Christiana Rose
c.1793 Born, daughter of one of the original partners in the Old Foundry, Hull, Duncan Campbell.
1840 Mrs Christiana Rose lived in Cannon St, Hull[1]. She took over the Old Foundry.
1851 Christiana Rose was an iron and brass founder employing 50 men, lived in Sculcoates with her daughter Susan and son-in-law John Thompson[2]
1859 she employed James Downs as manager.
1861 Living in Sculcoates, an iron founder, employing 88 men and 13 boys[3]
1871 Christiana Rose 77, widow, an iron founder, living in Hull with her married daughter Susan Thompson 48, and grandson J C Thompson 17[4].
She made James Downs a partner, when presumably the firm became Rose and Downs
1871 Christiana died. Her executors were William Johnston of Hull, a hosier, and Milson Rhodes, of Glasgow, a commission agent[5].
See Also
Sources of Information
- Archives of Rose, Downs and Thompson Ltd. Makers of Oil and Mill machinery, Hull. Hull History Centre.