Like
the Fenton’s in an earlier chapter, there were two men in the Birmingham area
with the surname Kendrick associated with Avery style needle cases, Thomas Kendrick and Frank Kendrick.
However, unlike the Fenton’s, the Kendrick’s were listed in city and
trade directories, except not in a way that would suggest they were associated
with a specific company during the years Avery needle cases were created. This could mean they were simply individuals working
in some area related to the production of stamped brass items. The two were from the same family, Thomas was
the father of Frank and both spent their entire lives
in the Birmingham area. As a result,
there are no company histories in this chapter only the histories of these two
men.
Thomas
Kendrick[1]
Thomas
Kendrick was the youngest son of Richard and Ann Kendrick. His father was born c1792/1796 and his mother
c1787/1788/1791, both in the Birmingham area.
Richard and Ann had at least four children: John, John, Elizabeth and Thomas from 1822 through 1834. The eldest son and the daughter died within a
few years of their births. At first the
Kendrick family lived at Horse Fair, a street roughly 5 blocks south of the
Birmingham New Station (train station) in the city center, where Richard worked
as a button burnisher. Sometime before
1851 they moved to Blucher Street, about 5-6 blocks to the west and in 1852[2]
Richard was listed as a shopkeeper there.
Sadly, Ann died in 1853 at age 66.
By 1861 the two surviving children established their own families
elsewhere and Richard was living by himself as a lodger on neighboring
Granville Street, working as a burnisher.
Richard died there in 1875 at age 83.
Thomas
Kendrick’s brother, John, was 8 years older than Thomas. John was born in 1826 and baptized at St.
Martin’s church not far from where the Kendrick family lived. While living with his parents, in 1841 he was
working as a wood turner and in 1851 as a clerk in a newspaper office. John married Charlotte Smith in 1851 and they
had at least 4 children: Frederick, Mary[3],
Louisa and Julia. By 1858 John was
working as a patent agent, a position he held for at least 26 years until his
death in Birmingham at age 59 in 1884.
Thomas
Spencer[4]
Kendrick was born in Birmingham in 1834 at his parent’s residence on Horse Fair
and was baptized at St. Martin a few months later. Many believe his mother’s maiden name was
Spencer although no definitive proof has been uncovered to support this. By age 17 Thomas was working as an electro
platter. He married Elizabeth Ann Lorton
a few years later in 1855 at St. Philip’s Cathedral in the city center. Thomas and Elizabeth had at least 10[5]
children between 1856 and 1873: Alice Ann, Amy Agnes, Frank Spencer, Minnie A.,
Ada Laura, Claretta Louisa, Henry Albert, Ada Theresa, 
Alfred Leonard, and
Charles Vincent. At least two children,
Ada Laura and Charles Vincent, died within their first
couple of years. By 1858 Thomas 
was working as a modeler and
continued as a designer, modeler and pattern maker
until at least 1873. While working in
this occupation, Thomas registered a variety of items through the patent
process and others through the design registration process, some with other
people and some by himself. The patent
process was most often used to protect the mechanical functionality of an
invention whereas the design registration process was used to protect the
external shape of the item[6]. As a designer and modeler his workplace was
at Victoria Grove, then New Street, and Edmund Street just north of the city
center and finally at 34 Navigation Street which was directly across the street
from the Birmingham New Station. From
February 1872 through October 1873 Thomas registered 27 provisional designs for
needle cases of which 3 were also registered as metal ornamental designs. These three, now known as the Bow and Arrow
on Heart, the Punch and the Shield with Yorkshire
Terrier, were Avery style needle cases.
Although it is unknown if all three were ever actually made, one example
of the Bow and Arrow on Heart (ornamental design seen here[7])
has been found with the W. Hall & Co.[8]
Studley name. William Hall was a needle
manufacturer from the Redditch area.
Sometime
between 1873 and 1875 Thomas became a patent agent, most likely having learned
about this occupation from his brother who at the time had 15-17 years experience in that field. And what exactly did a patent agent do? A patent agent was someone who assisted an
inventor in completing the necessary paperwork to register an invention with the
government to protect the inventor’s rights to the design for a specific period of time. With
roughly 15 years experience as a designer and
modeler, Thomas had many of the skills necessary to become a successful patent
agent. His patent office was located at
Newhall Street, then at Temple Street and later at Cherry Hill. By 1871 the Kendrick family had moved a few
miles south to Edgbaston[9]
which during the 19th century was controlled by several wealthy
families who refused to allow factories or warehouses to be built there. As a result, it was known as an area where
the affluent lived which seems to imply that the Kendrick family had achieved a
relatively high level of success.
Because Thomas was listed in the 1891 census as a patent agent “neither
employer or employed” this indicates he was working on his own accord and was
not employing others nor was he working for someone else that year. He continued to work as patent agent and was
listed in 1911 as a “patent agent registrar holding a trade certificate” which
could mean he now worked for the official Birmingham patent office. Sometime between 1891 and 1901 Thomas’s wife
moved out and from that point forward, Thomas lived by himself whereas his wife
Elizabeth moved in with their daughter Alice who lived in Birmingham. By 1911 Thomas was living in the suburb of
Balsall Heath just east of Edgbaston.
Elizabeth died in Birmingham at age 84 in 1920 and Thomas died 2 years
later in King’s Norton in 1922 at age 89.
Here are a few clippings from local newspapers that mention Thomas Kendrick.
1864
- “DESIGNING AND MODELLING – WANTED, a Young MAN, accustomed to the above; also a YOUTH, with a knowledge of Drawing. - Thomas
Kendrick, 107, New Street.”[10]
1865
– “LOCAL NEWS.
