J. L. Gibson and Co
21 Maxwell Street, Maxwelltown, Dumfries
1890 Makers of plain and fancy gloves. Forty men on hand-looms and total employees are 120. Long description of process. Can produce 400 dozens of gloves per week.[1]
1919 J. L. Gibson and Company Limited was registered as a private company, with capital of £20,000, to acquire and take over as a going concern and carry on the whole business of J. L. Gibson and Co, hosiery manufacturers.[2]
1930 The death took place this morning of Mr William Gibson, hosiery manufacturer, Dumfries, senior partner in the firm of Messrs J. L. Gibson & Co., one of the oldest establishments in the South of Scotland.[3]
1945 A glove factory is to be opened at Castle Douglas by the firm of J. L. Gibson & Co Ltd., hosiery manufacturers, Dumfries.[4]
See Also
Sources of Information
- National Records of Scotland BT2/10608