Alfred Sommerville Smith (1815-1893)
Alfred Sommerville Smith (1815-1893), aka Alfred Sommerville.
1815 Alfred Sommerville was born in Burton, son of John and Mary Smith
Connected with Hinks, Wells and Co
1836 Sommerville left Birmingham
1851 Sommerville returned to Birmingham as the agent of a Belgian firm, with which Maurice Pollack was connected.[1]
1851 Maurice Pollack was sent to Birmingham to manage the newly established business of Alfred Sommerville.[2]
1851 Maurice Pollack, clerk, and Alfred Sommerville, merchant, were both recorded as visitors at 114 Dale End, Birmingham[3]
1852 Mr Sansum, foreman of Mr Mason's, approached Sommerville, asking him to sell some of Mason's pens.[4]
1855 Alexander Sommerville, merchant, lived at 64 Frederick Street, Birmingham[5]
1855 Married Eliza Victoria Mondon in Birmingham[6]
A. Sommerville and Co introduced Mason's pens on the Continent
1861 Elizabeth Van Smith 39 (born in Belgium), Merchant's Wife, lived in Legge Lane, Birmingham with Elizabeth S Smith 13, Albert S Smith 4, George S Smith 3[7]
1890 Alfred's son, George Sommerville, was married in London. Alfred was recorded as a pen manufacturer[8]
1893 Alfred Sommerville-Smith, died in Belgium; Alfred Sommerville Smith, a dentist, was recorded as an executor[9]
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ Memories of Maurice Pollack cited in the "Life of Josiah Mason" [1]
- ↑ Memories of Maurice Pollack cited in the "Life of Josiah Mason" [2]
- ↑ 1851 census
- ↑ Memories of Maurice Pollack cited in the "Life of Josiah Mason" [3]
- ↑ 1855 Birmingham, Warwickshire Directory
- ↑ BMD
- ↑ 1861 census
- ↑ Parish records
- ↑ National Probate calendar