Solomon Woodall
Solomon Woodall (c1820-1876) of Woodall and Smith
Born at Netherton the son of Samuel Woodall
1847 Solomon Woodall, boiler manufacturer, at the Buffery.[1]
1848 Birth of son Thomas Turley Woodall
1851 Living at Dudley: Solomon Woodall (age 28 born Netherton), Boiler manufacturer employing 10 men. With his wife Hannah and three sons.[2]
1871 Living at Dalton: Solomon Woodall (age 49 born Worcestershire), Boiler Manufacture (Widower). With four sons and a daughter.[3]
1865 Solomon Woodall, Windmill End Boiler Works, near Dudley.[4]
1866 of Windmill End Boiler Works, near Dudley.
1876 'The death is announced of Mr. Solomon Woodall, of Windmill End, and Barrow-in-Furness Boiler and Construction Works. He quietly breathed his last at Ty-tup Hall, Barrow-in-Furness. The remains of the deceased were interred at his native town of Netherton, in Staffordshire, near to the Windmill End Boiler Works. where the name of the deceased had been known and highly respected for many, many years. The deceased was the son of the late Samuel Woodall, the founder of the Windmill End Boiler Works, which is the oldest and perhaps the most noted girder and boiler factory in Staffordshire. The celebrity of the firm brought Mr. Woodall large contracts for iron works construction, boilers, &c, from the Lancashire and West Cumberland districts, and to facilitate these engagements an establishment was created at Barrow-in-Furness, where the deceased successfully carried on an extensive business for a number of years. The deceased succeeded Mr. J. T. Smith to the occupancy of Ty-tup Hall, at Dalton-in-Furness. He died on June 8th aged 56 years....'[5]