of Dormston, Sedgley

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In the July to September 1865 birth index, John Twigg Homer, Dudley district volume 6c page 67

In the 1871 census “The Villa”, 17 dudley Street, Sedgley, Staffordshire.
Head Frederick A. Homer, age 41, proprietor of lands and mines, born Sedgley, Staffordshire.
Wife Eliza Homer, age 39, born Nottingham, Nottinghamshire.
Daughter Alice Mary Lewis Homer, age 12, adopted child, born Worcester, Worcestershire.
Son Charles F. L. Homer, age 8, born Sedgley, Staffordshire.
Son John Twigg Homer, age 6, born Sedgley.
Son Frederick A. Homer, age 4, born Sedgley.
Daughter Ann Mary Homer, age 3, born Sedgley.
Son Paul A. Homer, age 2, born Sedgley.
3 servants. cook nurse and housemaid

In the 1881 census The Villa”, Dudley St., Sedgley, Stafford.
Head Frederick A. Homer, age 52, County Magistrate & Lay Preacher Of Church Of England, born Sedgley
Wife Eliza Homer, age 49, born Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Son John T. Homer, age 15, scholar, born Sedgley
Son Frederick A. Homer, age 14, scholar, born Sedgley
Daughter Ann M. L. Homer, age 13, scholar, born Sedgley
Son Paul A. Homer, age 11, scholar, born Sedgley
Daugter Martha E. Homer, age 7, scholar, born Sedgley
Son Benjamin Homer, age 5, born Sedgley
a cook and a housemaid

Canada Incoming Passenger Liusts
Departed Liverpool England on the Polynesian, arrived Quebec, Quebec, May 3 1887
John J [should be T] Homer, [can’t decipher the trade], age 22, destination Toronto
Paul A. Homer, age, 17, destination Toronto

In the 1891 census The Villa, Dudley Street, Sedgley, Staffordshire.
Frederick Augustus Homer age 62 Living on his own means, born Sedgley.
Wife Eliza Homer age 59 born Nottingham.
Son John Twigg Homer, single, age 25, born Sedgley.
Daughter Ann Mary Leake Homer, single, born Sedgley.
Daughter Martha Eliza Homer, single age 18, born Sedgley.
Servant Eliza Jane Dutton, cook age 27.
Mary Jane Wilkes, single age 21, housemaid, born Sedgley.

listed in the Kelly's 1896 Trade Directory for the Sedgley District
URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL. Offices, High Holborn. Meeting day, second Tuesday at 6 p.m.
John T. Homer

Wolverhampton Red Book & Directory, 1897-98
Wolverhampton Liberal Club, North Street
Hon. Secretary J. T. Homer

In the 1901 census 17 Dudley Street, Sedgley
Head Frederick A Homer, age 72, living on his own mean, born in Sedgley.
Wife Fanny Homer, age 25, born Sedgley
Son John Twigg Homer, single, age 35, mine agent, born Sedgley
Daughter Martha Eliza Homer, single, age 28 , born Sedgley
Son Thomas Homer age 1, born Sedgley
Also in the household are a cook and a housemaid.

Court Guide & County Blue Book of Warks, Worcs & Staffs, 1902
Homer, John Twigg, Esg, Dormston, Sedgley, Dudley

In the 1911 census Dormston House, Sedgley near Dudley.
Head John Twigg Homer, single, age 45, civil servant divisional chief officer labour exchange, born Sedgley.
2 servants

Kelly's 1912 Trade Directory for Sedgley
PRIVATE RESIDENTS
HOMER, John Twigg J.P., Dormston

Kelly’s Handbook to the Titled, Landed and Official Classes 1914
John Twigg Homer, eldest surfing son of Late F. A. Homer, of Sedgley, Staffordshire, Justice of the Peace; born 1865; J.P. (1904) Staffordshire, divisional officer Labour Exchanges from 1910: Country Club; Dormston, Sedgley, Dudley.

National probate calendar
John Twigg Homer of Dormston Sedgley Staffordshire died 9 February 1934 Probate Birmingham 12 May 1934 to Frederick Augustus Homer Gentleman and Kenneth Lemesle Adams solicitor. Effects 7336 pounds 5 shillings 4 pence

findagrave.com
John Twigg Homer
Birth unknown
Death 9 Feb 1934
Burial All Saints Churchyard
Sedgley, Metropolitan Borough of Dudley, West Midlands, England
Memorial ID 189125615
Inscription
aged 68 years High Sheriff of Stafford.


Commander of the Most Excellent Order Of the British Empire in the Commission of the Peace.
Deputy Lieutenant and County Alderman for Staffordshire,
Divisional Controller Ministry of Labour.

