Evelyn Hugh Owen
Evelyn Hugh (St. David) Owen (c1880-1960), of the Automobile Transport Co, Twentieth Century Travel Co, Orleans Car Co, Owen Motor Co - also see Owen Cars and Motor Transport Co and perhaps Owen and Orleans and Twentieth Century Cars.
Note: The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile has concerns over whether E. H. Owen ever manufactured cars or was rather a fantasist 'in the Walter Mitty mould'.
c1880 Born in London the son of Joseph Pugh Owen, a university tutor, and his wife Marian (Mary Anne) Williams
1891 Living at 12 Portland Place, Fulham: Joseph P. Owen (age 44 born Llandeilo, Carmarthenshire, Wales), Tutor for University. With his wife Marian Owen (age 42 born Dublin) and their four children; Cecil V. M. Owen (age 17 born Paddington); Evelyn Owen (age 10 born London); Gladys Owen (age 8? born London); and Kathleen Owen (age 2 born London).[1]
Image and details of an early motor tricycle.[2]
1901 Living at 72, Comeragh Road, London, W: Joseph Owen (age 54 born Llandeilo, Carmarthenshire, Wales), Private Tutor for Univ. etc. With his wife Marian Owen (age 52 born Ireland) and their three children; Evelyn Owen (age 20 born Fulham), Clerk in Shipping; Gladys Owen (age 18 born Fulham); and Kathleen Owen (age 12 born Fulham).[3]
1902 The Motor Transport Co of Comeragh Road produced a short-lived motorcycle.
1903 Photograph. The Twentieth Century Motor Car. ('Formeau de Luxe' pattern)'. Copyright owner of work: Evelyn Hugh Owen, 72 Comeragh Road, London.[4]
1904 March. Letter. Concerns car bodies. of 72, Comeragh Road.[5]
1904 May. Letter. Claims to be 'one of the few actual manufacturers of english motor cars'[6]
1905 of 72 Comeragh Road, gained a patent on "improvements relating to internal combustion motors"
1906 July. Letter. Concerning traffic noise. Signs E. H. Owen, 72, Comeragh Road, Member of the Institution of Motor Engineers. [7]
1906 Owen Petelectra car
1908 Evelyn Hugh Owen, of 1 Long Acre, engineer, gained a patent on "improvements in connection with the valves of internal combustion engines"
1909 Evelyn Hugh Owen, of 1 Long Acre, engineer, gained a patent on "improvements in steering apparatus for motor cars and other vehicles", and another on "improvements in or relating to motor vehicles"
1911 Living at 36 Barons Court Road, Fulham: Mary Anne Owen (age 61 born Dublin), Widow. With her three children; Evelyn Hugh Owen (age 30 born London), Journalist - Engineering; Gladys Mary Winifred Owen (age 28 born London), Clerk - Insurance; and Kathleen Theresa Owen (age 23 born London), Clerk - Insurance
1911 September. Letter about motor industry and includes 'the various motor companies under my control' [8]
1914 Patent 11,171. 'Process and means for improving the operation of internal combustion engines'[9]
1921 Evelyn Hugh Owen, of 32 Queen Victoria St, gained a patent on "A working process in and means for the construction and operation of an internal combustion engine"
1922 US Patent. Internal combustion engine, of Comeragh Road. [10]
1960 Died in Bournemouth.
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ 1891 Census
- ↑ The Motor Cycle 1907/09/11 p720
- ↑ 1901 Census
- ↑ National Archives
- ↑ London Daily News - Wednesday 02 March 1904
- ↑ St James's Gazette - Wednesday 25 May 1904
- ↑ London Daily News - Tuesday 24 July 1906
- ↑ Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser - Wednesday 13 September 1911
- ↑ Coventry Evening Telegraph - Friday 15 May 1914
- ↑ Google patents