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Alfred Pegler

From Graces Guide

1820 Born in Camden, London, son of Moses, a gentleman, and Susanna Octavia Pegler[1]

1847 Married Elizabeth Selina Partridge in Lambeth[2]

1851 Alfred Pegler 30, merchant, lived in Wilmslow, with Elizabeth Pegler 25, Josephine Pegler 1[3]

1855 Dissolution of the partnership of Alfred Pegler and Francis Pegler trading as Pegler Brothers, merchants in Lime Street, London [4]

1861 Alfred Pegler 40, foreign merchant, lived in London with Elizabeth Selina Pegler 37, Susannah Oatavis Pegler 72, Josephine Pegler 11, Stephen F Pegler 8, Francis Pegler 5[5]

1870 Acquired Victoria Works, Retford

1871 Retired merchant, lodging in Cavendish Square, London[6]

1871 Formed the Northern Rubber Co in Retford to make rubber products

1881 India Rubber Manufacturer, Principal of India Rubber Co, Employ 21 Men, 11 Boys, 13 Women, lived in East Retford with Elizabeth Pegler 57, Josephine Pegler 28, Stephen F. Pegler 27, Francis Pegler 25, [7]

Through his sons, Stephen and Francis, set up general engineers's merchants in Glasgow, the company that became Pegler Brothers and Co in 1899.

1900 Died in East Retford[8]

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Sources of Information

  1. Parish records
  2. Parish records
  3. 1851 census
  4. The London Gazette 1 June 1855
  5. 1871 census
  6. 1871 census
  7. 1881 census
  8. BMD
  • The Pegler-Hattersley Group. An historical review 1871-1971, by Hubert C. Nicholson, 1974