| Description | DOB: 5 March 1833
DOD: Feb 1911
Born in Seven Bridge Lane (now Market Street) in Wrexham, North Wales.
His parents ran a bakery business.
Left school (Congregational Day School in Chester Street) in July 1846.
He was married in 1858 and had five children.
Wife noted down as being the “Pearl of Great Price”.
Strong devotion to family.
First, he was an errand boy, later apprentice, to a silk-hat finisher Robert Thornely, working in the retail shop and warehouse.
He worked as a finisher/shaper after finishing his apprenticeship in c. 1857.
He was also a teacher at a Ragged School between 1862-1865.
He notably was a hard worker.
During 1896-1897, they wrote several letters written to “Wrexham Advertiser” to detail the town and its inhabitants.
His life was dominated by recurrent illnesses.
He had an interest in amateur theatre, religion, politics, and was a teetotaller.
The autobiography brings up the impact of “the troubles” (1838) on his upbringing. There also was a mention of the Crimean War, the Indian Mutinies (Summer 1857) and how that affected his time in London.
The London strike of 1889 was also included.
It provided details on the hat trade and conditions.
Typed, a total of 50 pages.
It includes handwritten/typed edits and notes by his Grandson.
Religion, Wales, Apprenticeship, [Politics], [Strike], [Conflict], [Trades], [Commonwealth] |