William WINTERTON [Parents] was born 1 in 1816 in Barrow-upon-Soar, Leicester, England. He married 2 Mary LOCKWOOD in 1844 in Barrow-upon-Soar, Leicester, England. William was employed as Stocking Frame Work Knitter in 1881.
Other marriages:WINTERTON, Mary
1881 British Census:
Dwelling: Industry Street
Census Place: Barrow Upon Soar, Leicester, England
Source: FHL Film 1341751 PRO Ref RG11 Piece 3150 Folio 33 Page 14WINTERTON WIlliam, head, M, age 66, b. Barrow On Soar, Lei., Eng., Occ. Stocking Frame Work Knitter
WINTERTON Mary, wife, M, age 66, b. Barrow On Soar, Leicester, England
WINTERTON Ann, daughter, U, age 35, b. Barrow On Soar, Lei., Eng., Occ. Stocking Frame Work Knitter
WINTERTON William, son, U, age 31, b. Barrow On Soar, Lei., Eng., Occ. Pantaloon Frame Work Knitter
Mary LOCKWOOD 1 was born about 1815 in Barrow-upon-Soar, Leicester, England. She died 2 in 1892 in Barrow-upon-Soar, Leicester, England. She married 3 William WINTERTON in 1844 in Barrow-upon-Soar, Leicester, England.
They had the following children:
F i Ann WINTERTON was born 1 in 1845 in Barrow-upon-Soar, Leicester, England. She was christened 2 in 1845. Ann was employed as Stocking Frame Work Knitter in 1881. M ii William WINTERTON was born 1 in 1849 in Barrow-upon-Soar, Leicester, England. He was christened 2 on 23 Nov 1856 in Barrow-upon-Soar, Leicester, England. William was employed as Pantaloon Frame Work Knitter in 1881. F iii Eliza WINTERTON M iv George WINTERTON F v Emma WINTERTON was born 1 in 1855 in Barrow-upon-Soar, Leicester, England. She was christened 2 on 23 Nov 1856 in Barrow-upon-Soar, Leicester, England.
1881 British Census:
Dwelling: 6 Victoria Terrace Upland Rd
Census Place: Camberwell, Surrey, England
Source: FHL Film 1341158 PRO Ref RG11 Piece 0679 Folio 78 Page 56
BATESON Robert, head, M, age 38, b. Hull, York, England, Occ. Commercial Traveller Furs
BATESON Clare A., wife, M, age 32, b. Leicester, England
BATESON Robert A., son, -, age 7, b. Leicester, England, Occ. Scholar
BATESON Leonard J., son, -, age 5, b. Leicester, England, Occ. Scholar
BATESON Horace W., son, -, age 2, b. Leicester, England, Occ. Scholar
WINTERTON Emma, servant, U, age 25, b. Barrow On Soar, Leicester, England, Occ. Domestic Servant
William DARBY was born 1 about 1851 in Ragdale, Leicester, England. He married 2 Eliza WINTERTON in 1877 in Barrow-upon-Soar, Leicester, England.
1881 British Census:
Dwelling: Common Nook
Census Place: Barrow Upon Soar, Leicester, England
Source: FHL Film 1341751 PRO Ref RG11 Piece 3150 Folio 27 Page 2DARBY William, head, M, age 30, b. Ragdale, Leicester, England, Occ. Lime Quarry Labourer
DARBY Eliza, wife, M, age 30, b. Barrow On Soar, Leicester, England, Occ. Stocking Frame Work Knitter
Eliza WINTERTON [Parents] was born 1 in 1851 in Barrow-upon-Soar, Leicester, England. She was christened 2 on 23 Nov 1856 in Barrow-upon-Soar, Leicester, England. She married 3 William DARBY in 1877 in Barrow-upon-Soar, Leicester, England.
George WINTERTON [Parents] was born 1 in 1852 in Barrow-upon-Soar, Leicester, England. He was christened 2 on 23 Nov 1856 in Barrow-upon-Soar, Leicester, England. He married 3 Jane CLARKE in 1878 in Leicester, Leicester, England.
