reply. The 'other abode' at Lewisham comes right out of the blue. My wife has never heard any family reference of Kent. William was an ornamental iron fitter so may have been working away from home - but then surely he would have been on the same electoral role as Agnes. Perhaps they divorced. Can one check divorces? Have you met this 'other abode' situation before? Can you think of an explanation? FYI Agnes died in 1932 and William married my wife's mother in 1934 and he died in 1940. My wife remembers going to the Westbourne Rd allotment when she was a little girl. Thank you again for your help. Roy
 
The 'other address' is often there if 'unoccupied' premises get people onto the electoral roll. My own father was down at his shop in Lozells, the other address was the family house. Similarly, as in your case, those with allotments didn't (often) live there, so a 'home' address appears as well. Yours is the furthest away other address I've seen, though.
I don't think you get two votes, so I don't see the point - although historically it throws up these interesting conundrums!
I assumed (always a dangerous thing in history!) that another shop had been opened on Dudley Road, or that they moved to live there and the Broad St shop became a 'lock-up'.

Loampit Vale (2 words instead of 3 these days) looks post-war reconstructed in this aerial photograph.
https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&...4803,-0.015643&spn=0.003248,0.006909&t=h&z=17
 
In the 1932 and 1933 kellys (which would refer to 1931 and 1932) 111 Broad St is given as White, Mrs.Agnes A., confectioner and 177 Dudley road is listed as White, Edwin Cyril, Confectioner
Mike
 
Lloyd,
I've now managed to look at the 1930 electoral roll and the 'Kent' was an enumerator's error in 1925. The alternative abode was in Lewisham ROAD, SMETHWICK!
Cheers,
Roy
 
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