Eliza (Elizabeth) W. Roddis
Born 1839 (Circa)
Active: 1891 - 1901
Country of birth and death: Scotland
Sculptor, proprietess of stonemasonry business
Born in Lanark, Lanarkshire, Scotland. She was married to the stone carver and sculptor John Roddis (c.1839-1887) of Worcester and Birmingham. In 1871 the family firm was employing 8 men and (probably) 2 boys. A decade later, their son James Watson Roddis (born c.1865 in Worcester) was working as a sculptor's apprentice. John Roddis died in 1887 and Eliza (Elizabeth) took over the management of the firm. James was working for her in 1891 and possibly died or moved away before 1901. Around the turn of the century, she probably sold the business at 45 and 47 Aston Road to Philip Henry Nourse (1857-1941), certainly from that date there was a Roddis and Nourse at this address whilst Elizabeth continued to work as a sculptor from other premises until sometime after 1901.
Locations
Address 47 Aston Road Birmingham | View on map
1876 - 1899
Address 273 Albert Road Aston Birmingham | View on map
1881
Address 45 Aston Road North Birmingham | View on map
1882 - 1899
Address 36 Sutton Street Aston Manor Birmingham | View on map
1901 (Circa)
Address 33 City Road Edgbaston Birmingham | View on map
1911
Institutional and Business Connections
Started business Roddis & Nourse
This firm grew out of a stone carving and sculpture business founded by John Roddis (c.1839-1887) and continued by his widow, Eliza (Elizabeth) Roddis till the late 1890s when the firm was (probably) purchased by Philip Henry Nourse (1857-1941).
Personal and Professional Connections
Wife/husband/spouse of John Roddis
Eliza (Elizabeth) continued her husband's stone carving and sculpture business after John Roddis's death in 1887.
Descriptions of Practice
Listed under Sculptors Kelly's Birmingham Trade Directory, 1888 Kelly's Trade Directorires
1888
Listed under Sculptors Kelly's Directory of Birmingham, with its Suburbs, 1890 Kelly's Trades Directories
1890
Listed under Sculptors Kelly's Directory of Birmingham, 1892 Kelly's Trade Directories
1892
Listed under Sculptors Kelly's Directory of Birmingham, Staffordshire, Warwickshire and Worcestershire, 1896 Kelly's Trade Directorires
1896
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1891
'Proprietess of Stone Mason Business' employer and her son James Watson Roddis (born c.1865) 'Stone Carver' employed
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901
'Sculptor' employer
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911
None, presume retired
Sources
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1881
2004
Class: RG11; Piece: 3043; Folio: 29; Page: 7; GSU roll: 1341727
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1891
2004
RG12 piece 2432 folio 57 page 14
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901
2001
RG13 piece 2889 folio 121 page 3
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911
2009
RG14PN18013 RG78PN1095 RD384 SD1 ED25 SN195
Kelly's Birmingham Trade Directory, 1888 Kelly's Trade Directorires
1888
p. 742.
Kelly's Directory of Birmingham, 1892 Kelly's Trade Directories
1892
p. 683.
Kelly's Directory of Birmingham, Trades Section, 1886 Kelly's Trades Directories
1886
p. 700.
Kelly's Directory of Birmingham, with its Suburbs, 1890 Kelly's Trades Directories
1890
p. 674.
Citing this record
'Eliza (Elizabeth) W. Roddis', Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951, University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database 2011 [http://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/person.php?id=ann_1348321507, accessed 03 Dec 2021]
