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Thomas Gaskell Allen

From Graces Guide

Thomas Gaskell Allen (c1869-1955) of Allen-Liversidge, Allen-Liversidge Front Wheel Brakes Co, A-L Portable Acetylene Co, A-L Meteorlite and (presumably) Allen Co.

c.1869 Born in Illinois

1899 Thomas Gaskell Allen junior of Nairn patented "An Improved Method of Securing an Automatically Controlled Supply of Water to the Carbide of Calcium in Acetylene Gas Generators."

1900 Thomas Gaskell Allen junior of Nairn patented " An Improved Method of Sharpening Razors and Knives and Composition Employed therefor"

c.1902 Presumably established the Allen Co

1904 Thomas Gaskell Allen junior of Victoria St, Westminster patented "Improvements in or relating to Motor Road Vehicles for the Prevention of Side-slip"

1908 French patent "Improvements in motor vehicle brakes and others" with Percy Balfern Liversidge and Johann Emil Jansson, all resident in England

and many patents up to 1930.

1908 Set up the business Allen-Liversidge Front Wheel Brakes Co

1910 Incorporated Allen-Liversidge

1911 Living at Devon House, 29 West Side, Clapham Common: Thomas Gaskell Allen (age 42 born Illinois - US citizen), Acetylene Engineer, Director of Acetylene Apparatus Manufacturing Company - Employer. With his wife Annie Isabella and two daughters and other family members.[1]

1921 Thomas Gaskell Allen 53, manufacturer of dissolved acetylene and accessories, MD of Allen-Liversidge Ltd, lived in Epsom with Annie Isabella Allen 47, Lucile Eliza Allen 18, Ida Martha Allen 18[2]

1955 Died in Eastbourne[3]

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Sources of Information

  1. 1911 Census
  2. 1921 census
  3. National Probate Calendar