TRAVEL 1905: SS Cedric. Arrived New York 11th Jun 1905, out of Liverpool 2nd June 1905.
Horace Harcourt, DIXON 29, single, Engineer, English
Last Residence Surrey, Has last been in US before, in 1905
Travelling with:
Emily DIXON 38, married, Last Residence: Harrogate, Never Before in US
Both of them:
Destination: Chicago, going to: G E DIXON, Pullman Buildings, Chicago
The Institution of Mechanical Engineers, UK
1906: DIXON, Horace Harcourt
Received 1 Aug 1906, Mechanical Engineer, 13 years in Total
President, Dixon Steam System Company 169, S Canal Street, Chicago, Ill. US America
88 St James Street, London, SW
Age 31, born 31 August 1876, Bournemouth
Education: 8 years in an American Grammar School, Chicago Athenaeum, then Law Dept, Lake Forest University
Apprenticeship 1893-96 with G.E. Dixon & Co, Chicago, practical Steam fitting & ventilation
Career:
3 years 1896-99 in Drawing room at Geo. E Dixon & Co designing Apparata under the personal instruction of the late Mr Geo. E DIXON
7 years from 1999 to present: various, planning & reporting on alterations and new builds in various plants, US.. Had charge of all Foreman & men on varied apparata in buildings & factories.
Also: Since June 1904 - Partner in Geo. E Dixon & Co. Presently President & Treasurer of Dixon Steam System Co Ltd.
Also: Principal in Messrs Dixon & Heydorn, Chemical Merchants, 20 St Dunstan's Hill London & at Barking Essex.
Also: Member of American Society of Mechanical Engineers
1907: DIXON Horace Harcourt (change of name notified 8 July 1907)*
President, Dixon Steam System Company
169, S Canal Street, Chicago, Illinois, US
DoB: 31 Aug 1876
Elected: 14 Dec 1906, Associate Member, Nr 1399
Resigned 26 Nov 1907, Paid 1907
Note: In these records he is not registered as Harcourt-Dixon (surname), but as Horace Harcourt, (first names) . In the 1907 record, the name Harcourt has been crossed out in red and above it written in red, "change of name notified 8 July 1907"
The 1906 record, also indicates his father is by that time deceased.
Cheers
AMBLY