James Gibbs and Co (of Plaistow)
James Gibbs and Co, chemical manufacturers, of Plaistow
1873 Dissolution of the Partnership between James Gibbs, James Ford, Thomas Canning, and Alexander Ellis Ford, as Sulphuric Acid and Chemical Manufacturers, at Plaistow, in the county of Essex, under the style or firm of James Gibbs and Company on the retirement of Thomas Canning[1]. He also retired from the firm of James Gibbs of Bristol, Cwmbran and Plymouth, and from a bonded warehouse, Ford and Canning in Bristol.
1876 James Gibbs retired from the Partnership with James Ford, and Alexander Ellis Ford, as Sulphuric Acid and Chemical Manufacturers, at Plaistow, in the county of Essex, and at Plymouth, in the county of Devon, under the style or firm of James Gibbs and Company[2]
1885 of Victoria Docks, Essex, chemical manufacturers.
1887 New company registered: James Gibbs and Co Ltd, the conversion to a company of the business of manufacturers of and dealers in sulphuric acid and chemical fertilisers, importers of Peruvian guano and nitrate of soda, seed crushers and feeding cake manufacturers, carried on by James Ford and Alex. Ellis Ford, in co-partnership, trading at 16 Mark-lane and elsewhere under the name of James Gibbs and Co. Alex. Ellis Ford was appointed managing director.[3]
1906 An Extraordinary General Meeting of James Gibbs and Co was held at Gibbs' Wharf, Victoria Docks, London, E., on the 19th day of April, 1906; the undertaking of the Company had been sold to Gibbs' Fertilisers Limited, and so the Company was wound up voluntarily; John Paterson was chairman of the meeting[4]