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Childs in Penzance

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"We were aware of a Dudley connection, Penzance is a surprise,
probably to my parents as well" Newton Childs

John & Maria Childs ( Eastaway ) Penzance

John & Maria Childs ( Eastaway ) Penzance

4 to 8 Chapel Street today

 4 to 8 Chapel Street today
 
See previous history page for more information

On the 1841 John Childs was registered as a Tailor in Chapel Street next to the Egyptian Hall
his brother in law Robert Eastaway was also at the premises working as a tailor. Robert later became a mariner.

In the 1844 Kelly's Directory John Childs was still registered as a Tailor in Chapel Street (no Number)

On the 1851 Census he was registered at no 5 Chapel Street where he ran a tailor's shop. At no 6 there were two hairdressers, a retired shipwright and a Medical Practitioner listed as lodgers. No 7 was a private dwelling and no 8 a Veterinary Surgeon.
Nos 3 and 4 were inhabited by the Lavins, John a mineralogist at no 4 and his son Edward a printer and bookseller.

On the 1861 Census John Childs was registered at no 7, no 6 was uninhabited by night and at no 5 Frances Lavin (widow) was registered with her son Edward both mineralogists

In 1864 in the Coulsons Directory John was listed under no 8 as a Tailor and Outfitter the owner being Henry Coulson Cornish a Corn Merchant.

It appears that the numbering of Chapel Street varied over the years, so it is rather uncertain as to whether John Childs was actually living or trading in Egyptian House or one of the properties next door. Although in 1861 he was definitely trading in no 7.
Janice


No 8 Chapel Street today

No 8 Chapel Street today

Detail of Egyptian House today

Detail of Egyptian House today
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15 South Terrace today

15 South Terrace today
John Childs (tailor) moved his family up to Dudley Worcs but on his retirement he returned to Penzance living at no 15 South Terrace where his wife Maria ran a lodging house. This may have been a family property as father David Childs was living there in 1841. Maria's mother Susan had run a lodging house in Ilfracombe and Robert Eastaway's wife Mary also ran a lodging house for many years at 1 Cornwall Terrace Penzance

1 Cornwall Terrace today

1 Cornwall Terrace today
New material on Chapel Street and photos researched and donated by Newton Childs