George Bond

  General Notes:

In 1851 census, George had occupation of house painter. The family was living in Tettenhall, Wolverhampton, Staffs, UK in Upper Street.
On Joseph's marriage certificate 1873, George -- as father -- had the occupation of house decorator.

  Research Notes:

Tettenhall - formerly in Staffordshire - is now very much part of Wolverhampton City.
Before the Norman Conquest, the village was called Theotenhall, signifying the house of pagans.
150 years ago it was described as a “large and fertile parish” comprising some 8,000 acres of land.
Its boundaries then embraced the true villages of Tettenhall, Tettenhall Wood, Compton Liberty and the Prebends of Pirton-with-Trescott, Bovenhill, Pendeford, and Wrottesley.
In the mid 1850s Lord Wrottesley was the Lord of the Manor of Tettenhall Clericorum.
Tettenhall village stood near the centre of the parish, two miles West North West of Wolverhampton, and comprised “many respectable houses on and near the Shiffnal (sic) Road, at the foot and on the declivities of a lofty and picturesque eminence, which rises above the Smestow rivulet, and the Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal.”
The houses were then “chiefly occupied by gentry, and by persons engaged in the trade and commerce of Wolverhampton.
“ Several handsome houses, and a great number of cottages, have been built at nearby Tettenhall Wood, since its enclosure in 1809, mostly occupied by lockmakers.”
Wrottesley Hall itself, erected in 1696, with an estate of 2,319 acres, was the seat and property of Lord Wrottesley, whose ancestors possessed it since the time of Henry III.
[Source: History, Gazetteer and Directory of Staffordshire, William White, Sheffield, 1851]

George's Death Certificate: Ref 6b 338

George married Ruth Armstrong, daughter of Joseph Armstrong and Sarah Ansell. (Ruth Armstrong was born in 1812 in Wolverhampton, Staffs, christened on 20 Sep 1812 in St Peter's Church, Wolverhampton, Staffs and died in Jun 1897 in Wolverhampton, Staffs.)