Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 162,259 pages of information and 244,500 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Joseph Henry Fenner

From Graces Guide
Hull City Council Blue Plaque for J. H. Fenner.[1]
J.H. Fenner & Co building (with blue plaque).[2]

1836 Born in Brixton, Surrey, son of John Prebble Fenner and his wife Elizabeth[3]

1861 Henry J Fenner 24, currier, living in Sculcoates with Eliza Fenner 26, Ann E Fenner 2 months[4]

1861 Founded his business in Hull which became J. H. Fenner and Co

1871 Living in Sculcoates: Joseph H Fenner 35, strap maker, Eliza Fenner 37, Anne Fenner 10, Henry Fenner 8, Walter Fenner 4[5]

1881 Leather Band Manufacturer Employing 12 Men, 2 Boys, 2 Clks, living in Myton, Hull, with Eliza Fenner 47, Henry J. Fenner 16, merchant's clerk, and Walter G. Fenner 14[6]

1886 Both Joseph and Eliza died in Hull[7]. Henry John Fenner, belting manufacturer, was named as executor[8]

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Sources of Information

  1. Gwyn Evans
  2. Gwyn Evans
  3. BMD
  4. 1861 census
  5. 1871 census
  6. 1881 census
  7. BMD
  8. National Probate Calendar