1881 British Census:
Dwelling: Crane St No 21
Census Place: Leicester St Margaret, Leicester, England
Source: FHL Film 1341756 PRO Ref RG11 Piece 3171 Folio 87 Page 35WINTERTON George, head, M, age 28, b. Barrow On Soar, Leicester, Eng., Occ. Frame Work Knitter
WINTERTON Jane, wife, M, age 29, b. Leicester, Leicester, England, Occ. Factory Hand (Tex)
WINTERTON William Robert, son, -, age 1, b. Leicester, Leicester, England
Jane CLARKE was born about 1852 in Leicester, Leicester, England. She married 1 George WINTERTON in 1878 in Leicester, Leicester, England.
They had the following children:
M i William Robert WINTERTON was born about 1880 in Leicester, Leicester, England.
George CUNNINGTON.George married 1 Millicent WINTERTON on 04 Jun 1860 in Barrow-upon-Soar, Leicester, England.
Millicent WINTERTON [Parents] was born in 1838. She was christened on 09 Apr 1841. She married 1 George CUNNINGTON on 04 Jun 1860 in Barrow-upon-Soar, Leicester, England.
Charles WINTERTON [Parents] was born in 1845. He was christened 1 on 22 Jul 1845 in Barrow-upon-Soar, Leicester, England. He married Amelia HART.
Amelia HART 1 was christened in 1854 in Leicester, England. She died about 1893 in Leicester, England. She married Charles WINTERTON.
They had the following children:
M i William WINTERTON M ii John WINTERTON M iii Charles WINTERTON 1 was born in 1876 in Leicester, England. F iv Elizabeth Ann WINTERTON 1 was born 2 in 1878 in Leicester, England. F v Harriet WINTERTON 1 was born in 1880 in Leicester, England. F vi Florence Kate WINTERTON 1 was born 2 in 1882 in Leicester, England. M vii Thomas WINTERTON M viii Sydney WINTERTON 1 was born about 1888 in Leicester, England.
Richard WHEATLEY [Parents] was born on 11 Nov 1786 in Twycross, Leicester, England. He died 1 on 11 Dec 1854 in Birmingham, Warwick, England. The cause of death was Bronchitis. He married Sarah. Richard was employed as Milk Dealer in 1851.
1841 British Census:
Dwelling: Gt. Colmore St.
Census Place: Birmingham (All Saints-St Thomas), Birmingham, England
PRO Ref HO/107/1147/9 Folio 46 Page 8 FHL Film 464182WHEATLEY Rich'd, age 55, b. not Warwickshire, Occ. Milkman
WHEATLEY Sarah, age 50, b. not Warwickshire
WHEATLEY Mary, age 20, b. not Warwickshire
WHEATLEY Sarah, age 20, b. not Warwickshire
WHEATLEY Rich'd, age 14, b. not Warwickshire
WHEATLEY Hannah, age 11, b. not Warwickshire
WHEATLEY Jane, age 6, b. Warwickshire----------------------------------------------------------
1851 British Census:
Address: 18 Grt Colmore St, Birmingham
Census Place: Birmingham, Birmingham, Warwickshire
PRO Ref HO/107/2052 Folio 508 Page 11 FHL Film 0087310 Family 56WHEATLEY Richard, head, M, age 65, b. Twy Cross-Leicester, Occ. Milk Dealer
WHEATLEY Sarah, wife, M, age 62, b. Branston-Stafford
WHEATLEY Sarah, daughter, U, age 28, b. Twy Cross-Leicester, Occ. Stay Maker
WHEATLEY Richard, son, U, age 24, b. Twy Cross-Leicester, Occ. Pocket Book Maker
WHEATLEY Hannah, daughter, U, age 21, b. Appleby-Leicester, Occ. Dress Maker
WHEATLEY Jane, daughter, -, age 14, b. Birmingham, Warwick, Occ. Warehouse Girl
Sarah was born about 1789 in Branston, Stafford, England. She died on 22 Aug 1875 in Birmingham, Warwick, England. The cause of death was Old age. She married Richard WHEATLEY.
They had the following children:
F i Mary WHEATLEY was born about 1821. She died 1 on 02 Jul 1841 in Birmingham RD, Warwick, England. The cause of death was Consumption. F ii Sarah WHEATLEY M iii Richard WHEATLEY F iv Hannah WHEATLEY F v Jane WHEATLEY was born about 1837 in Birmingham, Warwick, England. She died on 25 Sep 1870 in Birmingham, Warwick, England. Jane was employed as Warehouse Girl in 1851.
