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Seems the concern began on the coattails of Thompson's Patent Punched Steel, Ordnance, Gun Barrel and Tube Company - I wonder if James Thompson had expired?
The London Gazette, April 25, 1865
"Notice is hereby given, that the Partnership lately subsisting between us, James Thompson, of Bliston, Staffordshire, Ironmaster, John Bbagnall Johnson, of Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, Ironmaster, heretofore carrying on trade under the style or firm of Thompson's Patent Punched Steel, Ordnance, Gun Barrel and Tube Company, was this day dissolved by mutual consent, as to the said James Thompson; all debts owing to the said partnership are to be received by the said John Bagnall Johnson, and William Deakin, whose receipts shall be a sufficient discharge for the same - Dated this 23rd day of April, 1865"
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Patent Punch Steel Tube Manufacturing faltered in 1869
The London Gazette, December 7, 1869
:... the said county of Stafford, in partnership with William Deakin and John Bagnall Johnson, under the style of Deakin of Johnson, as Patent Punch Steel Tube Manufacturing, by whom a Petition for adjudication of Bankruptcy was filed in the Court of Bankruptcy forthe Birmingham District at Birmingham, on the 15th day of October,1869,will be held at the said Court at Birmingham, on the 17th day of December, 1869, at tweleve o'clock at noon, to consider and resolve as to whether any further proceedings be taken in Bankruptcy, and whether the same shall not be suspended, and the estate and effects of said bankrupt be wound up, administered, and disposed of, in such way as the majority in number and value of the creditors shall by any resolution to be then and there passed resolve and determine. Creditors who have not already proved their debts can do so at this Meeting. - Dated this 4th day of December, 1869"
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The Edinburgh Gazette, May 28, 1869
"John Bagnall Johnson, of Wolverhampton, lately carrying on business at Westbromwich, both in Stafford, in partnership with William Deakin and Richard Dodd, under the style of Deakin and Johnson, patent punch steel tube manufactures"
Wonder if John Bagnall Johnson expired????
With Richard Dodd as a partner, Deakin & Johnson was dissolved on June 1st, 1869
Possibly odd it was dissovled prior to bankruptcy??
Manufacture of hollow projectiles. Being British Patent Number: 1221 published: 30 April 1866
http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=942977806&searchurl=an%3Dwilliam%2Bdeakin%26amp%3Bsortby%3D1
Held British Patent Nr. 901, March 27th of 1866
Short lived venture & I'm curious what James Thompson's contribution might have been and any relationship between the above & William Powell.
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The London Gazette, March 18, 1870
"This is to give notice, that the Court acting in the prosecution of a Petition for adjudication of Bankruptcy, filed in Birmingham District Court of Bankruptcy, at Birmingham, on the 15th day of October, 1869, by Richard Dodd, of Perry Barr, in the parish of Handsworth, in the county of Stafford, Ironworks Manager, lately carrying on the business at Nunmore-Lane Ironworks, Willenhall, in the said county of Stafford, in partnership with William Deakin and Francis Deakin, as Ironmasters, under the style of Deakin & Dodd, and lately also carrying on business at Westbromwich in the said county of Stafford, in partnership with William Deakin and John Bagnall Johnson, under the style of Deakin and Johnson, as Patent Punch Steel Tube Manufacturers, did, on the 3rd day of December, 1869, grant the Discharge of the said Richard Dodd; and that such Discharge will be delivered to the bankrupt, unless an appeal be duly entered against the judgement of the Courts, and notice thereof be given to the Court."
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All of this Limey "Wind in the Willows" just proves one solid point- lawyers, barristers and solicitors can "muck-up" even a wet dream, without breaking a sweat-the only Punch the Limeys know is a parody magazine by that same name.
"The field is the touchstone of the man"..
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Indeed it was James Thompson's British Patent Nr. 139 of 1864(January) by which Deakin & Johnson punched their gun barrels Engineering August 10th, 1866 http://books.google.com/books?id=_S0xAQA...kin&f=falseKind Regards, Raimey rse
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I have recently discovered the trade of my Great Great Grandfather John Bagnall Johnson and intrigued to see of his involvement in Barrel making in West Bromwich in 1860's.
Are there any resources that people can direct me to in terms of where I can find out more information about him>
As a newbie to this field is there any way of determining where the barrels he was making in the 1860's would have been used - would they be supplied to a particular gun company for example? Would examples of his work be traceable today? I would love to see something he physically made.
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Welcome Stuchop! Scroll down just a bit here for information on "Punched Steel", mostly courtesy of Raimey and Stephen Helsley. Some of the images lost in the Photobucket fiasco are there https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dnRLZgcuHfx7uFOHvHCUGnGFiLiset-DTTEK8OtPYVA/edit This is from the 1867 Wm. Powell Ledger courtesy of Stephen
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