John James Mann
John James Mann (c1859-1916) of Mann and Overtons and Delaunay Belleville Automobiles
c.1859 Born in Prestwich.
1861 Living in Pilkington with his parents[1]
1871 Living in Pilkington with his grandmother[2]
1881 became an electrical engineer[3]
1900 c/o Marshall and Co, Birmingham
1900 of Belsize Works, Manchester, became an Associate Member of the Inst Electrical Engineers[4]
1900 Partnership change. '... the Partnership heretofore subsisting between us the undersigned, John Makeague, and Edward Francis Hunter, and John James Mann, carrying on business as Workers and Vendors of Articles Manufactured under Patent Rights and Agents for the Sale of Machinery and Patented Articles, at No. 23, Boulevard des Italiennes, in the city of Paris, and also as Pattern Makers and Engineers at Belsize Works, Clayton, Manchester, under the style or firm of Marshall and Co., has been dissolved by mutual consent as and from the eleventh day of December, 1899. All debts due to and owing by the said late firm will be received and paid by the said John Makeague and Edward Francis Hunter who will continue to carry on the said businesses under the style or firm aforesaid...'[5]
1901 of Marshall and Co (of Clayton)
1901 Formation of Mann and Overtons who became agents for Marshall's Belsize cars.
1901 Lived in London, a managing director, joined the Centurion Lodge[6]
1903 Chairman of the Automobile Mutual Protection Association
1908 Arrived in Liverpool from USA, en route to Paris[7]
1911 An engineer; he arrived in Vancouver, British Columbia, from Sydney; address given as c/o his nephew H. Ainsworth, Paris[8]
1914 Wrote "Round the World in a Motor Car"[9]
1916 Died at 42 Boulevard Flandrin, Paris; probate to Annie Teresa Mann, his widow[10]
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ 1861 census
- ↑ 1871 census
- ↑ IEE proposal form
- ↑ IEE proposal form
- ↑ The London Gazette Publication date:12 June 1900 Issue:27201 Page:3712
- ↑ United Grand Lodge of England Freemason Membership Registers
- ↑ UK and Ireland, Incoming Passenger Lists
- ↑ Border Crossings from Canada to U.S.
- ↑ The Times June 12, 1914
- ↑ National probate calendar