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Family of Charles Portway and Emma Elizabeth Harvey
| Husband: | Charles Portway (1828-1909) | |
| Wife: | Emma Elizabeth Harvey (1833-1864) | |
| Children: | Charles Ernest Portway (1854- ) | |
| Emma Edith Portway (1855- ) | ||
| Harry Harvey Portway (1857-1929) | ||
| George Louis Portway (1859-1893) | ||
| Bertha Portway (1861-1861) | ||
| Ethel Portway (1862- ) | ||
| Marriage | 1853 | Tendring, Essex |
Husband: Charles Portway
| Name: | Charles Portway | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Father: | George Portway (1791-1868) | |
| Mother: | Sarah Bull (1795?-1851) | |
| Note 1: | 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) | |
| Note 2: | 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.u k/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/ | |
| Note 3: | 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. | |
| Birth | 12 Aug 1828 | Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk |
| Baptism | 9 Nov 1828 (age 0) | Bapt, Northgate St Independent, Bury St Edmunds (IGI) |
| Census (1) | 1851 (age 22-23) | Ironmonger, servant to George Lewis, ironmonger, Lowndes Terr, Knightsbridge (unmarried) |
| Census (2) | btw 1861 and 1881 (age 32-53) | High St, Halstead, Essex |
| Census (3) | 2 Aug 1866 (age 37) | Widower, Ironmonger & iron merchant |
| Residence | 1866 (age 37-38) | Address: Halstead, Essex (on marriage cert.) |
| Census (4) | 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 (5) | 1881 (age 52-53) | Ironmonger & stove maker, High St, Halstead (widower) |
| Census (6) | 1891 (age 62-63) | Stove manufacturer, The Croft, High St, Halstead |
| Census (7) | 1901 (age 72-73) | Stove mfr, High St, Halstead |
| Death fact | 1909 (age 80-81) | 1909 Jun Qtr, Halstead, 4a/391 (aged 80) |
| Cause of death (Facts Pg) | 6 Apr 1909 (age 80) | Gangrene of left foot & leg; senile decay |
| Death | 6 Apr 1909 (age 80) | The Croft, Halstead, Essex |
| Will | 16 Jul 1909 (age 80) | Probate Ipswich to Harry Harvey Portway (£37759) |
Wife: Emma Elizabeth Harvey
| Name: | Emma Elizabeth Harvey | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Father: | Matthew Barnard Harvey (1806?-1853) | |
| Mother: | Susannah Smith (1811?- ) | |
| Birth | 17 Apr 1833 | Halstead, Essex |
| Baptism | 16 Oct 1833 (age 0) | Old Meetinghouse Parsonage Lane-Independent, Halstead, Essex |
| Census (1) | 1841 (age 7-8) | Living with parents |
| Census (2) | 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 |
Child 1: Charles Ernest Portway
| 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 |
Child 2: Emma Edith Portway
| Name: | Emma Edith Portway | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Spouse: | Frederick Percy Prentice (1859-1913) | |
| Children: | Frederick Charles Prentice (1885- ) | |
| Douglas Gilbert Prentice (1891- ) | ||
| Birth | 1855 | Halstead, Essex |
| Birth fact | 1855 (age 0) | 1855 Dec Qtr, Halstead, 4a/249 |
| Census (1) | 1861 (age 5-6) | Living with parents |
| Census (2) | 1881 (age 25-26) | Living with father |
Child 3: Harry Harvey Portway
| Name: | Harry Harvey Portway | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Spouse: | Harriet Amy Cook (1860-1914) | |
| Children: | Dina Portway (1885-1968) | |
| Harold Pugh Portway (1886-1893) | ||
| Donald Portway (1887- ) | ||
| Margaret Portway (1889-1890) | ||
| Madelaine Portway (1891- ) | ||
| Cedric Portway (1894- ) | ||
| Lionel Felix Portway (1897-1917) | ||
| Note: | PORTWAY Harry Harvey of Halstead Essex died 9 November 1929 at Bois Hall Halstead; Probate London 20 February 1930 to Donald Portway tutor Cedric Portway iron founder and Harry Daking Sheldrake accountant. Effects £123232 2s 6d. | |
| Birth | 1857 | Halstead, Essex |
| Birth fact | 1857 (age 0) | 1857 Jun Qtr, Halstead, 4a/295 |
| Census (1) | 1861 (age 3-4) | Living with parents |
| Census (2) | 1881 (age 23-24) | Ironmonger (living with father) |
| Census (3) | 1891 (age 33-34) | Ironmonger, 20 High St, Halstead |
| Census (4) | 1901 (age 43-44) | Bois Hall, Halstead (absent at census) |
| Residence (1) | Bois Hall, Halstead, Essex | |
| Residence (2) | 1909 (age 51-52) | Bois Hall, Halstead (attended death of father) |
| Death | 9 Nov 1929 (age 71-72) | Bois Hall, Halstead, Essex |
Child 4: George Louis Portway
| Name: | George Louis Portway | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Spouse: | Sophia Phyllis Fielder (1869-1919) | |
| Children: | Robert Louis Portway (1893-1968) | |
| Note: | PORTWAY George Louis of Halstead Lodge Stanley Road South Woodford Essex cloth merchant died 30 September 1893; Administration London 30 October to Phyllis Portway widow. Effects £2334 4s 2d. | |
| Birth | 1859 | Halstead, Essex |
| Birth fact | 1859 (age 0) | 1859 Jun Qtr, Halstead, 4a/310 |
| Census (1) | 1861 (age 1-2) | Living with parents |
| Census (2) | 1871 (age 11-12) | Living in household of uncle, Daniel Harvey, in Lowestoft |
| Census (3) | 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 |
Child 5: Bertha Portway
| 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 |
Child 6: Ethel Portway
| Name: | Ethel Portway | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Spouse: | William Martin Baker (1857- ) | |
| Children: | Ethel Hilda Baker (1886- ) | |
| Philip Martin Baker (1888- ) | ||
| Hugh William Baker (1889- ) | ||
| Birth | 1862 | Halstead, Essex |
| Birth fact | 1862 (age 0) | Birth: 1862 Sep Qtr, Halstead, 4a/295 |
| Census | 1881 (age 18-19) | Living with father |