Help with handwriting please

[WelchRegLost]

1841 census i have a William Goodman HO/107/999/11 41

Any ideas as to the place and/or occupation (underlined in red)

 

[Findem]

The place looks like War?als Wharf.

What town or city and county is this Census of?

 

[Archie's Mum]

I wonder if it’s supposed to be Walsall wharf as the above and below are Walsall Street.
Is the occupation ‘clerical’ ‘w’ worker?

 

[WelchRegLost]

The place looks like War?als Wharf.

What town or city and county is this Census of?

Town is Wolverhampton in Staffordshire. Walsall Street runs close to and crosses the "old main Line Canal" so wharf would be a good match

 

[Sis]

It looks to me like Warsals Wharf. But.... I think it's supposed to be Walsall Wharf. Wallsall Street runs right down to the canal. Especially as there a boatman and boat builder living there. The occupation I see as Clerk M, but not absolutely sure.

 

[WelchRegLost]

The place looks like War?als Wharf

There used to be a Warrells coal merchant in Walsall Street (I'm going back to 10 year old childhood memories here) could it be that?

 

[WelchRegLost]

‘clerical’ ‘w’ worker

Clerk M

If it is either of those I have the wrong person as he was an Iron worker then a brewer (probably explains my taste for real ale)

 

[Archie's Mum]

There used to be a Warrells coal merchant in Walsall Street (I'm going back to 10 year old childhood memories here) could it be that?

There looks to be James Warral, boatbuilder a few above him.

 

[Archie's Mum]

1834 Wolverhampton directory has James Worrall as a boatbuilder and lived in Walsall Street.

 

[WelchRegLost]

looks like a day trip to Wolverhampton Archives and a look at their old maps

 

[WelchRegLost]

1834 Wolverhampton directory

Daft question, but where did you fin that?

 

[Archie's Mum]

Daft question, but where did you fin that?

Just googled James Worrall boatbuilder Walsall
It comes up in google books

 

[WelchRegLost]

Just googled James Worrall boatbuilder Walsall

my excuse is it is 10 past 3 in the morning

 

[Archie's Mum]

my excuse is it is 10 past 3 in the morning

Bit of a night owl?

 

[WelchRegLost]

Bit of a night owl?

Not normally, just too much going on at the moment I can't sleep

 

[Archie's Mum]

Not normally, just too much going on at the moment I can't sleep

Chai latte

 

[kernowmaid]

I'm not convinced that the occupation is "clerk" - the enumerator's "c" is different. Could the first letter be an S ? (as in "Susan" above, and "Sarah" on the previous page).

The place? Definitely Wharf , possibly "Warsal's"? (with Walsall Street on either side). Page 1 describes the area as "Walsall Street from the corners of Duke Street and Shakespeare Street to the Bridge"

 

[AnnB]

I think the occupation is Servt. M - ie Male Servant

 

[WelchRegLost]

Thank you everyone for your suggestions

 

[arthurk]

The standard abbreviation for a Male Servant in 1841 is M.S., and as there's an F.S. on the line above, I doubt that's what's meant here.

Capital M at the end of an occupation is the standard abbreviation for Maker, but I can't work out what's before it.