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SPENCE & Co, St Albans, circa 1895 November, 2012 |
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RelativeStrangers posted the following query on Rootsweb: I had a great aunt, Bessie Marsh who was working in a cardboard box factory in St Albans in 1898. At the time she lived in Bedford Road. Does anyone know the location of the box factory?
I replied as follows:
She probably worked for the Firm of
Spence & Co, packing case makers, of
Upper Dagnall St, St Albans. It appears
to have been a short lived firm as while it is listed in 1895 it is not
listed in St Albans (or elsewhere in
Hertfordshire) in the 1890 and 1899
Kelly's Directory.
However the 1891 census
lists a Frederick Spence living in
London Road, St Albans, who had only
recently moved to St Albans (he had
a 2 year old child born in Luton).
He was is described as a carpenter - and had a boarder who was a packing
case maker.
Possibly Spence & Co made large
cardboard boxes as well as wooden packing cases.
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