William Harpur (1853-1917), Cardiff city engineer and surveyor
1911 Residing at 197 Severn Road, Cardiff: William Harpur (age 58 born Ashby de la Zouch), City Engineer and Surveyor. With his wife Mary Anne and daughter Mary.[1]
1917 Died. 'The death took place on Whit-Monday of Mr. William Harpur, the Cardiff City Engineer and of Surveyor, at the age of sixty-four years. Mr Harpur was appointed the first deputy borough engineer of Cardiff in 1876, and in 1883 succeeded Mr. J. B. Williams as borough engineer. He was the oldest official of the Corporation in point of service and at all times proved himself a very valuable servant, being far-seeing and enterprising. The many improvements effected in the city as regards widening of thoroughfares, the laying-out of open space, the re-sewering of the town, etc., were done under his direction.'[2]
1917 Long obituary.[3]
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ 1911 Census
- ↑ The Engineer 1917/06/01
- ↑ Western Mail - Tuesday 29 May 1917