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Union Street, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent
Halls
Model Lodging House, Union Street, Hanley The people in the photo are: Man
in cart: Samuel Knapper Hall II, (1860 - 1916) Women
in doorway:
The Model Lodging House provided for
itinerant workers who could not afford expensive accommodation.
In the 1881 census, the Hall (SKH
I) family lived at 111 Union Street, and in 107 & 109 there were 36
lodgers, of all ages, including some families. The Lodging House went
right up to the junction with Hope Street.
In 1891 the next generation of
Halls (SKH II) were in residence, along with 79 lodgers, whose ages
varied between 9 and 71, and it was officially called Halls Model
Lodging House.
The sign can be seen in the picture.
At No 99 lived the Lawton (?) family of
6, and at 95 was the Brammer family of 8. Quite a concentrated
population within a few metres! the Hall family eventually expanded
into most of that end of Union Street, my grandmother having been born
at 109 in 1886, and other living family members also having been born
at 109 and another at 91 in 1930. Apparently further along Union
Street in later years one of the Hall family operated a factory
manufacturing porcelain dolls heads!
In the 1888 and 1892 Kelly's Directories
both listed Samuel Hall as Shopkeeper at 111 Union Street. Samuel
Halls New Model Lodging House was mentioned in both the 1907 and 1912
Sentinel Potteries and District Directories.
The 1865-66, 1869-70, and 1873-74 Keates
Potteries Directories describe Samuel Hall of 41 Marsh street as coal
dealer, coal dealer, broker and furniture dealer, broker and coal
dealer, respectively. In 1871 my great grandmother, wife of SKH I was
listed as a Marine Store Dealer while living at 41 Marsh Street. Some
members of the Hall family were also associated with the Granville
Hotel in Clarence Street (now
Sampson Street).
Contributed by:- |
1881 census:
Dwelling: 111 Union St
Census Place: Stoke Upon Trent, Staffordshire, England
Name |
Marr | Age | Sex |
Birthplace | Occupation | |
Samuel HALL | M 48 M | Head | Kidsgrove, Stafford, | Coal Miner [Handicap: Blind] |
Mary A. HALL | M 43 F | Wife | Hanley | House Duties |
Eliza HALL | U 16 F | Daur | Hanley | Dressmaker |
Mary A. HALL | U 14 F | Daur | Hanley | Scholar |
Rosanna HALL | 12 F | Daur | Hanley | Scholar |
Thomas H. HALL | 10 M | Son | Hanley | Scholar |
1881 census:
Dwelling: 109 & 107 Union St Common Lodging House
Census Place: Stoke Upon Trent, Staffordshire, England
Name |
Marr | Age | Sex |
Birthplace | Occupation | |
George WALKER | U 50 M | Lodger (Head) | Butcher | |
Nathanial LYCETT | U 40 M | Lodger | Labourer | |
Thomas FROST | U 37 M | Lodger | Shoe Maker | |
Samuel DARBYSHIRE | U 21 M | Lodger | Bricklayer | |
Harry YELB | U 25 M | Lodger | Polisher (Artzn) | |
Richard EGERTON | U 18 M | Lodger | Potters Presser | |
Joseph GREEN | U 41 M | Lodger | Stone Mason | |
Richard MASSEY | U 33 M | Lodger | Butcher | |
George COX | U 35 M | Lodger | Labourer | |
John HOOPER | U 55 M | Lodger | Bricklayer | |
John H. RYLES | U 59 M | Lodger | Paver | |
George TAYLOR | M 29 M | Lodger | Bricklayer | |
Elizabeth TAYLOR | M 23 F | Lodger | ||
Edward MOORHOUSE | U 40 M | Lodger | Labourer | |
Robert FLETCHER | U 34 M | Lodger | Cooper | |
John LEWIS | M 46 M | Lodger | Cabinet Maker | |
Sarah LEWIS | M 38 F | Lodger | ||
Margaret LEWIS | U 1 F | Lodger | ||
William BROUGH | M 28 M | Lodger | Labourer | |
Ann BROUGH | M 29 F | Lodger | ||
William BROUGH | 5 M | Lodger | ||
Daniel BROUGH | 3 M | Lodger | ||
Elizabeth BROUGH | 4 m F | Lodger | ||
Thomas HANGS | U 19 M | Lodger | Coal Miner | |
William STUBBS | U 47 M | Lodger | Labourer | |
John TINSLEY | U 40 M | Lodger | Brick Maker | |
David HAWLEY | M 28 M | Lodger | Brick Maker | |
Leticia HAWLEY | M 24 F | Lodger | Potters Presser | |
Harriet HAWLEY | U 5 F | Lodger | ||
Eliza HAWLEY | U 3 F | Lodger | ||
Isaac KIRKHAM | M 33 M | Lodger | House Painter | |
Mary A. KIRKHAM | M 27 F | Lodger | ||
Louisa J. KIRKHAM | U 12 m F | Lodger | ||
William KIRKHAM | U 3 M | Lodger | ||
James EDWARDS | M 35 M | Lodger | Artist (Painter) | |
Jane EDWARDS | M 34 F | Lodger |