Solomon Woodall
Solomon Woodall (c1820-1876) of Woodall and Smith
Born at Netherton the son of Samuel Woodall
1847 Solomon Woodall, boiler manufacturer, at the Buffery.[1]
1851 Living at Dudley: Solomon Woodall (age 28 born Netherton), Boiler manufacturer employing 10 men. With his wife Hannah and three sons.[2]
1859 Dissolution of the Partnership between Joseph Woodall and Solomon Woodall, in the trade or business of Licensed Victuallers, at the George and Dragon, situate in the township of Oldbury, in the county of Worcester, under the firm of Joseph Woodall and Solomon Woodall; in future the business will be carried on by the said Joseph Woodall on his separate account[3]
1865 Solomon Woodall, Windmill End Boiler Works, near Dudley.[4]
1866 of Windmill End Boiler Works, near Dudley.
1869 Solomon Woodall, of The Quay, Barrow in Furness, was a shipbuilder[5]
1871 Living at Dalton: Soloman Woodall (age 49 born Worcestershire), Boiler Manufacture (Widower). With Frederick T Woodall 17, Alfred T Woodall 15, Sarah J T Woodall 13, Thomas T Woodall 11, Eustace C J Woodall 7, Florence E T Woodall 5[6]
1876 'The death is announced of Mr. Solomon Woodall, of Windmill End, and Barrow-in-Furness Boiler and Construction Works. He quietly breathed his last at Ty-tup Hall, Barrow-in-Furness. The remains of the deceased were interred at his native town of Netherton, in Staffordshire, near to the Windmill End Boiler Works. where the name of the deceased had been known and highly respected for many, many years. The deceased was the son of the late Samuel Woodall, the founder of the Windmill End Boiler Works, which is the oldest and perhaps the most noted girder and boiler factory in Staffordshire. The celebrity of the firm brought Mr. Woodall large contracts for iron works construction, boilers, &c, from the Lancashire and West Cumberland districts, and to facilitate these engagements an establishment was created at Barrow-in-Furness, where the deceased successfully carried on an extensive business for a number of years. The deceased succeeded Mr. J. T. Smith to the occupancy of Ty-tup Hall, at Dalton-in-Furness. He died on June 8th aged 56 years....'[7]
1876 The executors to his estate were his sons Samuel, ironmaster of Dudley, and Frederick Turley Woodall and Alfred Turley Woodall, iron founders of Barrow in Furness[8]
1885 "NOTICE is hereby given, that all persons having any claims against the estate of Solomon Woodall, late of Tytup Hall, Dalton-in-Furness, in the county of Lancaster, deceased, who carried on the business of an Iron Bridge, Girder, and Boiler Manufacturer, at Barrow-in-Furness, in the county of Lancaster, and at Dudley, in the county of Worcester (and who died on the 8th day of June, 1876, and whose will, with a codicil, was proved in Her Majesty's High Court of Justice at the District Registry of Lancaster on the 20th day of September, 1876, by Samuel Woodall, Frederick Turley Woodall, and Alfred Turley Woodall, three of the executors therein named), are hereby required to send the particulars of their claims to the undersigned, the Solicitors for the executors, on or before the 31st day of May next, after which day the executors will proceed to distribute the estate of the said deceased amongst the parties legally entitled thereto, having regard only to the claims of which they shall then have had notice."[9]
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Sources of Information
- ↑ Wolverhampton Chronicle and Staffordshire Advertiser - Wednesday 01 September 1847
- ↑ 1851 Census
- ↑ London Gazette 25 March, 1859
- ↑ 1865 Institution of Mechanical Engineers
- ↑ 1869 Slater´s Directory
- ↑ 1871 Census
- ↑ Wolverhampton Express and Star - Monday 19 June 1876
- ↑ national probate calendar
- ↑ The London Gazette 13 March 1885