Richard Wadsworth Crabtree
Richard Wadsworth Crabtree (1841-1929) of Crabtree Brothers, Crabtree and Horsfield and R. W. Crabtree and Sons
1841 Born in Leeds, the eldest son of James Crabtree
1867 Married in Huddersfield to Sarah Ruth Smith. RWC of Belfast, eldest son of James Crabtree, of New Leeds, Leeds, and late of France.[1]
1869 Their daughter Marie Priscilla Crabtree was born in Huddersfield
1871 Their son James Smith Crabtree was born in Mile End, London
1874 Their daughter Annie Beatrice Crabtree was born in Belfast.
1876 Their son Richard Brown Crabtree was born in Belfast.
1881 of 45 Louis Street, Leeds.[2]
1883 Patent to Richard Wadsworth Crabtree, of Leeds, for improvements in kitchen ranges or cooking ranges. [3]
1891 Living at 4 Gifton Mt, Potter Newton, Leeds: Richard W. Crabtree (age 49 born Leeds), Silk Machine Maker Manager - Employee. With his wife Sarah Cath Crabtree (age 42 ??, Yorkshire) and their seven children; Marie Riscilla Crabtree (age 22 born Huddersfield); James Smith Crabtree (age 20 born Mile End Old Town, London), Insurance Clerk; Annie Beatrice Crabtree (age 17 born Belfast); Richard Brown Crabtree (age 15 born Belfast), Hacked ... Clerk; Robert W. Crabtree (age 13 born Leeds); Charles H. Crabtree (age 10 born Leeds); Arthur E. Crabtree (age 8 born Leeds).[4]
1895 Went into business with Alfred Horsfield - Crabtree and Horsfield
1907 Carried on the business on his own, - R. W. Crabtree and Sons
1910 Handed over to his son, Charles
1921 Printing Machinery Maker Retired lived in Leeds with his family[5]
1929 Died in Leeds