A
USEFULL INVENTION. – A reversible medal stand, invented by Mr. Everand, of Ravenhurst Street,
and designed and modelled by Mr. Thomas Kendrick, of Edmund Street, has been
submitted to us for examination. We
believe it will be found to be a very convenient article, for hanging medals
especially, but also a watch-stand, either for displaying goods in watchmakers’
windows, or for private use. The base is
formed of leaves and berries; and a small shaft rising from it supports a
wreathe, inside which the medal or watch is to be placed. The wreathe is surmounted by a electrogilt imperial crown, from
which the medal or watch is to be suspended, and which acts as a pivot for
turning the medal around so as to show the reverse and obverse sides. There is a glass case to enclose the
medal. The contrivance is a meritorious
one, and as we believe it will be sold for a very small sum it is likely to be
stamped with the public approval by coming into pretty general use. The utility and convenience of it will be
better understood from personal examination than they can be from description.”[11]
1880
- “PATENTS AND REGISTRATIONS, British, Foreign, and Colonial, secured. DESIGNS and TRADE MARKS
REGISTERED, Diaposais negationed. Printer instructions free. Provisional Patent 8 Guineas, total – THOMAS
KENDRICK, 41, Temple Street, Birmingham.”[12]
1883
- “THE NEW PATENT ACT, 1883 – THOMAS KENDRICK, M.E., Denman Chambers, 41, 42
Temple Street, Birmingham, British and Foreign Patient Office. The Rules and
Forms (stamped in conformity to the Act for obtaining Letters Patent) and all
particulars relating thereto upon application.
A Provisional Patent (12 months).
Total cost, from 3 guineas.”[13]
1890
- “PATENTS OFFICE – Thomas Kendrick, 44 Cherry Street, Birmingham, advises upon
Inventions for Patents, &c. then originality, and value; infringements,
oppositions, disclaimers conducted, patents obtained in all countries; 20
years’ practical experience; terms strictly moderate.”[14]
1891
- “PATENT OFFICE, VICTORIA CHAMBERS, MARTINEAU STREET, BIRMINGHAM (Opposite
Cobden Hotel) – Twenty years’ practical and legal experience; printed and
verbal instructions free; Provisional Protection from two guineas; Registration
of Designs from one guinea – THOMAS KENDRICK.”[15]
Only
limited information about the 8 surviving children of Thomas and Elizabeth
Kendrick has been located because the surname is fairly
common in the Birmingham area. All of the children appear to have remained in the
Birmingham area for most of their lives.
Their eldest daughter, Alice Ann, was born in 1856 and married Alfred
Joseph Wood, a musician, in 1874.
Alice’s mother, Elizabeth, lived with the Wood family from at least 1901
until 1911. Alice and Alfred had 3
children: Alfred, Sidney and Minnie. Alice became a widow by 1911. The next daughter was Amy Agnes who was born
in 1858. Amy married Robert Ernest
Dicker Hemming in 1889 and they had 2 children: Elsie and Mabel. Mr. Hemming worked at a variety of positions,
a collector one year, a merchant’s clerk another, a packer for a brass founder
in 1901 and as a warehouseman for an export merchant in 1911. Information about the eldest son Frank can be
found in the next paragraph. Another
daughter Minnie was born c1862 and married rather late in life at age 32 in
1893 to John Hall who was a merchant’s clerk.
Minnie and John had no children.
The middle daughter Claretta Louise was born in 1863. She married William Foxcroft, a plate worker,
in 1886 and they had 2 children: Edith B. and Thomas. The middle son, Henry Albert, was born in
1866 and married Sarah Jane Morris in 1889.
Henry Albert worked as a house painter and had 6 children of which only
4 have been identified: Frank Leonard, Leslie Bernard, Howard
and Florence Hilda. Henry Albert lived a
long life and died in Birmingham in 1950 at age 89. The youngest daughter Ada Theresa, who was
born in 1868, married Edgar Duncan Unitt in
1889. Edger worked as a branch manager
at an educational book company and also as a book
salesman. At some point Ada reversed her
name and became known as Theresa Ada.
Theresa and Edgar had 1 child: Victor and Theresa died in Birmingham at
age 89 in 1957. The youngest surviving
child of Thomas and Elizabeth Kendrick was Alfred Leonard who was born in
1873. He never knew his twin brother
Charles Vincent because Charles died when they were 1 year old. Alfred Leonard married Elizabeth Russell in
1898 and they had one child named Florence May.
The family lived in Balsall Heath where Alfred worked as a mechanical
engineer at first and later became a traveler working for an engine mill. By 1939 he was listed as a representative of
E. Cooper & Co. Alfred died in 1949
while living in Paignton, Devonshire, a seaside resort town near Torquay, at
age 75. He left an estate valued at £7,623
to his wife.
Frank
Spencer Kendrick[16]
Born
in 1860, Frank Spencer Kendrick was the third child and first son of Thomas and
Elizabeth Kendrick. This most likely
gave him an advantage over his 3 brothers and 6 sisters, especially since the
brothers were 6 and 13 years younger.
During the Victorian
and earlier periods, the first born son usually was given more attention and
inherited the family’s wealth. From 1876
through 1878, when Frank was 16-18 years old, he registered 31 provisional
designs for receptacles for needles and pins.
Exactly a year after creating
these
provisional designs, he registered 5 of them as ornamental designs made of
metal indicating his intent to have them made.
All 5 are considered Avery style needle cases and they were given
specific names on the design documents: Banner Screen, A Boot and Rink Skate, A
Coal Vase, A Knife Box and A Trolley and Box.
To date the Trolley and Box (actual needle case and ornamental design
shown here[17]) is the
only one that has been found and it is unclear whether the other 4 were ever
actually produced. Presumably, Frank
learned about designing from his father and as soon as he reached a certain
age, started to create items similar to what his
father had done 4 to 5 years earlier.
Also, because his father was a patent agent at that time, the father
probably assisted him in registering the designs. However, it seems a bit odd that a teenager
boy would be interested in creating needle cases, which could mean his father
knew an individual who was interested in needle cases and asked Frank to see
what he could do as a learning experience.
