LOMAX BANK PAPER MILL

LOMAX, Peter (17??-1846?)

Born in Lancashire, England? At Lomax Bank Paper Mill to 1831. Died on 2 January 1846?

HUGHES, Daniel (1796-1881)

Born on 29 May 1796 at Little Lever, Lancashire, England and baptised on 3 July 1796 at St. Matthew's Church of England, Little Lever, Lancashire, England, the son of Daniel Hughes, paper maker, and his wife Martha, nee Walker. Married firstly on 17 December 1815 at the Bolton Parish Church, Lancashire, England to Ellen Fryer. Partner with John Stones at the Lomax Bank Paper Mill, Little Lever, Lancashire, England from 1831 to 1834. He then moved into Bolton and operated as a paper dealer and later as a hosier. Married secondly on 30 September 1846 at the Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Bridge Street, Little Bolton, Lancashire to Jane Lee, daughter of Peter Lee, farmer, and the widow of a Mr. Marsh. Died on 1 July 1881 at Little Bolton, Lancashire, England. Buried on 5 July 1881 at St. Matthew's Church of England, Little Lever, Lancashire, England.

HUGHES, Robert (1820-1878)

Born 1820 and baptised on 25 December 1820 at St. Matthew's Church of England, Little Lever, Lancashire, England, the son of Daniel Hughes, paper manufacturer, and his wife Ellen, nee Fryer. Paper Dealer at Exchange Street East, Bolton in 1851. Appointed as an Overseer for Little Lever in March 1851. Married on 16 September 1852 at the Addingham Parish Church, Yorkshire, England to Isabella Smith, only daughter of William Smith, cotton manufacturer, and his wife Hannah, nee Guyer. At Castleton Paper Mill, Sudden, near Rochdale in 1860. Partner with John Riley as papermakers in 1860. Paper Dealer at 9 & 11 Bank Street, Bolton in 1874. Died on 14 June 1878 at the Hydropathic Institution, 10 Leicester Street, Southport, Lancashire, England. Buried on 17 June 1878 at the Rochdale Cemetery, Lancashire, England.

STONES, John (c1797-1856)

Born in c1797 at Little Lever, Lancashire, England. He married at the Bolton Parish Church, Lancashire, England to Jane Fletcher? Partner with Daniel Hughes at the Lomax Bank Paper Mill, Little Lever, Lancashire, England from 1831 to 1834 and then as sole proprietor until c1850. Believed to have founded the Lumb Paper Mill, Edenfield, near Bury in the early 1850's and then ran it until his death. Died on 20 July 1856 at his residence, Edenfield, near Bury, Lancashire, England.

WILKINSON, Henry (c1805-1861)

Born c1805 at Bolton, Lancashire, England. Innkeeper at Bolton. He and his sons took over Lomax Bank Paper Mill in 1856 and was there till his death. Died on 2 June 1861 at Blackpool, Lancashire, England.

WILKINSON, Richard (c1835-1881)

Born c1835 in Bolton, Lancashire, England, the son of Henry Wilkinson and his wife. Married Catherine (Howarth?). Died on 18 September 1881 at his residence, 128 Radcliffe Road, Tonge with Haulgh, Bolton, Lancashire, England.

WILKINSON, Thomas (c1831-1895)

Born c1831 at Bolton, Lancashire, England, the son of Henry Wilkinson and his wife. Married Mary. Died on 21 February 1895.

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