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 162,258 pages of information and 244,500 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

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George Henry Wait

From Graces Guide

George Henry Wait (1867-1957) of G. H. Wait and Co

1899 First motorist in Leicester

1910 of The Cedars, Skeffington, Leicester.

1911 Living at Skeffington, Leicester: George Henry Wait (age 44 born Leicester), Motor Agent and Manufacturer - Employer. With his wife Elizabeth Carr Wait (age 35 born Leicester) and their two daughters Violet Wait (age 12 born Leicester) and Doris Wait (age 7 born Leicester). One servant.[1]

1952 Owned a transport cafe and petrol station at Broughton Lodge, Fosse Way. GHW claimed he had lived there for twenty-five years.[2]

1957 Died.[3]

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Sources of Information

  1. 1911 Census
  2. Nottingham Evening Post - Wednesday 26 November 1952
  3. Leicester Evening Mail - Tuesday 29 January 1957