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Name John Morrow

Other Names Charles Morrow; Henry Morrow; Morrow & Co

Address1 6 Corporation Street

Address2 Commercial Street

Address3 Horton Street

Address4 4 Horton Street & 60 Station Parade, Harrogate

Address5 22 Horton Street & Station Parade, Harrogate

Address6 22 Horton Street, Harrogate; 27 Queen Victoria Street, Leeds

Address7 22 Horton Street

City/Town Halifax

County Yorkshire

State/Region/Province

Country United Kingdom

Trade Gun makers

Other Address The firm also traded from Albany Buildings, Halifax, but whether these buildings were at 22 Horton Street or not is unknown.

Dates 1863?-1926?

Notes

John Morrow was born in Ireland in 1821. He established himself as a gun maker in 1863 at an unknown address in Halifax, Yorkshire. In the 1871 census he was recorded living at 6 Corporation Street with his wife, Mary Ann (b.1834 in Ireland), and their sons, Charles (b.1853 in Ireland recorded as a wire drawer but obviously soon worked for his father), Robert (b.1855 in the East Indies recorded as a pupil teacher), John (b.1857 in East Indies recorded as a clerk and later as a railway clerk then gunmaker's assistant), James (b.1859 in East Indies became a watch maker), Henry (b.1861 in East Indies became a gun maker), Frederick (b.1865 in Halifax became a printer), Walter (b. 1867 in Halifax no further record), and Alexander (b.1870 in Halifax no further record). John and Mary Ann also had a daughter named Catherine (b.1864 in St Helens, Lancashire).

In about 1875 John died and Charles Morrow took over the business. He appears to have died in about 1885 and Henry took over; he changed the name to his own and moved it to Commercial Street. In 1890 the business moved to an unknown number in Horton Street, and the family moved to live at 49 Hare Street. In the 1891 census Mary Ann was recorded living with Henry, aged 30 and unmarried, John aged 34 and by then a gunmaker's assistant, and Frederick George who was a printer. In the late 1890s the firm was recorded at 4 Horton Street where it traded as Morrow & Co. Henry opened branches in this name at 60 Station Parade, Harrogate, and 27 Queen Victoria Street, Leeds. Who managed these branches is not known. By about 1905 the firm in Halifax had moved to 22 Horton Street. In about 1910 the Harrogate and Leeds shops closed.