Thomas Sorby
Thomas Sorby (c1825-1875)
c.1825 Born in Sheffield
1852 Thomas Sorby and Robert Sorby, both manufacturers, lived in Shrewsbury Bank, Sheffield[1]
1861 Living at Walkley Road, Nether Hallam, Yorkshire: Thomas Sorby (age 36 born Sheffield), Steel Refiner - see Thomas Sorby (Business). With his wife Lydia and their son Thomas W. Sorby (age 8 born Sheffield) and a daughter.[2]
Early 1870s John Bramall (1812-1887) with Thomas Sorby and J. B. Walker decided to form a company to trade across the Atlantic, with 4 ships. The first was named John Bramall, followed by Thomas Sorby, and J. B. Walker and Nelly Martin (named after Brammall's daughter). [3]
1871 Thomas Sorby 46, steel manufacturer, lived in Nether Hallam with Lydia Sorby 48, Thomas W Sorby 18, clerk in head office, Mary J Sorby 22, John H Sorby 9, Frank W Sorby 7[4]
1875 Thomas Sorby died in Sheffield[5], the day after the steam ship named after him was launched[6]
1875 The steamer Thomas Sorby sank; she was owned by J. B. Walker and Co of which Thomas Sorby (person) was an owner.[7]