William Gordon Bagnall
William Gordon Bagnall of W. G. Bagnall
William Gordon Bagnall (1852-1907) was a British mechanical engineer.
1852 Born in Tamworth, Staffordshire, son of Richard and Julia Bagnall, proprietor of mines[1]
1871 Richard Bagnall 61, coal master, lived in Walsall, with Richard Bagnall 25, James T Bagnall 21, Julia Bagnall 19, William G Bagnall 18, clerk in bank, Louisa Bagnall 14, Robert H Bagnall 12, Reginald Bagnall 10, George Bagnall 8[2]
Worked at John Bagnall and Sons of West Bromwich
1875 Acquired Massey and Hill's millwrights of Stafford, where he founded the locomotive manufacturing company of W. G. Bagnall
1881 Julia Bagnall 57, widow, lived in Upton on Severn, with William G. Bagnall 28, engineer, employing 68 men, John Bagnall 27, George Bagnall 18, Jessie Bagnall 17, Gertrude M. Bagnall 15, Norah Bagnall 13[3]
1891 William G Bagnall 38, engineer, employer, lived in Stafford with Jessie Bagnall 26, Harold G Bagnall 7, Richard G Bagnall 5[4]
1901 Wm Bagnall 48, engineer (railway), employer, lived in Stafford with Jessie Bagnall 36, Jessica Bagnall 9[5]
1907 July 19th. Died
Obituary 1907 [6]
. . . Mr. William Gordon Bagnall, managing director of the firm of W. G. Bagnall, Limited, Castle Engine Works, Stafford. Mr. Bagnall, who was only in his fifty-third year . . . In 1876 he went to Stafford, and took over what was then a small millwright's business, carried on under the style of Massey and Hill. . . [more]