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- Edward Vickers (1804? 1897) was a miller who launched the Vickers steelmaking dynasty in Sheffield.
1804 Born at Sheffield
1828 August 25th. Married Anne Naylor, the daughter of a local steel maker, George Naylor of Western Bank [1]. They had 6 children - 3 boys George Naylor Vickers (c.1831), Thomas Edward Vickers (c.1834) and Albert Vickers (c.1838) and 3 girls [2].
1830 Member of the provisional committee of the Sheffield and Manchester Railway [3].
1831 Birth of son George N. Vickers
1833 Corn miller of Western Bank, Sheffield; Vickers and Co were corn millers of Millsands[4].
1833 Birth of son Thomas Edward Vickers (1833? 1915)
Edward's brother, William, owned a steel rolling operation - presumably the spindle manufacturer William Vickers also at Millsands.
1834 Member of the provisional committee of the Sheffield and Rotherham Railway[5].
1835 Member of the provisional committee of the North Midland Railway[6].
1836 Member of the provisional committee of the Doncaster, North Midland and Goole Railway which would extend the North Midland Railway and the Sheffield and Rotherham Railway through Doncaster; to Goole; Edward Vickers described as corn miller of Western Bank, Sheffield[7].
1836 Vickers, Sons and Co was mentioned as not providing any Police Commissioners; Edward Vickers was then elected as a Commissioner[8].
1838 Birth of son Albert Vickers (1838? 1919)
1841 Birth of son Frederick Vickers
1841 Living at Western Bank, Sheffield (age 37), Merchant. With wife Ann (age 37) and children George N. (age 10), Thomas Edward (age 7), Sarah Ann (age 5), Albert (age 2.5) and Fredric Vickers (age 3 months). Three servants. [9]
1843 Vickers and Sons (who were corn millers)[10] were signatories to a petition asking the Master Cutler to call a meeting relating to a recent bank failure; Naylor, Hutchinson, Vickers and Co was another signatory [11].
1846 Director of the Sheffield Union Bank [12].
1847 Mayor of Sheffield.
1851 Living at Firs Hill, Pitsmoor, Sheffield (age 47 born Sheffield), Alderman and Borough Magistrate, Merchant and Steel Manufacturer. With wife Ann (age 47) and children Thomas Edward (age 17), Sarah Ann (age 14), Frederick (age 10), Gertrude L. (age 6) and Isabel (age 4). Also two visitors and three servants. [13]
1854 Edward's sons Thomas Vickers and Albert Vickers joined him in the business by then known as Naylor, Vickers and Co, the predecessors of Vickers.
1862 Merchant and manufacturer, living at Tapton Hall. George Naylor Vickers was employed in the business as was Thomas but no indication about Albert[14].
1867 Naylor, Vickers and Co went public as Vickers, Sons and Co with capital of ?155,000 and gradually acquired more businesses, branching out into various sectors.
Edward firmly established the Vickers' name in Sheffield's commercial and political life; he served as Alderman and Mayor, and was the first president of the Sheffield Chamber of Commerce.
1897 Died
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