See also
| Husband: | Charles Portway (1828-1909) | |
| Wife: | Ann Winifred Attfield (1841-1874) | |
| Children: | Reginald Portway (1867-1867) | |
| Harold Charles Portway (1869-1918) | ||
| Marriage | 2 Aug 1866 | St Matthew's, Denmark Hill, Lambeth |
| Witnesses | 2 Aug 1866 | F.J.Attfield, John Attfield, H.Fawkes |
| Name: | Charles Portway | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Father: | George Portway (1791-1868) | |
| Mother: | Sarah Bull (c. 1795-1851) | |
| Birth | 12 Aug 1828 | Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk |
| Baptism | 9 Nov 1828 (age 0) | Bapt, Northgate St Independent, Bury St Edmunds (IGI) |
| Census | 1851 (age 22-23) | Ironmonger, servant to George Lewis, ironmonger, Lowndes Terr, Knightsbridge (unmarried) |
| Census | btw 1861 and 1881 (age 32-53) | High St, Halstead, Essex |
| Census | 2 Aug 1866 (age 37) | Widower, Ironmonger & iron merchant |
| Residence | 1866 (age 37-38) | Address: Halstead, Essex (on marriage cert.) |
| Census | 1871 (age 42-43) | Ironmonger employing 9 men & 8 boys, High St, Halstead (married, wife absent) |
| Occupation | 31 Oct 1878 (age 50) | Partnership with Frank Attfield Fawkes for manufacture of horticultural equipment. T.H.P.Dennis & Co, dissolved (London Gazette 5.11.1878) |
| Census | 1881 (age 52-53) | Ironmonger & stove maker, High St, Halstead (widower) |
| Census | 1891 (age 62-63) | Stove manufacturer, The Croft, High St, Halstead |
| Census | 1901 (age 72-73) | Stove mfr, High St, Halstead |
| Death fact | 1909 (age 80-81) | 1909 Jun Qtr, Halstead, 4a/391 (aged 80) |
| Death | 6 Apr 1909 (age 80) | The Croft, Halstead, Essex |
| Cause of death (Facts Pg) | 6 Apr 1909 (age 80) | Gangrene of left foot & leg; senile decay |
| Burial | 10 Apr 1909 | St Andrew, Halstead, Essex (aged 80) |
| Will | 16 Jul 1909 (age 80) | Probate Ipswich to Harry Harvey Portway (£37759) |
| Name: | Ann Winifred Attfield | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Father: | John Attfield (1796-1873) | |
| Mother: | Ann Lines (1800-1862) | |
| Birth | 2 Sep 1841 | Whetstone, Friern Barnet, Middlesex |
| Baptism | 26 Nov 1841 (age 0) | St James the Great, Friern Barnet, Middlesex |
| Birth fact | 1841 (age 0) | 1841 Dec Qtr, Barnet, 6/437 |
| Census | 1851 (age 9-10) | Pupil at school in High St, Chipping Barnet |
| Census | 1861 (age 19-20) | Living with parents at census |
| Residence | 2 Aug 1866 (age 24) | Address at marriage, Camberwell Green |
| Fact2 | 1871 (age 29-30) | Mentioned in will of father, John Attfield |
| Death fact | 1874 (age 32-33) | GRO Consular Death Notices, Cannes District, Vol.5, Page 640 |
| Death | 11 May 1874 (age 32) | Cannes, France |
| Death fact | 12 May 1874 (age 32) | "Anna Wingfield Portway", aged 50 |
| Burial | May 1874 | Le Grand Jas cemetery, Avenue de Grasse, Cannes (Ref 50/7) |
| Name: | Reginald Portway | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Birth | 4 Jul 1867 | High Street, Halstead, Essex |
| Death fact | 1867 (age 0) | 1867 Sep Qtr, Halstead, 4a/193 (aged 0) |
| Death | 5 Jul 1867 (age 0) | High Street, Halstead, Essex |
| Cause of death (Facts Pg) | 5 Jul 1867 (age 0) | Convulsions (aged 26 hours) |
| Name: | Harold Charles Portway | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Birth | 21 Jan 1869 | High Street, Halstead, Essex |
| Birth fact | 1869 (age 0) | 1869 Mar Qtr, Halstead, 4a/369 |
