Joseph Tacey

Joseph was the son of Joseph and Louisa Tacey (née Campion). Joseph snr. was born in Sneinton, birth registered 1865 (J/F/M Radford) and Louisa Campion also in Sneinton in 1868 (J/A/S Nottingham). They were married at Sneinton St Matthias on 22 April 1889 (A/M/J Nottingham) and had four children, one of whom died in infancy or childhood. Their surviving children were: Joseph b. 1889 (J/A/S Nottingham), Emma b. 11 July 1891 (J/A/S Nottingham) and Louisa b. 3 February 1896 (J/F/M Nottingham), who were all born in Sneinton. In 1891 Joseph (26), a framework knitter, and Louisa (23), a lace hand, were living in Sneinton with their son Joseph (1). By 1901 they were living at 5 Harold Hill, Sneinton, with their three children Joseph, Emma (9) and Louisa (5). Joseph was now working in the Great Northern Railway goods' sheds and Louisa was a clipper in the lace trade. Also in the household was a boarder, Arthur Linney (17 b. Sneinton), a frilling machine fitter. The family had moved to 24 Camden Street, Nottingham, by 1911. Joseph was still working for GNR but Louisa was now a lace mender working from home, Joseph jnr. was a labourer at a hide market, Emma a lace clipper and Louisa a hosiery mender. The family later lived at 122 Sneinton Road, Nottingham. Joseph jnr. married Maria Jeffery (prob. b. 1892) in July 1911 (J/A/S Nottingham). His mother Louisa died in 1933 (A/M/J Nottingham) and his father Joseph in 1937 (O/N/D Nottingham). In 1939 when the England and Wales Register was compiled, Joseph's unmarried sisters Emma and Louisa were living at 122 Sneinton Road, Nottingham; Emma was described as a cleaner/household duties and Louisa as a weaver (textile). Also in the household was George William Tacey b. 31 July 1912 (J/A/S Nottingham, mother's maiden name Tacey), who was a wooden box maker. Emma died in 1973 (J/A/S Nottingham) and Louisa in 1983 (O/N/D Nottingham). George William Tacey married in 1949 and died in 1976 (A/M/J Nottingham).