Plumberpete
Established Member
Hi Andy,
Now I've had time to sit down and read your post properly, as well as have a look at your mother planes on the David Stanley thread, the only conclusion I can come to is that these were William Kendall of York's personal tools as the planes are stamped with his name with a standard incuse name stamp in the manner an owner would, as well as the zb border stamp.
At some point, possibly after William's retirement or his death, someone has bought (or been given) the planes and has moved around the country, but it is impossible to put a date on when this occurred.
Now, as for planemakers born in York and who then moved to Birmingham, I'm afraid I can't help you with. However, I do have a James Cottrell that was born in Birmingham in 1851, he was listed as a planemaker in Birmingham in the 1871 census, his daughter Sarah was born in York in 1877, and he was back in Birmingham for the 1881 census.
He then moved to Bristol sometime around 1885 where he remained until sometime between 1903 (when his daughter Maud was born in Bristol) and 1911 when he and his family appear in the census living back in Birmingham.
However, the planes could have changed hands several times between York and Birmingham!
I will check one of my sources over the next couple of days to see if I can find any planemakers born in York that ended up in Birmingham.
Pete.
Now I've had time to sit down and read your post properly, as well as have a look at your mother planes on the David Stanley thread, the only conclusion I can come to is that these were William Kendall of York's personal tools as the planes are stamped with his name with a standard incuse name stamp in the manner an owner would, as well as the zb border stamp.
At some point, possibly after William's retirement or his death, someone has bought (or been given) the planes and has moved around the country, but it is impossible to put a date on when this occurred.
Now, as for planemakers born in York and who then moved to Birmingham, I'm afraid I can't help you with. However, I do have a James Cottrell that was born in Birmingham in 1851, he was listed as a planemaker in Birmingham in the 1871 census, his daughter Sarah was born in York in 1877, and he was back in Birmingham for the 1881 census.
He then moved to Bristol sometime around 1885 where he remained until sometime between 1903 (when his daughter Maud was born in Bristol) and 1911 when he and his family appear in the census living back in Birmingham.
However, the planes could have changed hands several times between York and Birmingham!
I will check one of my sources over the next couple of days to see if I can find any planemakers born in York that ended up in Birmingham.
Pete.