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Parents: William , a Plush Weaver and Martha who both moved from Bloxham, in Oxfordshire 3 years before Caleb's birth.
Caleb was born in Coventry on the 1842, and christened on 8th June 1844 at St.Michael's Church, Coventry.
Early Years: He was one of 7 children
born to his parents, but 2 died before Caleb was born.
As a child he lived
near the centre of Coventry.
Occupation: At the age of 19 he was a Plush Weaver, like his parents, but in 1871 he described himself as a Worsted Weaver. Later in life he was a Cotton Warp Dresser.
Marriage : At the age of 27 he married Eliza Nicholls, from Coventry on 15th May 1869 at Holy Trinity Church,Coventry. The witnesses were David and Maria Porter.
Children: The couple had 8 children:
| William | 1871 | Chr. 16 Aug 1872 | Died 1946 |
| Caleb | 1872 | Chr. 16 Aug 1872 | He married Frances Asplin in Jun QTR 1894 at Coventry (6d 632). |
| James | 1875 | Died in 1942 during the bombing of Coventry | James married Mary Green in Dec QTR 1894 at Coventry. |
| Thomas | 1880 | Died in 1942. | Thomas was a barber and was believed to have stayed single. He was made a Freeman of Coventry in 1900. |
| George | 1881 | My Grandfather | |
| Charles | 1883 | Charles married Emma Asplin in Dec QTR 1904 at Coventry | |
| Sarah | 1886 | Married Charles Rothwell at Radford, Coventry Mar QTR 1917. | |
| Annie | 1889 | Married Thomas England at Coventry Jun QTR 1911. |
Around 1890 Caleb's wife ran off with her lover, taking young Sarah with her, and leaving Caleb to raise the young family including baby Annie.
Known Places of Residence:
As a
child Caleb lived at Spring Grove (near the present Cox Street),
Coventry.
From 1861 until 1869 the family were at Leicester Street,
Coventry about a mile away, and from 1871 to 1877 Caleb and wife Eliza were
living close by at Hill St.
By 1881 they had moved out from the city
centre a short distance to Radford where Caleb remained until his death.
Death: Caleb died on 24 January 1909 from Bronchitis exhaustion at his home at 57 Radford.
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