Born: Stakenbridge, Churchill WOR, 1829
Father: Joseph Pool
Mother: Elizabeth Hallman
5-generation pedigree
Siblings:
- Ann Poole [1814 -]
- Joseph Poole [1815 -] married MAR qtr 1843 Stourbridge Jane Timmins
- Richard Poole [1843 -] married Fanny Cooper
- Penelope Poole [1870 -] married MAR qtr 1895 Greenwich Charles George Marcroft
- Rosa Penelope Marcroft [MAR qtr 1897 Bethnal Green -] married 16 April 1921 St Luke, West Holloway Arthur William Huelin Critchley
- George A H Critchley [SEP qtr 1922 Tonbridge -]
- Jack H Critchley [MAR qtr 1925 -]
- Rosaline M J Critchley [DEC qtr 1926 -] married SEP qtr 1945, Camberwell Sandy T Goodyear
- Joyce E M Critchley [DEC qtr 1928 -] married SEP qtr 1948, Camberwell James V Lang
- Joseph Marcroft [1899 -]
(8 Sayes St, Deptford: RG13/525 f36 p63)
- Fanny Poole [1871 -]
- Joseph Poole [1874 -]
- Richard James Poole [1876 -] married JUN qtr 1899 Greenwich Florina Farr
- Sydney Ernest Poole [MAR qtr 1903 Greenwich -]
- 2 other children, dead by 1911
(125 Grove Street, Deptford: RG78/88 sn4)
(Albert Place, All Saints, Birmingham: RG10/3131 f81 p12; Victoria Rd, 5 Evelyn Place, Deptford: RG11/707 f8 p10;
168 Grove Street, Deptford: RG12/447 f126 p30; 28 Cobden St, Bromley: RG13/346 f25 p42)
- James Poole [1847 -]
- Joseph Poole [1851 -]
- Ann Poole [1852 -]
(84a Lower Road, Oldswinford: HO107/2035 f106 p28; Bridgnorth Road, Woolaston WOR: RG9/2068 f124 p35)
- Elizabeth Poole [1818 - 1891] married William Evans
- Henry Poole [1841 -]
- William Evans [1846 -]
- Fanny Evans [1848 -]
- George Evans [1851 -]
- Caroline Evans [1852 -]
- Alfred Evans [1862 -]
(Stakenbridge, Hagley: HO107/1197/6 f20 p7; Hagley Road, Stourbridge: HO107/2035 f194 p19; Postern Field, Dudley: RG9/2059 f78 p36;
Blakedown, Hagley: RG10/3074 f39 p21; Stakenbridge: RG11/2941 f42 p21)
- John Poole [1820 -]
- Caroline Poole [1822 -]
- Emma Poole [1826 -]
- Hannah Poole [1826 - 1829]
- George Poole [1827 -] married Priscilla Rhodes [1829 Birmingham - 1857 Wolverhampton?]
- Joseph Poole [1855 -]
(Vicar Street, Dudley: RG9/2056 f94 p7)
- Richard Poole [1829 - 1905]
- Henry Poole [1831 -]
Married 1: Elizabeth Grove 25 February 1850
Marriage Certificate:
| Registration District | Cradley
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| Solemnized at | Cradley Church
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| in the Parish of | Cradley
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| in the County of | Worcestershire
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| When Married | 25 February 1850
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| Name and Surname | Richard Pool
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| Age | Full
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| Condition | Bachelor
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| Rank or Profession | Moulder
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| Residence | Cradley
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| Father's Name | Joseph Pool
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| Father's Profession | Labourer
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| Witnesses | John Southall, Sarah Southall
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Children:
- Joseph Poole
- Caroline Poole
- Amelia Maria Poole
- George Poole
- William Poole
- Richard Henry Pool
- William Poole
Married 2: Abigail Clift
Marriage Certificate:
| Solemnized at | St James
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| in the Parish of | Dudley
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| in the County of | Worcester
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| When Married | 2 March 1884
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| Name and Surname | William Poole
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| Age | 56
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| Condition | Widower
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| Profession | Labourer
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| Residence | Dudley
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| Father's Name | Joseph Poole (dead)
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| Father's Profession | Labourer
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| Witnesses | Joseph Poole, Phebe Poole 
Groom's eldest son and his wife
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Vicar of Cradley's Notebooks:
1863, "Coal. Teaches ragged school, was no church."
Died: 14 November 1905, Old Hill
Death Certificate:
| Registration District | Dudley
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| in the Sub-District of | Rowley Regis
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| in the County of | Stafford
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| When and where died | 14 November 1905, 27 Riddins Street, Old Hill
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| Name and Surname | Richard Poole
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| Sex | Male
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| Age | 74 years
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| Occupation | Anchor Smith
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| Cause of death | Enlarged Prostrate, Cystitis, certified
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| Informant | Abigail Mole, step-daughter, Present at the death, 66 Pitford St, Old Hill
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| When Registered | 15 November 1905
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Addresses:
| 1841 | Iverley Hill, Kinver STS
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| 1851 - 1861 | East Side of Village, Cradley WOR
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| 1857 | High Town, Cradley
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| 1857 | High Street, Cradley
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| 1863 | High Town Top, Cradley
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| 1891 | 13 Corngreaves Rd, Cradley
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| 1905 | 27 Riddins Street, Old Hill
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