Immigrant card

[*Sandra*]

UK Return Passenger List - Lionel Wharrad - 1882 and aged 39 years
Port of Departure New York, United States
Arrival Date:   23 Jul 1921 - Port of Arrival Southampton, England on the SS Olympic.
Ports of Voyage Cherbourg
Ship Name:   Olympic - Shipping Line:   White Star Dominion Line.

Sandra

[Ranolki]

Thank you for all that, it's really interesting and I appreciate all that hard work. You've uncovered info I didn't have and I'm particularly interested in the 1921 arrival into New York.   I know he went to Canada/USA three times, the first time for a year with his wife.    I've see another bit of Canada/US border info for the 1914 visit when he he was pre-approved on the day he arrived in Quebec and then crossed into Vermont.  I'm interested to know why he went back on those two shorter visits - I know at least one trip involved E F Houghton Ltd but I haven't decided why yet!

[*Sandra*]

reply 5 - just gave C/O   C/O  I S Wolf Co., 130/5 E26 th Street New York.  Presume this had some connection with the firm he worked for in Redditch.

Sandra

[Ranolki]

I've had a look at Isaac Wolf and he was a silk merchant.  I think he may also have been selling fancy novelty needle boxes which were being made by Lionel Wharrad's factory to house their main product (the needles) and could have been supplying the silk for these (I've seen one in a museum - a magnificent affair like a large silk pagoda with tassels etc where the sides fell down to reveal all the needles).  I think it may have been a c/o address more than anything though as he was on his way to various other places/suppliers too. 

[*Sandra*]

He probably visited many manufacturers/businesses while he was in Canada and the New Year.
Interesting information for you to find.

Sandra

[Ranolki]

Yes it certainly was, thank you.  He was in fact an engineer/inventor rather than a salesman so in some ways it was strange.  He had spent 1910/1911 working for Fisher Electrics in Toronto as works manager (when he travelled with his wife).  The 1914 trip involved a visit to his Patent lawyers in Montreal at some point but I believe the Elizabethport address may have been related to Singer Sewing Machines as both his factories and theirs moved into producing armaments during WWl, although both had an interest in needles too.  He spent some time with a firm called EF Houghton in Philadelphia but I'm not sure if that was the 1914 trip or the 1921 one yet.  I was hoping that Immigration record for the Canadian border crossing may have given the name of the company in Elizabethport (although I'm pretty sure it was Singer, as I said).  Whatever they said, I'm sure you're right and he was very busy.  He even managed to fit in watching "The Fight of the Century" with Jack Dempsey in Jersey City!
Do you happen to know if there is a Canadian (or USA) equivalent of our National Archives or more local centralised archives where old company minute books, shareholder details etc are listed?

[*Sandra*]

Quote :- Do you happen to know if there is a Canadian (or USA) equivalent of our National Archives or more local centralised archives where old company minute books, shareholder details etc are listed?

Perhaps another RootsChatter RK would be able to answer that question in due course.



This may be of some interest...........? E F Houghton & Co

The Philadelphia Inquirer Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 27 Nov 1918, Wed    Page 20

https://www.newspapers.com/clip/71573504/e-f-houghton-co-27-november-1918/

Sandra

[*Sandra*]

The Daily Record Long Branch, New Jersey 9 Jul 1921, Sat    Page 3

https://www.newspapers.com/clip/71574256/dempsey-v-carpenter-9-july-1921/

Sandra

[*Sandra*]

Singer Factories - Elizabethport, New Jersey.

https://www.singersewinginfo.co.uk/elizabethport

Sandra