Grace's Guide
British Industrial History
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John James Jewitt
From Graces Guide
1904 Born in Sheffield
1911 Harry Jewitt 32, steel warehouse man, lived in Sheffield with his mother Elizabeth Jewitt 64, Harry Jewitt 9, John James Jewitt 6, Louis Charles Jewitt 4, Edmond Jewitt 1[1]
1923 Married Edna Hobson
1924 Birth of his son John J Jewitt
1939 John J Jewitt, woodworkers tools producer, lived in Sheffield with Edna M Jewitt[2]
Acquired Alfred Ridge, tool maker of Sheffield
1948 Acquired Thomas R. Ellin Ltd, tools manufacturer; his son John J Jewitt junior was to run the company.
1984 Died in Sheffield[3]