Thank you for the correction...my bad !! ( Eyesight lol! )
I really appreciate everyone's input and advice.. Thank you.
I shall be making a date in the future to visit Sheffield Library.
Lisa
Hi Lisa et al,
If I have the correct Wm.Joseph Coates born 1854 (mmn. Wagstaff) and married Lydia Beedham in 1875.
Staying with the Beedham family, Lydia's parents were probably Jabez Beedham and Lucy Todd who married 1855 nr. Southwell, Notts. jabez was a farm labourer for most of his life.
One of Lydia's brothers was Samuel Beedham born 1870 Ecclesall Bierlow.
Samuel's 1st wife, Lily Bell died 1915.
Samuel(widow) remarried in 1917 to Alice Wright. he was 47 and his occupation at that time was Caretaker of the Central Library on Surrey Street. Samuel and Alice both died in Scarborough.
I have not found a link between this Beedham family and your photo of the Ironmonger's store but I was thinking of your intended trip to Sheffield Library and Samuel Beedham working there.
I have found an Isaac Coates who was listed in an 1834 Trades Directory, an Ironmonger at 4 Angel Street.
References: Sheffield Indexers-Family Search-Ancestry-Genuki UK.
Thank you,
Yes..that is the right line.
Yes I have a suspicion that I have a photo of Samuel and his family .
Many of the men have a badge on their lapel...is this linked to a place of work or union?
Thank you
Lisa
Hi Lisa,
Ironmongers did have a Guild which did have a Crest and possibly more local Crests. Hope this link works, if it doesn't, just Google The Worshipful Company of Ironmongers and check out the Archives and the Wikipedia articles. https://www.ironmongers.org/archives
I seem to recall seeing somewhere..?? a Samuel linked with the store but he was born in the early 1900's (after the Samuel B:1870) maybe he is the connection you need.
HAPPY HUNTING:sleuth_or_spy:
From a Sheffield Newspaper dated January 19, 1876.
Marriages: Coates-Beedham, December 25, at the Baptist Chapel, Glossop Road,
by the Rev. J. M. Stephens, B.A. William Joseph, eldest son of William Coates,
to Lydia, eldest daughter of Jabez Beedham, Sheffield.