Carr Brothers:
History
The
Company
The
firm known as Carr Brothers was established by Charles James Carr and his
brother Joseph Machan Carr sometime around 1866 as that was the first time the
company was listed in a local newspaper.
The 1866 advertisement listed them as Carr Brothers, general cutlers at
105 Dale Street in Liverpool[1]. A cutler[2]
was a person who made, sold or repaired knives and other cutting
instruments. The business was first
listed in a city directory as cutlers in 1869[3]
with the same name and address next to another cutlery firm known as Mary Anne
Carr at 6 Exchange Street East. Mary Ann
Carr was the mother of the Carr brothers.
By 1876[4] Carr
Brothers moved to 73 Dale Street and the business was listed with that new
address in the 1881[5]
directory, whereas Mary Ann Carr continued to be listed that year at the same
Exchange Street address. It appears as though after their mother’s death in 1881[6],
the brothers took over her business because Carr Brothers was also listed with
an Exchange Street address years later[7]. By 1894[8],
two years after the death of the older brother, Joseph Machan Carr[9],
the firm was listed as Carr Brothers at 73 Dale Street and 6 St. John’s Lane
with Charles James Carr also listed separately as “cutler see Carr Brothers”
with a residence at 1 Elgin Drive in Liscard.
The
last time the business was listed in city directories was in 1911[10]
where it was listed as Carr Brothers cutlers at 73 Dale Street, 10 Exchange
Street East and 6 St. John’s Lane. Also,
in that directory Charles Jas. Carr was listed separately as a “cutler (C.
Bros.) 3 Elgin Drive Liscard”. Evidently the business ceased to exist at
some point shortly after 1911.
In 1877 and in 1879 Charles James
Carr registered two Avery style needle case designs for the Carr Brothers
business which were most likely actually made by the company because they had
the appropriate skills necessary to manufacture metal items. The one registered in 1877 was for the Basket
Needle Case, pictured on the right, and the one in 1879 was for the Trunk with
Grain and Straps, pictured on the left.
Both needle cases have only been found with the name Wm. Hall & Co.
Studley stamped on the bottoms. Wm. Hall
& Co. was a major needle manufacturer from the Redditch area which means
Hall was the only company these needle cases were made for. There is another Avery style needle case that
may have been created by the Carr Brothers.
It is the Organ Grinder needle case (photographs can be found in the
Images section of this chapter) which consists of a man made of solid metal
holding a box made of stamped brass similar to the
ones seen here. Although the
registration document has not been found, this needle case has also only been
found with the W. Hall & Co Studley name.
The
Owners[11]
Thomas
and Mary Ann Carr were the parents of the Carr brothers. The father, Thomas, was born c1811/12 in
Sheffield, a town about 71 miles east of Liverpool, which by 1600 had become
“the main centre of cutlery production in England
outside London.”[12] It is unclear exactly what Thomas’s
profession was as his occupation was listed differently over the years. In one son’s birth record in 1839 he was
listed as a publican and in another in 1842 as a grocer. On his 1853 death record he was listed as a
grinder whereas on his wife’s 1881 death record his occupation was recorded as
a pearl cutler. Although Thomas was
listed as a pearl dealer in 1841, several Electoral Registers recorded him as
having freehold houses in Sheffield which meant he owned land, indicating he
had a certain degree of wealth. This is
confirmed in one of his daughter’s marriage records where he was listed as a
gentleman. During the Victorian Era a
gentleman[13] was
someone who did not need to work in order to earn
money or was someone who owned land and had a generous income. In 1851 Thomas Carr was listed with no
occupation. Thomas married Mary Ann
Machan in Rotherham, a town about 6 miles northeast of Sheffield in 1832. Mary Ann Machan was born in Sheffield
c1813. Thomas and Mary Ann had 6
children all born in Sheffield between 1835 and 1846: Elizabeth Jane, Sarah
Machan, Joseph Machan, Mary Ann Machan, Charles James
and William Henry. By 1841 the Carr family
was living with Mary Ann’s mother, Sarah Machan a widow, on Pond Street in
Sheffield but moved to Howard Street by 1851 with Sarah Machan still listed as
the head of their household. Mary Ann’s
mother, Sarah Machan, died of fever and exhaustion in Sheffield in late 1851 at
age 63 and Mary Ann’s husband, Thomas Carr, died there of heart disease two
years later in 1853 at age 41.
