My mysterious chemist ancestor! Anyone throw any light on any of this?

[brigidmac]

Fascinating story .
I wonder if his mother or siblings had a will and mentioned him in it

He will be hard to find if he changed his name or emigrated but maybe something else will turn up .

[LizzieL]

KILBURN TIMES -- Friday 31 August 1900
"A CHEMIST'S ACCIDENT -- Gideon Davis Owen, chemist, of 546 Harrow Road, was summoned by the Paddington Vestry for selling to the prejudice of the purchaser [one unreadable word] tincture of quinine which contained 80% less than the proper proportion of quinine sulphate as prescribed by the British Pharmacopeia.  He pleaded guilty, and explained that the deficiency was due to an accident.  As the article was being prepared an assistant dropped some of the sulphate -- Mr Plowden said as there was no fraud the defendant would be fined 5s with 12s 6d costs."


     

the unreadable word is ammoniated. it seems to be sold as a treatment for colds and flu. Advertising poster here

https://www.amazon.com/Ammoniated-Tincture-Quinine-20x30-Poster/dp/B0739CC9DB

I wonder if he got off so lightly because he had "connections"

[CelticAnnie]

Thank you for your interest, Brigidmac and LizzieL -- and thank you for the missing word!  LizzieL, I'd certainly not considered that Gideon might have 'connections'; but who knows?  brigidmac, Gideon's sisters and mother all died with (as best I know) very little to leave.  His sisters never married and worked all their lives to support themselves (and their mother).  I therefore think it unlikely that any of them would have troubled to make a will.  But I will certainly investigate  that -- do not want to leave any potential stone unturned here.

If I ever do find out what happened with Gideon, I will certainly come back here and report!

CELTICANNIE