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Research in Other Countries => Other Countries => Topic started by: seeds ltd on Wednesday 19 November 25 10:17 GMT (UK)
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Hi All, This is a long shot looking for info on BRAITHWAITE & SON of Leeds they were builders in the 1920s (taken from a newspaper) look in local trade books for the time no joy. I do have a Walter Samuel Braithwaite died 1923 do not know if connected.
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https://dmbi.online/index.php?do=app.entry&id=3494
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Spotted a Census entry that had a plumber working for Messrs Braithwaite, Stourton, Hunslet, Leeds"
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Leeds Mercury, 24 Oct 1928
Is this the newspaper item you refer to?
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yes
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Skyrack Courier, 15 Oct 1920
Stourton connection -
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Everything points to Messrs Braithwaite being the firm of Albert Braithwaite, born 1868, Leeds, the son of William Braithwaite, plumber and coppersmith of Swinegate Leeds.
Note the last sentence of HT’s previous post, a reference to Lord Mayor. Albert Braithwaite was Lord Mayor of Leeds 1920-1921. There are numerous items from the mid-1920s about his involvement in a legal case concerning disputes over him participating in assigning building contracts as an Alderman of the Leeds Council when he was himself in the trade.
Having dug around in a few sources about the family I have found no hint that Walter Samuel Braithwaite was a relative.
added: his 1945 obituary is here for anyone with BNA access:
5 February 1946: Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligence
https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000687/19460205/169/0006
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AB,
Agreed.
I had checked out the mayor angle and his son's 1922 political ambitions.
HT
Added - forgot to mention Yorkshire Post & Leeds Intelligencer, 7 Oct 1920 (page 5) which lists Albert's interests.