Adkins families
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Married: 2 Sept 1858; Smethwick Chapel (CofE) |
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Family notes for Arthur KEEN and Hannah ASTBURY His marriage, as a report in the Birmingham Gazette & Express noted, improved his worldly prospects very notably. It is said of him that a scene in a play where a shrewd Scotsman made successful love to his master's daughter gave him the line upon which he was soon to act with such excellent results.
Notes for Arthur KEEN 1856: partnership with Francis Watkins, makers of fasteners 1864: Patent Nut & Bolt Company 1902: Guest Keen & Nettlefold, engineers of Birmingham Director Birmingham & Midland Bank (later Midland Bank, now HSBC) Estate in excess of £1m
Sources 8. | Document, Evelyn GOODMAN research |
64. | Book, Edgar Jones, A History of GKN, MacMillan Press, Volume 1 ISBN 0-333-34594-0 |
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Family record last updated: 21 March 2023 |
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