John Perks and Sons
John Perks and Sons Ltd. of Monmore Green Works, Wolverhampton.
See also John Perks (1798-1875)
May be an early connection between John Perks and a Mr. Devey.[1] Also noted a 1779 marriage in Wolverhampton of William Perks (1755-1805) and Margaret Devey (1755-1828)
1828/29 Listed under Edge Tool Makers. John and Robert Perks (and all sorts of Plantation Tools, Hinges, etc.)[2]
1834 Death of Robert Perks of Monmore Green, age 54.[3]
1835 Listed under Edge-Tool Makers. John Perks, Monmore Green (and plantation hoes).[4]
1843 Advertisement for staff. Mr. John Perks, Monmore Green Works, Wolverhampton.[5]
1854 Perks and Son, edge tool makers, were on the Committee for the Paris Exhibition[6]
1855 Perks and Son, Exhibited edge tools at the 1855 Paris Exhibition
1878 Dissolution of the Partnership between Robert Perks and Samuel Hollis Perks, Edge Tool Manufacturers, trading under the style of John Perks and Sons, at Wolverhampton. All debts due and owing to and by the said firm will be received and paid by the said Robert Perks.[7]
1932 John Perks and Sons (1920) Ltd was in liquidation[8]
1938 Still at Monmore Green.
1957 Exhibited Axes, Hoes, Pickaxes, Mattocks, Plantation Tools, Crowbars, Wedges and Hammers.
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ Staffordshire Record Office
- ↑ 1828-29 Pigot's Directory
- ↑ Wolverhampton Chronicle and Staffordshire Advertiser - Wednesday 03 December 1834
- ↑ 1835 Pigot's Directory
- ↑ Aris's Birmingham Gazette - Monday 28 August 1843
- ↑ The London Gazette 19 December 1854
- ↑ London Gazette 5 July, 1878
- ↑ The London Gazette 10 May 1932