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Boss of The Rowley Regis Quarry

Just been reading about him on FB and thought he should be added to BCC

There is so much on Ancestry about him, but I won't be adding everything

Henry Percy Maybury
Marriage Age: 22
Record Type: Marriage
Birth Date: abt 1863
Marriage: 27 Jan 1885 Ludlow, Shropshire, England
Residence Date: 1885
Residence Place: Wrexham
Religion: Anglican
Father: Charles Maybury
Spouse: Elizabeth Sheldon
Page number: 134
Reference Number: P176/A/3/6

1891: 34 ? Road, Wrexham Regis, Denbighshire
Henry P Maybury 26 Head Railway Contractors Agent Uffington, Salop
Elizabeth Maybury 30 Wife Ludlow
Lizzie S Maybury 3 Daughter Ludlow
Harry P Maybury 1 Son Ludlow
William H Hall 21 Visitor S Railway Clerk Oakengates

England, United Grand Lodge of England Freemason Membership Registers, 1751-1921
Henry Percy Maybury
Gender: Male
Initiation Age: 34
Birth Year: abt 1864
Initiation Date: 8 Dec 1898
First Payment Year on Register: 1898
Year range: 1887-1909
Profession: Surveyor
Lodge: Royd's Lodge
Lodge Location: Malvern Worcester
Lodge Number: 1204
Folio Number: 274

1901: Council House, Great Malvern, Worcestershire
Henry P Maybury 36 Head
Elizabeth Maybury 40 Wife
Jack Maybury 15 Son
Lizzie Maybury 13 Daughter
Harry Maybury 11 Son
Mary Pitt 11 Niece
Winifred Maybury 7 Daughter
Sylvia Badham20 Servant

In The London, England, Freedom of the City Admission Papers, 1681-1930
Henry Percy Maybury C.B.
Admission Date: 15 Nov 1918
Residence Place: England
Father: Charles Maybury

There is a lovely photo of him taken in 1945 presenting a gold medal to one of his employees
(courtesy of David Morris)

BCC as him dying in 1929, should be 1943.

MAYBURY Sir Henry Percy C,B,E. K,C.M.G. C.B os Four Winds Mousecroft Lane, Shrewsbury died 7 January 1943. Administration Llandundo 6 May to Lizzie Sheldon Killick (wife of John Spencer Killick and Harry Percy Maybury company director.
Effects £72372 10s 7d.

1939.
Henry Percy Sir Maybury.
Marital Status: Widow.
Birth Date: 17 Nov 1864.
Residence Date: 1939.
Address: Lion Hotel Wyle Cop.
Residence Place: Shrewsbury, Shropshire.
Occupation: Chartered Civil Engineer.

BCC as him dying in 1929, should be 1943.

Jimmy I added Lady Maybury who died in 1929 - https://www.tribalpages.com/tribe/brows ... =104232709

Still more to add

mallosa wrote:There is a lovely photo of him taken in 1945 presenting a gold medal to one of his employees
(courtesy of David Morris)

obviously the date above is incorrect if he died in 1943

https://www.tribalpages.com/tribe/brows ... ver=607043

Just had to post this cos it's such a great photo.



(With kind permission of David Morris)

This photograph was taken in 1945 and shows a remarkable occasion ,The moustached man in the flat cap is been honoured by his employer and work colleagues for a staggering 70 years service for the same company..The man making the presentation of a Gold medal is Sir Henry Maybury,who was the boss of the Rowley Regis Quarry where George worked ,George Smith was born in Gadds Green Turners Hill in 1865 he started work as a stone breaker at the age of 10.

Can anyone find anything on George Smith?

George Smith was born in Gadds Green Turners Hill in 1865 he started work as a stone breaker at the age of 10.

Picture taken in 1945 !!!! Sir Henry Maybury died in 1943.

https://www.pressreader.com/uk/black-co ... 4092103086

Should be George Taylor not George Smith,

TAYLOR, GEORGE MORETON.
GRO Reference: 1866 M Quarter in DUDLEY Volume 06C Page 18.


1881. 5 Gadds Green, Rowley Regis.
Josuah Taylor 40. Labourer in Quarry.
Eve Taylor 39.
Fanny Taylor 21.
Mary Taylor 19.
Selina Taylor 16.
George Taylor 15. Stone Breaker.
Elizabeth Taylor 12.
Emila Taylor 9.
Samuel Taylor 8.
Sarah Ann Taylor 6.
Nelly Taylor 2.
Edith Taylor 7 months. Grand dau.
All born Rowley Regis.

Dudley St Thomas.
Marriage date 18 Dec 1859.
Joshua TAYLOR. minor. bachelor. Labourer. Dudley. John TAYLOR. Labourer.
Eve MORETON. minor. spinster. Dudley. Thomas MORETON. Labourer (deceased).
Witness 1 Joseph TAYLOR.
Witness 2 Mary Ann MORETON.
Notes By Banns-Groom Bride & witnesses marked X.

George Taylor is on BCC,

https://bcconnections.tribalpages.com/t ... ver=607511

Could it have been the son in the photo, Harry not Henry

kdwoodie wrote:Could it have been the son in the photo, Harry not Henry

That did cross my mind but Harry would have been about 56 yrs old at that time

However

TAYLOR, GEORGE MORETON.
GRO Reference: 1866 M Quarter in DUDLEY Volume 06C Page 18.

Henry Percy Maybury was born 1864

They don't look the same age in the photo so it has to be Harry!

Harry P Maybury
Registration Date: Jul 1939
Registration Quarter: Jul-Aug-Sep
Registration District: Surrey Mid Eastern
Inferred County: Surrey
Spouse: Phyllis F Cooper
Volume Number: 2a
Page Number: 1560

Harry is a company Director in 1948

On Harr'ys will it says the son is company director.

1939. Burnham Lane, Longheath, Leatherhead, Surrey.
Harry P Maybury 50. 6 May 1889. Director of Food Production Cos.
Phyllis F Marybury 35. 1 Mar 1904.
Henry K Marybury 18. 1 Feb 1921. Oxford Undergraduate.
This record is officially closed.
Daisy F Cooper 63.
Mabel N Oakley 30.

Harry Percy Maybury of Summer Court, Strandway, Felpham, Sussex. died 31 March 1974 probate Winchester 8 May, £24684.