1774 Born son of Thomas Russell in Wednesbury
1800 Marriage to Sarah Best
1807 Birth of son John James Russell
1808 Birth of son Thomas Henry Russell
1811 Went into business with his brother, John Russell, making wrought iron tubes but was then recruited by Aaron Manby
1816 Rejoined his brother in the business which later became John Russell and Co
1823 Went into business for himself at Crown Tube Works, which later became James Russell and Sons
1836 James Russell, of Handsworth, Gas-Tube-Manufacture, petitioned for extension of Cornelius Whitehouse's patent on tube making[1]
1840 Handed the business to his sons John James and Thomas
1849 Death in West Bromwich
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Sources of Information
- ↑ London Gazette 5 January 1836
- Family tree posted on Ancestry.co.uk