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 167,713 pages of information and 247,105 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.

John Campbell Thompson

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John Campbell Thompson, AICE, MIME

1851 John Thompson, industrial chemist, employing 14 men; lived in Sculcoates with his wife Susan and mother-in-law Christiana Rose, who was an iron and brass founder employing 50 men[1] (the firm which later became Rose and Downs)

1853 John Campbell Thompson was born in Hull[2], the son of John Thompson and his wife Susan.

1861 Living in Sculcoates in the house of his grandmother, Christiana Rose (1793-1871), Iron founder, employing 88 men and 13 boys, with his mother Susan[3]

1871 Christiana Rose 77, widow, iron founder, living in Hull with her married daughter Susan Thompson 48, and grandson J C Thompson 17[4]

1874 John Campbell Thompson became a partner in Rose, Downs and Thompson

1881 Civil engineer, visitor in Brighton with his mother, Susan[5]

1891 Civil engineer, visiting London at the time of the census[6]

1899 Managing Director of Rose, Downs and Thompson; lived at 202 Anlaby Rd, Hull[7]

1916 Died in London; no relatives mentioned in probate record[8]

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Sources of Information

  1. 1851 census
  2. BMD
  3. 1861 census
  4. 1871 census
  5. 1881 census
  6. 1891 census
  7. UK, City and County Directories, 1766 - 1946
  8. National Probate Calendar