Hi guys, last night I attended a Memories of Middlesborugh event and when we were talking about Bolckow and Vaughan the Ironmasters or Founding Father's of Middlesbrough it was stated that Vaughan was actually Welsh and that once he had started his company with Belchow in 1864 a lot of welsh men followed after him for work.
Now the reason for this rabble. In the 1881 census I have Evan Thomas living in Thornaby-On-Tees and working as a "Labourer At Iron Works" Is there a way to find out whether or not it was the Vaughan/Belshow one? Such as a works version of a census? I'm pretty sure that the Stockton/Thornaby part of the River Tees didn't have the Ironworks where as the Middlesbrough part of it did.
Any help would be much appreciated.
Now the reason for this rabble. In the 1881 census I have Evan Thomas living in Thornaby-On-Tees and working as a "Labourer At Iron Works" Is there a way to find out whether or not it was the Vaughan/Belshow one? Such as a works version of a census? I'm pretty sure that the Stockton/Thornaby part of the River Tees didn't have the Ironworks where as the Middlesbrough part of it did.
Any help would be much appreciated.
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