At
some point shortly after her husband’s death, Mary Ann Carr and five of their
children moved to Dale Street in Liverpool where she established a cutlery shop
on Exchange Street. In 1861 she was
working as a cutler’s shopkeeper and three of her children were working at the
shop: the two daughters, Elizabeth Jane Carr and Sarah Machan Carr, were listed
as cutler’s assistants and the son, Joseph Machan Carr, was a cutler. The family moved to Everton by 1871, a
section of Liverpool a couple miles northeast of the city center, and they
continued their cutlery business at Exchange Street. Mary Ann died in the West Derby section of
northwest Liverpool in 1881 after cutting her throat with a razor as she was
temporarily insane at the time. She was
buried at the St. James Cemetery in Merseyside and left an estate valued at
under £1,500 to her sons
Joseph Machan Carr and Charles James Carr.
Joseph
Machan Carr, the eldest son of Thomas and Mary Ann Carr, was born in 1839 in
Sheffield. Jospeh never married and
spent most of his adult life living with his mother, working as a cutler. He helped establish the Carr Brothers cutlery
business with his younger brother Charles James Carr after the move to
Liverpool. After his mother’s death in
1881, he moved in with his brother Charles James Carr in West Derby where he
lived until his death. Joseph died in
1892 at age 53 of senile gangrene in the foot, asthenia, and cardiac
syncope. He was buried at the St. James
Cemetery in Merseyside and left as estate valued at £309 to his only surviving brother, Charles James
Carr.
The
second son of Thomas and Mary Ann Carr, Charles James Carr, was born in 1842 in
Sheffield. By 1861, when Charles was 18
years old, he was working as a cutler and living in Wakefield, a town about 25
miles north of Sheffield. That year he
was living with another man and his family, a man who was 30 years his senior
who also worked as a cutler. It seems
most likely that he was living with this man in order to
learn more about how to become a better cutler.
By 1866 Charles was living in Liverpool but traveled to Farsley, a town
13 miles northwest of Wakefield to marry Sarah Ann Doxey, someone he most
likely met during his time in Wakefield.
Charles and Sarah had 6 children: Charles James Jr. born in 1868 in
Liverpool who died within a day of his birth and 5 others all born in West
Derby: William Henry in 1869, Mary Ada Doxey in 1871, Sarah Elizabeth Machan in
1873, Emily Beatrice in 1876, and Gertrude Louise in 1878. In 1871 the family lived in the Everton
section of Liverpool, moving to West Derby by 1881 and then by 1894 to Liscard in the Birkenhead district of Cheshire, a town
about 3 miles northwest of central Liverpool on the west side of the River
Mersey.
After
establishing the Carr Brothers cutlery business with his brother Joseph,
Charles was initiated into the De Grey and Ripton Lodge and the Marborough Lodge as a freemason cutler in 1876 and
1877. He spent his entire life working
as a cutler or a cutler employer.
Charles died at his home in Liscard in 1928 at
age 85 of myocardial degeneration and arteries sclerosis and left as estate
valued at £4,483
(equivalent to £361,354
today[14])
to his daughter Emily, to the husband of his daughter Mary Ada and to another
man. His wife Sarah died 3 months later
of broncho pneumonia and senile dementia and left her estate of £1,659 to her two daughters Emily
and Mary Ada. The only surviving son of
Charles James and Sarah Ann Carr, William Henry Carr who was born in 1869 in
West Derby, became a jeweler by 1891, an occupation he appears to have held for
the remainder of his life.
Places to Visit in
Liverpool
No visit to Liverpool
would be complete without seeing some of the highlights of the city. The Liverpool Town Hall is located on High
Street at
its junction with Dale Street, Water
Street and
Exchange Street West. It
is often described as one of the finest surviving 18th-century town halls in
the UK. Although there were several earlier
town halls in this area of Liverpool, the present building was constructed
between 1749 and 1754. It is composed of
two stories with a colonnade on the second floor and a large dome on the
roof. On the north side of the building
is a large open square with the Nelson monument in the center and statues to
the men who served and the ones who died in World War I (S=Wikipedia).
