Wednesday, 13 April 2016

A-Z Challenge 2016: K is for Kate J M Murch 1877

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Kate J M Murch was born in 1877 to Henry James Murch and Susan Dickason in Balsall Heath, Worcestershire, England.  In the 1881 census the family is living at 6 Balsall Heath Road, Kings Norton, Worcestershire; Kate’s father Henry is a saddler.

By 1891, her older sister, Alice (now aged 24) is enumerated as a Professor of Music, while their father is listed as a “brown saddler”.  This mystified me at first.  A 'brown saddler' made riding saddles - but there was also such a person as a 'black saddler', who made saddles for carts and gigs - in black leather.  
 


Kate Murch features in the Murch Surname Study.

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  1. Nicola13 April 2016 at 13:36

    I found this very interesting, Ros. Firstly because I consider Worcestershire my home county (even though I now live in Germany) but also that the sister was called Alice - my daughter's name :)

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    1. Ros Haywood16 April 2016 at 09:46

      I also found the brown or black saddlers fascinating - something I had never heard of before. (And I have quite a few of my own ancestors called Alice!) Thanks for stopping by!

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