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Src: Bartrum Researcher: Stuart Bartrum
G EORGE
STOTHERT was born 23 Dec
1755 in Shaftesbury, Dorset, England to parents Adam (1730-1800) and
mother Elizabeth Conway (?-1786), and died 1818 in Bath, Somerset.
George mar: (1) 30 Aug 1783 to Ann Rotten (b: Dec 1755 d: Mar 1788)
Their children were:
... i Ann Stothert (b: Jul 1784 d: 08 May 18670
... ii Elizabeth Stothert (b: 1785 )
... iii George Stothert (b: 1786 d: 25 Nov 1858)
... iv Charlotte Stothert (b: 1788)
George mar: (2) 21 Nov 1791 in Aston
Juxta Birmingham, Warwickshire to ELIZABETH
ASPREY. She was b: 28
Aug 1765 in Worfield, Shropshire, England to parents John
Asprey(1746 – 1801) and mother Sarah Parsons (1745
-) Elizabeth d: 26 Jan 1855 in Bath, Somerset,
England.
The Stothert name originated in Scotland and
in 1785 George Stothert senior took over the shop formerly
belonging to Thomas Harris and became an agent for the domestic cast
ironmongery produced by Abraham Darby's Coalbrookdale Iron Company.
By 1815 however Abraham Darby had his own warehouse in Bristol so
George Stothert senior started his own foundry became a supplier to
the construction industry. He passed management of the
engineering company to his son George junior. In 1834 the firm
took on Robert Pitt (1818 - 1886) as an apprentice. In 1844
son Henry Stothert took into partnership his then managing engineer,
Mr. Rayno, and also Robert Pitt, the firm becoming Stothert, Rayno,
and Pitt and continued as a renowned manufacturer of
cranes and other engineering products independently until
1986.
As the firm of Stothert & Pitt became
established it developed a reputation for heavy engineering,
particularly the designing and construction of dockside and many
survive throughout the World. A number of Stothert & Pitt cranes
are listed including the Fairbairn Steam Crane at Wapping Wharf,
Bristol (Grade II*) and the Giant Crane at the former NEM Works,
Wallsend, North Tyneside (Grade II*). Stothert & Pitt were at
the forefront of crane development following the production of their
first steam crane in 1851, including the introduction of the first
electric-powered dock cranes in the country in 1892-3 for
Southampton Docks. It was however the securing of a series of
patents for heavy equipment, including the invention in 1912 of the
'level luffing' mechanism which allowed a dock crane's jib to be
raised or lowered while its load remained at the same level, which
secured the future success of the company. Stothert & Pitt also
produced water pumping engines, iron lighthouses, mini-submarines,
concrete mixers, quarry crushing and screening plant and provided
machinery for the construction of much of the Great Western Railway
line which created a vital transport link, spurring the development
of industrial Bath. More specifically they provided the machinery
for the excavation of the Box Tunnel. Stothert & Pitt closed in
January 1989, bringing to an end a celebrated commercial enterprise
which was a major employer in Bath.
ENGINEERING TIME LINE
GEORGE
STOTHERT and
ELIZABETH
ASPREY'S CHILDREN:
... i John Stothert (b: 1792 d: 1869) mar:
Susanna Kelston
... ii SARAH
STOTHERT b: 04 Mar
1794 in Bath, Somerset d: 05 Jan 1862 in 5 Norfolk Cresc, Bath
Somerset
... iii William Stothert (b: 1795 d: Abt.
1860) mar: Marrianne Turner
... iv Henry Asprey Stothert (b: 1797 d:
1860) mar Elizabeth (Bessy) Crowther
... v Mary Stothert (b: 1798 d: 1873) mar:
William Evill
... vi Catherine Stothert (b: 1800 d: 18 Mar
1864)
... vii Jane Stothert (b: Sep 1802 d: 15 Dec
1873) mar: William Littlewood
... viii Richard Stothert (b: Jan 1805 d: 25
Mar 1879) mar; Mary Agnes Carpenter
... ix Helen Stothert b: 1806 d: 1873
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