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Title: Markham Brothers hosiery business - information sought
Post by: MHenry on Tuesday 14 April 09 12:50 BST (UK)

Hello all.

My great-grandfather was Charles E Markham and, with his brother Herbert, he started a hosiery factory in Leicester in about 1915 called "Markham Bros".  They seemed to have developed a brand name "Revolwelt" and, in the late 1920s, had a factory at Briton Street & Western Road.  I believe the business went bust in about 1934 due to the economic slump of the times.

Can anyone help me learn any more about the business, or even identify where I could look?

I imagine clippings from Leicester newspapers would be very useful, especially for the 1934 period to see what it said about them when they closed.  However I am living in Dublin, Ireland, so I will have to plan a trip over somewhere to look those up - unless they are available online?

Any help or pointers to online or offline sources would be very welcome.

Thanks,

Mark.

Title: Re: Markham Brothers hosiery business - information sought
Post by: sft456 on Friday 09 April 21 17:48 BST (UK)

Hello Mark

I have just read your topic about the Markham Bros - appreciate you wrote this some time ago.

I have been building my Markham FT for some time and have just returned to it. I have, on my Tree, 2 brothers - Charles Edward & Herbert Markham, b 1872 & 1874 Leicester, both in the Hosiery Trade in 1901, Herbert a Manager of a Hosiery Warehouse in 1911

Charles had 2 daus - Marjory & Sybil & 1 son Stanley. H
erbert 2 daus - Dorothy & Joyce

Are these your relations?

sft456 Simon

Title: Re: Markham Brothers hosiery business - information sought
Post by: MHenry on Friday 09 April 21 17:54 BST (UK)

Yes Simon - Charles Edward was my great-grandfather  :D