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Person: WRENCH, John  (1830-1883)

Person summary  
Biographical summary of this person
Full name
John Holmes WRENCH
Gender
male
Relevance of this person
optician and proprietor of optical business
Main period of activity
1850s-80s
Relationships to other people

son of WRENCH, Edward  (1797-1866)

father of WRENCH, Alfred  (1861-1913)

related by marriage to ENGELBACH, Dr F.G.  (1865-1900)

grandfather of WRENCH, Herbert Holmes  (1885-1951)

Chronology
Date
Age
Event/activity
14 February 1830
born at
Holborn, London, England
1851-1853
resident
6 Gray's Inn Terrace, London, England
30 March 1851
21
census record
1851 Census of England and Wales, HO107/1513.360.5
– occupation “Agent to Insurance Company”
1850s-1880s
~22
owner
John Wrench
10 September 1853
23
marriage
England and Wales index of marriages
– occupation “Optician”; marriage to Maria Elizabeth Davies, at St Andrew's Holborn, London
1861
resident
7 Gaisford Street, Kentish Town, London, England
7 April 1861
31
census record
1861 Census of England and Wales, RG9/120.128.34
– occupation “Optician”
1871
resident
83 Brecknock Road, London, England
2 April 1871
41
census record
1871 Census of England and Wales, RG10/250.16.30
– occupation “Optician”
1880s-1883
~49
partner
Wrench & Son
1881-1882
resident
49 Highbury Park, Islington, London N, England
3 April 1881
51
census record
1881 Census of England and Wales, RG11/267.45.30
– occupation “Wool Merchant”
1883
resident
Sunnyside, Elsworthy Road, Hampstead, London, England
10 April 1883
53
died at
Hampstead, London, England
30 April 1883
archive entry
National Probate Calendar Index of Wills and Administrations, 1883 p.572
– occupation “Optician”
Lucerna ID  6002451

Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 20 September 2014

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