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Person: CROWHURST, H.A.  (1868-1943)

Biographical summary of this person
Full name
Harry Arthur CROWHURST
Gender
male
Relevance of this person
partner in lantern and optical supply business
Main period of activity
1900s-20s
Relationships to other people

related by marriage to WILLIAMSON, James  (1855-1933)

business partner of SANDERS, H. Armytage  (1867-1940)

Chronology
Date
Age
Event/activity
14 March 1868
born at
3 April 1881
13
census record
1881 Census of England and Wales, RG11/337.11.18
5 April 1891
23
census record
1891 Census of England and Wales, RG12/212.15.25
– occupation “Optician”
1890s-1900
~26
employee
1900
~31
partner
31 March 1901
33
census record
1901 Census of England and Wales, RG13/244.42.17
– occupation “Optician”
1908
~39
owner
27 October 1908
40
archive entry
London Gazette, p.7791
– dissolution of partnership with H.A. Sanders
1943
~74
archive entry
National Probate Calendar Index of Wills and Administrations, 1943 p.459
8 December 1943
75
died at
Reference
‘Notes’ in OMLJ 11.138 (November 1900)
  –  setting up new company
Notes
He married the daughter of cinematograph pioneer James Williamson in May 1905, and took over Williamson's Hove premises at some date in the mid-1900s.
Lucerna ID  6003342

Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 1 July 2020

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