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Name | Arthur KEEN [8] | Birth | Male; 23 Jan 1835; Cheshire | Death | 8 Feb 1915, age 80 [64] | Occupation | Engineer, industrialist | Residence | UK | Father | Thomas KEEN ( - 1867) | Mother | Not recorded |
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2 Sept 1858, Smethwick Chapel (CofE) |
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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
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.
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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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