Job Horton was the fourth child of John Horton & Emma Hartill born November 23rd, 1876 at Cotwallend, Sedgley, Staffs.
In 1881 Job, his parents & brother & sister were living at 6 Gordon’s Place, Cotwallend, Sedgley. They were living with his maternal grandmother Ann & her second husband Joseph Hickman.
The family were still at the same address in 1891 & Job was working as an apprentice carpenter.
Job married Ellen Pearce in July-September 1899 at All Saints, Sedgley. Ellen was born Oct-December 1876, the daughter of Hannah & John Pearce, an iron moulder.
In 1901 Job & Ellen were living at Gate St, Woodsetton Village, Sedgley where Job was a carpenter & joiner. They had a daughter Virginia, aged 1 year & also with them at the time of the census was 14 year old niece Hannah Jones.
By 1911 Job had become a builder & contractor & he & Ellen were living at 37 Kings Rd, Sedgeley. They now had 4 children at home – Virginia, at school, Ellen Lavinia (9), John (8) & Edna Isabel (2).
Ellen sadly died in July-September 1922 at Sedgley & was buried at All Saints, Gospel End.
The children of Job Horton & Ellen Pearce were:
h.1.4.8.4.1 Virginia Horton born April-June 1900 at Sedgley; died Jan 1993 at Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
h.1.4.8.4.2 Ellen Lavinia Horton born May 28th, 1901 at Sedgley; died October 28th, 1998 at Sedgley, Staffs
h.1.4.8.4.3 John Horton born March 26th, 1903 at Sedgley; died Oct-December 1974 in Dudley
h.1.4.8.4.4 Edna Isabel Horton born December 28th, 1908 at Sedgley; died 2011 at Sedgley, Staffs
h.1.4.8.4.5 Phyllis Mary Horton born July-September 1914 at Sedgley
Widowed Job remarried in April-June 1927. His second wife was Ethel Guest. Ethel was born August 12th, 1884 in Sedgley, the daughter of Clara May & Thomas A Guest, a printer letterpress.
Also in 1927 daughter Ellen Lavinia married William Henry Stanley Cox in Sedgley. In 1939 they & their family were living in Coseley & William was an iron & steel worker.
Son John married Elsie M Smith in 1930 in Dudley. In 1939 they & their family were living in Coseley where John was a carpenter coffin maker.
There is a marriage for Phyllis Mary to George Wright Burgess, a draughtsman, in 1939 in Sedgley. At the time of the 1939 register they were living in Tipton, Staffs.
The 1939 register shows Job & Ethel living at Westholme, Tipton Rd, Sedgley. Job was still a builder & with them was Job’s daughter Edna Isabel, a comptometer operator. Also with them was Ethel’s younger sister, Hilda Guest, a domestic.
Job died on May 27th, 1950, aged 74 at Tipton Rd, Sedgley, Staffs. Probate was granted to son John Horton, building contractor, & William Stanley Cox, foreman moulder. His effects were £5346.9s.5d.
Ethel of 17 Tipton Rd died September 22nd, 1952 at Burton Rd Hospital, Dudley, Staffs.