Eustace Wigzell
Eustace Wigzell (c1821-1899) of Timothy Bates and Co and later Pollit and Wigzell
1821 November 14th. Baptised at Queen Square, St George the Martyr, the son of Eustace Wigzell, a sea faring man, and his wife Elizabeth Hannah.
1846 Birth of son Eustace Ernest Wigzell
Manager at John Penn and Sons
1861 Living at 11 Morden Terrace, Lewisham: Eustace Wigzell (age 34 born London City), Engineer, Manager at J. Penn. With his wife Susannah Wigzell (age 39 born Camberwell) and their two children Susannah H. Wigzell (age 16 born Deptford) and Eustace E. Wigzell (age 14 born Greenwich). One servant.[1]
1865 Joined Timothy Bates and Co
Died 1899 aged 78.[2]
1899 Obituary [3]
EUSTACE WIGZELL died on October 2, 1899. He was formerly engineer to the Russian Government Works at Ekaterinburg, in the province of Perm.
He subsequently joined Mr. Joseph Pollit of Sowerby Bridge as a general engineer under the style of Timothy Bates & Co. On the firm being converted into a limited liability company Mr. Wigzell became managing director, which position he held at the time of his death.
He was a member of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, and was elected a member of the Iron and Steel Institute in 1881.
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Sources of Information
- ↑ 1861 Census
- ↑ The Engineer 1899/10/06, p151.
- ↑ 1899 Iron and Steel Institute: Obituaries