William MERRYWEATHER [Parents] was born on 30 May 1841 in Danby Wiske, Yorkshire, England. He married Sarah ?.
St Cath's Birth Ref V24 P435 Jun 1841 Northallerton
1881 census shows age 39 visiting (Rachal Guthrie age 39 a widow Born Danby Wiske, Occ Draper) at Church St, Straton, Durham, Occ Draper
Sarah ? was born in 1843 in Danby Wiske, Yorkshire, England. She married William MERRYWEATHER.
1881 census shows age 38 visiting (Rachal Guthrie age 39 a widow Born Danby Wiske, Occ Draper) at Church St, Straton, Durham,
They had the following children:
Daniel MERRYWEATHER was born in 1818 in Bedminster, Bristol, England. He died in Mar 1885 in Bedminster, Bristol, England. He married Susan ?.
shown as Mereweather
1881 Census Shows age 63, living with his wife Susan and (Sister in Law Mary Mereweather, age 67, Born Porlock, Somerset, England) at 49 East Street, Bedminster, Bristol. Daniel's Occ Tobacconist.
St Cath's Death Ref V5c P553 Mar 1885 Bedminster, age 67.
Susan ? was born in 1820 in Porlock, Somerset, England. She married Daniel MERRYWEATHER.
See Notes on Husband Daniel
James Compton MERRYWEATHER [Parents] was born in Mar 1840 in London, England. He was christened on 5 May 1840 in Saint Martin in the Fields, Westminster, London, England. He died in Dec 1917 in St Martins, London , England. He married Annie Maud ? in Dec 1873 in Lewisham, London.
1881 census shows age 40, Staying at the Royal Hotel, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. with his wife Annie. Occ Engineer
St Cath's Birth Ref V1 P132 Mar 1840 St Martin.
St Cath's Mar Ref V1d P1278 Dec 1873 Lewisham
St Cath's Death Ref V1a P541 Dec 1917 St Martin, age 77.
Mr. JAMES Compton MERRYWEATHER, who for the last thirty years(written1901) has been head of the firm, and who now occupies the position of Governor of the Company and Chairman of the Board of Directors, was the second son of Mr. Moses Merryweather. After completing his education at Chatham House,Ramsgate, his mechanical training began as already mentioned, at the Wolverton Locomotive Works of the London and North'Western Railway Company. He then passed a short time with Messrs.McClashan and Co., the well-known coppersmiths, in which firm he became a partner the experience he gained here was of much service to him when,l eaving McClashan's owing to the increase in the business at Long Acre, and the indications of failing health which were early observed in Mr.Richard, Mr. J. C. Merryweather joined his father at Long Acre in 1864.He was at once actively engaged not only in conducting the coppersmith's department which was opened at Lambeth, where plant for breweries, dyers, and tallow melters was constructed, but also, in conjunction with Richard, in introducing steam fire engines. The part of the work which Mr. James undertook was carried on with much vigor and with great success. After a few years the death of Mr. Merryweather, senior., and the retirement of Mr. Richard, placed James Compton Merryweather at the head of the firm, and from that time to this the business has had his constant and unremitting attention. Its work in connection with the manufacture of steam fire engines is recorded fully elsewhere; here we may mention that owing to the means taken by Mr. J. C. Merryweather first to have good engines and then to make them widely known they are now tobe found in nearly every city of importance in this country, in all the British Colonies, and in very many towns in Europe and America. As manufacturers of floating fire engines the firm has also been especially successful. Many other departments have also been added which were not contemplated in the old Long Acre days. There was always a certain amount of work done in connection with water supply apart from the provision of water for fire protection, but in 1884 Mr. Merryweather decided that this branch should be specially developed, and now his firm is almost as well known as advisers and contractors for water supply for country mansions and villages as it is for fire protective machinery. Some ten years ago Messrs. Merryweather took up the work of well sinking and artesian well boring, and they now employ a large staff of skilled men always engaged upon contracts in various parts of the United Kingdom. They have devoted much attention to improvements in water-raising appliances, as the patent records show. Perhaps the best known of their recent inventions is the Hatfield Pump, so named because the first was erected at the residence of Lord Salisbury. It is a pump of remarkable efficiency, arranged to be driven by an electric motor, by a steam, gas, or oil engine, or by a turbine or windmill. The literature of the subject has received attention, and one paper by Mr. Gordon Harris, A.M.I.C. E who, under Mr. Merryweather, is in charge of the water supply department, was awarded a premium at the Society of Engineers. The firm was early in the field in electric pumping. They proved that the system could be used with considerable economy, and also most conveniently, in country houses. Electric lighting has also been taken up. The attention of Mr. J. C. Merryweather some years ago was directed to the fact that in connection with many electric installations there was a great element of danger from fire, and it occurred to him that no one could better arrange perfectly safe installations than those who were constantly in the habit of dealing with fire risks. This, therefore, became another department of the business, which has lately received considerable attention.
