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hi all, i'm at a loss as to what became of Thomas Alfred Haynes and his family. i can't trace him at all from 1881, can't see that he moved abroad, or a death date. his wife can be seen in 1881/91/1901 but beyond that i know nothing! here's a run down of what i have found.


THOMAS ALFRED HAYNES 1853-???
1853 – BORN DRAYTON BASSETT, NOVEMBER 9. FATHER HENRY, MOTHER MARY ANN (NICHOL).
1861 – THOMAS AGED 7, LIVING AT FAZELY, TAMWORTH WITH FATHER HENRY, MOTHER MARY ANN, AND 3 SISTERS. FATHER’S PROFESSION?
1871 – THOMAS AGED 17, LIVING AT DRAYTON BASSETT WITH PARENTS AND SIBLINGS, OCCUPATION AUCTIONEER ASSISTANT. FATHER HENRY IS AN AUCTIONEER. ELIZABETH HOUGH AGED 15 (B. 1856) LIVES WITH PARENTS ON LONDON RD. HER FATHER JOSEPH WAS A HORSE DEALER AND FARMER, FORMER PUBLICAN.
1872 – JOSEPH HOUGH PURCHASES FREEHOLD ESTATE AT ALLESLEY FOR £2650.
1874 – HENRY HAYNES AND JOSEPH JEFFERIS FORM HAYNES, JEFFERIS & CO., BUILDING ARIEL BICYCLES UNDER LICENCE FOR JAMES STARLEY. SON THOMAS WORKED IN THE FACTORY.
1875 – THOMAS ALFRED HAYNES (BICYCLE MANFR OF CROSS CHEAPING) MARRIES LIZZIE HOUGH (B. 1855) AT HOLY TRINITY, COVENTRY, JUNE 3. HAYNES ALSO A MEMBER OF THE COVENTRY VOLUNTEER FIRE BRIGDE, AND COVENTRY RFC.
1876 – DAUGHTER ETHEL MARY HAYNES BORN AT COVENTRY IN DECEMBER. FATHER THOMAS ALFRED A BICYCLE MANUFACTURER OF Arlington Villas, GLOUCESTER STREET, MOTHER LIZZIE.
1877 – A RICHARD RATLIFF IN SERVICE OF JOSEPH HOUGH.
1878 – DAUGHTER BLANCHE EVELYN BORN AT COVENTRY IN JUNE. STATES THAT FATHER THOMAS ALFRED IS A BICYCLE MANUFACTURER AND THEY RESIDE AT WHITLEY.  HAYNES, JEFFERIS & CO. LTD FORMED.
1879 – HAYNES, JEFFERIS & CO. LTD DISSOLVED.
1881 – WHERE IS THOMAS ALFRED HAYNES? HIS WIFE ELIZABETH (HOUGH, 24) IS RESIDING WITH HER FATHER JOSEPH (WIDOWER, HORSE DEALER) AT 7 LONDON ROAD (the old Gun & Dog). ALSO ETHEL AGED 4. BUT WHERE IS BLANCHE?
1884 – A THOMAS ALFRED HAYNES REPORTED TO BE A FARMER AT HAWKES END.
1885 – OF LEAMINGTON
1886 – DAUGHTER VIOLET HAYNES BORN AT KENILWORTH IN SEPT. FATHER THOMAS ALFRED NOTED AS A COMMERCIAL TRAVELLER.
1891 – WHERE IS THOMAS ALFRED HAYNES? WIFE ELIZABETH (HOUGH, 31) IS LIVING AT YEW TREE COTTAGE, FILLONGLEY ROAD, COUNDON, WITH DAUGHTER BLANCHE (12) AND VIOLET (5) BUT WHERE IS ETHEL? AWAY AT BOARDING SCHOOL?
1895 – FATHER HENRY HAYNES DIES. NO REPORTED FUNERAL DETAILS AS YET, BUT HIS WILL STATES: HENRY HAYNES OF LEAMINGTON, AUCTIONEER AND HOUSE AND ESTATE AGENT DIES 2ND SEPTEMBER 1895, PROBATE BIRMINGHAM, 3RD OCTOBER TO MAY ANN HAYNES (WIDOW) AND ALFRED ERNEST HAYNES (B. 1862, Nephew), BREWERS TRAVELLER.
1900 – THERE IS A THOMAS HAYNES WHO IS A BEER RETAILER AT WOLSTON.
1901 – WHERE IS ANYONE??? THERE IS A BLANCHE HAINES AGED 22 OF COVENTRY BOARDING AT BIRMINGHAM, BARMAID.
1911 - ?

if anyone can help i'd be amazed!

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He was born in Coventry in 1837, the son of Joseph Douglas an ironmonger of Cross Cheaping, Coventry. At 14 (1851) he was still in Coventry as an ironmonger apprentice, and by 1861, was lodging in London at the home of William Barber, an Ironmonger from Coventry.
I can't find James again until 1891 as a widower, ironmonger labourer.

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Hi, i'm writing a book on Coventry cycle manufacturers and need some help. I am trying to find out who the person and/or persons were behind a company called the Lion Bicycle Company.

Facts:
The Lion Bicycle Company are seen to be at 48 Leicester Street, Coventry in 1879 as seen in the 1879 Bicyclist Handbook stating 'this company are working in the same premises that Singer (cycle co.) 1st occupied offering 'Lion' ordinary (machines).
The 1881 census shows this address to be an unoccupied iron foundry.
1882 - Ray Miller's Encyclopedia of Cycle Manufacturers shows a 'Coventry Lion Co.' at Bilston Street, Wolverhampton.
1884 - a Lion Cycle Company is seen operating at Birmingham according to the Speedwell Club Bicycle & Tricycle Exhibition
1890 - In H. H. Griffin's 1890 book called Cycling, when talking of early bicycles he states 'these Dandy-Horse type machines were built by a cycle maker in Coventry, trading as the Lion Bicycle Company and afterwards proprietor of the chief music hall in Wolverhampton, publishing, on the back of his price list, a description of the machines'.
I hate to admit it, but having exhausted all avenues known to me, this has got me beat. Having checked the names of most of the music hall/theatre proprietors in Wolverhampton, i cannot link anyone so far to Coventry.
Any help/advice appreciated
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My nan was born Mary Kathleen Clifford in 1914, i think in Derry or thereabouts. Her dad was called James Clifford i think but i have no idea who he was married to or what his occupation was. He is in the picture below stood at the back by the window.

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