View of the Town Hall from Castle
Street on the south side, 2025.
View of the Town Hall on the north
side with the Nelson Monument in the center, 2025.
The building in
the center is on the right side of the Liverpool Town Hall. It is a block long building with its front on
Dale Street and its sides on High Street on the left side and Exchange Street
East on the right, 2025. This building
takes up an entire block and has different addresses depending upon which
street an entranceway is facing. The
Carr Brothers company was located at 10 Exchange Street which was probably
located somewhere in this building on the right side.
The northwest side
of the building located on High Street is in the center with the Town Hall on
the right, 2025.
Carr Brothers: Genealogy
Generation 1:
Thomas Carr (c1811/12-before 1861) and Mary Ann Machan (c1813-1881)
· Born: c1811
(S=1841 Census) and c1812 (S=1851 Census and GRO Online Death Index).
·
Baptized: not found.
· Marriage: August
15, 1832 Rotherham, Yorkshire (S1m).
Listed as Thomas Carr and Mary Ann Machin.
· 1840 Electoral
Register, page 13 (S=West Yorkshire, England, Electoral Registers, 1840-1962
available at ancestry.com). Listed as
Thomas Carr of Pond Street, Sheffield with freehold houses at Harvest Lane.
· 1841 Census: No. 6
Pond Street, Sheffield (S4). Listed as
Thos Carr age 30 a pearl dealer born in the county with Mary age 25 born in the
county and 3 male children, E., S. and J. all living
in the household of Sarah Machan age 50 occupation illegible all born in the
county and 1 servant. (Note: the census
index lists third child’s initial as F. although it is very hard to read and
could possibly be a J. which matches with the son Joseph who was 2 years old in
1841. Also the
census indicated there were 3 male children which appears to be a census taker
error).
· 1851 Census: 48
Howard Street, Sheffield (S4). Listed as
Thomas Carr son-in-law age 39 married with no occupation born in Sheffield with
M. A. Carr married age 38 and 6 children: E. G., F. M., S. M., C. J., M. A.,
and R. H. living with Sarah Machin a widow age 62 born in Sheffield. (Note: the census index incorrectly lists the
head of household as Sarah Marther.
Also, some of the initials are very hard to read which appear to be
listed incorrectly in the census index and C. J. Carr is incorrectly listed in
the census as a daughter which appears to be a census taker error as most of
the other information in this census matches with the 1841 and 1861 censuses).
· Death of
Mother-in-Law: December 23, 1851 Sheffield, Yorkshire (S8d). Listed as Sarah Machan age 63 the widow of
Joseph Machan who died at 48 Howard Street of fever and exhaustion with Jos. H.
Carr of 48 Howard Street, Sheffield in attendance.
· Death: September
4, 1853 Sheffield, Yorkshire (S8d).
Listed as Thomas Carr age 41 a grinder who died at 48 Howard Street of
sudden death disease of the heart with Jos. Badger deputy coroner the
informant. (Note: the death certificate
recorded the death in 1853 but listed the when died year as 1852 which appear
to be error).
·
Burial: not found.
·
Probate: not found.
· 1858 Electoral
Register, page 13, #30448 (S=West Yorkshire, England, Electoral Registers,
1840-1962 available at ancestry.com).
Listed as Thomas Carr of Pond Street, Sheffield with freehold houses at
Harvest Lane.
· 1861 Census: 28
Dale Street, Liverpool (S4). Listed as
Mary A. Carr, a widow age 47 a cutler’s shop keeper born in Sheffield,
Yorkshire with 5 children all born in Sheffield: Elizabeth J., Sarah M., Joseph
M., Mary A. M. and William H. and a visitor Mary Stacey age 26 born in
Sheffield.
· 1869 Electoral
Register, page 411, #18862 (S=Liverpool, England Electoral Registers, 1832-1970
available at ancestry.com). Listed as
Mary Ann Carr with shop at 6 Exchange Street East with sons Charles James Carr
and Joseph Machan Carr with house and shop at 105 Dale Street.
· 1871 Census: 55
Plumpton Street, Everton, Liverpool (S4).
