railway carter

[teresajane]

just received my grandmothers birth certificate and it states her father was a railway carter. his name was william john edwards and he was born in birmingham in 1876. we have looked on the 1901 census and he is alive when we get to the 1911 census he has died . we think he may have worked at saltley railway in birmingham how can i find this out. do they keep registers of employers.he married a rose jarvis and they had three children winifred edwards john edwards and william.

teresa

[Geoffers]

It depends on whether he was employed directly by a railway company. Have a read through TNA's research guide on:

Railways: Staff Records (http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/RdLeaflet.asp?sLeafletID=124)

[Jan1954]

Hello Teresa,

First, there is this TNA research guide (http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/RdLeaflet.asp?sLeafletID=124) to Railway staff records, which would be a good starting point.

Also, you may find this book (http://www.parishchest.com/shop/index.php?cmd=viewproduct&cat=&id=P80345&pageOffset=0) to be of great help. :)

[Browneyes]

This site http://www.midlandrailwaystudycentre.org.uk/Rail491.htm gives reference RAIL 491/1010 for 1876 - 1908. The link on the page goes to the TNA as mentioned by Geoffers & Jan

:)

('Geoffers & Jan' sounds like a posh tin of biscuits :D)