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Thomas Kingsford ( -1869) of T. Kingsford and Son, the Oswego Starch Co and the Kingsford Foundry and Machine Works of NY, USA. | Thomas Kingsford (1799-1869) of T. Kingsford and Son, the Oswego Starch Co and the Kingsford Foundry and Machine Works of NY, USA. | ||
1799 Born at Wickham, Kent, on 26 September, the son of George Kingsford and Mary (nee Love). | 1799 Born at Wickham, Kent, on 26 September, the son of George Kingsford and Mary (nee Love). | ||
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Revision as of 14:46, 15 February 2017
Thomas Kingsford (1799-1869) of T. Kingsford and Son, the Oswego Starch Co and the Kingsford Foundry and Machine Works of NY, USA.
1799 Born at Wickham, Kent, on 26 September, the son of George Kingsford and Mary (nee Love).
1818 Married Ann Thomson.
1831 Emigrated to the USA, taking with him an extensive knowledge of applied chemistry, acquired in chemical works.
1832 Went to work as a 'common hand' at the starch factory of William Colgate and Co of Bergen, NJ.
In the early 1840s he developed a method of making starch from Indian corn, and Thomas and his son established T. Kingsford and Son at Bergen, N.J.
1848 Moved to Oswego to build a large starch factory.
1851 Factory established for making packaging boxes.
1864 Thomas's son Thomson established the Kingsford Foundry and Machine Works, producers of a wide range of equipment including engines, boilers, pumps, etc.
In the 1920s the starch business was taken over by the Corn Products Refining Co.
The above information is condensed from two sources[1][2]