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| Husband: | Edward Henry Prentice (1838-1871) | |
| Wife: | Sarah Pitcairn Webb (1837-1927) | |
| Marriage | 1861 | Stowmarket, Suffolk |
| Name: | Edward Henry Prentice | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Father: | Thomas Prentice (1794-1852) | |
| Mother: | Mary Lungley (1794-1865) | |
| Birth | 25 Jul 1838 | Stowmarket, Suffolk |
| Birth fact | 1838 (age 0) | 1838 Sep Qtr, Stow, 12/386 |
| Census | 1871 (age 32-33) | Chemical mauve manufacturer, The Limes, Ipswich Road, Stowmarket (3 daughters) |
| Death fact | 1871 (age 32-33) | 1871 Sep Qtr, Stow, 4a/354 (aged 33) |
| Death | 11 Jan 1871 (age 32) | Stowupland, Suffolk |
| Name: | Sarah Pitcairn Webb | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Father: | Lankester Webb (1812-1887) | |
| Mother: | Sarah Vertue (1812-1866) | |
| Birth | 7 Aug 1837 | Combs, Suffolk |
| Birth fact | 1837 (age 0) | 1837 Sep Qtr, Stow, 12/300 |
| Death | 6 May 1927 (age 89) | Stowmarket, Suffolk |
A company formed by the sons of Thomas Prentice was The Patent Gun Cotton Co. established about 1863 on the site that is now part of the I.C.I. factory. It was here on 11th August 1871 that an explosion occurred at 2 pm that shook the town, blowing out windows in the town and Haughley station some three miles away and being heard as far away as Diss.
Many people were killed and injured including Edward Prentice (son of Thomas) and his nephew William who were helping to haul boxes of cartridges away from the resulting fire when a second explosion occurred killing them both. No trace of the remains of Edward were found other than a battered gold watch found later, its hands stopped at 5 minutes past three the time of the second explosion.
Source: The Prentices of Palsgrave, Bungay and Stowmarket, England and Pennsylvania, by Linus Joseph Dewald Jr.
http://www.prenticenet.com/news/99/prentices_palgrave_england.htm
19 December 1871. The Will of Edward Henry Prentice late of Stowmarket in the County of Suffolk Merchant who died 11 August 1871 at Stowupland in the said County was proved at Bury St. Edmunds by Eustace Carey Prentice of Stowmarket Merchant the Brother one of the Executors. Effects under £10,000.
PRENTICE Sarah Pitcairn of Verandah Cottage Stowmarket Suffolk widow died 6 May 1927; Probate Norwich 10 September to Arthur Henry Wallis mercantile clerk William Henry Prentice chemical manufacturer and Constance Isabel Prentice spinster. Effects £28399 6s. 9d.