Perhaps Mr. William Avery himself was looking for someone to create new
needle cases for him and mentioned it to Thomas Kendrick because he knew
Kendrick had designed needle cases a few years earlier. By now Thomas was a busy patent agent and did
not have time to work for Avery, so instead he suggested his son Frank. The main reason this seems feasible is the
only name stamped on the Trolley and Box needle cases is either W. Avery &
Son or one of Avery’s possible licensees.
By 1881, three years after registering these designs, Frank choose
another occupation and established himself as a picture and fine art
dealer. This was a position he held for
the remainder of his life.
Frank
married Ada Marian Steeley in 1884 at the Register Office in Birmingham. At the time of his marriage, he was working
as a commission agent. By 1891 they were
living in King’s Norton not far from Balsall Heath where they moved to by
1901. Frank and Ada had 2 children: Ada
Laura and Bernard. From at least 1890
until 1921 Frank was listed in city and trade directories as a picture dealer
at Newhall Street in Birmingham, not far from where his father’s patent office
once was. Presumably, at the time a
picture dealer was someone who either bought and sold works of art or acted as the intermediary between the buyers and
sellers of art. Frank must have
been well educated in the field of art and needed customers who came from
relatively wealthy backgrounds. It
certainly must have helped that he lived near Edgbaston where many art
collectors lived. In 1918 Frank was mentioned
in the local newspaper but not for the reason one might expect. A letter addressed to him containing a £35
check (valued at £1,017
today)[18] was stolen by a man who
received a Distinguish Conduct Medal (D.C.M.) and lost an arm while serving in
World War I. The details from the
newspaper are listed below. Frank died
in London at the University College Hospital in Middlesex in 1929 at age 73 and
left as estate of £1,501 to his son. Ten years later Ada died in Birmingham in
1939 at age 76. Her estate, valued at £20,
was not settled until 9 years later in 1948 and was passed to her two children.
March 11, 1918[19]
“D.C.M. SENTENCED
BIRMINGHAM HERO’S
SAD FALL
The
Birmingham Stipendiary expressed his sorrow at having to sentence Sergeant
William Bradbury, D.C.M. (26), Mossfield Road, King’s Heath, to two months’
imprisonment for stealing a cheque for £35
belonging to Frank Kendrick, fine art dealer, 45, Newhall Street. He could not, however, he said, make any
difference between him and other men, but the sentence would be without hard labour that it might not interfere with his pension of 25s.
3d. a week.
Bradbury won the
D.C.M. at Mons for saving the lives of an officer and two men, and later he
lost an arm, which rendered him unfit for further active service.
The cheque was
sent through the post to Mr. Kendrick, and Bradbury, obtaining possession of
the letter, passed the cheque to a man named Clarkson, who had a banking
account, endorsing it in the name of Frank Kendrick, which he said was his own.
Mr. Grierson
(instructed by Mr. J. Hall-Wright) for the defence
mentioned the further fact that Bradbury had been presented with a silver
cigarette case by the police in recognition of his having gone to the
assistance of a member of the force, who was at the time in difficulties with a
violent prisoner. The man had a wife and
two children, one of whom was ill, and stole the money under the strain of
financial trouble.”
The
two children of Frank and Ada Kendrick both remained in the Birmingham area for
some time. The daughter Ada Laura was
born in 1884 and married Frank Wilson in 1920 in King’s Norton. The son, Bernard, who was born in 1885,
married Frances E. Jones in King’s Norton when he was 32 years old in
1917. Bernard spent his life working as
a dentist and died in 1956 in Birmingham leaving an estate of £2,803 to his wife.
The
Kendrick’s, Thomas and Frank: Genealogy
Generation 1:
Richard Kendrick (c1792/1796-1875) and Ann ??
(c1787/1788/1791-1853)
· Birth: c 1792
(S4), (S5d), c1796 (S4).
· Baptism: not found.
· Marriage: not found.
· 1841 Census: Horse
Fair, Birmingham (S4), listed as Ricd Kendrick age 45
a button burnisher born in the county with Ann age 50 born in the county and 2
children born in the county: John and Thomas (Note: the forename Ricd was incorrectly listed in the census index as Reed).
· 1849 Birmingham
Directory: Page 197 lists Richard Kendrick as a shopkeeper at 7 Blucher Street (S=ancestry.com).
· 1851 Census: 7
Blucher Street, Birmingham (S4), listed as Richard Kendrick age 59 a lock
forger born in Birmingham with wife Ann age 63 born in Birmingham and 2
children born in Birmingham: John and Thomas.
· 1852 Slater’s
Birmingham Directory: Page 6 lists Richard Kendrick as a shopkeeper at 7
Blucher Street; house 81 Coventry Rd (S=ancestry.com).
· Wife’s Death: not found.
· Wife’s Burial:
June 22, 1853 St Mary’s Parish, Birmingham (S7),
listed as Ann Kendrick age 66 who lived at Blucher Street.
· 1861 Census: 63
Granville Street, Birmingham (S4): listed as Richard Kendrick age 65 a lodger
and widow who worked as a burnisher born in Birmingham.
· 1871 Census: not found.
· 1873 White’s
Directory of Birmingham. Page 445 lists
Mr. Richard Kendrick 39 Granville Str. (S=ancestry.com).
· Death: January 11,
1875 St. Thomas, Birmingham (S8d), listed as Richard
Kendrick age 83 a button burnisher who died at 39 Granville Street.
· Probate: not found.
· Children:
1.
John
Kendrick (1822-1825). Born: August 17,
1822 (S1c). Baptized: December 30, 1822
St. Martin, Birmingham (S1c), listed as John Kendrick with parents Richard and
Ann Kendrick. Burial: July 7, 1825 St. Mary Birmingham (S7), listed as John Kendrick age 3
with parents Richard and Ann Kendrick who lived at Horse Fair.
2.