The foregoing do not by any means include all the various kinds of work connected with mechanical engineering which in a practical manner havebeen taken up during recent years by Messrs. Merryweather and Sons. The development of steam tramway engines was more especially connected with the name of Mr. Henry Merryweather, but after his death Mr. J C. Merryweather carried it on with energy until, with the introduction of other forms of motive power, the steam tramway engine in England became very nearly a thing of the past. The electric tramway with a central line, associated with the name of Mr. Gordon, was worked out practically in Messrs. Merryweather and Sons' premises at Greenwich, and they provided the Tandem Telpher at Glynde for Lord Hampden. They were also concerned with the manufacture of some of the first gold amalgamating machinery, and they constructed several hydraulic machines for gold mining and for use in the ruby mines in Burmah. A casual glance through their books results in the discovery of entries relating to the construction of machinery for bottling soda water, machinery for making cricket hats, self-starting tramway gear, ice boats, safety rafts, tanks for camel transport, steel timber carriers for use ,in Rangoon, a boiler for the vulcanization of rubber, Dulier's smoke consuming apparatus for steam boilers, dye extractors, 'steam dredging apparatus, gas compressing. apparatus, an electric clock, appliances for flushing sewers, and a petro cycle. Most of these appliances were not only constructed in their works, but were designed in the offices of the firm. We do not suppose there is any other engineering firm in the kingdom in which an idea can be more easily worked up and incarnated in the form of a machine than it can in Messrs. Merryweathers'. Their staff have for so many years. been in the habit of dealing with requisitions for all sorts of unusual appliances that it is hard to mention anything in connection with which there is not at least some little practical knowledge available.
Mr. J. C. Merryweather is a member of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers and a Commander of the Imperial Order of the Medijieh; the latter Honour was conferred upon him by his Highness the Khedive of Egypt in recognition of his services in arranging the means of protection from fire in the Khedivial palaces. He still maintains constant attendance at Greenwich in the mornings and at Long Acre in the afternoons, and keeps in daily touch with every department. At 11.45 every morning he presides over a meeting of the directors, at which the more important business of the day is settled, thus maintaining as intimate an acquaintance with all details as he possessed in the days, NOW long since passed, when it was possible for every paper of importance to go through his own hands. Of him, as the living and active head of the firm, it is impossible for the present writer to speak with the freedom which can be used concerning the members of his family who have passed away ; nor is it necessary to say a word of the personal characteristics of one who is widely known throughout the country as one of the ablest and most genial as well as the most successful of English business men. -
LATER DEVELOPMENTS.
IN March -1892, a modification, which was more apparent than real, took place in the constitution of the house. For reasons chiefly of a family nature, the only other consideration being the wish to give the heads ofdepartments and others an interest in the firm, it was decided to register it as a Limited Liability Company. The whole of the capital remained in the hands of Mr. James Compton Merryweather and his family and staff, none being offered for public subscription. No change was made in the executive, the business remained in precisely the same hands as it had been in hitherto, not a single person either going out of or coming into it.
