Details of Company 100 years ago

[paulrussell]

I'm trying to find details of a company my ancestors ran 100 years ago. I don't know the name of it, but I'm pretty sure it would of been the only one in the area. I've tried searching dairy company with the name of the town/village and the year, but I've had no luck. Can anyone help me on how I could go looking to find details od the company?

[Eric Mc]

Was it a limited company or some other sort of business - such as a partnership?

Have you tried local newspaper archives for advertising?

What business were they in?

[Simpo Two]

Dairying I'll bet.

[paulrussell]

Eric Mc said:

Was it a limited company or some other sort of business - such as a partnership?

Have you tried local newspaper archives for advertising?

What business were they in?

I've no idea weather it was a ltd or partnership company. I've tried the archives that are on findmypast.co.uk, and couldn't find anything. I don't live near the area, so I can't look at the archives in the area.

It's a dairy company they ran.

[AMD87]

Where abouts? You might find the local archive services may have some info.

[paulrussell]

AMD87 said:

Where abouts? You might find the local archive services may have some info.

East Kent. I was wondering if there were any national records that I could look up on the internet.

[Eric Mc]

I doubt it.

Local newspapers would be the best bet - which may be stored at local libraries.

[davepoth]

Eric Mc said:

I doubt it.

Local newspapers would be the best bet - which may be stored at local libraries.

If you can tie it down to a rough time period a historical search of Google News might turn something up.

[Smirnoffmark]

paulrussell said:

Eric Mc said:

Was it a limited company or some other sort of business - such as a partnership?

Have you tried local newspaper archives for advertising?

What business were they in?

I've no idea weather it was a ltd or partnership company. I've tried the archives that are on findmypast.co.uk, and couldn't find anything. I don't live near the area, so I can't look at the archives in the area.

It's a dairy company they ran.

Wasn't expecting a bad spell of whether in this heat....

Grabs coat..

[Where2Guv]

I'm in East Kent. I've done some family history and turns out my ancestors owned part of the London Brick Company and Dennis. Yes, the people who make fire engines and what-not! It's fascinating, although it does make you wonder who squandered all the family money! Ha ha

What was the name of the company?

[lestag]

Eric Mc said:

I doubt it.

Local newspapers would be the best bet - which may be stored at local libraries.

http://www.kent.gov.uk/leisure_and_culture/libraries/online_library_services/online_reference_library/family_and_local_history.aspx

maybe?

[Eric Mc]

lestag said:

http://www.kent.gov.uk/leisure_and_culture/librari...

maybe?

Link properly formatted for anyone who wants to use it.

[Timja]

There is bound to be a nearby local history group who would take on the project (or hopefully know about it already)

[paulrussell]

Where2Guv said:

I'm in East Kent. I've done some family history and turns out my ancestors owned part of the London Brick Company and Dennis. Yes, the people who make fire engines and what-not! It's fascinating, although it does make you wonder who squandered all the family money! Ha ha

What was the name of the company?

No idea. I got the information about running the dairy company from the 1911 census. It says the job title the head of the family had was diary business. They lived in Teynham, so I'm guessing that the dairy business was also in Teynham.

[951TSE]

Local history society: http://www.teynhamhistory.co.uk/index.html

Bit random but this is on Ebay at the moment. Might this be the company?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/TEYNHAM-Nr-FAVERSHAM-SIT...

Finally you may get some joy if you research the Milk Marketing Board as most of the milk industry was nationalised in the 1930's and if they kept any historic records they may be able to help you out. Although as they're now defunct themselves it may be a bit more difficult to track down their archives.

[paulrussell]

951TSE said:

Local history society: http://www.teynhamhistory.co.uk/index.html

Bit random but this is on Ebay at the moment. Might this be the company?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/TEYNHAM-Nr-FAVERSHAM-SIT...

Finally you may get some joy if you research the Milk Marketing Board as most of the milk industry was nationalised in the 1930's and if they kept any historic records they may be able to help you out. Although as they're now defunct themselves it may be a bit more difficult to track down their archives.

Thank you! That's the company I've been looking for as their surname was Hales.

[SharonM]

Can you message me about this family please? I think you also posted on the Sittingbourne Heritage museum site and we share the same ancestors. I've spent years researching my family tree, first time I've joined a car forum though to get in touch with someone!

[Eric Mc]

There's far more to PH than just cars.

[PugwasHDJ80]

its amazing how often PH turns up in Google searches for the most random of search terms

[paulrussell]

SharonM said:

Can you message me about this family please? I think you also posted on the Sittingbourne Heritage museum site and we share the same ancestors. I've spent years researching my family tree, first time I've joined a car forum though to get in touch with someone!

Hi just got your message. After talking to a distant relative I found out that I got the wrong family. I thought I had the right family as the father's name was correct, he also a farmer and he had died before 1911 - which was when my relatives parents got married, and they were living in the right area. I didn't believe the age of my ancestor on the marriage certificate as it said she was 15, but I found out it was true and my relative said her father was sent to prison for marrying a minor.

On a bit of a different subject, I found out that your ancestors would most likely of known my ancestors on my other side of the family, as they were living in the same road in the 1911 census.