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 167,701 pages of information and 247,103 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

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William Sellers (of Keighley)

From Graces Guide

of William Sellers and Sons

c1824 Born at

1851 Living at Bath Bank, Greenacre, Oldham (age 26 born Lees, Lancs), a Mechanic. With his wife Alice (age 26 born Ashton, Lancs).[1] Note: Needs confirmation as correct entry

1861 Living at Lawkholme Lane, Keighley (age 36 born Wike, Yorkshire), a Sewing Machine Maker. With his wife Alice (age 36 born Castleton, Lancs) and their children Mary A. (age 9 born Rochdale), John R. (age 7 born Keighley) and Joseph M. (age 5 born Keighley). Two servants. [2]

1871 Living at College Street, Keighley (age 47 born Wike), a Sewing Machine Manufacturer employing 50 men. With his wife Alice (age 47 born Marland(?), Lancs) and their children Mary Ann (age 19 born Rochdale), John Robert (age 17 born Keighley), Joseph Matthew (age 15 born Keighley) and Darley (age 12 born Rochdale). Also his niece Mary Turner (age 25 born Rochdale), a mechanics wife and her daughter. [3]

1881 Living at Cook Lane, Keighley (age 56 born Wyke), a Sewing Machine Maker and Worsted Spinner Employing 142 Men, Women and Children. With his wife Alice (age 56 born Rochdale) and their children Mary Ann (age 29 born Rochdale), Joseph M. (age 25 born Keighley), a Sewing Machine Maker, and Varley (age 22 born Rochdale), a Commercial Traveller. [4]


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Sources of Information

  1. 1851 Census
  2. 1861 Census
  3. 1871 Census
  4. 1881 census