Listed as Mary Ann Carr a widow age 57 a cutler born in Sheffield,
Yorkshire with 4 children all born in Sheffield: Elizabeth J. Howell, Sarah M.
Carr, Joseph M. Carr and Mary Ann M.
· Wife’s Death:
March 25, 1881 West Derby, Lancashire (S8d), listed as Mary Ann Carr age 68 the
widow of Thomas Carr a pearl cutler formerly of Sheffield who died at No. 70
Norwood Grove by cutting her throat with a razor due to temporary mental
insanity certified by the coroner for Lancashire. March 25, 1881 Norwood-grove (S6)
· Wife’s Burial: Grave
No. 135, St. James Cemetery, Merseyside (S7).
Listed as Mary Ann widow of Thomas Carr, who died March 25, 1881, age 68
years.
· Wife’s Probate:
May 18, 1881 Liverpool (S6). Listed as
Mary Ann Carr formerly of Breck-road but late of Norwood-grove both in
Liverpool, Lancashire a widow with a personal estate under £1,500 proved by Joseph Machan
Carr of 70 Norwood-grove and Charles James Carr of 68 Norwood-grove cutlers,
the sons the executors.
· Children:
1.
Elizabeth
Jane Carr (c1835-??). Born: c1835
(S4). 1841 and 1851 Censuses: with
parents and grandmother (S4) listed as E. Carr a male age 7 in 1841 and as E.
G. Carr a daughter age 17 in 1851. 1861
Census: with mother (S4), listed as Elizabeth J. Carr age 26 a daughter
unmarried a cutler’s assistant born in Sheffield. Marriage: July 6, 1862 St. Peter, Liverpool
(S5m), listed as Elizabeth Jane Carr spinster who resided at Duke St. whose
father was Thomas Carr a gentleman and George Henry Howell a widow and druggist
who resided at Dale St. whose father was George Henry Howell a druggist. Marriage announcement: Supplement to the Sheffield and Rotherham
Independent newspaper dated July 12, 1862, column 5 Marriages section
(S=ancestry.com), listed as marriage of G. H. Howell of Liverpool at St.
Peter’s Church to Elizabeth Jane, eldest daughter of the late Mr. Thomas Carr
of Sheffield (note the newspaper index incorrectly lists her as Jane Carr). 1871 Census: with mother (S4), listed as
Elizabeth J. Howell daughter and widow age 36 a druggist’s widow born in
Sheffield. 1881: 70 Norwood Grove, West
Derby, Lancashire (S4), listed as Elizabeth J. Howell a widow age 46 an annuit
born in Sheffield with two visitors: Sarah M. Carr and Mary Ann M. Carr who
were all living next door to their brother Charles James Carr.
2.
Sarah
Machan Carr (c1836-1898). 1841 and 1851
Censuses: with parents and grandmother (S4) listed as S. Carr a male age 5 in
1841 and as S. M. Carr a daughter age 14 in 1851. 1861 and 1871 Censuses: with mother (S4),
listed as Sarah M. Carr age 24 unmarried a cutler’s assistant in 1861 and as
Sarah M. Carr age 34 a cutler in 1871 born in Sheffield both years. 1881: with sister Elizabeth J. Howell (S4),
listed as Sarah M Carr age 44 born in Sheffield. Marriage: February 16, 1886 St. Chrysostom,
Everton, Lancashire (S5m), listed as Sarah Machan Carr a spinster who resided
at 70 Norwood Grove whose father was Thomas Carr deceased a general dealer and
Alfred Maybury a bachelor and grocer who resided at Breck Road, whose father
was Thomas Maybury deceased a farmer (Note: Sarah’s surname is incorrectly
listed in the marriage index as Caw). 1891
Census: 70 Norwood Grove, West Derby, Lancashire (S4), listed as Alfred Maybury
age 54 a cutler born in All Saints Worchester Sheffield with wife Sarah M. age
54 born in All Saints Worchester Sheffield living next door to Charles James
Carr and his family. Death: 1st QTR 1898
West Derby (S=GRO Online Death Index), listed as Sarah Machan Maybury age 61. Burial: Grave No. 135, St. James Cemetery,
Merseyside (S7), listed as Sarah Machan Maybury, wife of Alfred Maybury and
daughter of Thomas and Mary Ann Carr who fell asleep 8th January 1898 ages 61
years.
