Josiah Gallimore
of 33 Bridge Street, Sheffield
Engineers
1821 "The Partnership between us the undersigned, as Whitesmiths and Screw-Makers, carried on under the firm of John and Josiah Gallimore, is dissolved by mutual consent; and the said Josiah Gallimore will receive and pay all debts owing to and by the concern, and carry on the said businesses in future on his own account. John Gallimore; Josiah Gallimore. Sheffield, February 19, 1821. [1]
1822 Listed as a screw maker 33 Bridge Street[2]. Note: the same directory also lists William Gallimore, screw maker, 6 Love St.
1828 Listed as smith and screw maker; mill and engine work to drawing or pattern, etc., 33 Bridge-street[3]
1833 Listed as iron and brass founder, steam engine builder, machinist, and screw, lathe etc. manufacturer. 33 Bridge Street.[4]
1837 Listed as iron and brass founder, and screw, and crimping and copying machine manufacturer. 33 Bridge Street. [5]
1840 John Gallimore "formerly of the firm of Messrs. John and Josiah Gallimore, screw makers, etc., in Bridge Street" died on 10 Oct 1840, aged 73, after a long illness. [6]
1841 Machine Maker, 72 Bridge Street.[7]
1850 Joseph Ashforth and Co, Bruce Works, Bridge Street, Sheffield, Successors to the late Geo. Whitham and Co., File, Steel, Screw, &c, Manufacturers, beg to inform their Friends and the Public, that they have Purchased the Premises, Working Took, &c., of the late Josiah Gallimore, Manufacturer of Screw Jacks, Press Screws, Screw Stocks and Dies, and Smith and Engineering Work in general, and beg to solicit a continuance of those favours so long bestowed on their Predecessors. N.B. — Manufacturers of Ashforth's Registered Ratchet Spanner. January 4th, 1850.'[8]
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ The London Gazette – 24 Feb 1821
- ↑ [1] History, Directory & Gazeteer, of the County of York: Vol 1. Edward Baines, 1822
- ↑ [2] The Sheffield Directory and Guide, 1828
- ↑ White's Directory of Sheffield 1833
- ↑ White's Directory of Sheffield 1837
- ↑ Sheffield Independent - 24 Oct 1840
- ↑ Rodgers' Directory of Sheffield 1841
- ↑ Sheffield Independent - Saturday 12 January 1850