William Wallace WHEATLEY [Parents] was born 1 in 1864 in Birmingham, Warwick, England. He died 2, 3 on 14 Oct 1902 in Aston, Warwick, England. He was buried in Handsworth Churchyard. He married 4 Emma Eliza BEST in 1896 in Aston RD, Warwick, England. William was employed as Teacher in 1881. He was employed as Fancy Goods Manf. (Leather) in 1901.
1901 British Census:
Dwelling: 46 Brougham St.
Census Place: Aston Manor, Warwick, England
Source: PRO Ref RG13 Piece 2881 Folio 44 Page 41WHEATLEY William W., head, M, age 36, b. Birm., Warwick, Eng., Occ. Fancy Goods Manf. (Leather)
WHEATLEY Emma E., wife, M, age 33, b. Castle Bromwich, Warwick, England
WHEATLEY Olive A., daughter, S, age 4m, b. Aston, Warwick, England
BROOKS Gertrude L., -, S, age 20, b. Handsworth, Stafford., Eng., Occ. Nurse Domestic
Emma Eliza BEST was born 1 in 1867 in Castle Bromwich, Warwick, England. She died 2 in 1943 in Birmingham RD, Warwick, England. She married 3 William Wallace WHEATLEY in 1896 in Aston RD, Warwick, England.
1911 British Census:
Dwelling: 119 Holly Road, Handsworth, Staffs (7 rooms)
Census Place: Handsworth, Staffordshire, England
Source: PRO Ref RG14PN17220 RG78PN1059 RD371 SD1 ED15 SN73WHEATLEY Emma Eliza, head, W, age 43, b. Castle Bromwich, Warwickshire, Occ. Head Mistress Council School
WHEATLEY Olive Adelaide, daughter, -, age 10, b. Aston Manor, Warwickshire, Occ. School
HILL Catherine, boarder, S, age 39, b. Shangton, Leicestershire, Occ. Head Mistress Council School
WEBB Elizabeth, servant, S, age 55, b. St. Georges, Birmingham, Occ. Housekeeper (Domestic)
They had the following children:
F i Olive Adelaide WHEATLEY
Oliver WHEATLEY [Parents] was born 1 in 1868 in Handsworth, Stafford, England. He died 2, 3 on 20 Oct 1931 in Northampton RD, Northamptonshire, England. He was buried in Handsworth Churchyard. He married 4 Adelhera FRANK on 08 Nov 1898 in Protestant Church, Ober-Ingelheim, Germany. He was employed as Sculptor in 1901.
1901 British Census:
Dwelling: 16 Brier Rd.
Census Place: Fulham, London, England
Source: PRO Ref RG13 Piece 66 Folio 82 Page 21WHEATLEY Oliver, head, M, age 33, b. Handsworth, Staffordshire, England, Occ. Sculptor
WHEATLEY Adelhead, wife, M, age 30, b. U.S.A. (British Subject)
WHEATLEY Addie, daughter, S, age 1, b. Fulham, London, England----------------------------------------------------------
1911 British Census:
Dwelling: 21 Broomhouse Rd., Hurlingham, S.W. (5 rooms)
Census Place: Fulham, London, England
Source: PRO Ref RG14PN351 RG78PN11 RD3 SD5 ED14 SN183WHEATLEY Oliver, head, M, age 43, M13 C1 L1 D0, b. Handsworth, Staffordshire, Occ. Sculptor (Artist)
Adelhera FRANK [Parents] was born about 1871 in USA. She married 1 Oliver WHEATLEY on 08 Nov 1898 in Protestant Church, Ober-Ingelheim, Germany.
They had the following children:
F i Addie Hilda WHEATLEY was born 1 in 1899 in Fulham, London, England.
Frank WHEATLEY [Parents] was born 1 in 1871 in Handsworth, Stafford, England. He died 2 in 1956 in Birmingham, Warwick, England. He married 3 Minnie Stockton FOULDS in 1898 in West Bromwich, Stafford, England. Frank was employed as Leather Goods Manufacturer in 1901.
1901 British Census:
Dwelling: 26 Claremont Rd.
