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| Name: | James Maconochie |
| Sex: | Male |
| Father: | Archibald White Maconochie (1815-1895) |
| Mother: | Elizabeth Richardson (c. 1819-1896) |
| Birth | 1850 | Wakefield, Yorkshire |
| Birth fact | 1850 (age 0) | 1850 Mar Q, Wakefield, 22/728 |
| Census | 1851 (age 0-1) | Living with parents |
| Census | 1871 (age 20-21) | Fishmonger, Moor St, Aberystwyth, Cardigan (lodger) |
| Census | 1881 (age 30-31) | Preserved prawn merchant, living with mother (unmarried) |
| Death | 9 Feb 1895 (age 44-45) | Lowestoft, Suffolk |
MACONOCHIE James of Lowestoft Suffolk preserved provision manufacturer died 9 February 1895; Probate Ipswich 10 August to William Crofts factor's manager William Mackie factory manager William Tetley Kirby accountant John James Seward chief of export department in the London office of Maconochie brothers and Elizabeth Richardson Maconochie and Harriett Richardson Maconochie spinsters. Effects £12454 13s. 6d.
Maconochie Brothers, of Maconochie Wharf, Millwall, London, E
* 1873 Company was set up by Archibald and James Maconochie at Lowestoft, Suffolk.
* c1880s The company were producing "other preserved provisions", including bottled fruit.
* 1914 Manufacturers of pickles and sauces. Specialities: pickles, sauces, jams, marmalade, jellies, potted meats; preservers of fish, meat, vegetables etc.
* WW1 Company supplied rations to the troops, who either loved or hated, (mostly the latter) the foods supplied. During this time, the company had food processing plants on the Isle of Dogs, London, in Hull, Yorkshire and other places.
* 1903 Pan Yan pickle was registered.
Source: http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/wiki/Maconochie_Brothers
Pan Yan pickle was invented in 1907 by the Maconochie Brothers who built a huge pickle factory on the Isle of Dogs. The name Pan Yan was the result of a competition among the workers at Maconochie’s Wharf.
Pan Yan was last made in 2002 by Branston Pickle who lost the secret recipe in a fire at its Suffolk factory.
The old Maconochie’s Wharf buildings have been demolished to make way for the Great Eastern Self-Build Housing Association and a handy stretch of the northern bank Thames Path. Walkers on the main south bank route can see Maconochie’s Wharf across the Thames from the new riverside path in front of the Peter the Great statue at Deptford Creek.
Source: http://www.thamespath.org.uk/2008/01/27/pan-yan-pickle-memories/
The site [Maconochie's Wharf, Werstferry Road] was occupied from about 1896 by Maconochie Brothers (Limited from 1901). Maconochies, with premises in Fraserburgh, Stornoway, Lowestoft and elsewhere, were wholesale provision merchants and manufacturers of pickles, potted meat and fish, jam, marmalade and other preserved foods. A family business until the 1920s, Maconochies was wound up in the early 1970s, but the firm had left Millwall some years before. The coopers Tyson & Company, who had premises in Harbinger Road, were a subsidiary. From 1902 to 1920 Maconochies completely redeveloped the site, building a pickle factory, a jam, peel and candy factory, vegetable kitchens, riverside warehouses, stores, workshops, a large cooperage, and offices.
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=46519#s13
Maconochie Brothers was acquired by Rowntree Mackintosh in the 1960s.