Freeman Roe (1808-1870)
1808 born in Thrapston, Northamptonshire
By 1839 was running his business, Freeman Roe, in Camberwell, supplying plumbing equipment
1852 Patent on improvements in valves and cocks[1]
1853 Patent on improvements in paving roads and streets.[2]
1861 Freeman Roe, a hydraulic engineer, lived in Wandsworth with his wife Susan and family[3]
1864 Dissolution of the Partnership between Freeman Roe, of Church-terrace, Wandsworth, Surrey, Gentleman, and Frederick Meller, of North-street, Wandsworth, aforesaid, Horsehair and Rugging Manufacturers[4]
1868 Patent to Freeman Roe, of 22, Cambridge terrace, Notting-hill, Middlesex, for the invention of "an improvement in smoking pipes, which invention is also applicable to cigar holders."[5]
1870 Died in Hampstead.