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 167,712 pages of information and 247,105 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.

Major Drapkin

From Graces Guide

Major Drapkin (1874-1939) of Major Drapkin and Co

Born at Rostoff on Don

1895 Became a naturalised UK citizen - formerly Russian

1899 Married Ruth Lawrence and had one daughter and two sons

1901 Living at Kilburn Priory, Hampstead: Major Drapkin (age 27 born Russia), Tobacco Manufacturer - employer. With his wife Ruth and one daughter.[1]

1911 Living at 69 Cheetham Hill Road, Manchester: Major Drapkin (age 37 born Russia), Cigarette Manufacturer. With his parents Charles Drapkin (age 72 born Russia), Tobacconist) and his wife Sophia.[2]

1939 Will. Drapkin Major of London, cigarette manufacturer, founder of Major Drapkin and Co'[3]

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Sources of Information

  1. 1901 Census
  2. 1911 Census
  3. Birmingham Daily Post - Monday 31 July 1939