Evan G. Wilson
Evan G. Wilson (c1881-1955)
Son of Edward Wilson (1846-1917).
"By 1905 Evan G. Wilson, realising that any future for the business must lie in the north-west (of England) decided, against his father's advice and wishes, but with the moral and financial backing of his uncle, Charles Tremlett, to establish a branch factory in Liverpool."[1]
1908 Married.
He had two sons - Kenneth Wilson born in 1910 and Lawrence Wilson born in 1914.
"Evan Wilson inherited the inventive abilities of his father and was responsible for patenting ideas and machines which in their turn were to prove the backbone of the business, and many of which have continued in modified or improved forms until the present day. Perhaps the most notable of these has been the Toggle Straining System for light leathers, which originated with his first peg straining frame in 1926, followed early in 1928 by his first patent straining frame and toggle, the principle of which is exactly as practised today."[2]