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Lloyd and Summerfield
Anne:
I searched through the thesis and found on page 195 that George Lloyd was appointed Chairman of the association in 1858. The association was founded by 15 glass manufacturers as a means of combatting the great strike by members of the Glass Makers' Society (a trade union) during 1858/59.
flying free:
Thanks Anne :) I've read the thesis before and just didn't have time to search through again for the start date again.
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Georgina Drummond:
Thank you so much to everyone for these very useful replies. I believe my family came from Shropshire before they rocked up in the Midlands so I think there possibly is a link with the Albrighton Lloyds, though it would be quite distant. I am about to research this further. The name Biddle is new to me so I will look into that as well. Thanks again.
Georgina Drummond:
I've just read the extremely useful 2017 thread on Jonathan Richardson and thought it might be helpful if I add some details about his wife from my own family tree. Sarah Richardson nee Lloyd was the daughter of a whitesmith called William Lloyd (1784-1849) who worked in the Burnt Tree factory in Dudley where fenders, fire irons etc were made. He died there in a dreadful accident in 1849 when someone left a trap door open and he fell through. Sarah was baptised at St Thomas Dudley on 16 March 1806 and married Jonathan in Trysull on 26 October 1826. I have the following children for them: Mary Ann 1829, Joseph Llewellyn 1831, Sarah 1833, John Thomas Haden 1835, Martha Jemima 1838, Eleanor Haden 1845, Edith 1845, Anne Eunice 1850. John was the only surviving son as Joseph died young in 1856 and never married.
Sarah had a large number of relatives who worked in the glass industry including her brothers Isaiah, Thomas and Llewellyn (who is lodging next to Sarah and Jonathan in 1841). Isaiah died very young leaving a family and I believe Sarah and Jonathan may have adopted one of his children.
Please let me know if anyone is interested in any further details. Thanks again
flying free:
Thank you so much for sharing your information.
I will do a link on the Johnathon/Jonathon Richardson thread linking it to this thread so that your information can be found in future.
Just for ease of searching this board in future I'm adding the names of Sarah's brothers (who worked in the glass industry) with their surname:
Isaiah Lloyd
Thomas Lloyd
Llewellyn Lloyd
Any information/names of persons in the family who worked in the glass industry would be great. Even if there is no further information at the moment elsewhere, it's always good to add them here in case research is carried out in future.
Thank you again for sharing your information.
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