John
Kendrick (1826-1884). Born: June 26,
1826 (S1c). Baptized: December 26, 1828 at St Martin Birmingham (S1c), listed as John Kendrick
with parents Richard, a button burnisher, and Hannah Kendrick who lived as
Horse Fair. 1841 and 1851 Censuses: with parents (S4) where was listed as a
wood turner in 1841 and as a clerk newspaper office in 1851. Marriage: April 6, 1851
at the Register Office, Birmingham (S8m), listed as John Kendrick age 25 a
bookkeeper whose father was Richard Kendrick a button burnisher and Charlotte
Smith age 26. 1858 Dix’s Birmingham Directory: Page 190 lists John Kendrick as
a patent agent at 60½ Hill (S=ancestry.com).
1861 Census: 3Bk 90 Gr. Colmore Street, Birmingham, (S4), listed as John
Kendrick age 33 a patent agent born in Birmingham with wife Charlotte age 36 born in Birmingham and 4 children born in Birmingham:
Frederick, Mary, Louisa and Julia. 1871
Census: 1 Court 8 House, Birmingham, (S4), listed as John Kendrick age 43 a
married patent agent born in Birmingham with 3 children born in Birmingham:
Polly, Louisa and Julia. 1880 Kelly’s Birmingham Directory: Page 374
lists John Kendrick as a patent agent at 7 Broad Str. 1881 Census: 44 Owen Street, Birmingham,
(S4), listed as John Kendrick age 53 a patent agent born in Birmingham with
wife Charlotte age 56 born in Birmingham and 2
children born in Birmingham: Louisa and Mary A.
Death: July 23, 1884 St. Thomas, Birmingham
(S8d), listed as John Kendrick age 59 a patent agent and designer who died at 44
Owen Street with daughter L. Kendrick present at his death.
3.
Elizabeth
Kendrick (1827-1833). Born: November 26,
1827 (S1c). Baptized: December 26, 1828 at St Martin
Birmingham (S1c), listed as Elizabeth Kendrick with parents Richard, a button
burnisher, and Hannah Kendrick who lived as Horse Fair. Burial: May 11, 1833
Birmingham (S7), listed as Elizabeth Kendrick with parents Richard and Ann
Kendrick.
4.
Thomas
Spencer Kendrick (1834-1922) - See Generation 2.
Generation 2:
Thomas Spencer Kendrick (1834-1922) and Elizabeth Ann Lorton (c1835-1920)
· Born: July 12, 1834 (S1c) (Note: the date is
incorrectly listed in the baptism index as July 21, 1834).
· Baptism: September
26, 1834 St. Martin, Birmingham (S1c). Listed as Thomas Kendrick with parents
Richard Kendrick a button burnisher and Ann Kendrick who were living at Horse
Fair.
· 1841 Census: Horse
Fair, Birmingham (S4), with parents listed as Thomas Kendrick age 6 born in the
county.
· 1851 Census: 7
Blucher St., Birmingham (S4): with parents listed as Thomas Kendrick age 17 an
electro plater born in Birmingham.
· Marriage: April
23,1855 St. Philips, Birmingham (S8m), listed as Thomas Kendrick age 22 a
chaser whose father was Richard Kendrick a burnisher and Elizabeth Ann Lorton
age 20. April 23, 1855
St. Philip, Birmingham (S3), listed as Thomas Kendrick a 22 year old chaser
whose father was Richard Kendrick a burnisher and Elizabeth Ann Lorton age 20
(Note: the Kendrick surname is incorrectly listed in the marriage bands index
as Kenderick and the Lorton surname is incorrectly listed as Gorton).
· 1858 Dix’s
Birmingham Directory: Page 190 lists Thomas Kendrick as a modeler at 2 Victoria
Grove (S=ancestry.com).
·
1861 Census: not found.
· 1866 Morris’s
Birmingham Directory: Page 188 lists Thomas Kendrick as a designer, modeler and pattern maker at 107 New Str. (S=ancestry.com).
· 1867 Directory: The
Post office Directory of Birmingham with its Suburbs, 1867, by E. R.
Kelly. Page 351 lists Thomas Kendrick, 2
Edmund Street as modelers.
(S=http://special collections.le.ac.uk/digital/collection/p16445coll4/id/254734/).
· 1871 Census: 68
Summer St., Edgbaston (S4) listed as Thomas Kendrick age 36 a designer &
modeler born in Birmingham with wife Elizabeth Ann age 36 born in Birmingham
and 7 children all born in Birmingham: Alice A., Amy A, Frank S., Minnie,
Charlotte, Henry A. and Ada T. (Note: Minnie is
incorrectly listed in the census index as Mennie).
· 1873 Whites
Birmingham Directory: Page 445 lists
Thomas Kendrick as a designer, modeler and gasfitter
at 34 Navigation Street (S=ancestry.com).
· 1875 Directory: Francis
White & Co’s Commercial and Trades Directory of Birmingham, 1875. Page
1726 lists Thos. Kendrick, 106 Newhall Street as patentees. (S=http://special collections.le.ac.uk/digital/collection/p16445coll4/id/112374).
· 1876 Kelly’s
Birmingham Directory: Page 320 lists Thomas Kendrick as a patent agent at 106
Newhall Street (S=ancestry.com).
· 1880 Kelly’s
Birmingham Directory: Page 374 lists
Thomas Kendrick as a patent agent at 41 Temple Street (S=ancestry.com).
· 1881 Census: 330
Pershore Road, Edgbaston (S4) listed as Thomas Kendrick age 47 a patent agent
born in Birmingham with wife Elizabeth A. age 46 born in Birmingham and 7 children
born in Birmingham: Amy A, Francis S., Minnie A., Claretta L., Harry A., Ada T. and Alfred L.
· 1890 Kelly’s
Birmingham Directory: Page 428 lists Thomas Kendrick as a patent agent at 44
Cherry Hill (S=ancestry.com).
· 1891 Census: 50
Belgrove Road, Edgbaston (S4), listed as Thomas Kendrick age 56 a patent agent
neither employer or employed born in Birmingham with wife Elizabeth A. age 55
born in Warwick and two children: Minnie A. born in Birmingham and Alfred L
born in Balsall Heath, Worcestershire.
