| Husband: | William Hunt (c. 1751- ) | |
| Wife: | Hannah Yate (c. 1755- ) | |
| Children: | Henry Hunt (aft1776-1833) | |
| Hannah Hunt (c. 1780-1863) | ||
| Thomas Yate Hunt (c. 1784-1852) | ||
| Samuel Hunt (1788-1866) | ||
| Robert Gee Hunt (1789-1861) | ||
| Marriage | 13 Feb 1776 | St Chad, Shrewsbury, Shropshire |
| Name: | William Hunt | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Father: | - | |
| Mother: | - | |
| Birth | c. 1751 | Birmingham, Warwickshire |
| Name: | Hannah Yate | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Father: | - | |
| Mother: | - | |
| Birth | c. 1755 | Shrewsbury, Shropshire |
| Name: | Henry Hunt | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Spouse: | Rebecca Unknown ( - ) | |
| Birth | aft 1776 | |
| Will | 1 Mar 1832 (age 55-56) | Proved 25.11.1833 |
| Occupation | 1832 (age 55-56) | Steel manufacturer, The Brades, Rowley Regis, Staffs (on Will) |
| Death | 1833 (age 56-57) | |
| Name: | Hannah Hunt | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Spouse: | Monkhouse Tate (1765-1841) | |
| Birth | c. 1780 | Birmingham, Warwickshire |
| Will | 17 Sep 1833 (age 52-53) | Appointed executrix to will of husband Monkhouse Tate |
| Census | 1841 (age 60-61) | Living with son George, Tewkesbury |
| Will | 1852 (age 71-72) | Mentioned in Will of brother, Thomas Yate Hunt |
| Will | 25 Oct 1852 (age 71-72) | Date of will (codicil 20.6.1861) |
| Census | 1861 (age 80-81) | Living with son William (widow) |
| Death | 6 Sep 1863 (age 82-83) | 54 St Pauls Road, Camden Town, Middlesex |
| Probate | 19 Mar 1864 | Probate, London, to Emily Tate & Hannah Maria Tate |
| Name: | Thomas Yate Hunt | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Spouse: | Sarah Cooke (1795-1826) | |
| Birth | c. 1784 | Dudley, Worcestershire |
| Fact1 | 1832 (age 47-48) | Mentioned in Will of brother, Henry Hunt |
| Census | 1841 (age 56-57) | Ironmaster, Brades, Rowley Regis, Staffs |
| Will | 21 Jan 1845 (age 60-61) | Date of will (proved 11.11.1852) |
| Census | 1851 (age 66-67) | Ironmaster, Brades House, Rowley Regis, Staffs |
| Death fact | 1852 (age 67-68) | 1852 Sep Qtr, West Derby, 8b/360 |
| Death | 27 Sep 1852 (age 67-68) | Liverpool, Lancashire |
| Burial | 5 Oct 1852 | Old Presbyterian (or Unitarian) Meeting House, Birmingham, Warwickshire, Vault No.12 (aged 62) |
| Name: | Samuel Hunt | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Birth | 17 Apr 1788 | Birmingham, Warwickshire |
| Baptism | 16 Sep 1788 (age 0) | Old Meeting House Meeting Street-Presbyterian, Birmingham, Warwick |
| Fact1 | 1832 (age 43-44) | Mentioned in Will of brother, Henry Hunt |
| Residence | 14 Jan 1843 (age 54) | Of Handsworth, Staffs; named as executor to will of Samuel Cooke |
| Census | 1851 (age 62-63) | Coal master, Soho Street, Handsworth, Staffs (unmarried) |
| Fact2 | 1852 (age 63-64) | Mentioned in Will of brother, Thomas Yate Hunt |
| Census | 1861 (age 72-73) | Coal master, The Rookery, Soho Street, Handsworth, Staffs (unmarried) |
| Death fact | 1866 (age 77-78) | 1866 Dec Qtr, West Bromwich, 6b/402 (aged 78) |
| Death | 8 Dec 1866 (age 78) | The Rookery, Handsworth, Staffordshire |
| Name: | Robert Gee Hunt | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Spouse: | Elizabeth Downward (c. 1796-bef1851) | |
| Birth | 13 Sep 1789 | Birmingham, Warwickshire |
| Baptism | 17 Feb 1790 (age 0) | Old Meeting House Meeting Street-Presbyterian, Birmingham, Warwick |
| Residence | 1825 (age 35-36) | Gentleman, 5 Upper Stanhope St, Liverpool (History, Directory, and Gazetteer of the County Palatine of Lancaster, vol I., 1825) |
| Census | 1841 (age 51-52) | Independent, Irvine St, West Derby, Liverpool |
| Census | 1851 (age 61-62) | Retired ???, Irvine St, West Derby, Liverpool (widower) |
| Census | 1861 (age 71-72) | Gentleman, 16 Chad Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham (widower) |
| Death fact | 1861 (age 71-72) | 1861 Dec Qtr, Kings Norton, 6c/236 |
| Death | 5 Nov 1861 (age 72) | Chad Road, Edgbaston, Warwickshire |
WHS was originally started in 1793 and the initials stand for William Hunt & Sons of Brades Steel Works. They were acquired by Brades Nash Industries in 1951 who were themselves acquired in 1962 by Spear & Jackson. Finally in 1985, Neill Tools purchased Spear & Jackson and inherited the WHS name. In the building trade, the WHS initials are affectionately referred to as "Work Hard or Starve".
http://www.shef.ac.uk/assem/2/2trowel2.html
The company was listed as being coal and iron masters, as well as steel manufacturers/
refiners, in the "Brades", Oldbury, as early as 1828. Regarding edge tool manufacturing, the earliest listing I've found is for 1835:
"Hunt William and Sons, scythe, hay and straw knives, and
general mechanical and edge tool &c. manufacturers, Brades
Steel Works [Oldbury]."
Most of their input was, likely, "heavy" edge tools, similar to other firms such as Gilpin and
Whitehouse. But, enough "light" edge tools have survived to confirm that they made them as well.
By 1830, their Birmingham warehouse had moved to (52) Ann Street, where it remained until, at least, 1875. The firm became a Limited company by 1892, and their Birmingham warehouse was being listed at 7 Whittall Street - where it remained as late as 1914.
From 1896 on, the company was listed as: "Hunt William & Sons, The Brades Ltd., Brades Works"
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