Thomas Vaughan
1834 Born in Walker, Northumberland, son of John Vaughan and his wife Eleanor[1]
1858 Married Catherine Jane Macfarlan in Blythswood, Glasgow[2]
1865 Joined Inst of Civil Engineers as an associate
1867 Dissolution of the Partnership between Thomas Vaughan, Samuel Smythe Malcolm, Thomas Light Elwon, and Joseph Firmstone, as Ironmasters, at Eston Junction, in the county of York, under the style or firm of the South Bank Iron Company, as regards Joseph Firmstone, as from the 10th day of April, 1867 [3]
1867 Dissolution of the Partnership between Samuel Smythe Malcolm, of the city of Glasgow, Merchant, Thomas Vaughan, of Gunnergate Hall, near Middlesbrough, Iron Master, and Thomas Light Elwon, of Skutterskelfe Hall, in the county of York, Iron Master, trading as Iron Masters, under the style or firm of the South Bank Iron Company, as far as regards Samuel Smythe Malcolm[4]
1870 Dissolution of the Partnership between Thomas Vaughan, ... and Thomas Light Elwon, of ... trading under the style or firm of the South Bank Iron Company; Thomas Vaughan carried on the business alone[5] Thus Thomas Vaughan acquired the Southbank ironworks from Major Elwon
1870 Acquired the Southbank ironworks from Major Elwon (the works had originally been established by Bernhard Samuelson)
1871 Thomas Vaughan 36, ironmaster JP, lived in Gunnergate, with Catherine J Vaughan 30, Eleanor L M Vaughan 11, Catherine J M Vaughan 8[6]
By 1878 Thomas Vaughan and Co were out of business
1879 Sold the Southbank Ironworks to Bolckow, Vaughan and Co[7]
1881 Thomas Vaughn 47, gentleman, JP, DL, Catherine Jane Vaughn 41[8]
1891 Thomas Vaughan 55, gentleman, magistrate, DL, lived in Lofthouse with Catherine J Vaughan 49[9]
1900 Died in Guisborough[10]