Census Place: Handsworth, Staffordshire, England
Source: PRO Ref RG13 Piece 2709 Folio 91 Page 9 Family 56WHEATLEY Frank, head, M, age 29, b. Handsworth, Staffs, Occ. Leather Goods Manufacturer
WHEATLEY Minnie, wife, M, age 31, b. Birmingham, Warwick
WHEATLEY Frank, son, S, age 1, b. Handsworth, Staffs----------------------------------------------------------
1911 British Census:
Dwelling: 24 Radnor Road, Handsworth, Birmingham (9 rooms)
Census Place: Handsworth, Staffordshire, England
Source: PRO Ref RG14PN17235 RG78PN1059 RD371 SD1 ED30 SN116WHEATLEY Frank, head, M, age 39, b. Handsworth, Staffs, Occ. Fancy Leather Goods Manufacturer
WHEATLEY Minnie Stockton, wife, M, age 41, M12 C4 L4 D0, b. Bloomsbury, Birmingham
WHEATLEY Frank, son, -, age 11, b. Handsworth, Staffs, Occ. School
WHEATLEY Minnie Irene, daughter, -, age 9, b. Handsworth, Staffs, Occ. School
WHEATLEY Richard Charles, son, -, age 6, b. Handsworth, Staffs, Occ. School
WHEATLEY Adelaide Mary, daughter, -, age 1, b. Handsworth, Staffs
Minnie Stockton FOULDS [Parents] was born 1 in 1870 in Birmingham, Warwick, England. She died 2 on 16 Dec 1932 in Birmingham RD, Warwick, England. She married 3 Frank WHEATLEY in 1898 in West Bromwich, Stafford, England.
They had the following children:
M i Frank WHEATLEY F ii Minnie Irene WHEATLEY was born 1 on 13 May 1901 in Handsworth, Stafford, England. She died 2 in 1985 in Birmingham RD, Warwick, England. M iii Richard Charles WHEATLEY F iv Adelaide Mary WHEATLEY M v Alan Robert* WHEATLEY was born 1, 2 on 24 Feb 1914 in West Bromwich RD, Stafford, England. He died 3, 4 on 06 Oct 1914 in West Bromwich RD, Stafford, England. He was buried in Handsworth Churchyard.
Died as infant - age: 3 months, 8 days.
Frank WHEATLEY [Parents] was born 1 on 15 Jun 1899 in Handsworth, Stafford, England. He died 2 in 1985 in South Warks RD, Warwick, England. He married 3 Norah K. HOMER in 1930 in Birmingham N. RD, Warwick, England.
From the Richard Wheatley home web site:
http://www.richardwheatley.com/acatalog/company_profile.html#
Frank Wheatley Notes
I, Frank Wheatley, am recording these notes on the history of the family and of the firm of Richard Wheatley & Son, to the best of my knowledge.
The branch of the family to which I belong came originally from the small Leicestershire village of Twycross, where the family had kept the village pub back into the 1700s. In fact, we have beer and tobacco licences dated back until that date. My grandfather, Richard Wheatley, the founder of the business, was born in 1827 in Twycross. His father, also Richard, subsequently moved to Birmingham and became a milk producer and retailer with a small firm on the south side of Birmingham. We know that about 1840 my grandfather was employed by a pearl button maker and in 1844 he was apprenticed to a man named Samuel Brown who was a pocket book and fly book manufacturer. He came out of his indentures in 1848 and continued for a time with Samuel Brown.
He was married in 1853 and in 1860 started in business for himself as a pocket book and fly book manufacturer together with a partner named Willmott, who had also been an apprentice with Brown, under the name of Willmott and Wheatley. In 1862 the partnership was dissolved and the name of the firm became just simply "Richard Wheatley".
My grandfather, manufacturing fly books, was selling them in Redditch which, at that time, was the centre for fishing tackle manufacture and also for the production of needles. On one occasion he was in Redditch selling or delivering fly books and someone said to him "if you are making these sort of things, could you possibly make needle cases?" I presume he came back to the works to see what could be done, made some and sold them, and from this developed the leather case side of our business which, at that time, became the largest part of the business.
They both developed together and, as business grew, more and more patterns were introduced until somewhere about 1880 the leather goods side, which was making all kinds of fancy leather goods at that time, was the larger part of the business.
