Hannah Freeth was the eighth child of Samuel Freeth & Frances Grigg christened January 19th, 1812 at Smethwick, Staffs.
Hannah married William Fantham on April 27th, 1835 at St Philip’s, Birmingham. Witnesses at the wedding were Hannah’s sister Phoebe Freeth & Thomas Fantham. William was christened October 27th, 1811 at Smethwick, the son of Sarah & Isaac Fantom, a sawyer.
The 1841 census shows Hannah & William living in Oldbury, Halesowen, Worcs where William was a sawyer. They had 2 sons, John aged 4 & Samuel aged 1. Living next door were William’s parents & their family.
There is a death for William Fanton, aged 33, registered in Jan-March 1845 in West Bromwich.
The children of Hannah Freeth & William Fantham were:
fh.4.6.1.8 1. John Fanton christened July 9th, 1837 at Smethwick
fh.4.6.1.8.2 Samuel Fanton born Oct-December 1839 at Oldbury; died February 9th, 1901 at Sams Lane, West Bromwich
fh.4.6.1.8.3 Fanny Fanton born Oct-December 1842 at Oldbury
Hannah married again but no marriage record has yet been found. Her second husband was George Moseley, a tailor, born c1825 in Willersley, Gloucestershire. George was born George Jelfs, the son of Mary Jelfs & James Mosley.
The 1851 census shows Hannah & George, a tailor, living in Freeth St, West Bromwich with Hannah’s children & a 4 year old son of theirs – Harry.
Hannah & George were still living in Freeth Street in 1861 & George was a tailor & bread seller. Hannah’s son Samuel, a roller, & daughter Fanny Fanton were still living with them. Hannah & George had had another son, James (9) & son Harry was working as a grinder.
The Birmingham Daily Post of September 20th, 1862 carried an article announcing that George Moseley of Freeth St, tailor & baker, had been declared bankrupt.
Son Samuel, an iron worker, married Mary Jane Weston in 1864 in Kings Norton & in 1871 they were living in Bromford Rd, Oldbury with 2 daughters & a son. On his death in 1901 Samuel left the administration of his will to son Samuel Fantom, insurance agent & Thomas Richmond Moore, managing clerk. Thomas Richmond Moore had married Samuel’s daughter, Mary Ann Fantom, in 1887.
In 1871 Hannah & George were living in Freeth St & George was still a tailor. With them were sons Harry, a grinder, & James, an ironworker. With them & described as boarders were Fanny Firkins (28) & Annie Perkins (1). This was Hannah’s daughter Fanny who had married William B Firkins in 1867.
Son Harry married Mary Dickens in 1876 at St Peter’s, West Bromwich.
Hannah, aged 69, died in Jan-March 1881 & at the time of the 1881 census widowed George was living at 29 Freeth St, Oldbury & working as a tailor. With him was son Harry, a grinder in the ironworks, & his wife Mary A (30).
The children of Hannah Fanton (nee Freeth) & George Moseley were:
fh.4.6.1.8.4 Harry Moseley born Jan-March 1847 at West Bromwich
fh.4.6.1.8.5 James Moseley born Jan-March 1852 at West Bromwich & christened September 21st, 1856 at North Harborne, Staffs
George married again in 1888 in Willersley, Gloucestershire. His second wife being Elizabeth Jelfs (nee Young). Elizabeth was the widow of George’s brother Job. They were living in Willersley in 1891 with George’s step-son William Jelfs, a gardener, & using the name Jelfs. George was still a tailor.
By 1901 George, a tailor, was again widowed & living with William Jelfs, a market gardener & his family in Willersley. He was described as uncle. George Moseley Jelfs died in 1905 in Evesham.