The Bower & Collier Family History
Research by Colin Bower
Silk Weavers named Collier
Hard Times
Like other Silk Weavers in London the Colliers did experience hard times:
See article in Cockney Ancestor - Decline of Silk Trade (Summer 1983)
Some entries have come to light:
Selected Poor Law Removal and Settlement Records 11 Nov 1847
Joseph Collier 17 Virginia Row aged 30 Weaver
(Father William Collier 14 Virginia Row to be examined)
Married 8.3.1839 to Elizabeth Matthews
Aged 30 2 children Joseph 7 & James 18 months
William Collier aged 57 Weaver
Married 13.4.1811 to Elizabeth Beech
Aged 55 8 children Elizabeth 33 Joseph 30 James 28
Caroline 24 Sarah 20 George 15 Henry 12
On 3 Jan 1816 he was passed from hence to Bishopsgate
Selected Poor Law Removal & Settlement Records 1698-1930
Order of Removal
Wednesday Dec 16 1857
Joseph Collier 39 Wife Elizabeth 39
Children: Joseph 17 James 12 Eliza 7
Henry 4 Alfred 2
No 29 Mount St, Francis (?) Mount
He a Weaver Examined never certified (?)
was born in Thomas St, Brick Lane
Married at St Mary's Church, Spitalfields 19 June 1848
(Certificate produced)
- see Examination of father William 1855 - Folio 22 -
Examination 19 (?) in Bethnal Green with person
he has (?) cert and never stepped out of his pauch for that time
Bishopsgate Without
NB A note has been added in the margin:
Joseph born corner of New Nichol
James born in Kagun's (?) Row
Colin Bower
5 January 2017
Links to:
Silk Weavers named Collier - Introduction & Index