In 1887 my uncle Richard was taken into the partnership and the name of the firm then became "Richard Wheatley & Son." My uncle was interested in fishing and consequently that side of the business started to develop more rapidly and somewhere about 1890 the first clip was introduced - the first fly clip. Prior to that flies had been tied to gut and the simplest way of carrying them was in the old-fashioned fly book, but when eyed flies came into existence a clip was found to be the better way of holding them. The original pattern was a single clip which was fastened in rows to a sheet of parchment, which was then placed in the bottom of a cardboard box covered in leather and this was the original fly box.
At this point a rather extraordinary thing happened. Malloch of Perth, a fishing tackle manufacturer and retailer, had had the same ideas as regards clips and had invented an almost identical pattern. This made things a little bit awkward at the time but eventually an amicable arrangement was come to by which we manufactured the fly boxes and Mallochs were paid a royalty for quite a number of years.
It was very soon found however that the cardboard box was not altogether satisfactory and somewhere back in the 1890s the first tin box was made. These were black japanned outside and white inside and the clips were fitted in rows more or less as they are today. A few years after this, aluminium was coming into common use and the first aluminium boxes were made somewhere about the turn of the century, and about this time too the first compartment boxes were made which, to a very large extent, were similar to what they are today except that in the early ones the latches were not operated by springs and were not transparent. These points were soon added to the boxes and I have one of the original ones which is very little different from the present-day box.
In 1907 Richard Wheatley, the founder of the business, died at the age of 84. Up to this time the business had been carried out in a small factory in Hockley Street, Birmingham, but in 1910 a modern - for that time - factory was built in Constitution Hill, Birmingham, and in 1911 we moved into the new factory. The business was now rapidly developing in both branches and by the time of the 1914 war the fishing tackle and leather goods sides of the business were about equal, but a greater proportion of fishing tackle was being sent abroad. During the war, of course, our business was severely restricted but as soon as 1918 and the end of the war came, we started up again.
Up to this time parts of the boxes had been made by outworkers and we had assembled them in the factory. At the end of the war, however, I joined the company and it was then decided that we would manufacture the boxes completely in our own factory and I was given the job of starting this, which meant buying machinery of all kinds to cope with metal production. This took two or three years to get going, but by 1923 we were in full production and the boxes were all being made completely at Constitution Hill. In 1920 another turning point occurred in the history of the company. My father was given a strip of zip fastener, then being manufactured by Kynocks of Witton, Birmingham, which is now of course a branch of ICI. Zip fasteners had been made during the war and had been used for tents, cockpit covers for aeroplanes and things like that. When the war came to an end there seemed to be no use for this new fastener. However, my father brought the zip back to the works and made a tobacco pouch fitted with it, which he then took to show one of our customers who was intensely interested and placed an order. We went back to Kynocks again with an order for strips and that was the start of the use of zip fasteners in leather goods, and we controlled this useage until the 1930s when the patents ran out. This meant of course that the leather goods side of the business developed much more rapidly than the fishing tackle side for a number of years. We made more than a million tobacco pouches.
My brother Richard joined the company in 1922, but was primarily interested in the leather goods side of the business. More and more fishing tackle patterns were added as the years went by until 1939 when the Second World War started. From 1939 to 1945 the manufacture of leather goods and fishing tackle ceased entirely. We went over to war work, working on Admiralty and Air Ministry contracts which kept us fully occupied until the end of the war.
In 1946 we repaired the factory which had been seriously damaged on several occasions by bombing and then started up again in both branches of our business.
My uncle Richard had died in 1940 and in 1943 the company was turned into a limited company with my father, my brother and myself as Directors. The company went on producing leather goods on one side and fishing tackle on the other side and the whole thing developed very considerably during the immediate period after the war. Many new patterns were introduced in both departments. My father retired in 1949, leaving my brother and myself as Directors and my father died in 1956.
In 1960 we celebrated our centenary as a company and in that same year the Constitution Hill factory had been sold to pay Estate Duty and we then moved to the present factory in Walsall. In 1966 my brother and I decided that the time had come for us to retire and the business was sold. The leather goods business was bought separately and absorbed into another company in Walsall, while the fishing tackle side of the business still remains under the name of Richard Wheatley & Son at Walsall.
Norah K. HOMER was born about 1894. She died 1 in 1958 in Birmingham RD, Warwick, England. She married 2 Frank WHEATLEY in 1930 in Birmingham N. RD, Warwick, England.
They had the following children:
F i Living F ii Living F iii Living F iv Living