Mary Freeth was the fourth child of Samuel Freeth & Jane Rebecca Lambert born August 22nd, 1863 at Smethwick, Staffs.
In 1871 the family were still at Smethwick but now living at Causer St. Mary now had 5 sisters.
By 1881 the family had moved to 4 Birmingham Rd, Oldbury where Mary’s father was a glass maker. Mary had 5 sisters & a brother at home.
In 1891 Mary was still living at home at Birmingham St, now #8, along with 4 sisters & her brother.
In April-June 1892 Mary married Charles Hamar Lloyd at Christ Church, Oldbury. Charles was christened February 23rd, 1868 at Eye, Herefordshire, the son of Mary Ann & Thomas Lloyd, a carpenter. In 1891 Charles was working as a grocer’s manager on the High St, Smethwick which is where Mary’s widowed mother Jane was working as a butcher in 1901.
In 1901 Mary & Charles were living at 304 Oldbury Rd, Smethwick, next to the Five Ways Tavern, where Charles was a grocer. They had 3 children – Ethel L (6), Charles W (3) & Edith M (5 months). Charles’ sister May (14) was with them at the time of the census. Also living with them was a grocer’s apprentice Clifford W Bennett (17).
In 1911 Mary & Charles were listed at 297 Oldbury Rd, Smethwick & Mary was described as head of the household & was a grocer & provision dealer. Husband Charles was a grocer manager. Their 3 children Ethel Louis, Charles Wilfred & Edith Mary were all at home.
Charles died in July 19th, 1914 at Smethwick, Warks.
Daughter Ethel Louisa married Frederick Percy Harris in 1915 in West Bromwich.
The 1939 register shows widowed Mary living with her daughter Edith & husband Joseph F Woolams, an engineers fitter & their family at 260 Beeches Rd, West Bromwich. Edith married again in 1950, her second husband being Alfred A Summerill.
Son Charles Wilfred & his wife Nellie M were living at 143 Oldbury Rd, Smethwick in 1939 where he was a master draper
Daughter Ethel & husband Frederick Percy Harris, a master decorator, were living at 8 Regan St, West Bromwich in 1939 with daughter Winifred & son Frederick.
Mary died in Oct-December 1941 in West Bromwich, aged 78.
The children of Mary Freeth & Charles Hamar Lloyd were:
fh.4.6.1.7.1.4.1 Charles Reginald Loyd christened April 20th, 1893 at Smethwick; died July-September 1893 at Smethwick
fh.4.6.1.7.1.4.2 Ethel Louisa Lloyd born May 26th, 1894 & christened June 14th, 1894 at Smethwick,
Staffs; died November 23rd, 1967 at Hall Green, Birmingham
fh.4.6.1.7.1.4.2 Charles Wilfred Ernest Lloyd born January 18th, 1898 at Smethwick,
Staffs, died July-September 1969 in West Bromwich
fh.4.6.1.7.1.4.3 Edith Mary Lloyd born October 12th, 1900 at Smethwick, Staffs; died Oct-December1999 at Sandwell, Staffs