· 1901: Census: Thomas Kendrick not found.
· 1901 Census for
Wife: 68 Hurst Street, Birmingham (S4), listed as Elizabeth Kendrick age 65 the married mother-in-law who was working as a wardrobe
dealer born in Birmingham living with her daughter Alice and son-in-law Alfred
Wood.
· 1911 Census: 40
Tindal Street, Balsall Heath, Birmingham (S4), listed as Thomas Spencer
Kendrick a married boarder age 81 a patent agent
registrar holding board of trade certificate born in Birmingham born in
Warwickshire indicating he was married 54 years and had 9 children of which 8
were still living.
· 1911 Census for
Wife: 29 Jakeman Road, Balsall Heath, Birmingham (S4), listed as Elizabeth Ann
Kendrick age 76 married born in Birmingham who was married 56 years and had 11
children of which 8 were still living, living with her daughter Alice Ann Wood
and Alice’s children.
· Wife’s Death: August
17, 1920 Sparkbrook, Birmingham (S8d), listed as
Elizabeth Ann Kendrick age 84 the wife of Thomas Spencer Kendrick a patent
agent retired with daughter-in-law E. Kendrick present at the death.
· Death: January 13,
1922 Edgbaston, Kings Norton (S8d), listed as Thomas
Kendrick age 89 a patent agent who died at St. Joseph’s Home in Harborne with
son H. Kendrick as the informant.
· Probate: not found.
· Children:
1.
Alice
Ann Kendrick (1856-??). Born: 2nd
QTR 1856 Birmingham (S5b), listed as Alice Ann Kendrick with GRO index record
indicating her mother’s maiden name was Lorton. 1871 Census: with parents (S4). Marriage: December 28, 1874
Aston (S8m), listed as Alice Ann Kendrick age 18 whose father was Thomas
Kendrick a patent agent and Alfred Joseph Wood age 23 a commercial clerk. 1901
Census: 68 Hurst Street, Birmingham
(S4), listed as Alfred Wood age 49 a musician born in Birmingham with wife
Alice A age 44 a wardrobe dealer shopkeeper born in Birmingham and 3 children:
Alfred, Sidney and Minnie, and a mother-in-law age 65
a married wardrobe dealer born in Birmingham. 1911 Census: 29 Jakeman Road,
Balsall Heath, Birmingham (S4): listed as Alice Ann Wood age 52 a widow born in
Birmingham with 2 children born in Birmingham: Sidney and Minnie, and 3
boarders including Elizabeth Kendrick age 76 married born in Birmingham who was
married 56 years and had 11 children of which 8 were still living.
2.
Amy
Agnes Kendrick (1858-??). Born: 1st
QTR 1858 Birmingham (S5b), listed as Amy Agnes Kendrick with GRO index record
indicating her mother’s maiden name was Lorton. 1871 and 1881 Censuses: with
parents (S4). Marriage: January 20, 1889 at the Register Office, King’s Norton (S8m), listed as
Amy Agnes Kendrick a spinster age 30 whose father was Thomas Kendrick a patent
agent and Robert Ernest Dicher Hemming age 30 a
collector. 1891 Census: 123 Cathrop Cottages, Kings Norton (S4), listed as Ernest R. D.
Hemming age 33 a merchant’s clerk born in Birmingham with wife Amy age 34 born
in Birmingham and 1 child born in Birmingham: Elsie E. 1901 Census:
130 Clevedon Road, Balsall Heath (S4), listed as Robert E. D. Hemming
age 40 a packer for brass founder born in Birmingham with wife Amy A. age 41
born in Birmingham and 2 children born in Birmingham: Elsie E. and Mabel. 1911 Census:
70 George Street, Balsall Heath (S4), listed as Robert Ernest Dicker
Hemming age 50 a warehouseman export merchant worker born in Birmingham with
wife Amy Agnes age 51 born in Birmingham and 2 children born in Birmingham:
Elsie Evelyn and Mabel, indicated they were married 22 years and had 2 children
who were both still living.
3.
Frank
Spencer Kendrick (1860-1929) - See Generation 3.
4.
Minnie
A. (c1862-??). Born: not found, Birmingham
(S4). 1871, 1881 and 1891 Censuses: with
parents (S4). Marriage: November 29, 1893 at the Register Office, Birmingham (S8m), listed as
Minnie Kendrick age 32 a spinster whose father was Thomas Kendrick a patent
agent and John Hall age 37 a bachelor and merchant’s clerk. 1901 Census:
106 Clevedon, Balsall Heath, Birmingham (S4), listed as John Hall age 44
a clerk hardware merchant born in Fettonhall,
Staffordshire with wife Minnie age 38 born in Birmingham. 1911 Census: 136 Brighton Road, Balsall Heath
(S4), listed as John Hall age 54 an electro plate manufacturers clerk worker born in Fettenhall Wood, Staffordshire with wife Minnie age 49 born
in Birmingham, indicates they were married 17 years and had no children.
5.
Ada
Laura Kendrick (1863-1863). Born 1st
QTR 1863 Birmingham (S5b), listed as Ada Laura Kendrick with GRO index record
indicating her mother’s maiden name was Lorton. Death: 3rd QTR 1863 Birmingham (S5d), listed as Ada Laura
Kendrick age 0.
6.
Claretta
Louisa Kendrick (1863-??). Born: 4th QTR 1863 Birmingham (S5b),
listed as Claretta Louisa Kendrick with GRO index record indicating her
mother’s maiden name was Lorton. 1871
and 1881 Censuses: with parents (S4).
Marriage: October 16, 1886 at the Register
Office, Kings Norton (S8m), listed as Clarettta
Louisa Kendrick age 23 whose father was Thomas Kendrick a patent agent and
William Foxcroft age 25 a tin plate worker.
