Samuel Brown & Sons, Wicker Slate Yard, Wicker

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Samuel Brown & Sons, Wicker Slate Yard, Wicker

Advertisement from Illustrated Guide to Sheffield, Pawson and Brailsford. 1862

 

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Sheffield Flood Claim

William Brown trading under the style or firm of Samuel Brown & Sons, Slate Merchant, Viaduct Slate Yards, Wicker. 

 

https://sheffieldfloodclaimsarchive.shu.ac.uk/claimSummary.cfm?claim=4-3533

 

 

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General & Commercial Directory 1825

Brown,...... Westmorland and Welsh slate merchant, Canal Basin. 

Brown S. C. & J, builders & slaters, 1 Division Street. 

Robson's Directory 1839

Brown, G.O. & Co., mahogany, timber & slate merchant 24 Cattle Market & Canal Basin. 

Brown, Jas & Co., timber & slate merchant, Castlefolds Lane & Canal Wharf. 

Brown, James, timber & slate merchant, 19 Division Street. 

Brown, Jas, slater, 2 Backfields & Division Street. 

Brown, Roger, builder & slate merchant, 79 Division Street. 

Brown, Roger, slater & bricklayer, 79 Division Street. 

Brown, Samuel, slater, 101 Devonshire Street

 

Whites Directory 1849

Brown, Roger, slater, build & slate, drainpipe and ornamental chimney top & etc., 81 Division Street, & brick maker, Ecclesall Road and Broomhall. 

Brown, Samuel, slater, slate merchant and church spire and tower repairer, 101, Devonshire Street, h. 225 Portobello Street. 

 

Whites Directory 1852

Brown, Roger, slater, builder, Slate, drainpipe, chimney pot dealer & manufacturer of the magnetic lightning conductor, 81 Division Street and brick maker, Ecclesall Road, h. Clarendin Cottage, Broomhall. 

Brown, Samuel, slater, slate & etc. dealer and church and tower repairer, 101 Devonshire Street, h. Ecclesall

 

Whites Directory 1856

Brown, Roger, slater, builder, Slate, drainpipe, chimney top dlr. & mfr of magnetic lightning conductor, 79 Division Street & brickmaker, Ecclesall Road, h. Penrhyn Cottage, Broomhall. 

Brown, Samuel, slater, slate & etc. dlr, Church spire and tower repairer and lightning conductor manufacturer, 101 Devonshire Street, h. Ecclesall Manor House. 

 

Whites Directory 1862

Brown, Samuel, quarry owner, Lower Walkley. (Is he related?) 

Brown, Samuel & Son, slaters, slate merchants, church tower and spire repairers and lightning conductor manufacturers, 101 Devonshire Street, h. 225 Portobello Street. 

 

Whites Directory 1879

Roger and Samuel not recorded. No other Brown in the slate trade. 

Roger Brown probable death aged 62 4th Q of 1873 Ecclesall B

 

By the Flood of 1864 William Brown was in charge of Samuel & Son, assuming Samuel has died before then, but I could be wrong. 

Samuel Brown possible deaths 1st Q 1861; 2nd Q 1861 both Sheffield.