Fred Spivey
Fred Spivey (c1868-1927)
c.1868 Born in Heckmondwike, son of Joseph and Sarah Spivey[1]
1871 Joseph H. Spivey 37, a dyer employing 30 men, lived in Liversedge, Dewsbury with Sarah Spivey 38, Harvey Spivey 13, Harry Spivey 9; their son, Fred Spivey 3, lived next door[2]
1891 Joseph H Spivey 54, dyer, employer, lived in Liversedge, Dewsbury with Sarah Spivey 58, and Fred Spivey 23, plumber[3]
1904 of Low Mills, Heckmondwike, when he took out a patent on "improvements in machinery or apparatus for distributing oil on fibres", which was followed by 3 further patents on similar inventions up to 1910.
Also patents concerned with internal combustion engine, incubator for infants, and on ways of protecting ships against mines.
1911 Sarah Spivey 78, lived in Liversedge, Dewsbury with Fred Spivey 43, farmer[4]
1926 French patent with Victor Sam Lyles on machinery for distributing oil on fibres and similar materials
1927 Died in Dewsbury[5]