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Recent content by Glen C. Phillips

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    Cutler - Glass Merchants

    Yes, Nellie Cutler did live in Clevedon. I remember visiting her in 1974, when my father and I made the trip from Canada to England. I was six but distinctly recall two things from that visit. One, my father and I made a "daisy-chain" necklace out of clover, I think, for her. Two, she was very...
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    Cutler - Glass Merchants

    A belated thanks.
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    Barnby's

    Thomas Barnby married Marianne Bendall in 1866. Marianne's sister, and one of my great-great-grandmothers, Eliza Louisa Bendall, married William Cutler on Jan. 31, 1869. Here are some Thomas Barnby documents I have found: 1) Thomas Barnby and Marianne Bendall's marriage announcement (Cheltenham...
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    William Phillips, Stamper, Piercer, Diesinker, toolmaker, etc., Hockley St.

    I'm seeking information about William Phillips (1840-1921). From at least the early 1890s until his death, he owned a factory on Hockley St. His son, John Edwin Phillips later ran the factory before going bankrupt in the 1930s. I descend from William's third oldest boy, Alfred Ernest Phillips...
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    Cutler Solomon looking for any info

    Added some docs re. Solomon Cutler here: https://birminghamhistory.co.uk/forum/index.php?threads/cutler-glass-merchants.9436/
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    Cutler - Glass Merchants

    I descend from Solomon Cutler, Birmingham glass merchant, now of Broad St. pub fame. Many Cutlers were in the glass industry, as manufacturers, benders, cutters, wholesale/retail merchants, and secondary processors (using glass to make other things, such as garden seed boxes, aquariums, mirrors...
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