Thread: Osborne Whitley Rhoades (Whitley Court?)

Hi everyone,



I am looking for my great great grandfather Osborne Whitley Rhoades who I believe lived in Whitley Court in Worcestershire. I know he was born 1881 and married in 1904 to a Lucy Lousia Mayes. They had two sons and a daughter together. He also served in the south staffordshire regiment in WW1. I am trying to find out what his parents names, date of births, and occupations are.



Any help would be much appreciated.

Could this be him in 1891?



Name: Whitley C Rhoades Age: 9 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1882 Relation: Grandson Gender: Male Where born: Belbroughton, Worcestershire, England



Civil Parish: Belbroughton Ecclesiastical parish: St Leonards County/Island: Worcestershire Country: England

Emma Rhoades 58 William Rhoades 22 Whitley C Rhoades 9

This looks like his birth registry.



Name: Wickley Osbourn Rhoades Year of Registration: 1881 Quarter of Registration: Apr-May-Jun District: Bromsgrove County: Hereford and Worcester, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Worcestershire Volume: 6c Page: 408



To establish his date of birth, and parents names, you will need to buy his birth certificate.

Yes the second one is him, with a misspelt name in the registry. but everywhere I have looked to try and find his parents I have had no luck whatsoever.

Hello

Osborne occupation 1901 was an edge tool grinder.

1891 24 Springfield Place Headinley with Burley

Rhodes

Thomas 44 Stone Mason Rawdon Yorkshire

Maria 33 Leeds "

Ada 21 Washed Mender Kirkshall

John J 16 App to mechanic "

Eva 14 Tailoress "

Osborne 12 Scholar "

Thomas 10 " "

Kim



Class: RG12; Piece: 3710; Folio 56

Thanks for the info kimmy but I am a little confused about the other names.



As far as I am aware Osborne married Lucy Lousia Mayes in 1904, at some point aswell he was living in Whitley court in worcestershire. I was told by his son Robert Charles Rhoades before he died that his father's occupation was classed as a gentleman, meaning he had no need to work.



Everytime I have tried to access his files I have been denied access as if he were an A list citizen. I have spoken to a couple of geneologists at my local library, and they were the ones who said if I had been blocked access to the files he was more than likely an A list person meaning what I had been told about him being a gentlemen would possibly be true.

Hi Plodder,



It is possible that his job in earlier years was not the same as in his later years. He could have inherited either land or money.



Obtaining his marriage certificate will give you his occupation not long after the 1901 census. It will also give you his father's name and occupation.



Marriages June 1904



MAYES Lucy Lousia, Aston 6d 453

RHOADES Whitley Osborne, Aston 6d 453

Hi Plodder,



I think this is him in 1901. Which means the 1891 census I posted is most likely him mistranscribed (same birth place)



Name: Osborne W Rhodes Age: 20 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1881 Relation: Boarder Gender: Male Where born: Belbroughton, Worcestershire, England



Civil Parish: Aston Ecclesiastical parish: St Clement County/Island: Warwickshire Country: England

Mary Fox 61 Alfred Fox 23 Mary Fox 18 Osborne W Rhodes 20

Here's Emma (his grandmother) in 1881.



Name: Emma Rhoades Age: 48 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1833 Relation: Wife Spouse's Name: Joseph Gender: Female



Civil Parish: Belbroughton County/Island: Worcestershire Country: England



Street address: Weybridge Condition as to marriage: Married

Joseph Rhoades 51 Emma Rhoades 48 Joseph Rhoades 24 Maria Rhoades 20 William Rhoades 12

I think that I am going to get hold of the marriage certificate as soon as I can, Would I have to get it from the church records?



Thanks for the help aswell, i have been finding it very difficult to find any information out about him.