William Barnwell
- Born: Mar 1820, Binley, Warwickshire
- Christened: 31 Mar 1820, St Bartholomew's, Binley, Warwickshire
- Marriage (1): Harriet Hutchings on 3 Feb 1848 in Parish Church of St Martin, Birmingham, Warwickshire 6
- Marriage (2): Rebecca Mayne Jun Qtr 1868 in Rugby District, Warwickshire
- Died: 1889, Warwickshire aged 69
 General Notes:
My great great grandfather
Born at Binley, Warwickshire in 1820. At the time of his marriage to Harriet Hutchings in 1848 his address was given as: Moor St, Birmingham and his occupation was that of a tailor. In 1849 he and Harriet had their first child, Elizabeth Ann at the village of Church Lawford, Warwickshire. In 1852 they had another daughter, Letitia and were now living at Northumberland St, Aston. William was now a railway porter. When both Mary Crofts and James John were born in 1854 and 1857 respectively, William was still working as a porter and living at: Blucher St, Birmingham. In 1860 when his son Charles was born, he was living in Rugby and was now working as a tailor again as he still was when Harriet Maria was born in 1862.
Elizabeth Ann, Letitia Kench and Harriet Maria were all baptised at St Andrews Church, Rugby, between 1863 and 1864. According to the parish register, in the case of all three girls, William was listed as a tailor living in Rugby, as he was when James John got married in 1890.
Noted events in his life were:
• Census, 6-7 Jun 1841, Storehall Grange, Stoneleigh, Warwickshire. Age 20 (rounded down from 21). Presumably working for the Weston family.
• Marriage Reside, 3 Feb 1848, Moor Street, St Martin's, Birmingham, Warwickshire.
• Census, 30 Mar 1851, Lime House Hall, Church Lawford, Warwickshire. Occupation listed as that of tailor.
• Census, 7 Apr 1861, 9 East Union Street, Rugby, Warwickshire. Occupation is listed as that of Tailor.
• Census, 2 Apr 1871, 13 Chapel Street, Rugby, Warwickshire. Listed as: Age 44? (he was 51); Occupation - Tailor.
• Census, 3 Apr 1881, 1 Drury Lane, Rugby, Warwickshire. Listed as: A boarder in the household of James Osborn (Beer House Keeper); Age 59; Occupation - Tailor.
William married Harriet Hutchings, daughter of John Hutchins and Ann Placket, on 3 Feb 1848 in Parish Church of St Martin, Birmingham, Warwickshire.6 (Harriet Hutchings was born in 1821 in Brownsover, Warwickshire, christened on 19 Aug 1821 in Brownsover, Warwickshire and died in 1863 in Rugby, Warwickshire.)
William next married Rebecca Mayne Jun Qtr 1868 in Rugby District, Warwickshire. (Rebecca Mayne was born about 1830 in Cotesbatch, Leicestershire.)
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