Alfred Hills
Alfred Hills (1844-1907)
Born 29 Jan 1844 in Durham, County Durham.[1]
c1846 Moved with family to Sheffield.[2]
1861 Census – Accountant (lodging in London)
Began his business career in Sheffield with Thomas Turton and Sons at their Sheaf Works, Sheffield.
1871 Census – Commercial Clerk (Steel), Sheffield.
1876 First Company Secretary of recently incorporated William Jessop and Sons Limited.[3] By implication from reports, he had not previously worked for Jessops.
1891 Appointed to the Board of William Jessop and Sons Limited, as Joint Managing Director.[4]
1901-1902 Deeply involved in Jessop’s establishment of a manufacturing works in USA.
1905 Due to poor health, resigned position as joint MD, but remained on the Board of William Jessop and Sons.[5]
1907 Died on 15 Aug 1907.
Alfred Hills was a Quaker.[6]
His son, Allen Hills(1882-1966), was an employee of William Jessop and Sons.
Source, where not otherwise stated, are his obituaries, Sheffield Daily Telegraph - 16 Aug 1907 and Sheffield Independent - 19 Aug 1907
1907 Obituary.[7]
. . . Mr. Alfred Hills, of Osgatborpe Road, Sheffield, a director of William Jessop and Sons, Brightside Works . . . [more]
1907 Obituary.[8]
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ Ancestry.co.uk
- ↑ births of siblings
- ↑ Sheffield Daily Telegraph - 14 Apr 1876 and 16 Aug 1907
- ↑ Sheffield Daily Telegraph - 17 Mar 1891
- ↑ Sheffield Daily Telegraph - 7 Mar 1905
- ↑ Obituary of the Members of the Society of Friends for 1907
- ↑ The Engineer 1907/08/23
- ↑ Engineering 1907 Jul-Dec: Index: General Index