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William Chance

From Graces Guide

William Chance (1788-1856) one of the founders of Chance Brothers and Co

He was a member of an old Bromsgrove family which settled in Birmingham in the year 1771. [1]

1788 August 20th. Born in Birmingham the son of William Chance (1749-1828) and his wife Sarah Lucas

1810. Partnership dissolved. '...the Partnership lately subsisting between William Chance, Edward Homer, and Robert Lucas Chance, of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, Factors, trading under the Firm of Chance, Homer, and Chance, was dissolved by mutual Consent ...'[2]

1811 August 6th. Married Phoebe Timmins

1814 Birth of son James Timmins Chance


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Sources of Information

  1. ↑ The Engineer 1902/01/10
  2. ↑ The London Gazette Publication date:10 April 1810 Issue:16360 Page:552
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