3.
Joseph
Machan Carr (1839-1892). See Generation
2.
4.
Mary
Ann Machan Carr (1840-??). Born: 4th QTR
1840 Sheffield (S=GRO Online Birth Index), listed as Mary Ann Machan Carr with
mother’s maiden name Machan. 1851
Census: with parents and grandmother (S4) listed as M. A. Carr age 10. 1861 and 1871 Censuses: with mother (S4),
listed as Mary A. M. Carr age 20 with no occupation in 1861 and as Mary Ann M.
Carr age 30 a cutler’s daughter in 1871 born in Sheffield both years. 1881: with sister Elizabeth J. Howell (S4),
listed as Mary Ann M. Carr age 40 born in Sheffield.
5. Charles James Carr (1842-1928). See Generation 2.
6.
William
Henry Carr (1846-1868). Born: 3rd QTR
1846 Sheffield (S=GRO Online Birth Index), listed as William Henry Carr with
mother’s maiden name Mackin. 1851 Census:
with parents and grandmother (S4) listed as R. H. Carr age 4. 1861 Census: with mother (S4), listed as William
H. Carr age 14 a scholar born in Sheffield.
Death: 4th QTR 1868 West Derby and Toxteth Park (S=GRO Online Death
Index), listed as William Henry Carr age 22.
Burial: Grave No. 135, St. James Cemetery, Merseyside (S7), listed as
William Henry, son of the late Thomas Carr of Sheffield and uncle of the above
who died October 17, 1868 age 22 years (Note: the above was Charles James the
son of Charles James and Sarah Ann Carr).
Generation 2: Joseph Machan Carr (1839-1892)
· Born: January 2,
1839 Sheffield, Yorkshire (S8b), listed as Joseph Machan with parents Thomas
Carrr a publican and Mary Ann Carr formerly Machan who was born at Pond Street.
·
Baptized: not found.
· Marriage: never
married,
· 1841 Census: No. 6
Pond Street, Sheffield (S4). Listed as
J. Carr a male age 2 born in the county living with his parents and grandmother
and 2 siblings. (Note: the census index has his initial listed as F.)
· 1851 Census: 48
Howard Street, Sheffield (S4). Listed as
J. M. Carr son age 12 born in Sheffield living with his parents and
grandmother. (Note: the census initials
are very hard to read and the census index says this is F. M. Carr but it looks
like it could be J. M. Carr).
· 1861 Census: 28
Dale Street, Liverpool (S4). Listed as
Joseph M. Carr age 22 unmarried a cutler born in Sheffield, Yorkshire living
with his mother and 4 siblings.
· 1869 Electoral
Register, page 411, #18861 (S=Liverpool, England Electoral Registers, 1832-1970
available at ancestry). Listed as Joseph
Machan Carr with house and shop at 105 Dale Street the same as his brother
Charles James Carr and next to their mother Mary Ann Carr.
· 1871 Census: 55
Plumpton Street, Everton, Liverpool (S4).
Listed as Joseph M. Carr age 32 unmarried a cutler born in Sheffield,
Yorkshire living with his mother and 3 sisters.
· 1881 Census: No. 68 Norwood Grove, West Derby, Lancashire
(S4). Listed as Joseph M. Carr age 42 unmarried
a cutler born in Sheffield, Yorkshire living with his brother, Charles James Carr and the brother’s family, living next door to his two
sisters.
· 1891 Census: 68
Norwood Grove, West Derby, Lancashire (S4). Listed as Listed as Joseph M. Carr age 52
single a cutler employer born in Sheffield, Yorkshire living with his brother,
Charles James Carr and the brother’s family and living next door to his sister
Sarah Maybury.
· 1891-1892
Electoral Register. page 25, #422 (S=Liverpool, England Electoral Registers,
1832-1970 available at ancestry.com).
Listed next to his brother Charles James Carr as Jospeh Machan Carr with
address listed the same as his brother 68 Norwood grove and shop at 73 Dale
Street.
· 1892-1893
Electoral Register. page 25, #413 (S=Liverpool, England Electoral Registers,
1832-1970 available at ancestry.com).