1891 Census: 113 Clendon Road, Balsall Heath, Kings Norton (S4), listed
as William Foxcroft age 29 a undecipherable plate worker
born in Yorton, Halifax with wife Claretta L. age 28 born in Birmingham and 2
children: Edith B. born in Birmingham and Thomas W. born in Yorkshire,
Kingston.
7.
Henry
Albert Kendrick (1866-1950). Born: 1st
QTR 1866 Birmingham (S5b), listed as Harry A. Kendrick with GRO index record
indicating his mother’s maiden name was Lorton.
1871 and 1881 Censuses: with parents (S4). Marriage: May 10, 1889
at the Register Office, King’s Norton (S8m), listed as Henry Kendrick age 24 a
decorator whose father was Thomas Kendrick a patent agent and Sarah Jane Morris
age 26. 1911 Census: 73 Kyrwicks Lane, Highgate, Birmingham (S4), listed as Henry
Albert Kendrick age 45 a house painter worker born in Edgbaston, Birmingham
with wife Sarah Jane age 47 born in Bistow, Staffordshire
and William Morris age 77 father a widower born in Shropshire and 4 children
born in Balsall Health Birmingham: Frank Leonard, Leslie Bernard, Howard and
Florence Hilda, also Albert and Sarah were married 22 years and had 6 children
of which 5 were still living (note: children’s surname is incorrectly listed in
the census index as Rendrick). 1939 Register: 73 Kyrwicks
Lane, Birmingham (S9), listed as Henry A. Kendrick who was born December 2, 1865 a retired house painted with wife Sarah J. who was born
April 6, 1863 (note: the surname is incorrectly listed in the registers index
as Kenorick).
Death: 2nd QTR 1950 Birmingham (S5d), listed as Henry A.
Kendrick age 89.
8.
Ada
Theresa Kendrick (1868-1957). Born: 1st QTR 1868 Birmingham (S5b), listed
as Ada Theresa Kendrick with GRO index record indicating her mother’s maiden
name was Lorton. 1871 and 1881 Censuses:
with parents (S4). Marriage: August 8, 1889 at the Register Office, Solihull (S8m), listed as
Theresa Ada Kendrick age 21 whose father was Thomas Kendrick a patent agent and
Edgar Duncan Unitt age 22 a drapers assistant. 1911 Census:
18 Edgbaston Road, Balsall Heath Birmingham (S4), listed as Edgar Duncan
Unitt age 41 a branch manager of educational book co.
worker born in Birmingham with wife Theresa Ada age 43 born in Birmingham and 1
child Victor born in Mosley; Edgar and Theresa had been married 21 years and
had 2 children both still living. 1939
Register: 11 Melford Grove, Birmingham
(S9): listed as Edgar D. Unitt born April 14, 1869 a retired book salesman with wife Theresa A. born
February 17, 1868. Death: 2nd
QTR 1957 Birmingham (S5d), listed as Theresa A. Unitt
age 89.
9.
Alfred
Leonard Kendrick. (1873-1949). Born: 4th
QTR 1873 King’s Norton (S5b), listed as Alfred Leonard Kendrick with GRO index
record indicating his mother’s maiden name was Lorton. 1881 and 1891 Censuses: with parents
(S4). Marriage: January 24,1898 Parish
Church Edgbaston, Kings Norton (S8m), listed as Alfred Leonard Kendrick age 23
a clerk whose father was Thomas Kendrick a patent agent and Elizabeth Russell
age 23, January 24, 1898 St. Bartholomew, Edgbaston
(S3), listed as Alfred Leonard Kendrick age 23 a clerk whose father was Thomas
Kendrick a patent agent and Elizabeth Russell.
1901 Census: 8 Tindal Street, Balsall Heath, Birmingham (S4), listed as
Alfred L. Kendrick age 27 a mechanical engineer born in Birmingham with wife
Elizabeth age 26 born in Birmingham and 1 child born in Birmingham: Florence
M. 1911 Census: 82 Edward Road, Balsall
Heath, Birmingham (S4), listed as Alfred Leonard Kendrick age 37 a traveler
engineer mill worker born in Birmingham with wife Elizabeth age 37 born in
Birmingham and 1 child born in Birmingham: Florence May, they were married 13
years and had 1 child still living. 1939 Register: Dalkeith, Blackwell Road, Bromsgrove
Worcestershire (S9), listed as Alfred Leonard Kendrick born November 22, 1874 a representative of E. Cooper & Co. with wife
Elizabeth who was born June 30, 1874.
Death: January 19,1949 Paignton, Totnes, Devon (S8d), listed as Alfred
Leonard Kendrick age 75, a retired commercial traveler who died at Preston
Close in Paignton with his daughter F. M. Barrett of Bittell
Road, Barn Green Birmingham in attendance; [note: his daughter Florence May was
born 2nd QTR 1898 in Kings Norton (S5b) and at age 23 married Cyrel James Barratt on October 31, 1925 at St. Philips,
Birmingham (S3) where her father was listed as Alfred Leonard Kendrick, a
commercial traveler]; January 19, 1949 (S6).
Probate: May 13, 1949 Birmingham IS6), listed as Alfred Leonard Kendrick
of Preston Close Marine Drive Paignton, Devonshire with Effects £7,623 to Elizabeth Kendrick widow.
10.
Charles
Vincent Kendrick (1873-1875). Born: 4th
QTR 1873 King’s Norton, listed as Charles Vincent Kendrick with GRO index
record indicating his mother’s maiden name was Lorton. Death: 1st QTR 1875 King’s Norton
(S5d), listed as Charles Vincent Kendrick age 1.
Generation 3:
Frank Spencer Kendrick (1860-1929) and Ada Marian Sheeley (1863-1939)
· Birth: December 20,
1859 St. Thomas, Birmingham (S8b), listed as Frank
Spencer Kendrick with parents Thomas Kendrick a designer and modeler master and
Elizabeth Ann Kendrick formerly Lorton. (note: this
record was found in the GRO index as 1st QTR 1860 Birmingham (S5b).
