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 167,010 pages of information and 246,691 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.

William Edward Winby

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William Edward Winby (1834-1905)

1834 Born in Liverpool

1851 William Winby 53, railway clerk, lived in Edgbaston with Mary Winby 44, Robert Winby 24, Ann E Winby 21, William E Winby 16, Henry F Winby 13, Clifford O. Winby 11, Frederick C. Winby 9, John Holmes Winby 7, Alfred A Winby 6, Emily Winby 1[1]

Presumably trained at Crewe

1862 William Edward Winby, Bombay and Baroda Railway, 10 Liverpool Street, New Broad Street, London.[2]

1867 of Old Park Iron Works, Wednesbury.

1872 of Rabone Bridge Iron Works, Smethwick, near Birmingham.

Later part of Westwood and Winby

1881 William E. Winby 46, engineer, lived in Kings Norton with Ann M. Winby 41, Willm. M. Winby 14, brass founder, Clifford L. Winby 13, Arthur E. Winby 11, Baron Winby 9, Mary A. Winby 8, Harold Winby 7, John V. Winby 4, Chas.P. Winby 3, Gilbert B. Winby 1[3]

Designed a novel locomotive displayed at Chicago in 1893.

1901 William E Winby , civil and mechanical engineer, lived in Edgbaston with Ann M Winby 61, William M Winby 34, Clifford L Winby 33, Arthur E Winby 31, Mary A Winby 28, Charles P Winby 23, Gilbert B Winby 21[4]

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Sources of Information

  1. 1851 census
  2. 1862 Institution of Mechanical Engineers
  3. 1881 census
  4. 1901 census