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Joseph Beverley Fenby

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1878.
1880. Fenby's pantograph.

c1843 Born in Liverpool

1861 Usher at Tavistock Grammar School[1]

1863 Patent to Joseph Beverley Fenby of Worcester, Gentleman, for the invention of " a new or improved instrument or apparatus to be attached to pianofortes, organs, and other similar keyed musical instruments, for printing the score of any music performed on the said instruments.[2]

1864 Patent to Joseph Beverley Fenby, of the city of Worcester, Mechanical Engineer, for the invention-of "improvements in locks and latches."[3]

1864 Patent to Joseph Beverley Fenby, of the city of Worcester, Mechanical Engineer, for the invention of "improvements in buckles."[4]

1865 Patent to Joseph Beverley Fenby, of Birmingham, in the county of Warwick, Mechanical Engineer, for the invention of "improvements in fastenings for safe doors, and other doors and lids, and for other like purposes."[5]

1866 Previously a teacher of classics at a grammar school. His lock and machine for making same was manufactured by Samuel Whitfield and Sons of Birmingham[6]

1866 Joseph Beverley Fenby, Engineer, 327 Pershore Road, Birmingham.[7]

1866 Patent to Joseph Beverley Fenby, of Birmingham, in the county of Warwick, Mechanical Engineer, for the invention of "improvements in pumps for raising and forcing liquids."[8]

1867 Patent to Joseph Beverley Fenby, of Birmingham, in the county of Warwick, Mechanical Engineer, for the invention of "improvements in connecting door and other knobs to tbeir spindles."[9]

1867 Patent to Joseph Beverley Fenby, of Birmingham, in the county of Warwick, Mechanical Engineer, for the invention of "improvements in valves for hydraulic presses and for other purposes."[10]

1867 Patent to Samuel Amphlet, of Birmingham, in the county of Warwick, Manufacturer, and Joseph Beverley Fenby, of Birmingham aforesaid, Mechanical Engineer, have given the like notice in respect of the invention of "improvements in machinery for ruling ornamental patterns or devices."[11]

1869 Joseph Beverley Fenby, engineer, son of Joseph Fenby, school master , married Emma Richmond in Erdington[12]

1871 Joseph B Fenby 29, civil engineer, lived in Erdington with Emma L Fenby 25, Alaric Fenby 1, Ronald E Fenby 4 Months[13]

1891 Joseph B Fenby 49, civil engineer, lived in Sutton Coldfield with Emma L Fenby 44, Alaric V C Fenby 21, student of physical sciences, Ronald E Fenby 20, Edgar B Fenby 18, Ethel M Fenby 16, Rupert C Fenby 15, Edith R Fenby 13, Hilda M Fenby 11, Winifred M Fenby 7[14]

1903 Died in Kings Norton[15]

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Sources of Information

  1. 1861 census
  2. London Gazette 19 May 1863
  3. London Gazette 22 Jan 1864
  4. London Gazette 29 April 1864
  5. London Gazette 1 Dec 1865
  6. The Engineer 1866/06/01
  7. 1866 Institution of Mechanical Engineers
  8. London Gazette 2 March 1866
  9. London Gazette 29 March 1867
  10. London Gazette 15 Nov 1867
  11. London Gazette 7 Jan 1868
  12. Marriage record
  13. 1871 census
  14. 1891 census
  15. BMD