J. Wix and Sons
From Graces Guide
of 174-76 Piccadilly, London
Manufacturers Bar One cigarettes.
1898 Company founded by Julius Wix and he made cigarettes for John Barker of Kensington known as "Ken-Bar".[1]
1918 Advertising Kensitas cigarettes. J. Wix and Sons, 175-6 Piccadilly, London.[2]
Connected with F. L. Smith
1927 members of the Wix family sold J. Wix & Sons Ltd. to the American Tobacco Company of New York
1968 Acquired by Gallahers.[3]
1970 Gallahers to close Stratford factory of J. Wix and Sons producing the Kensitas and other cigarettes.[4]
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