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Husband: | Charles Portway (1828-1909) | |
Wife: | Emma Elizabeth Harvey (1833-1864) | |
Children: | Charles Ernest Portway (1854-1870) | |
Emma Edith Portway (1855-1909) | ||
Harry Harvey Portway (1857-1929) | ||
George Louis Portway (1859-1893) | ||
Bertha Portway (1861-1861) | ||
Ethel Portway (1862-1930) | ||
Marriage | 1853 | Tendring, Essex |
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: | Emma Elizabeth Harvey | |
Sex: | Female | |
Father: | Matthew Barnard Harvey (c. 1806-1853) | |
Mother: | Susannah Smith (c. 1811- ) | |
Birth | 17 Apr 1833 | Halstead, Essex |
Baptism | 16 Oct 1833 (age 0) | Old Meetinghouse Parsonage Lane-Independent, Halstead, Essex |
Census | 1841 (age 7-8) | Living with parents |
Census | 1851 (age 17-18) | Niece, visiting in household of Samuel Harvey, Mistley |
Death fact | 1864 (age 30-31) | 1864 Sep Qtr, Halstead, 4a/219 |
Death | 1864 (age 30-31) | Halstead, Essex |
Name: | Charles Ernest Portway | |
Sex: | Male | |
Birth | 1854 | Halstead, Essex |
Birth fact | 1854 (age 0) | 1854 Jun Qtr, Halstead, 4a/282 |
Census | 1861 (age 6-7) | Living with parents |
Emigration | 20 Aug 1870 (age 15-16) | from Sailed from Gravesend on board "May Queen" on 20 August 1870 and arrived in Port Chalmers, New Zealand, on 8 November 1870 |
Death | 26 Nov 1870 (age 15-16) | Bedford House, Dunedin, New Zealand |
Name: | Emma Edith Portway | |
Sex: | Female | |
Spouse: | Frederick Percy Prentice (1859-1913) | |
Birth | 1855 | Halstead, Essex |
Birth fact | 1855 (age 0) | 1855 Dec Qtr, Halstead, 4a/249 |
Census | 1861 (age 5-6) | Living with parents |
Census | 1881 (age 25-26) | Living with father |
Census | 1901 (age 45-46) | Wife in household |
Death | 7 Oct 1909 (age 53-54) | 3 Caledonia Place, Clifton, Bristol |
Name: | Harry Harvey Portway | |
Sex: | Male | |
Spouse: | Harriet Amy Cook (1860-1914) | |
Birth | 1857 | Halstead, Essex |
Birth fact | 1857 (age 0) | 1857 Jun Qtr, Halstead, 4a/295 |
Census | 1861 (age 3-4) | Living with parents |
Census | 1881 (age 23-24) | Ironmonger (living with father) |
Census | 1891 (age 33-34) | Ironmonger, 20 High St, Halstead |
Census | 1901 (age 43-44) | Bois Hall, Halstead (absent at census) |
Residence | Bois Hall, Halstead, Essex | |
Residence | 1909 (age 51-52) | Bois Hall, Halstead (attended death of father) |
Death | 9 Nov 1929 (age 71-72) | Bois Hall, Halstead, Essex |
Name: | George Louis Portway | |
Sex: | Male | |
Spouse: | Sophia Phyllis Fielder (1869-1919) | |
Birth | 1859 | Halstead, Essex |
Birth fact | 1859 (age 0) | 1859 Jun Qtr, Halstead, 4a/310 |
Census | 1861 (age 1-2) | Living with parents |
Census | 1871 (age 11-12) | Living in household of uncle, Daniel Harvey, in Lowestoft |
Census | 1881 (age 21-22) | Assistant to woollen warehouser, Grosvenor Cres, Leeds (boarder) |
Occupation | 15 May 1892 (age 32-33) | Woollen merchant, All Saints, Paddington |
Death fact | 1893 (age 33-34) | 1893 Dec Qtr, West Ham, 4a/177 (age 34) |
Death | 30 Sep 1893 (age 33-34) | West Ham, Essex |
Name: | Bertha Portway | |
Sex: | Female | |
Birth | 5 Apr 1861 | Halstead, Essex |
Birth fact | 1861 (age 0) | Birth: 1861 Jun Qtr, Halstead, 4a/309 |
Death fact | 1861 (age 0) | 1861 Sep Qtr, Halstead, 4a/200 |
Census | 1861 (age 0) | Living with parents (aged 2 days) |
Death | 1861 (age 0) | Halstead, Essex |
Name: | Ethel Portway | |
Sex: | Female | |
Spouse: | William Martin Baker (1857-1929) | |
Birth | 1862 | Halstead, Essex |
Birth fact | 1862 (age 0) | Birth: 1862 Sep Qtr, Halstead, 4a/295 |
Census | 1881 (age 18-19) | Living with father |
Census | 1901 (age 38-39) | Wife in household |
Death | 28 Feb 1930 (age 67-68) | Bella Vista, Lansdown, Bath, Somerset |
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.