·
Baptism: not found.
· 1861 Census: not found.
· 1871 Census: with
parents at 68 Summer St., Edgbaston, (S4) listed as Frank S. Kendrick age 12
born in Birmingham.
· 1881 Census: with
parents at 330 Pershore Road, Edgbaston (S4) listed as Francis S. Kendrick age
21 a fine art dealer born in Birmingham.
· Marriage: January
26, 1884 at the Register Office, Birmingham (S8m),
listed as Frank Spencer Kendrick age 24 a commission agent whose father was
Thomas Kendrick a patent agent and Ada Marian Steeley age 21.
· 1890 Directory: Kelly’s
Post Office Directory of Birmingham, 1890: Page 428 lists Frank Kendrick 39
Newhall Street, Birmingham, picture & fine art dealer (S=ancestry.com).
· 1891 Census: 147 Traverge Road, Kings Norton (S4), listed as Frank S.
Kendrick age 30 a fine art dealer employer born in Birmingham with wife Ada M.
age 27 born in Birmingham and 2 children born in Birmingham: Ada. L. and
Bernard.
· 1896 Kelly’s
Birmingham Directory: Page 725 lists Frank Kendrick as a picture dealer at 39
Newhall Street (S=ancestry.com).
· 1901: Census: 10
Brighton Road, Balsall Heath, Birmingham (S4), listed as Frank S. Kendrick age
40 a fine art dealer on own account born in Birmingham with wife Ada M. age 37
born in Birmingham and 2 children born in Birmingham: Ada L. and Bernard.
· 1911 Census: not found.
· 1912 Kelly’s Directory
of Birmingham: Page 697 lists Frank Kendrick as a picture dealer at 45 Newhall
Street (S=Birmingham Library).
· 1915 Kelly’s
Birmingham Directory: Page 719 lists Frank Kendrick as a picture dealer at 45
Newhall Street (S=ancestry.com).
· 1921 Kelly’s
Birmingham Directory: Page 750 lists Frank Kendrick as a picture dealer at 45
Newhall Street (S=ancestry.com).
· Death: July 30, 1929 St.
Pancras, London (S8d), listed as Frank Spencer Kendrick age 73 an art dealer
who lived at 100 Bedford Court Mansions on Caroline Street, who died at the
University College Hospital with Bernard Kendrick, the son of 1 Millbrook Road,
Kings Heath, Birmingham as the informant; July 30, 1929 University College
Hospital Middlesex (S6).
· Probate: September 26, 1929 Birmingham (S6), listed as
Frank Spencer Kendrick of 100 Bedford Court Mansions Caroline Street, Middlesex
with Effects £1,501 to Bernard
Kendrick dentist.
· Actual Probate
record dated September 26, 1929 Birmingham and Will
dated April 23, 1927 (S=original copies ordered through the UK Government
website at. service.gov.uk). Listed as
Frank Spencer Kendrick of 100 Bedford Court Mansions, Caroline Street, London,
formerly of The Grafton Hotel Tottenham Court Road, London a fine art dealer
with his son Bernard Kendrick of 1 Millbrook Road, Kings Heath, Birmingham, a
dentist, as the executor. No others are
listed.
· Wife’s Death:
February 4, 1939 Erdington, Birmingham (S8d), listed
as Ada Marian Kendrick age 76, the widow of Frank Spencer Kendrick an art
dealer, who died at 11 Bracebridge Road, with A. L.
Wilson her daughter present at her death; February 4, 1939 (S6).
· Wife’s Probate: January
5, 1948 Birmingham (S6), listed as Ada Marion Kendrick of 20 Hamstead Road,
Handsworth, a widow with Effects £20 to Bernard
Kendrick dentist and Ada Laura Wilson (wife of Frank Wilson).
· Children:
1.
Ada
Laura Kendrick (1884-??). Born: 3rd QTR 1884 Birmingham (S5b),
listed as Ada Laura Kendrick with GRO index record indicating his mother’s
maiden name was Steeley. 1891 and 1901
Censuses: with parents (S4). Marriage:
May 12, 1920 at the Register Office, Kings Norton
(S8m), listed as Ada Laura Kendrick age 36 a spinster whose father was Frank
Kendrick an art dealer and Frank Wilson age 40 a bachelor and a drapers
manager.
2.
Bernard
Kendrick (1885-1956). Born: not found, August 16, 1885 (S9). 1891 and
1901 Censuses: with parents (S4).
Marriage: August 11, 1917 Baptist Chapel,
King’s Norton (S8m), listed as Bernard Kendrick age 31 a bachelor and dental
mechanic whose father was Frank Spencer Kendrick an art dealer and Frances
Elizabeth Jones age 24. 1939 Register: 1
Millbrook Road, Birmingham (S9), listed as Bernard Kendrick a dentist with wife
Frances E. born March 11, 1893. Death: 1st
QTR 1956 Birmingham (S5d), listed as Bernard Kendrick, January 24, 1956 at Selly Oak Hospital Birmingham (S6). Probate: March 21, 1956 Birmingham (S6),
listed as Bernard Kendrick of 1 Millbrook Road, Kings Norton with Effects £2,803 to Frances
Elizabeth Kendrick widow.
Another Thomas
Kendrick (c1837-??)
(Some researchers
have confused Thomas Kendrick the bedstead maker with Thomas Kendrick the
modeler/patent agent. The following evidence proves that Thomas Kendrick who
was a bedstead manufacturer is not the same person as the Thomas Kendrick who
was a patent agent even though he was listed as living at 68 Summer Street in
Edgbaston in the 1871 census which is similar to the
68 Summer Lane in Birmingham address of the Thomas Kendrick bedstead
manufactory from at least 1866-1890).
· 1861 Census: 10
Adderley Street, Aston (S4), listed as Thomas Kendrick age 24 a metallic
bedstead maker born in Birmingham living with his father Henry Kendrick and
siblings.