Listed next to his brother Charles James Carr as Jospeh Machan Carr with
address listed the same as his brother 68 Norwood grove and shop at 73 Dale
Street.
· Death: October 19,
1892 Kirkendale, West Derby, Liverpool (S8d). listed
as Joseph Machan Carr age 53 a cutler master of 68 Norwood Grove, Everton who
died at Stanley Hospital of senile gangrene foot, asthenia
and cardiac syncope with the superintendent of the Stanley Hospital as the
informant. October 19, 1892 Stanley
Hospital, Liverpool (S6)
· Burial: October
19, 1892 St. James Cemetery, Merseyside (S7).
Listed as Joseph Machan Carr age 53.
· Probate: November
19, 1892 Liverpool (S6). Listed as
Joseph Machan Carr of Dale Street and of Norwood Grove, Liverpool cutler with
effects £309 14s. 2d. to
Charles James Carr cutler.
Generation 2: Charles James Carr (1842-1928) and Sarah Ann
Doxey (c1845-1928)
· Born: November 10,
1842 Sheffield, Yorkshire (S8b). Listed
as Charles James with parents Thomas Carr a grocer and Mary Ann Carr formerly Machin
who was born at the Ponds.
·
Baptized: not found.
· 1851 Census: 48
Howard Street, Sheffield (S4). Listed as
C. J. Carr daughter age 9 born in Sheffield living with his parents and
grandmother. (Note: the census relationship
is listed as daughter which appears to be a census taker error).
· 1861 Census: 58 Herkgate, Wakefield, Yorkshire (S4). Listed as Charles James Carr a visitor age 18
unmarried a cutler born in Sheffield, Yorkshire living with the Thos. Stim age
49 a cutler born in Sheffield and Mr. Stim’s wife and
daughter.
· Marriage: May 10, 1866 Middleton by Wirksworth,
Derbyshire (S5m). Listed as Charles
James Carr a bachelor and cutler who resided in Liverpool whose father was
Thomas Carr and Sarah Ann Doxey a spinster who resided in Fauder
whose father was David Doxey an office clerk.
· 1869 Electoral
Register, page 411, #18860 (S=Liverpool, England Electoral Registers, 1832-1970
available at ancestry). Listed as
Charles James Carr with house and shop at 105 Dale Street the same as his
brother Joseph Machan Carr and next to their mother Mary Ann Carr.
· 1871 Census: 5 St.
Albons, Everton, Liverpool (S4). Listed
as Charles James Carr married age 28 a tradesman cutler born in Sheffield,
Yorkshire with wife Sarah Ann Carr age 25 born in Cromford, Derbyshire, 1 son:
William Henry age 1 born in Liverpool, Lancashire and 1 general servant
Elizabeth Davis unmarried age 15 born in Liverpool, Lancashire.
· 1876 Freemason De
Grey and Ripon Lodge, page 238 (S=England, United Grand Lodge of England
Freemason Membership Registers, 1751-1921 available at ancestry.com). Listed as Charles James Carr a cutler from 73
Dale Street with date of Initiation October 11, 1876.
· 1877 Freemason Marborough Lodge, page 152 (S=England, United Grand Lodge
of England Freemason Membership Registers, 1751-1921 available at
ancestry.com). Listed as Charles James
Carr a cutler from Liverpool with date of Initiation June 6, 1877.
· 1881 Census: No.
68 Norwood Grove, West Derby, Lancashire (S4). Listed as Charles J. Carr
married age 38 a cutler born in Sheffield, Yorkshire with wife Sarah A. age 35
born in Cromford, Derbyshire, 1 brother Joseph M. Carr age 42 a cutler born in
Sheffield, Yorkshire, 5 children: William H., Mary A. D., Sarah E. M., Emily B.
and Gertrude L. and 1 domestic servant Jane C. Crofts age 28 born in Wordlock, living next door to his two sisters.
· 1891 Census: 68
Norwood Grove, West Derby, Lancashire (S4). Listed as Charles J. Carr married
age 48 a cutler master employer born in Sheffield, Yorkshire with wife Sarah A.
age 45 born in Cromford, Derbyshire, 3 children: William H., Mary A. D. and Gertrude L., 1 brother Joseph M. Carr age 52 a cutler
born in Sheffield and 1 servant Annie Delaney age 21 born in Ireland. This family lived next door to Charles’s
sister Sarah and her husband Alfred Maybury.
