Gran Worked For Uncle - Attercliffe 1911
When I was researching my ancestors in the 1911 Census, I was unable to find any entry for my grandmother ROSE SANBY. I knew that by the time of the census she had lost both her parents Mary Sanby in 1904 and Edwin Sanby in 1910, and thought that she may have gone to live with other members of the family. But a long search of the indexes failed to locate my gran.
Thankfully a member of my family eventually found the entry in the 1911 Census. Instead of ROSE SANBY, my gran is transcribed as a ROSE LANBY. The sanby name has had many variants but this was a new one on me!
1911 Census Record
Name Rose Lanby
Relationship to Head of Household Servant
Condition Single
Gender Female Age 17
Estimated Year of Birth 1894
Occupation General Servant Domestic
Employed Yes
Working at Home No
Place of Birth Yorkshire Sheffield
Enumerator Information
Address Attercliffe Road Attercliffe Sheffield Parish Sheffield Town Attercliffe
Sheffield Type of Building 3 Shops
Number of Rooms Five Inhabited Yes
Reference RG14PN28000 RG78PN1600 RD510 SD7 ED12 SN258 Administrative County
Yorkshire (West Riding)
Registration District Sheffield Registration Sub District Attercliffe
Enumeration District 12 Reference Information Folio 513 Page 1 Piece 28000 RD
number 510
SD number 7 ED number 12 Schedule 258
The reason for the transcription error was the writing of the head of the household - his S looked like a L
And so in 1911 my gran was a general domestic servant in the house of a 60year old pawnbroker HAROLD TYRER. She was undoubtedly under the supervision of MRS ANNIE BROOKS, a 35 year old housekeeper who was widowed. It is funny but I can remember my gran telling me she was in service when she was young but at the time I did not know what she meant by the term.
The address is given as 481 Attercliffe Road Attercliffe Sheffield which is someway from where my gran was brought up - Walkley.
HAROLD JACKSON TYRER to give him is full name was born in 1850 in St Giles in the Fields in London
Name Harold Jackson Tyrer
Year of Registration 1850
Quarter of Registration Apr-May-Jun Registration District St. Giles Registration
County London Volume Number 1 Volume Page 69
His parents HENRY and JANE must have moved to Sheffield when they were young - the 1861 Census shows HAROLD as a ten year old boy
Name Harold Tyrer
Age 10 Estimated Year of Birth 1851
Relationship to Head of Household Son Occupation Scholar
Address Park Wood Spring District Sheffield, Brightside Parish Brightside
Bierlow Administrative County Yorkshire (West Riding)
Birth Place St Giles Birth County Middlesex Reference Information Folio 105 Page
15 Piece RG90
His father is listed as a 45 year old watchmaker
Ten years later in 1871 HAROLD had left home and was working as a 20 year old Pawnbrokers Assistant, and living at 39 - 43 Snig Hill. He lodged at the house alongside other "Pawnbrokers Assistants"
Name Harold J Tyrer
Age 20 Estimated Year of Birth 1851
Relationship to Head of Household Boarder
Occupation Address Snig Hill District Sheffield, Sheffield, West Parish
Sheffield Administrative County Yorkshire
Birth Place Middlesex Birth County Middlesex Reference Information Folio 8 Page
9 Piece 4676
The 1881 Census shows HAROLD as head of the householder and a Pawnbroker in his own right
Name Harold Tyrer
Age 30 Estimated Year of Birth 1851
Relationship to Head of Household Head
Occupation Pawnbroker
Address 99, Carlton Road District Sheffield, Attercliffe Parish Attercliffe Cum
Darnall Administrative County Yorkshire (West Riding)
Birth Place Bloomsbury Birth County Middlesex Reference Information Folio 121
Page 34 Piece RS00
In fact HAROLD had goner into business with his younger brother EDWIN DAVIES TYRER and were trading as TYRER BROTHERS. Edwin was living with Harold in 1881 but later married and moved out of premises The business lasted well into the twentieth century as the trade directories of the time show (see notes). In fact it seems to have prospered.
Edwin died in 1917 aged 65 ( Deaths Dec 1917 Tyrer Edwin D 65 Ecclesall B. 9c
467) whilst his elder brother HAROLD died aged 75 in 1926 (Deaths Mar 1926
TYRER Harold J 75 Ecclesall B. 9c 531)
I do not know when my gran left service but the indications are that she took war work in the local munitions factories that mushroomed in Sheffield after the declaration of war in August 1914.
If anyone can supply me with any additional information on the Tyrer Brothers and their activities please contact me
Oh and for those that don't know, Uncle is a slang term for a "pawnbroker"
Notes
Tyrer, Brothers (, pawnbrokers, clothiers & jewellers).
Residing at 481-5 Attercliffe Road & 177 Pond Street, in 1905.
Recorded in: Whites Directory of Sheffield & Rotherham.
Tyrer, Edwin D (, Pawnbroker (Tyrer Brothers)).
Residing at h 30 Kenbourne Road, in 1911.
Recorded in: Whites Directory of Sheffield & Rotherham - 1911.
Tyrer, Edwin D. (, (Brothers)).
Residing at h. St. Andrew's Road, in 1905.
Recorded in: Whites Directory of Sheffield & Rotherham.
Tyrer, Harold J (, Pawnbroker (Tyrer Brothers)).
Residing at h 30 Kenbourne Road, in 1911.
Recorded in: Whites Directory of Sheffield & Rotherham - 1911.
Tyrer, Harold J. (, (Brothers)).
Residing at h. St. Andrew's Road, in 1905.
Recorded in: Whites Directory of Sheffield & Rotherham.
Tyrer, Henry (~, Watchmaker).
Residing at 27 Broomhall Street, in 1871.
Recorded in: Whites Sheffield & District Directory - 1871.
1901 Census Record
Name Harold Jackson Tyrer
Relation to Head of Family Brother
Age Last Birthday 50
Sex Male Profession or Occupation Pawnbroker
Condition as to Marriage Single
Where Born London
Address 4 Thornsett Rd Civil Parish Ecclesall Bierlow
Town or Village or Hamlet Sheffield Borough County Ecclesiastical Parish St
Andrews Parliamentary Borough or Division Ecclesall Division
County Borough, Municipal Borough or Urban District Sheffield Administrative
County Yorkshire Ward of Municipal Borough or Urban District Ecclesall
Reference Information Folio 19 Page 30 Piece 4358
The TYRER family grave is in Sheffield's Norton Cemetery
TYRER, Edwin Davies (Pawnbroker, age 65).
Died at 69 Wolstenholm Road; Buried on November 2, 1917 in Consecrated ground; Grave Number 60, Section E of Norton Cemetery, Sheffield.
TYRER, Harold J (Pawnbroker, age 75).
Died at 19 Dover Road; Buried on January 6, 1926 in Consecrated ground; Grave Number 60, Section E of Norton Cemetery, Sheffield.
TYRER, Lillian Edith (Widow, age 71).
Died at 86 London Road; Buried on November 22, 1837 in Consecrated ground; Grave Number 60, Section E of Norton Cemetery, Sheffield.
TYRER, Louisa M (Spinster, age 77).
Died at 153 Albert Road; Buried on October 25, 1899 in ~ ground; Grave Number 60, Section E of Norton Cemetery, Sheffield.
Sources
Sheffield Indexers
UK Census
Free BMD
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