John Tangye (1864-1918)
1864 Born in Birmingham son of Joseph Tangye and his wife Jane[1]
1891 Engineer, boarder in Ladywood, Birmingham[2]
1893 An engineer when he arrived in New York
1895 Patent by Tangyes Machine Tool Co, John Tangye of Handsworth, mechanical engineer, and William Henry Bailey of Smethwick, mechanical engineer, on "New or Improved Machinery for Finishing or Machining the Peripheries of Pulleys and Fly Wheels, and for other like purposes."
1897 of Handsworth[3]
From c.1900-1904 he was working in Manchester designing and making machine tools.
1900 of 106 Princess Street, Manchester, machine tool maker, patent on "Improvements in Friction Disc Driving Mechanism for Lathes and Machinery in General."
1904 patent by John Tangye, machine tool maker, of Calthorpe Road, Edgbaston with Alfred Dougill of 5 Vernon Road, Leeds on "Improvements in and relating to Friction Driving Mechanism for Road Locomotives and Motor Road Vehicles."
1908 of Clarence chambers Corporation street, Birmingham[4]
1912 Consulting engineer, of Corporation St, Birmingham[5]
1918 Mechanical engineer, died in Birmingham; one of his executors was Albert William Tangye, chemical engineer[6]