· 1891-1892
Electoral Register. page 25, #421 (S=Liverpool, England Electoral Registers,
1832-1970 available at ancestry.com).
Listed next to his brother Joseph Machan Carr as Charles James Carr with
address listed as the same as his brother 68 Norwood grove and shop at 73 Dale
Street.
· 1892-1893
Electoral Register. page 25, #412 (S=Liverpool, England Electoral Registers,
1832-1970 available at ancestry.com).
Listed next to his brother Joseph Machan Carr as Charles James Carr with
address listed as the same as his brother 68 Norwood grove and shop at 73 Dale
Street.
· 1894-1895
Electoral Register. page 26, #409 (S=Liverpool, England Electoral Registers,
1832-1970 available at ancestry.com).
Listed as Charles James Carr of 1 Elgin Drive. Liscard
with a shop at 73 Dale Street.
· 1901 Census: 3
Elgin Drive, Liscard, Wallasey, Birkenhead, Cheshire
(S4). Listed as Charles Jas. Carr
married age 58 a shopkeeper (cutler) employer born in Sheffield, Yorkshire with
wife Sarah Ann age 55 born in Cromford, Derbyshire, 2 children: Emily Beatrice
and Gertrude Louise.
· 1911 Census: 3 Elgin Vine Liscard, Wallasey, Cheshire
(S4). Listed as Charles James Carr
married age 68 a cutler on own account born in Sheffield, Yorkshire with wife
Sarah Ann age 65 born in Cromford, Derbyshire, and 1 child: Emily Beatrice. Charles and Sarah were married 44 years and
had 6 children of which 4 were still living.
· Death: February
14, 1928 Wallasey, Birkenhead (S8d).
Listed as Charles James Carr age 85 a cutler and jeweler who died at 3
Elgin Drive of myocardial degeneration and arteria sclerosis with C. R. N. Carr
a grandson who resided at 154 Birkenhead Road, Meols,
Cheshire as the informant. February 14,
1928 Cheshire (S6).
·
Burial: not found.
· Probate: March 22,
1928 Liverpool (S6). Listed as Charles
James Carr of 3 Elgin-drive, Wallasey, Cheshire with £4,483 11s. to Emily Beatice Carr spinster, Arthur
Henry Lough secretary and John Royse manufacturer.
· Wife’s Death: May 24, 1928 Wallasey, Birkenhead (S8). Listed as Sarah Ann Carr age 83 the widow of
Charles James Carr a cutler master who died at 3 Elgin Drive of broncho
pneumonia and senile dementia with her daughter Mary A. D. Lough of 4 Beresford
Road as the informant. May 24, 1928 Cheshire
(S6).
·
Wife’s Burial: not found.
· Wife’s Probate: June
25, 1928 Liverpool (S6). Listed as Sarah
Ann Carr of 3 Elgin-drive, Liscard, Wallasey,
Cheshire a widow with £1,659
12s. 4d. to Emily Beatice Carr spinster and Mary Ada Doxey Lough (wife of
Arthur Henry Lough).
· Children:
1.
Charles
James Carr (1868-1868). Born: 2nd QTR
1868 Liverpool (S=GRO Online Birth Index), listed as Charles James Carr with
mother’s maiden name Doxey. Death: 2nd
QTR 1868 Liverpool (S=GRO Online Death Index), listed as Charles James Carr age
0; April 18, 1868 (S7). Burial: Grave No. 135, St. James Cemetery, Merseyside
(S7), listed as Charles James son of Charles James and
Sarah Ann Carr who died on April 18, 1868 age 1 day.
2.
