James Ferrabee

James Ferrabee (1818-1873) of James Ferrabee and Co and Ferrabee and Fox

1818 Baptised 13 Dec 1818 the son of John Ferrabee and his wife Esther

1846 Marriage of James the second son of John Ferrabee of Phoenix Iron Works, Stroud to Deborah daughter of John neale of the Knapp, near Minchinhampton.

1851 to 1855 of John Ferrabee and Sons, which he ran with his brother Henry Ferrabee

1858 Patent. '2808. And to James Ferrabee, of the Phoenix Iron Works, Stroud, in the county of Gloucester, Engineer, and Frederick Henry England, Manager of Foomhall Mills, Stroud, for the invention of "improvements applicable to machinery for carding, scribbling, and condensing wool and other fibrous substances."

1861 Patent. '1615. And James Ferrabee, of the Phoenix Iron Works, Stroud, in the county of Gloucester, Engineer, has given the like notice in respect of the invention of "improvements in machines for fulling woollen and other fabrics, and in the method of driving the same."'

1861 Patent. '2716. James Ferrabee, of Phoenix Iron Works, Stroud, in the county of Gloucester, Engineer, and Charles Whitmore, of Stroud, in the same county, Mechanic. Improvements applicable to machinery for carding, scribbling, and condensing wool and other fibrous substances.

1861 Living at Phoenix iron Works, Stroud (age 42 born Stroud), Engineer master employing 130 hands. With wife Deborah (age 42) and children Howard (age 13), Florence (age 12), John (age 10), James (age 9), Edward (age 8), Gertrude (age 7), Paul (age 5), Margaret (age 5) and Constance (age 2). Three servants.

1873 Death of James Ferrabee, Consulting Engineer, of Brimscombe aged 54

Notes
1876 Marriage of Letitia M. Ferrabee the daughter of the late James Ferrabee, to George H. Edgecombe of Keynsham

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