Week 62: My ancestor was a bicycle maker or repairer

[Jill on the A272]

Week 62: My ancestor was a bicycle maker or repairer

This is an opportunity to showcase a bicycle maker or repairer from your family tree, you might want to offer a short biography and speak about their work eg
Name
Birth location/date
Family background
Where you've found them on the census
Their workplace/employer
Any tips on researching this occupation?

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[Lin Fisher]

My Uncle, Dad's younger brother was a bicycle maker, he worked at Raleigh in Nottingham. He was on the welding/ engineering side.

[Lin Fisher]

David Albert Sharpe born 1859 in Nottingham and married my G Grandmothers sister Lizzie in 1901 in Nottingham. All info I have found seems to be that he was married before but forgot to mention it on his marriage certificate.

They had 3 children before they were married which makes me suspicious. On 1891 census he was a cycle maker, 1901 a bicycle enameller and 1911 a master manufacturer. He died in 1938.