William
Henry Carr (1869-??). Born: 3rd QTR 1869
West Derby and Toxteth Park (S=GRO Online Birth Index), listed as William Henry
Carr with mother’s maiden name Doxey, born Mary 29, 1869 (S1c). Baptized: August 15, 1869 Liverpool,
Lancashire (S1c), listed as William Henry Carr with parents Charles James Carr
and Sarah Ann Do..cy. 1871, 1881 and 1891 with parents (S4), listed
as William Henry age 1 in 1871, as William H. age 11 in 1881 and as William H.
age 21 a jeweler’s assistant employed in 1891 always listed as born in
Liverpool. Marriage: March 18, 1896 St. James, West Derby, Lancashire (S5m),
listed as William Henry Carr age 26 a shop keeper who resided at 16 Hartington
Road, West Derby whose father was Charles James Carr a cutler and Jane Ellen
Nathan age 24 a spinster. 1901 Census:
75 Rheawva, Anglesey, Wales (S4): listed as William
Henry William age 31 a boarder and jeweler employer born in Liverpool with wife
Jane Ellen age 28 born in Manchester and 2 children: Charles Rupert N. and Vera
living with Jane Williams age 53 a widow and boarding estate owner. 1911 Census: Trecartell
Heron Road, Meols, Frankby Greasby
Grange, Cheshire (S4), listed as William Henry Carr age 41 a jeweler employer
born in Liverpool with wife Jane Ellen age 39 born in Manchester and 4
children: Charles Rupert Nathan, Vera, Joan, and Honor and 1 servant, they were
married 14 years and had 4 children all still living.
3.
Mary
Ada Doxey Carr (1871-??). Born: 3rd QTR
1871 West Derby and Toxteth Park (S=GRO Online Birth Index), listed as
Mary Ada Doxey Carr with mother’s maiden name Doxey. Baptized: August 30, 1871 St. Domingo Chapel,
Liverpool, Lancashire (S1c), listed as Mary Ada Doxey Carr with parents Charles
James Carr and Sarah Ann Doxey. 1881 and
1891 with parents (S4), listed as Mary A. D. age 9 in 1881 and as Mary A. D.
age 19 a jeweler assistant employed always listed as born in Liverpool. Marriage: 3rd QTR 1898 Birkenhead, Cheshire S1m), listed as
Mary Ada D. Carr and Arthur Henry Lough.
4.
Sarah
Elizabeth Machan Carr (1873-??). Born:
4th QTR 1873 West Derby and Toxteth Park (S=GRO Online Birth Index), listed as
Sarah Elizabeth Machan Carr with mother’s maiden name Doxey. 1881 with parents
(S4), listed as Sarah E. M. age 7 born in Liverpool.
5.
Emily
Beatrice Carr (1876-??). Born: 1st QTR 1876 West Derby and Toxteth Park (S=GRO
Online Birth Index), listed as Emily Beatrice Carr with mother’s maiden name
Doxey. 1881, 1901 and 1911 with parents
(S4), listed as Emily B. age 5 in 1881, as Emily Beatrice age 24 single a
shopkeeper’s assistant (cutler worker) in 1901 and as Emily Beatrice 35 with no
occupation in 1911 always listed as born in Liverpool.
6.
Gertrude
Louise Carr (1878-??). Born: 3rd QTR 1878 West Derby and Toxteth Park (S=GRO
Online Birth Index), listed as Gertrude Louise Carr with mother’s maiden name
Doxey. 1881, 1891 and 1901 with parents (S4), listed as Gertrude L. age 2 in
1881, as Gertrude L. age 12 a scholar in 1891 and as Gertrude Louise age 22
single a shopkeeper’s assistant (cutler worker) in 1901 always listed as born
in Liverpool.
Avery Style Needle
Cases Registered by Charles James Carr and Manufactured by Carr Brothers of 105
Dale Street, Liverpool.
1.
The
Basket Needle Case. Class 1 metal: Registered
Design #312625 dated August 3, 1877.
Provisional design 1338 dated October 6, 1876 (S=The National Archives,
Kew, UK).
2.
The
Trunk with Grain and Straps Needle Case.
Class 1 metal: Registered Design #337116 dated July 12, 1879. Provisional design 1612 dated March 28, 1879
(S=The National Archives, Kew, UK).
Other designs
registered by Charles James Carr of Carr Brothers at Dale Street, Liverpool.
1.
Razor
Strop. Class 4 earthenware: Registered
Design #311528 dated July 4, 1877.
Provisional design 1351 dated March 9, 1877 (S=The National Archives,
Kew, UK).
