C. H. Pinson
From Graces Guide
C.H. Pinson, Reliance Works, Moat St, Willenhall
Manufacturer and retailer of locks
- 1846 Charles Henry Pinson born in Willenhall
- Set up business as a lock latch and key maker.
- 1876 at 23 Cannon Street
- 1888 2 Moat Street where he lived; listed as a padlock maker, employing 6 men and 6 boys[1]. He had two sons, William Morley (b. 1873) and Charles Henry junior (b. Cannon Street 1875).
- 1896 By this time Charles Henry Pinson junior had established his own business, C.H. Pinson Junior.
- 1913 Charles junior purchased the firm of John Minors in Union Street
- 1913 Charles senior died; Charles junior took control of his business interests. From then on the company address seems to have been Union Street.
- 1916 Bought a controlling interest in the firm of Beddow and Sturmey.
- 1934 Charles died.
- 1937 Incorporated into Heenan, Beddow and Sturmey
See Also
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Sources of Information
A Gazetteer of Lock and Key Makers by Jim Evans
- ↑ 1881 census