Vickers Ltd

The company that grew into the famous engineering and armaments companies of Vickers and Vickers-Armstrongs was started in 1829 by Edward Vickers, a miller of Mill Sands, Sheffield and his brother William.

I have attempted to go back a generation before Edward and start with his father, John:

Descendants of John Vickers

John Vickers+ Gertrude Rodgers m: February 24, 1786 in St. Peter Cathedral, Sheffield, Yorks

• Mary 1787
• John 1788
• Thomas 1790
• Gertrude 1791
• Ann 1794
• Benjamin 1796
• William 1799
• Sarah 1800
• Elizabeth 1802
• Edward 1804 - 1897 + Ann Naylor 1804  
  • George
• Thomas Edward 1833 + Frances Mary Douglas 1841 – 1904 m: 1860 – d: October 19, 1915 in London, Middlesex
  • Douglas b: July 24, 1861 d:1937
  • Mabel Frances 1862 -1894
  • Florence Evelyn 1867-1947
  • Bertha 1870-1946
  • Ronald 1869-1942
  • Clara Mildred 1865-1952
• Albert 1838 – d: July 12, 1919 in Eastbourne + Helen Horton Gage - d:1873
• Almyra 1862
• Edward 1863 -1887
• Maud 1865 
• *2nd Wife of Albert :+ Edith Foster – 1919 m: 1875
• Vincent Cartwright  1879 - 1939
• Edith Dorothy 1878-1949
• Izme 1885
• Frederick 1841+ Maria Durham 1845
  • Durham 1866
  • Hilda 1871
  • Muriel 1877
• Gertrude 1845
• Isabella 1847+ William Grazebrook 1846
  • George W. Grazebrook 1877
  • Gertrude Grazebrook 1879
• Henry 1807+ Sibilla , (nee?) 1817
• Helen 1858
• Fanny B. 1859
• Maria 1808

Anyone interested in the story of the company up to 1962 should take a look at 'VICKERS A History' by J. D. Scott.

The Web Site at www.tilthammer.com/bio/vick.html is also worth a visit.