House by House: 1 Hawthorne Road

1, 3 and 5 Hawthorne Road, just built in 1906. Click to enlarge.

Photo: To the left is 1 Hawthorne Road, with 3 and 5 attached, and the as yet un-built green-space of Hawthorne Road in the distance, 1906. These were some of the first houses to be built.

1911
The first census recording the houses was taken in 1911, so these were probably the first tenants of the house.

• Edgar Tavener Beddoes, head, 28, manufacturing silversmith, born Birmingham.
• Mary Elizabeth Beddoes, wife, 24, ---, born Birmingham.
• Jack Tavener Beddoes, son, 4 months, ---, born Kings Norton.
• Emily Ellen Jones, servant, 23, general servant, born Oldbury in Worcestershire.

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1925-1927

On the 1925 and 1927 electoral register the residents at 1 Hawthorne Road were:

James Henry Watkin/James Harry Watkin

Alice Watkin

(this register included men over 21 and women over 30)

1930

On the 1930 electoral register the residents at 1 Hawthorne Road were:

James Harry Watkin

Alice Watkin
Dorothy Alice Brown
Edith Briggs

(this register included men and women over 21)

1935

On the 1935 electoral register the residents at 1 Hawthorne Road were:

Sydney Edward Norton
Helena Norton
Gerald Gordon Knight
Audrey Knight

(this register included men and women over 21)

The Norton family previously lived at 46 Kingsley Road. Sydney Edward Norton was recorded as a 'Bootmaker (dealer)' on the 1911 census.

1939

On the 1935 electoral register the residents at 1 Hawthorne Road were:

Sydney Edward Norton
Helena Norton

(this register included men and women over 21)

1945

On the 1945 electoral register the residents at 1 Hawthorne Road were:

Oscar W. Rose
Gladys E. Rose
Beryl W. Rose

(this register included men and women over 21)

1947

On the 1947 electoral register the residents at 1 Hawthorne Road were:

William C. E. Herbert
Margaret J. Herbert
Catherine M. Taylor

(this register included men and women over 21)

1950

On the 1950 and 1952 electoral register the residents at 1 Hawthorne Road were:

William C. E. Herbert
Margaret J. Herbert
Catherine M. Taylor

(this register included men and women over 21)

1955-1960

On the 1955, 1957 and 1960 electoral register the residents at 1 Hawthorne Road were:

Louise M. Field
Ivor E. Gilbert
Dorothy E. Gilbert

(this register included men and women over 21)

1962-1965

On the 1962 and 1965 electoral register the residents at 1 Hawthorne Road were:

Ivor E. Gilbert
Dorothy E. Gilbert

(this register included men and women over 21)