Henry Garner (1876-1949)
Henry Garner (1876-1949) of the company Henry Garner Ltd
1949 Died.
1949 Obituary.[1]
Henry GARNER, born in Spurstow, Cheshire in the parish of Bunbury on the 23rd December 1876.
He had two sisters, Frances and Hannah and some cousins with the surname Parker-Garner.
He married at Whitchurch to Emily Sarah Davies on October 21st 1900. and they had one daughter, Dorothy Davies WALL.
He opened the shop of Garner’s Cycle Depot selling Rudge-Whitworth bicycles as well as carrying out repairs. His employee was Parker-Garner.
He founded the firm of Henry Garner Ltd in 1908 in Moseley, Birmingham. He was reasonably successful and during the First World War realised that there was an opening for commercial vehicles maybe could have been used by the Army. There were no British Trucks to be had so he travelled to America and contacted a source who hasn’t been named until now. He was Willard GRAMM (spelling not substantiated). This was a successful period for the firm and round about 1934, Sentinel Trucks became interested in the business hence Sentinel-Garner Trucks.
Sadly in 1935, Henry Garner struck financial troubles and the receivers were called in. Although the Garner name carried on for a while.
Henry Garner retired in 1938 and eventually went to live in Torquay, Devon.
He died in 1949 at the age of 72.
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- ↑ David Wall, 2012.