· 1866 Morris’s
Birmingham Directory: Page 188 lists Thomas Kendrick as a metallic bedstead
manufacturer at Summer Works, 68 Summer Lane (S=ancestry.com).
· 1871 Census: 131
Trinity Rd, Handsworth (S4), listed as Thomas Kendrick age 34 a bedstead
manufacturer master employing 226 hands with wife Sarah age 34 born in
Birmingham and 4 children born in Birmingham and Handsworth: Thomas H.,
Frederick W, Lillie B and Adelaide S.
· 1880 Kelly’s
Birmingham Directory: Page 374 lists
Thos. Kendrick as a bedstead manufacturer & caster ma. 72 Legge St., 122
Brearley St. & Summer Works 68 to 71 Summer Lane (S=ancestry.com).
· 1881 Census: 67
Trinity Rd, Handsworth (S4), listed as Thomas Kendrick age 44 born in
Birmingham a metal bedstead manufacturer & brass founder employing 208 men,
30 boys and 114 women with wife Sarah age 43 born in Willenhall,
Staffordshire and 4 children born in Handsworth: Lilly B., Adelaide S., Francis
M. A. and Alice M.
· 1890 Kelly’s
Birmingham Directory: Page 428 lists Thomas Kendrick as a brass founder 70 to
74 Legge Street & bedstead manufacturer 87 & 78 Brearley Street and
Summer Works, 68 to 71 Summer Lane (S=ancestry.com).
· 1891: 18 Duchess
Rd, Edgbaston (S4), listed as Thos Kendrick age 64 a manufacturer brass founder
employer born in Birmingham with wife Sarah age 64 born in Willenhall,
Staffordshire and 2 children born in Birmingham: Fred. Wm., and Alice Maude.
Avery style needle cases registered and
manufactured by Thomas Kendrick:
1.
Bow
and Arrows on Heart - ornamental design #266571 dated September 24, 1872
2.
Punch
- ornamental design #266572 dated September 24, 1872
3.
Shield
with Yorkshire Terrier - ornamental design #270222 dated February 6, 1873
Avery style needle cases registered and
manufactured by Frank Spencer Kendrick:
1.
Banner
Screen - ornamental design # 314390 dated September 20, 1877
2.
Boot
and Rink Skate - ornamental design #313959 dated September 7, 1877
3.
Coal
Vase - ornamental design #313960 dated September 7, 1877
4.
Knife
Basket - ornamental design #314389 dated September 20, 1877
5.
Trolley
and Box - ornamental design #313961 dated September 7, 1877
Patents
Registered by Thomas Kendrick of Birmingham
· Patent #2262 dated
July 18, 1868 registered to Thomas Kendrick, of Birmingham,
in the County of Warwick, Designer and Modeller,
Simeon Davis, of Dudley, in the County of Worcester, Whitesmith, for an
invention for “improvements in fireirons, part of which invention is applicable
to fenders to stove grates and other fireplaces.” (S=The London Gazette
newspaper dated July 28, 1871 page 3360 at
books.google.com)
· Patent #3636 dated
December 1872 registered to Thomas Kendrick, of Birmingham, in the County of
Warwick, Designer and Modeller, for an invention of
“new or improved parts of crochet needles.” (S=The London Gazette newspaper
dated December 10, 1875 page 6369 at books.google.com)
· Patent #31 Dated January 15, 1875 registered to Thomas Kendrick, of Balsall Heath, in the
county of Worcester, for the invention of “certain improvements in the
ornamentation of coffin furniture.”
(S=The London Gazette newspaper dated January 15, 1875
page 172 at books.google.com)
Designs Registered
by Thomas Kendrick of Birmingham based on TNA website searches:
(358 items were
listed for Thomas Kendrick of Birmingham.
At least 238 of these were listed for Thomas Kendrick of Summer Lane in
Birmingham, the bedstead manufacturer who might be confused with Thomas
Kendrick the modeler/patent agent who worked at New Street, Navigation Street
and Newhall Street).
· 3 designs were
registered to Thomas Kendrick of New Street in Birmingham in 1864 and 1865. All 3 were for provisional designs not
related to needle cases.
· 34 items were listed
for Thomas Kendrick of Navigation Street in Birmingham from February 1872
through February 1873. Of these 34, one
was not related to a design and 4 were listed twice resulting in only 29 actual
designs. Of the 29 designs, 25 were
provisional designs of which 21 were for needle cases. The other 4 were ornamental design
registrations of which 3 were for metal needle cases and one was for a metal
item that did not have a subject.
· 8 designs were
registered to Thomas Kendrick of Newhall Street in Birmingham from March 1873
through October 1873. All 8 were
provisional designs and 6 were for needle cases.
· TOTALS: 40 total
designs were registered to Thomas Kendrick the modeler/patent agent. Of these
36 were provisional designs and 4 were ornamental designs. 27 of the provisional designs were for needle
cases and 3 of the ornamental designs were for metal needle cases. The 3 ornamental designs for needle cases
included the provisional design numbers which implies the other provisional
needle cases designs were never made.
· The 3 Avery style
needle cases were registered in 1872 and 1873 and are: Bow and Arrows on Heart,
Punch and Shield with Yorkshire Terrier.
Designs Registered
by Frank S. Kendrick or Frank Spencer Kendrick of Denby Villa, Belgrave Road,
Birmingham based on TNA website searches:
· 47 items were
listed for Frank Kendrick of Birmingham in 1876 and 1878. Of these 47, 9 were not related to designs.
Of the 38 designs, 33 were provisional designs of which 32 were for receptacles
for needles and pins. Of the 5 ornamental
designs all 5 were for metal receptacles for needles and pins. The 5 ornamental designs for needle cases
included the provisional design numbers which implies the other provisional
needle cases designs were never made.
· The 5 Avery style
needle cases were registered in 1877 and are: Banner Screen, Boot and Rink
Skate, Coal Vase, Knife Basket and the Trolley and Box.
