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.

Walter Smith

From Graces Guide

1874 Born in Burton upon Trent[1], son of John Smith, brewer's clerk and local preacher, and his wife Marie[2]

1891 Merchant's clerk

1899 Married Florence Oldham[3]

1901 Mill furnisher, employer, living in Leicester formerly Aylestone, with his wife Florence[4]

1911 Ventilating engineer, working on his own account, living in Aylestone Road, Leicester, with Florence Smith 37, and his son Sydney 9[5]

1925 Mill furnisher, of Smith Brothers (Leicester) Ltd[6]

1926 A director of the reconstructed Isaac J Abdela and Mitchell company.

1928 Walter Smith of 350 Aylestone Road, Leicester, died[7]. (Seems like this might be the same person but not sure)

See Also

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Sources of Information

  1. BMD
  2. 1891 census
  3. BMD
  4. 1901 census
  5. 1911 census
  6. Trade Directory
  7. National Probate Calendar