George Tidcombe
George Tidcombe (c1801-1891), paper engineer, of George Tidcombe and Son
c.1801 Born in Somerset the son of a Brewer.
Apprenticed at Hague and Topham
1824 Married(1) at Dartford to Sarah Maria Pearce
Worked for J. and E. Hall and later for Bryan Donkin and Co
1828 Presumably lived in Dartford when his son George Tidcombe was born there
In business in Watford building paper-making machines.
1841 Engineer, lived in Bushey[1]
1841 Married(2) at Watford to Sarah Harrow Garey
1851 George Tidcombe 50, engineer, master employing 36 men, lived in Watford with Sarah Harrow Tidcombe 43, George Tidcombe 23, engineer, Maria Tidcombe 19, Elizabeth Tidcombe 16, Sarah Tidcombe 8, Ann Tidcombe 5, Emily Tidcombe 3[2]
1881 Millwright & Engineer, lived in Watford with Ann Tidcombe 35[3]
1891 Died in Watford[4]