Job Arthur Crowley (1864 - 1927)

Born 1864 in West Derby, Lancashire, England

Ancestors

Husband of Edith Kate (Gage) Crowley — married 22 Mar 1891 in St. Philip the Evangelist. Islington

Descendants

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Biography

Job, son of John Crowley and Emma Lewis, was born in West Derby, Lancashire in 1864. ^[1] In 1871 he is with his parents, five brothers and four sisters living at 542 Mill Street, Toxteth Park, Liverpool ^[2] By 1881 the family have moved to 101, Myrtle Street, Liverpool and Job is employed by a glass manufacturer as an Artist on Glass. ^[3]
He married Edith Kate, daughter of Samuel Gage, a carriage proprietor, at St. Philip the Evangelist, Islington in 1891 ^[4] and witnessed by Arthur and Adina Faithful (Edith Kate's sister). In the 1891 census they are living in Hackney and Job is a stained glass artist and Edith a mantle machinist. They had three sons and a daughter. Job was very artistic, not just with stained glass (some of which is supposed to be in Holy Trinity Church Theale Berkshire), he painted a large portrait of his father, John, and a sketch of his sister-in-law Adina, also a stained glass roundel of a robin which remain in the family today. He was also an accomplished violinist. By 1901 they are living in Walthamstow with their three sons ^[5] but by 1911 the family, now with a daughter, had moved to Union Street in Reading where Job and his son Leyton were running a second hand/antique shop. ^[6] This shop was eventually bought as their first shop by Tesco!
Job died at Reading in 1927 aged 63. ^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ Eng & W Civil Registration of Birth - Liverpool. FreeBMD. England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1837-1915 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.
2. ↑ The National Archives; Kew, London, England; 1871 England Census; Class: RG10; Piece: 3801; Folio: 96; Page: 50; GSU roll: 841904
3. ↑ Class: RG11; Piece: 3623; Folio: 6; Page: 5; GSU roll: 1341867
4. ↑ L E C of E Registration of Marriage - Islington. London Metropolitan Archives; London, England; Reference Number: p83/phe/007
5. ↑ Class: RG13; Piece: 1627; Folio: 68; Page: 21
6. ↑ Class: RG13; Piece: 1627; Folio: 68; Page: 21
7. ↑ Eng & W Civil Registration of Death - Reading. General Register Office; United Kingdom; Volume: 2c; Page: 403