HANCOX (Steel Tilter) - 1841 census (General)

by m p griffiths , Friday, July 16, 2010, 14:49 (5327 days ago) @ raccos

Ancestry list them as HANDLEY - but can see it is HANDCOX

1841 Census, Staffs West Bromwich, District 10 - Page 4 and then Page 5 of 13
Bromford Street

Alexander - 25 - not born in County (a smudge over his occupation) *
Violety - 25 - not born in County
Elizabeth - 6 - all born in County
George - 5
Emma - 3
William - 10 months

* on later census - Alexander is a Steel Tilter (Journeyman)

to hammer or forge with a tilt hammer

to tilt steel in order to render it more ductile

As the Hancox family lived in West Bromwich (this is still called the Black Country today) and Wednesbury is just a few miles away..... this shows the working conditions of Alexander and talks about a tilt hammer + adverts showing the uses for Steel etc

History of Wednesbury

http://www.localhistory.scit.wlv.ac.uk/articles/Wednesbury/industry.htm

Church of Latter Day Saints

Elizabeth HANCOX - born 18 December 1834, christened 13 March 1836
@ Saint Thomas, Birmingham, Warwick

parents Alexander & Violette HANCOX

Church of Latter Day Saints : (siblings ? of Alexander HANCOCK)

Sheffield - parents Saml & Sarah

Sophia HANCOCK - born 19th September 1810 - christened 25 September 1810

Edwin HANCOCK - born 28 September 1813 - christened 2 April 1815