William Dalzell (1841-1889)
of Whitehaven.
1841 Born son of Joseph Dalzell and Mary née Spedding. Sources differ on where he was born, some say Whitehaven, others Stainburn. The register of births shows Whitehaven, and since Joseph had relocated in June 1840 from the family farm at Stainburn Hall to Whitehaven, where he practiced as a bone setter[1], Whitehaven seems more likely.
1851 Joseph Dazell 40, gentleman, lived in Stainburn with Mary Dazell 32, William Dazell 10, Hannah Dazell 5[2]
1852 His father, Joseph, died 22 Oct 1852, aged 43 at Stainburn Hall.
1861 Census - at Stainburn with widowed mother. Grocer.
1867 Joined the existing business of George Jackson, tobacco manufacturer, 5 Tangier Street, Whitehaven. Thomas Gill, for many years manager of the works, also became a partner, and the firm was renamed George Jackson and Co. Dalzell was referred to in 1867 as the travelling partner.[3]
1871 Census - William Dalzell, Tobacco Manufacturer, Resided 1 Oakbank Terrace, Whitehaven with widowed mother and siblings.
1873 Founding partner in Burnyeat, Brown and Co., coal miners, South Wales.
1874 Married Miss Percie Ann Simpson of Borrowdale. (registered Cockermouth)
1877 Partnership trading as George Jackson and Co., tobacco manufacturers of Whitehaven, between George Jackson, Thomas Gill and William Dalzell, dissolved by mutual consent in 1 Mar 1877 as far as G Jackson was concerned, who retired. [4]
1881 Census – William Dalzell, Tobacco Manufacturer, Resided 1 Oakbank, Whitehaven, with his family.
1883 Directory entry – William Dalzell of G Jackson and Co., tobacco manufacturer and of Burnyeat, Dalzell and Co., Iron merchants. Resided The Priory, Whitehaven.[5] G Jackson & Co, tobacco manufacturer 5 Tangier Street and tobacconist 26 King Street.
1883 Partner, Burnyeat, Dalzell and Co., Iron ore and mineral agents, and ship owners. 36 Lowther Street, Whitehaven.
1884 Partnership with Thomas Gill as tobacco manufacturer trading as George Jackson and Co., dissolved through efflux of time, with Gill retiring from the business which was continued by Dalzell alone. [6]
1884 Founding subscriber and director of Frizington Mining Company Limited.[7]
1884 Partner in the Crossgill Iron Ore Company, which was converted to a limited company in 1887. He was a member of the limited company, which was wound up in 1893. Other partners in the 1884 partnership were William Burnyeat jr, Joseph C Brown and John Moore.
1885 Elected a member of the Iron and Steel Institute. Proprietor of Iron Ore Mines, of Whitehaven. [8]
1888 George Jackson and Co converted to a private limited company, George Jackson and Company Limited (number 26030). The company was to be managed by William Dalzell and his former partner Thomas Gill.[9]
Died 24 Jan 1889, aged 49, at Newport, Monmouthshire, after being taken ill on a sea voyage to Gibraltar aboard William Burnyeat’s vessel, SS Armathwaite. Of Linethwaite, Whitehaven.[10]
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ Cumberland Pacquet - 23 Jun 1840
- ↑ 1851 census
- ↑ Whitehaven News - 14 Feb 1867 and West Cumberland Times - 4 May 1887 (George Jackson obit)
- ↑ London Gazette – 6 Mar 1877
- ↑ Bulmer’s Directory of Cumberland 1883
- ↑ London Gazette – 18 Mar 1884
- ↑ Cumberland Pacquet - 13 Nov 1884
- ↑ Whitehaven News - 14 May 1885
- ↑ Whitehaven News - 8 Mar 1888
- ↑ National Probate Calendar and Whitehaven News - 27 Jun 1889