The directors named in the Articles of Association were J Compton Merryweather, Chairman and Governor, to whom, by the Articles of Association, special powers were reserved; C. J. W. Jakeman, E PascoeWilliams, Leonard Miller, and Alfred Essex and Arthur Dale was appointed Secretary by the Governor. C.J. W Jakernan, who, next to Mr. J C. Merryweather, has been for the longest time connected with the firm is the member of the Board in charge of the mechanical departments.
James was Author of Two books "Fire Brigade Handbook" and "Fire Protection of Mansions"
Annie Maud ? was born in 1844 in Brixton, London, England. She married James Compton MERRYWEATHER in Dec 1873 in Lewisham, London.
1881 census shows age 37, Staying at the Royal Hotel, Great Yarmouth,Norfolk. with her husband
Inscription on Grave South Met Cemetery, Weir Norwood, London
They had the following children:
M i James Compton MERRYWEATHER was born in 1885 in Lewisham, London, England. He died on 19 Mar 1887 in Lewisham, London, England.
St Cath's Death Ref V1d P680 Mar 1887 Lewisham, age 1.
William MERRYWEATHER [Parents] was born on 16 Nov 1862 in Henlow, Bedfordshire, England. He was christened on 16 Nov 1862 in Henlow, Bedfordshire, England. He married Fanny EDWARDS on 25 Dec 1885 in Langford, Bedfordshire, England.
1881 census shows age 18 living with parents at Back Lane, Langford,Bedfordshire, Occ Labourer
St Cath's Mar Ref V3b P744 Dec 1885 Biggleswade
Fanny EDWARDS was born in 1864 in pos Langford, Bedfordshire, England. She died in 1944 in See Notes. She married William MERRYWEATHER on 25 Dec 1885 in Langford, Bedfordshire, England.
pos St Cath's Death Ref V3b P364 Sep 1944 Biggleswade, age 80.
William MERRYWEATHER was born in 1798 in pos Melsonby, Yorkshire, England. He married Elizabeth FAWCETT on 21 Mar 1819 in Richmond near Leyburn, Yorkshire, England.
the village of Melsonby, Yorkshire is five miles from Richmond,Yorkshire
Elizabeth FAWCETT was born in 1800 in pos Melsonby, Yorkshire, England. She died in See Notes. She married William MERRYWEATHER on 21 Mar 1819 in Richmond near Leyburn, Yorkshire, England.
pos St Cath's Death Ref V9d P423 Jun 1887 Richmond Y, age 87.
They had the following children:
F i Elizabeth MERRYWEATHER was born on 23 Jan 1820 in pos Melsonby, Yorkshire, England. She was christened on 23 Jan 1820 in Melsonby, Yorkshire, England.
Joseph MERRYWEATHER [Parents] was born in 1674 in pos Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England. He married Jane SEELES on 1 Apr 1695 in Saint Martin, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England.
Jane SEELES was born in 1674 in pos Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England. She died on 23 Sep 1704. She was buried on 23 Sep 1704 in pos Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England. She married Joseph MERRYWEATHER on 1 Apr 1695 in Saint Martin, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England.
They had the following children:
Christopher Martin MERRYWEATHER was born in 1787 in pos Middleton Tyas, Yorkshire, England. He married Hannah WATSON.
Hannah WATSON was born in 1787 in pos Middleton Tyas, Yorkshire, England. She married Christopher Martin MERRYWEATHER.
They had the following children:
M i William MERRYWEATHER was born in 1804.
She had the following children:
?. married Anne Hester MERRYWEATHER in Jun 1869 in Camberwell, London, England.
Anne Hester MERRYWEATHER was born in Jun 1847 in Stoke Newington, Surrey, England. She married ? in Jun 1869 in Camberwell, London, England.
St Cath's Birth Ref V4 P380 Jun 1847 Newington.
St Cath's Mar Ref V1d P815 Jun 1869 Camberwell.
John MERRYWEATHER was born in 1828 in pos Catterick, Yorkshire, England. He married Margaret ?.
Margaret ? was born in 1828 in pos Catterick, Yorkshire, England. She married John MERRYWEATHER.
They had the following children:
Trevor and Gillian Brownen Nee Merryweather
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