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 162,256 pages of information and 244,497 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 Perks (1798-1875)

From Graces Guide

Iron master, of John Perks and Sons

c.1798 Born

Married (1) Harriet Baker

1820 Birth of son Robert Perks

Married (2) Ann Hollis (d.1833)

1830 Birth of son Samuel Hollis Perks

Birth of daughter Ann Hollis Perks who married Thomas Wilkinson Shaw the father of William Edwards Shaw

Married (3) Louisa Hartley. Her brother was John Hartley (1813-1884)

1841 Birth of son John Hartley Perks

1851 John Perks 53, iron master .... employing 120.. men, lived in Wolverhampton with Louisa Perks 36, Samuel H Perks 20, edge tool manufacturer, John H Perks 9, Emma Perks 5, Eliza Perks 3[1]

1875 Died in Wolverhampton[2]

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Sources of Information

  1. 1851 census
  2. National probate calendar