Great Great grandfather employer information (brewery)

[Bawtry]

Hi, can anyone help me with some information.

My great great grandfather worked at a brewery in Rotherham from at least around 1871 to his death in 1911. Although I don't think of Rotherham as a "brewery" town, at the time, he lived quite near to Mappins brewery and Bentley's brewery. In between service in the second Boar War and WW1, my great grandfather, his son George also worked there as a drayman.

Except... it never tells me which brewery it actually was in Rotherham and the census records tell what type of work he did in the brewery (a square worker?) but never the name of the brewery. Both brewers are long since gone (50 or so years ago) - any ideas on if there are any official records that might tell me (marriage certificate or death certificate maybe? or other lists of workers that exist anywhere?

[Kay99]

This thread may be useful re square work in a brewery   https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=422357.0

Kay

[smithkei]

It’s a long shot but did you try newspapers? If he had an industrial accident it may have been reported.

[AlanBoyd]

Was George still a drayman in 1921? – if so you should be able to get his employer from the census, if you believe it to be the same brewery.

[ShaunJ]

Thread on brewery square workers:  https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=422357.0

[Bawtry]

Was George still a drayman in 1921? – if so you should be able to get his employer from the census, if you believe it to be the same brewery.

I am not sure. William Stanley worked at a brewery for 40 years but died in 1911 and it didn't include employer info on the last census he was on but he still seemed to be working at age of 60 at least in 1901 census. George Stanley (my great grandfather) was in the first world war but not sure what he was doing in 1921 - he died suddenly in 1922 of heart attack. i will look up, thank you!

[Bawtry]

George had moved on to being a delivery driver for a mineral water company in 1921. William had passed on at that point so the mystery of which Rotherham brewer he worked for remains!

[Bawtry]

I have ordered William's death certificate to see if it mentions who he worked for as he seemed to work in the brewing industry from 1870s to his death in 1911 so a reasonable time. No idea if a square worker was a position you worked up to or if it was just a labourer job.

[Comberton]

Could this be William?