The 1921 England Census William Henry gave his age as 61 years and 3 months, leading to a birth date of March 1860. As the birth was not registered until 1861 Q2, and the baptism was also in 1861, a birth year of 1861 is more likely.
CheshireBMD gives the location of the 1883 marriage as "Chester, Civil Marriage or Registrar Attended".
William Henry's first wife Rebecca died in 1889 and William Henry re-married in 1890 to Annie SADLER. CheshireBMD gives the location of the 1890 marriage as "Altrincham, Civil Marriage".
In the 1891 England Census William Henry's children of his first marriage were resident with their grandparents.
The following article from The Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser of 6 March 1906 MAY APPLY to this William Henry: "'MONKEY LYMPH' Yesterday at Chester Police Court William Henry Crimes, of 40, Tarvin-road, Chester, raised a novel but unsuccessful objection to his child being vaccinated. Crimes said that he objected on the ground that Section 4 of the Vaccination Act directed that the child should be vaccinated with calf lymph as issued by the Local Government Board, but this was not enough, as a statement had been made in the House of Commons by Mr. Walter Long that lymph had been extracted from a monkey and twenty-three children had been vaccinated by such lymph. 'If that goes on,' said applicant, 'we shall have the future generations climbing trees.' (Laughter) The Magistrate's Clerk: The Darwin theory. I have seen boys climbing trees before to-day. Applicant: That is so, but I don't want mine to climb trees. (Renewed laughter) An exemption order was refused."
From The Chester Chronicle of 30 January 1915: "SUMMONS AGAINST MR. CRIMES DISMISSED At the City Police Court on Thursday, before Mr. E.J. Muspratt (presiding) , Prof. Newstead, and Mr. J Higginson, William Henry Crimes, of 107, Boughton, was summoned by the City Education Authority for unlawfully taking into his employment between Jan. 11th and 18th his son, Frank Crimes, of the age of 13, before such child had obtained a certificate for partial or total exemption from school attendance." Older sons had enlisted for war service and Frank was needed to carry out their work in the business - CASE DISMISSED.
In the 1921 England Census William Henry declared his name to be 'W H'.
In 1921 William Henry was 'Employer' working 'At Home'.
Brook Lane, Chester is not in the Boughton district, so there are doubts about the accuracy of the address given by the census enumerator in the 1921 England Census.
In 1921, living with his own extended family of 9 people, were 2 boarders, making a total of 11 people in "Brook Cottage".
From The Chester Chronicle of 21 May 1938: "THE LATE MR. W.H. CRIMES - TRIBUTE AT PIPER'S ASH SERVICE - "LONG AND FAITHFUL WITNESS TO METHODISM. The funeral of Mr. W.H. Crimes, for nearly fifty years organist of Piper's Ash Methodist Church, whose death occured in the Tarvin Union Hospital on Wednesday week at the age of 77, took place on Saturday, when a service at Piper's Ash Methodist Church, preceding the interment at Mickle Trafford, was conducted by the Rev. F.C. Corp. Mr. H. Thomas, organist, played "Crossing the bar" and "Peace, perfect peace" as voluntaries, and accompanied the hymns "Abide with me" and "When the day of toil is done". The Rev, F.C. Corp, in an address, offered on behalf of Piper's Ash Church, their very real sympathy to Mrs. Crimes and the family. Something of his long and faithful witness for Methodism had already been mentioned in the press, he said, but he did wish to praise his remarkable record of service to Piper's Ash Church. It was a faithful and loyal service, and only ill-health forced him to retire a year ago. On many occasions he had attended the church when quite unfit to do so. There were other services he had rendered also which would seem strange and mysterious to those outside Methodism. Those who were Methodists would know something of their itinerary system whereby the pulpits in the ten churches of the circuit were occupied by local preachers. Mr. Crimes occupied the pulpit every Sunday and no one would ever know the miles he covered, or the amount of money he spent in that connection. His activities were not confined to Piper's Ash; he knew something of the larger ministries of the church. He could go back into long past, and out of a retentive memory, could bring many treasures. He (Mr. Corp) owed him a personal debt because he had been a help and guidance to him. Although his passing was saddening to him, it was a joy at least to be able to tell the things he had done. He belonged to a day of stalwarts in the service of Christ, a day they had not got at the present time. He belonged to a type they were not finding very easily to-day. The mourners were ..." |