| Census | 1881 (age 11-12) | Scholar, Faversham Grammar School, Kent |
| Census | 1891 (age 21-22) | Ironmonger's assistant, lodger, 23 Head St, Halstead, Essex (unmarried) |
| Census | 1901 (age 31-32) | Actor vocalist, visiting at 12 Shrewsbury Road, Sheffield (unmarried) |
| Death fact | 1918 (age 48-49) | 1918 Sep Qtr, Wandsworth, 1d/586 (aged 49) |
| Occupation | 1918 (age 48-49) | -; Independent means, 26 Cheriton Square, Balham (on death cert.) |
| Death | 10 Jul 1918 (age 49) | 139 Kings Avenue, Clapham Park, Surrey |
| Probate | 20 Sep 1918 | Admin (with will), London, to Harry Harvey Portway, iron master (£55-5s-5d) |
Charles Portway took inspiration from the enclosed metal stoves which had appeared in North America, and built his own version to heat his Halstead ironmongery store. The design proved so successful that a neighbouring shopkeeper asked Portway to build a stove to heat his store too. Portway set up a foundry to produce his 'Tortoise' stoves under the slogan 'Slow But Sure' - so successful they lasted up to the 1980’s almost without change.
It was the first heating appliance to offer fuel efficiency as a major selling point, so that Robert Higgs, the chief executive of the Heating and Ventilating contractors association argues the Portway was the founding father of energy efficiency.
http://www.soliftec.com/heroes.htm (retrieved 13.6.2011)
The first third of the 19th century saw a number of innovators introduce stoves to the market. In 1830 (sic) Charles Portway designed and hand built his first Tortoise stove in Halstead, Essex. Charles ran an ironmongery store and when neighbouring shops saw how effective his stove was, they all wanted one. Mr Portway started a small foundry, which, by the start of the twentieth century, had produced over 100,000 stoves.
http://www.fireplace.co.uk/text/texthistory.htm
Charles Portway took a very active part in the affairs of the town of Halstead. He was President of the Liberal Association and entertained Herbert Asquith, the Prime Minister, at his residence, The Croft. He was a staunch churchman and took great interest in all public works, education and sport, holding numerous offices.
Source: "A Look Back At Halstead" by Doreen Potts, 2003 (privately published).
See also: http://www.portwayfires.com/
A picture of a Charles Portway "Tortoise" Stove at:
http://www.hevac-heritage.org/items_of_interest/heating/equipment/warm_air_stoves/
PORTWAY Charles of Halstead Essex J.P. died 6 April 1909; Probate Ipswich 16 July to Harry Harvey Portway stove manufacturer Frederick Percy Prentice ironmonger William Martin Baker school master and Harry Dakin Sheldrake accountant. Effects £37759 1s 7d. Resworn £38743 16s 5d.
MARRIAGES: PORTWAY - ATTFIELD - 2nd inst. at St. Matthew's church, Denmark Hill, by the Rev. Stephen Bridge, Charles Portway, of Halsted, in this county, to Anne Winifred, youngest daughter of John Attfield Esq., of Whetstone, Middlesex. No cards.
Chelmsford Chronicle - Friday 10 August 1866
DEATHS: PORTWAY - 11th inst. of phthisis, at Cannes, in her 33rd year, Annie Winifred Portway, wife of Charles Portway, of Halsted, essex, and youngest daughter of the late J. Attfield, of Whetstone, Middlesex.
Essex Newsman - Saturday 23 May 1874
See http://cannestouristinformation.co.uk/cemeterysearching.aspx for grave reference.