Person:William Edmeades (1)

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William Edmeades
b.Abt 1813 Rochester, Kent, England
d.27 Oct 1876 Notting Hill, Middlesex, England
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  • H.  William EdmeadesAbt 1813 - 1876
  • W.  Elizabeth ReadAbt 1811 - 1854
m. 24 Apr 1843
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Name William Edmeades
Gender Male
Birth[1] Abt 1813 Rochester, Kent, EnglandQueensborough, Medway
Occupation[3] From 1839 to 1843 London, London, England32 Walbrook and 45 Bartholomew Close
Marriage 24 Apr 1843 Shadwell, Middlesex, EnglandSaint Paul's
to Elizabeth Read
Occupation? From 1844 to 1848 London, London, EnglandLevesque, Edmeades & Co - Piano Makers - 8 Haberdasher Walk, Horton
Occupation? From 1848 to 1857 London, London, EnglandLevesque, Edmeades & Co - Piano Makers - 40 Cheapside
Residence? 1854 London, London, England14 New Gloucester Terrace, Hoxton - business also
Residence? From 1855 to 1870 London, London, England55 Essex Street, Hoxton - business also
Occupation? From 1858 to 1862 London, London, EnglandLevesque, Edmeades & Co - Piano Makers - 63 Fleet Street
Occupation[4] From 15 Apr 1865 to 30 Dec 1865 London, London, England8 Soho Square - Business
Death[2] 27 Oct 1876 Notting Hill, Middlesex, England 17 Silchester Road
Will[5] 21 Mar 1877 London, London, England

EDMEADES, William and Co. [fl.c.1839-43] Makers at 32 Walbrook and 45 Bartholomew Close, London. [Harding/PIANO, 409; Pigot 39; Wat 40] A connection between this maker and Levesque, Edmeades & Co. has no been established. See LEVESQUE, Josiah and Elizabeth.

LEVESQUE, Josiah and Elizabeth [fl. 1839-75]. London piano manufacturers. In 1840 both Mrs Elizabeth Levesque and J Levesque were listed as proprietors and makes at 8 Haberdasher Walk, Hoxton. [Pugot 39 and Rob 40] Thus it is unclear which of the two was the actual maker and which the business partner. In 1844 the firm were listed as Levesque, Edmeades & Co. They were located at 8 Haberdasher Walk, Horton, from 1844 to 1848. The firm's later addresses were 40 Cheapside from 1848 to 1857; 63 Fleet Street from 1858 to 1862; 14 New Gloucester Terrace, Hoxton, in 1854, 55 Essex Street, Hoxton, from 1855 to 1870; and 63 Fleet Street from 1858 to 1862. The Levesques' precise relationship to Edmeades has not been clarified. [Harding/PIANO, 415; Parkinson/VICT, 162] See also EDMEADES, William, & Co. Makers of the Piano - Google books.

This possibly be Elizabeth and her son Josiah who were the proprietors even though he was 8 or 9 at the time. Probable arrangements for business left in Josiah's Will. Elizabeth gets married again to William Edmeades and thus amalgamates the two businesses and called it Levesque, Edmeades & Co. When Elizabeth died in 1871 her son would have carried on the business with William as it was known as Levesque, Levesque & Edmeades in 1865 according to NEWSPAPER DETECTIVES 1865 The Newspaper Archaeological Site.

References
  1. ↑ FreeBMD Census 1841, 1851
  2. ↑ Dec Qtr FreeBMD
  3. ↑ Google Books - Makers of the Piano
  4. ↑ NEWSPAPER DETECTIVES 1865 The Newspaper Archaeological Site
  5. ↑ Ancestry National Probate
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