Author: Ron Cookson

Charles A Pillsbury (1842-1899)

Name: Charles Alfred Pillsbury. Birth: 3 October 1842 in Warner, New Hampshire. Death: 17 September 1899 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Education: He attended a village...

W. L. Duffield (1869-1962)

The Duffield Family Collection is comprised of a scrapbook of newspaper cuttings collected by W. L. Duffield during his lifetime. These articles, collected mainly...

Joseph Rank (1854-1943)

Birth: 28 March 1854 in Hull, England. Death: 13 November 1943 in Surrey, England. Education: Went to a small private school at Swinefleet...

William Cornwell (1851-1933)

The Cornwell Collection contains items created or collected by the Cornwell family. This family had a long association with milling...

Henry Simon (1835-1899)

Birth: 7 June 1835 in Brieg, Silesia. Death: 22 July 1899 in Manchester, England. Education: Engineering diploma from the Swiss Federal Technical College...

William Dixon Gray (1843-1920)

Birth: 22 July 1843 in Lauder, Scotland. Death: January 1920 in Milwaukee. Education: His family moved to Canada and from the age of...

Gustav Daverio (1839-1899)

Birth: 20 July 1839 in Milan. Death: 5 June 1899 in Zurich. Education: Attended the Technical School at Basle and the Polytechnic School...

James Harrison Carter (1840-1906)

Birth: 1840 in Brighton. Death: 22 April 1906 in Worthing. Education: Educated in a private school at Lewes. Served an apprenticeship at a...

William Richard Voller (1856-1936)

Birth: 1856 in Wiltshire. Death: 13 January 1936 in Gloucester. Education: Left school before the age of fourteen, and went to work in...

William Dunham (1829-1894)

Birth: 20th January 1829, Guilden Morden, Cambridgeshire. Death: 6th December 1894 in Leytonstone, Essex. Occupation: Mill Furnisher; Publisher Notable Accomplishments: Entered into a mill-furnishing...

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