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 167,711 pages of information and 247,104 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.

Edgar Rhodes

From Graces Guide

1867 Born in Leeds, son of Samuel Gisburn Rhodes and Sarah Ann Rhodes[1]

1883-7 Apprentice with Leeds Forge Co

1887 In charge of a department for developing special machines and patents

1889 Went into partnership with his brother (presumably Walter) as Rhodes Brothers, Leeds

1891 Samuel G Rhodes 56, dentist, lived in Leeds with Sarah A Rhodes 54, Lydia Rhodes 29, Walter Rhodes 25, electrical engineer, Edgar Rhodes 25, electrical engineer, Henry F Rhodes 22, dentist's assistant, Jessie Rhodes 20, Florence A Rhodes 19, Winifred Rhodes 13, Reginald Rhodes 10[2]

1901 Samuel G Rhodes 66, lived in Leeds with Hannah W Rhodes 42, Walter Rhodes 35, mechanical engineer, Edgar Rhodes 35, mechanical engineer, Jessie Rhodes 30, Florence A Maconachie 29, Winifred Rhodes 23[3]

1906 Associate member of I Mech E

1911 Edgar Rhodes 43, engineer and manager Tramway Construction Co, lived in Tadcaster with Gertrude Rhodes 33, Cecil Rhodes 7[4]

1919 Died in Wandsworth[5]

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Sources of Information

  1. 1871 census
  2. 1891 census
  3. 1901 census
  4. 1911 census
  5. BMD
  • Mechanical engineer records