William Rathbone Pashley
William Rathbone 'Rath' Pashley (1895-1965) founder of Pashley
1895 April 07th. Born at Birmingham the son of William Pashley, an Insurance Agent, and his wife Sarah Jane Rathbone
Apprenticed at Austin
WWI Military service as a despatch rider.
1920 Married at Birmingham to Marguerite Rosa Aston. Her mother was Florence Annie Barber who married Charles John Ashton.
1927 Birth of son Richard Charles Leonard Pashley
1931 Birth of son John Michael Pashley
1965 May 24th. Died at Waukesha, Wisconsin. Of Flat 4, Glandower, Warwick Court, Warwick Road, Stratford-upon-Avon.[1]
1965 'The Midland cycle manufacturer, Mr. W. R. Pashley, of Thornhill Road. Streetly, has died in a mad accident at Milwaukee. Wisconsin, while visiting his sister in the United States. He was 70. His cycle business was in Chester Street. Aston, for 30 years but this year it was moved to Stratford-upon-Avon. Earlier this year his son. Mr. R. C. L. Pashley succeeded him as managing director.'[2]