From the "The Story of the Ancient Manor of Sedgley"
published by E. A. Underhill in 1942

Mr. J. T. Homer, who is a member of an ancient family belonging to the parish of Sedgley, was educated at Wolverhampton Grammar School, and although 34 years of age, he has had a remarkable and in many respects , a distinguished career. Before, he was out of his teens [note: before 1885] he was a volunteer in connection with the British expedition to Bechuanaland under Sir C. Warren, being a member of an irregular cavalry regiment [Methuens’s Horse], and whilst in Africa, he had some stirring adventures. In 1887, he went to Canada, where he took up farming and led the life of a settler, in the Northwest Territory of Manitoba [Note Manitoba became a province in 1870, well before he arrived]. After spending sometime in the goldmines of Colorado, he returned to England in 1889, and at once interested himself in local affairs. In 1890, he was elected a member of the Sedgley School Board, and the following year, obtained seats on the Sedgley Local Board and the Dudley Board of Guardians, being also appointed parish warden and overseer of Sedgley. He was elected a member of the Sedgley Urban District Council in 1894, and in 1898 he became Chairman of the Dudley Board of Guardians, to which position he was unanimously elected. In 1899 he was returned unopposed as representative of the Coseley portion of Sedgley Parish in the Staffs County Council, and he was appointed Chairman of the Sedgley District Council about the same time. He was interested in the labour movement and was a Gladstonian.

D. Herald, May 6, 1899.

Obituary Tamworth Herlad - Tamworth, Staffordshire, February 17, 1934
THE LATE ALDERMAN J. T. HOMER, OF SEDGLEY. The death took rlace at his residence, Dormston, Sedgley, on Friday last week, as the age of sixty-eight, of Alderman John Twigg Homer. Alderman J. T. Homer, who was a bachelor, was best known as an educationist, who did valuable work in the Midlands, especially in Staffordshire, and as head of the Ministry of Labour in the Division, but before he took up public work at home he spent several years abroad in travelling and adventure. A son of the late Mr. F. A. Homer, a Staffordshire magistrate, he was born at Sedgley, on June 24, 1865, and educated at Wolverhampton Grammar School. At the age of nineteen he joined Methuen's Horse as a volunteer and was a member of the British expedition to Bechuanaland under Sir Charles Warren. Soon after the return of the expedition in 1885 he went to Canada, and from 1887 until 1889 was engaged in farming in North-West Canada and in gold-mining in Colorado. He then returned to England, and from that time onwards was actively interested in public affairs. The experience he gained he used to the advantage of the public in his work on the Staffordshire County Council, which he joined in 1898. From 1904 until 1911 he was an alderman of the County Council, and he returned to the aldermanic bench in 1915. His greatest service to the county was rendered as chairman of the Education Committee, an office he filled from 1905 until 1910. The record of his service to Staffordshire includes chairmanship of the Standing Joint Committee, membership of the county Territorial Forces Association from 1908, and Assistant County Commissioner Staffordshire Scouts; and, in 1923-24, he held the office of High Sheriff. He was also a Deputy Lieutenant and justice of the peace for Staffordshire. In February, 1910, labour exchanges came into being, and he held the office of controller until, having reached the age limit, he retired in June, 1930. The honour of Commander of the Order of the British Empire was conferred on him in 1920. He continued to take a deep and active interest in education and became a Governor of King Edward's School, Birmingham, being ???? of the Foundation in 199-20 He also held other offices. For forty years he was a Freemason. He was a Churchman and a member of the Lichfield Diocesan Board. THE FUNERAL. The funeral took place at ????? P Parish Church on Tuesday. There was a large congregation, representative of many phases of life in the Midlands, and particularly in Staffordshire. The coffin, upon which rested the plumed hat, scarlet tunic and sword of a deputy lieutenant of Staffordshire, was borne shoulder high by six sergeants of the county constabulary, seven mounted police officers headed the procession, and over 150 constables drawn from the Divisions attended. The committal sentences were pronounced by the Archdeacon of Stafford (the Yen. Hugh Bright). The family mourners were the Rev. F. A. Homer, Dr. T. Kemp Homer (brothers), Mr. John H. Lindsey (Hexham, nephew), and Miss Gertrude Deakin (cousin). A memorial service was held at St. Mary’s Church, Stafford, and was attended by members of the Staffordshire County Council, county magistrates, public officials and representatives of various organisations. The service was conducted by the Rector (the Rev. Lionel Lambert). The Earl of Harrowby attended in his official capacity as Lord Lieutenant of the county, Lord Charnwood as chairman of the Staffordshire Quarter Sessions, and Lieut.- Colonel E. S. P. Wolferstan as representing the Standing Joint Committee.

There is a a brass tablet bearing a coat of arms in memory of John Twigg Homer the Chairman of Sedgley Urban District Council in 1899 & 1900 in the All Saints Church, Vicar Street Sedgley. It reads:

In memory of John Twigg Homer, C.B.E., of Sedgley. Alderman, J.P. and D.L. for the county Stafford, of which he was High Sheriff in 1923. Born June 24th, 1865. Died February 9th, 1934. He served generously every good cause in his native county, of whose history and traditions, he possessed an unrivalled knowledge, for which he felt an ardent love.

Wikipedia lists him as the High Sheriff of Staffordshire in 1923, John Twigg Homer of Dormston, Sedgley