William CATTELL (CATTLE) b. 14 Mar 1841 West Bromwich, Staffordshire, England d. 9 Mar 1899 West Bromwich, Staffordshire, England: Sulston One Name Study
   

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William CATTELL (CATTLE)

William CATTELL (CATTLE)

Male 1841 - 1899  (57 years)

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  • Name William CATTELL (CATTLE) 
    Born 14 Mar 1841  West Bromwich, Staffordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Christened 23 May 1841  All Saints, West Bromwich, Staffordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4
    Gender Male 
    Died 9 Mar 1899  West Bromwich, Staffordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Person ID I2584  Sulston
    Last Modified 18 Dec 2020 

    Father William CATTLE (KETTLE),   b. Abt 1815, West Bromwich Or Wednesbury, Staffordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1873  (Age ~ 59 years) 
    Mother Hannah MARTIN,   b. Abt 1807, West Bromwich, Staffordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Sep 1873, Dial Lane, West Bromwich, Staffordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 66 years) 
    Married 28 Mar 1836  Dudley, Worcestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Family ID F846  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Ellen WALTERS,   b. 9 Jan 1842, The Lye, Stourbridge, Worcestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Jul 1929, West Bromwich, Staffordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 87 years) 
    Married 8 Aug 1864  West Bromwich, Staffordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    • William is a turner on marriage cert. Father William CATTELL, fitter.
      Ellen is 22, spinster, father Philemon WALTERS, carpenter.
      Witnesses are Ellen and Mona WALTERS.
    Notes 
    • Witnessed by William Cattell (father) and Mona Walters (sister); the men signed the register, the women made their marks.
    Children 
     1. William Philemon CATTELL,   b. 29 May 1865, West Bromwich, Staffordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Dec 1943, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years)
     2. Harry CATTELL,   b. 1866, West Bromwich, Staffordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1942, Paignton, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years)
     3. Alfred Ernest CATTELL,   b. 1869, West Bromwich, Staffordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1936, Torquay, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years)
     4. Mary Maria CATTELL,   b. 1872, West Bromwich, Staffordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1959, West Bromwich, Staffordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 87 years)
     5. Ellen Elizabeth CATTELL,   b. 21 Nov 1874, West Bromwich, Staffordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Apr 1968, Amersham, Buckinghamshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 93 years)
     6. Kate Alice CATTELL,   b. 12 Mar 1877, West Bromwich, Staffordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 May 1878, West Bromwich, Staffordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 1 years)
     7. Amy Alice CATTELL,   b. 1879, West Bromwich, Staffordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Oct 1955, West Bromwich, Staffordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years)
     8. Bertha CATTELL,   b. 13 Jan 1882, West Bromwich, Staffordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Jun 1970, Isle of Wight Reg District, Hampshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 88 years)
     9. Maud CATTELL,   b. 7 Aug 1884, West Bromwich, Staffordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Dec 1980, Torquay, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 96 years)
    Last Modified 5 Feb 2022 
    Family ID F824  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos
    William CATTELL Senior
    William CATTELL Senior d 1899
    died 1899

  • Notes 
    • Birth in GRO index as CATTLE [1841 Q1WEST BROMWICH XVIII 592]. Christening is in IGI & from PR search. Certificate from Sandwell Register Office shows he was born at Holloway Bank, West Bromwich NE, surname CATTLE, parents William and Hannah (MARTIN).
      In 1841 census age 2 months with parents and Emma age 3. In 1851 census age 10, at Hill Top, St James, West Bromwich.
      In 1861 in Dial Lane in West Bromwich with parents and siblings.
      1868 notice of sale of engine, from Wm Cattell Jnr of Dial Lane.
      Lived in West Bromwich at time of marriage.
      In 1871 census as KETTLE, in Ebenezer Street, next door to his parents, with wife and 3 sons.
      In 1881 census at 106 Ebenezer St, W.Bromwich (parliamentary borough of Wednesbury) with wife and 6 children.
      In 1889, planning application for additions to fitting shop at 35 Hill Top.
      In 1891 at 35 Hill Top, West Bromwich with wife and 8 children.
      In Kell's directory of 1896, William is listed as a mechanical engineer at 35 Hill Top (business address). Hill Top Foundry Co. is also listed.
      Died 1899, age 57 at 35 Hill Top, attended by William (son).
      Copy of his will: executors were his wife and son Harry. Gross value of estate £1,345 7s 9d. His business was to be continued with his wife receiving the profits. Harry was to act as the manager and receive a salary. Real estate to be used by his wife and after his wife's death it was to be sold. The tools and stock would be valued and half go to Harry. William and Alfred had the option to buy a quarter each. The money to be distributed equally between all his children; daughter would receive their share when 21.

      It was said that William's sons worked at the 'Thomas Shaw Lion Spring Works' in Hill Top owned by the FIELD family (Mary FIELD married Alfred), but in 1889 and 1902, William CATTELL was lodging plans for Hill Top Foundry, at 35 Hill Top. This is listed in Kelly's Directory for 1896, as Hill Top Foundry Co. in Hill Top. I.e. there were two workshops.

      In 1850 PO Directory, Hill Top Foundry Company has Benjamin Gill as managing partner, manufacturer of holloware, coffee mills etc. He is in the 1851 census in Hill Top, as an iron founder employing 62 men, 29 boys and 45 girls. This may be the company founded in 1799 at Hawkes Lane, Hill Top which took over another foundries. NOT the Cattell concern.

  • Sources 
    1. [S56] Census info.

    2. [S8] GRO certificate.

    3. [S34] IGI.

    4. [S68] Parish Registers.

    5. [S62] registers.