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Name:
William Bryant
 Relationship to Maud d'Avranches
Birth:
8 MAR 1804 Tiverton
Father:
Bryant
Mother:
Married:
Ann Jago Carkeet 3 APR 1833 The Friends Meeting House, Falmouth
Children:
Edith Ellen Bryant
Born: 1834
Wilberforce Bryant
Born: 1837
Arthur Charles Bryant
Born: 1841
Elizabeth Annette Bryant
Born: 1843
Theodore Henry Bryant
Born: 1843
Frederick Carkeet Bryant
Born: 30 MAR 1843 Falmouth, Cornwall
Died: 16 DEC 1888 Woodland Park, Leatherhead
Death:
24 JUL 1874 Eastbourne, Sussex aged 70
Remarks:
Founder of Bryant and May.

William Bryant and Francis May started a candle making business in London in 1852 and in 1861 moved to Bow Street where they began making matches. In 1871 William lived at Oakenshaw, Oak Hill, Kingston on Thames, Surrey and was a manufacturer of chemical lights employing about 1500 persons.

Information from Bruce Bennett.

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