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 164,410 pages of information and 246,085 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.

J. E. S. Perkins

From Graces Guide

John Edward Sharman Perkins

c.1860 Born, son of Thomas Perkins

of Barford and Perkins and later of AGE - Agricultural and General Engineers

1871 Living at West Lane, Hitchin (age 11) with his parents and siblings. [1]

1888 May 16th. Married at Upper Stondon, Bedfordshire to Margaret Charlotte Long [2]

1891 Patent for improvements in hay-making machines. No 13,520. [3]

1891 Living at Park Road, Peterborough (age 31 and born at Hitchin), Agricultural Implement Maker. Living with wife Margaret Charlotte (age 30) and child Francis A. (age 2 and born at Peterborough) plus two servants [4]

1901 Living at Park Road, Peterborough (age 41 and born in Hitchin), Engineer (Mechanical). Employer. With wife Margaret C. (age 40) and children Christopher E. (age 9), Robert B. S. (age 7), Margaret M. (age 5) and Elizabeth (age 2) plus three servants [5]

1914 His second son Christopher marries [6]

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Sources of Information

  1. 1871 Census
  2. The Times, Friday, May 18, 1888
  3. The Yorkshire Herald, and The York Herald, Friday, August 28, 1891
  4. 1891 Census
  5. 1901 Census
  6. The Times, Friday, Apr 03, 1914