Dear John I also have a GLASS GRINDER in my Sheffield family, Francis OTTER died when he was 38 of consumption in 1837 (says FATHER .Glass GUTTER ? GLAZIER?? on my Gt. Grandfathers marriage certi deceased) I have always wondered where this glass works was or if there even was one . can SKS tell us all IF there was one PLEASE Margaret Notts Uk

Hello Margaret and List, Thankyou for you answer Margaret, This makes me wonder even more if it wasn't Cutter, misheard. With clarity in mind, a search for the 1851 census might reveal the fact... this is what we intend to do. (This wasn't my idea, so cannot take the credit). It does make me wonder if being a Grinder wasn't the real cause of death of your Ancestor? as Grinder's lung could have produced similar symptons to Tuberculosis. It is known that Grinders in general did not as a rule enjoy good health and the death rate was high for anyone who was occupied in any of the Grinding Trades... re the Glass Factories Margaret. This morning I decided to re-visait Bradbury's Book 'History of Old Sheffield Plate' and found the following'... I knew I'd seen something about this before...Here is a List of Glass Makers which might be pertinent.It is under the Heading 'Where The Old Sheffield Plate Makers Obtained there Glass'. p 67-69. Fenton and Watson & Bradbury obtained their glass from the following Glass Makers/Factories: John Withey Sheffield May 3 1800 George Nichols Sheffield 1811-1813 Wm. Beatson &Co., Rotherham 1801-1803 JNO Dixon, Whittington "Glass House"1779-1807 "Preceding the Whittington Factory was another Factory at Bolsterstone, run by a Worcester man named Richard Dixon. He removed to Whittington; as well, in 1740 others from the Bolsterstone Factory set up Glass Works at Catcliffe and Attercliffe"...the latter Glass house is frequently mentioned in the Parish Registers, according to Bradbury. The Beatsons of Rotherham were known for their Flint Glass. It is probable that GeorgeNicholls & John Withey Sheffield were not Makers...the 1817 directory gives George Nicholls and Esther Withey as Glass Cutters, both in Norfolk Street so interesting inference... A Mr Westropp mentions in Bradbury's Book that: "It has never been found that the Irish Glass makers ever competed with the Birmingham and Dudley manufacturers in the supplying of glass for Old Sheffield Plated goods" there is a footnote that glass bottles were also made by the Whittington/Bolsterstone Factories. John Benson , Dudley1803-1812 Lee &Large Dudley 1804-5 Wm.Large Dudley 1805-6 Bruton Gibbons Birmingham 1806-12Large & Hodgetts Dudley1806-8 Isaac Hawker & son Birmingham 1784-94 James Smart Birmingham (see Jones Smart & Co., 1794-99 Jones Smart &Co Birmingham 1799-1805 Hughes & Harris Birmingham 1798-1803 Hughes & Fearon Birmingham 1805-10 (see Danl Hughes & C0., & Fearon Collins & Co.,) Hughes & Fearon Birmingham 1805-10 Danl Hughes Co., Birmingham 1810-11 Fearon Collins & Co., 1811-12 I& M Jones, Edgebaston Street Birmingham 1800-4 Shakespear Johnson & Co., Birmingham 1806 John Allen Birmingham., 1812 Should really go looking for things before I ask the List, and stop answering my own questions; still in that case, Margaret maybe wouldn't have got involved so I'm glad I asked about Glass Manufacturers... Hope the above List is helpful, for anyone else who might have wondered about Glass Factories....In my own defence...sometimes my back is very bad and I cannot sit too long and don't always have the get up and go to puruse my source material. Regards, Josephine, Ontario. ----- Original Message ----- From: <DayMargaretstan@aol.com> To: <ENG-SHEFFIELD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, March 21, 2005 4:22 AM Subject: Re: [SHEFF] Glass Gunner? or... > Dear John > I also have a GLASS GRINDER in my Sheffield family, Francis OTTER died when > he was 38 of consumption in 1837 > (says FATHER .Glass GUTTER ? GLAZIER?? on my Gt. Grandfathers marriage > certi deceased) I have always wondered where this glass works was or if there > even was one . can SKS tell us all IF there was one PLEASE > Margaret Notts Uk > > > ==== ENG-SHEFFIELD Mailing List ==== > FLAMING or response postings to any unsavoury message content will not be tolerated on Eng-Sheffield. > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > >