WOODHEAD, Joseph (Grimwade p.312)

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He was born around 1800 in Clerkenwell.
Joseph Abraham Woodhead married Harriet Glaze at St James, Clerkenwell in 1826; both were from that parish.
The christening record of their son Joseph William at St Leonard, Shoreditch in 1829 showed his father as a watch case maker and their address as Middlesex Place.
He entered a maker’s mark at Goldsmiths Hall in 1830 as a case maker from 6 Hull Street, St Luke parish.
The christening record for a daughter at St Mary, Bryanston in 1832 showed their address as 5 Montague Square. No occupation is recorded for her father.
The christening record for a son at St Pancras, Camden in 1837 showed their address as Cromer Street and his father as a watch case maker.
The 1841 UK Census showed him at Barnes Court, Clerkenwell.
He had moved to 29 Cold Bath Square by 1851 and to Great Bath Street, Clerkenwell by 1861and still a watch case maker.
No death or burial record has been traced for him.