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British Industrial History
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Joseph Wippell
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Joseph Wippell (1810-1894)
1842 Birth of son Henry Hugh Wippell
1851 Living at 219 High Street, Exeter: Joseph Wippell (age 40 born Exeter), Woollen Draper and hatter. With his wife Elizabeth, one son and four daughters.[1]
1861 Living at 219 High Street, Exeter: Joseph Wippell (age 50 born Exeter), Woollen Draper and Tailor Employing 21? With his wife Elizabeth and three daughters and a son.[2]
1871 Living at St. David's Hill, Exeter: Joseph Wippell (age 60 born Exeter), Woollen Draper. With his wife Elizabeth, their son and three daughters and two grand-daughters.[3] (This house is listed next to Pack Horse Inn - was this 44 or was 44 and 45 built on this plot))
1881 Living at 44 St. David's Hill, Exeter: Joseph Wippell (age 70 born Exeter), Retired woollen Draper. With his wife Elizabeth, daughter Eliza and three grand-daughters.[4]
1891 Living at 44 St. David's Hill, Exeter: Joseph Wippell (age 80 born Exeter), Retired Woollen Draper. With his wife Elizabeth, daughter Eliza and a grand-daughter.[5]
1892 January 20th. Death of his wife Elizabeth.[6]