Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 162,253 pages of information and 244,496 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Arthur Porter

From Graces Guide

Brother of Richard Porter

Born c1831 in Sheffield

1871 Living at Southbrook, Croydon (age 39 and born Sheffield), Manufacturing Stationer and Merchant employing 150 hands. With wife Anna Maria (age 28 and born Sheffield) and three daughters plus three servants [1]

1885 Director of Aveling and Porter

1881 Living at Brockhurst, Croydon (age 49 and born in Sheffield), Manager Stationery employing 300 hands. With wife Anna M. (age 38 and born Sheffield) and five daughters and a son plus a visitor plus eight servants [2]

1891 Living at 182 Selhurst Road, Croydon (age 59 and born at Sheffield), Manager of Stationery Company. Living with wife Ada S. (age 35 and born Tulse Hill) and three daughters, a step-daughter Hilda M. Moore plus a visitor and numerous staff [3]

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Sources of Information

  1. 1871 Census
  2. 1881 Census
  3. 1891 Census