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Habershon
In 1782 Matthew Habershon was employed by the Walkers of Holmes. In 1829 he bought the Holmes Tin Plate works and shortly afterwards, with his sons Henry and John Jonas, he converted them into steel rolling mills.
In 1920 the company of J.J. Habershon and Sons Ltd was formed. It made steel strips, sheets and sections for pen nibs, cycle wheel rims and the motorcycle and car industries. The firm rolled the material for the stainless steel girdle strengthening the dome of St. Paul's Cathedral, and during the Second World War it made an extensive contribution to the aircraft industry.
W.T. Beesley & Co Ltd was set up in 1888 to purchase the Universal Steel Works, Rolling and Wire Mills in Attercliffe Road and Effingham Street, Sheffield from William Thomas Beesley. It was taken over in 1954 by J.J. Habershon and Sons Ltd, which was closed down in 1981
Matthew HABERSHON (1757-1841) m. 1785 Sheffield Mary JONES. Children:
- (1787-1806) Eliza
- (1789-1852) Matthew
- (1791-1831) Henry m.1818 Catherine Brookbank
- (1793) Maria
- (1794-1818) Mary
- (1796-1882) Joseph Jones m.(1) Elizabeth Broadbent; (2) Mary Ann Greaves
- (1799-1849) Ebenezer
Children of Henry HABERSHON (1791-1831) and Catherine (Nee BROOKBANK):
- Matthew Henry b.1821 Masbro
Joseph Jones HABERSHON (1796-1882), a Linen and Woollen Draper, m.(1) 1821 Elizabeth BROADHURST, d. 1849. Children:
- John Matthew b.1824 m. Lydia ?? , 1825
- Sarah
- Lydia Harmar
- Matthew Joseph
- Arthur
Children of Joseph Jones HABERSHON (1796-1882) and Mary Ann (Nee GREAVES)
- Elizabeth
John Habershon, bp 1775 Sheffield & Sarah Booth, marr. Rotherham 1814. Children:
- William b.1815 Catcliffe
- Holbert b.1817 Catcliffe
- Richard(1819-1855) Catcliffe
- Martha b.1820 Catcliffe
John's father was a William Habershon of Sheffield
Holbert Habershon, bp 1817 Rotherham, emigrated to the United States in 1839. He married in 1842 at Little Falls, New York to Mary A Guild. They had 6 children.
J. M. Habershon (grandfather of Alderman Alfred Habershon) was the first councllor for Masborough Ward in Rotherham and on November 9th, 1871, was elected first Mayor of Rotherham.
Yorkshire Women Of The Century
Ivy Lilian HABERSHON (1892-1962). Voluntary worker. Born in India, brought up in Stockport and came to Rotherham as an adult. She married Alfred R. Habershon in 1914. He was a Councillor,and Mayor of Rotherham, also managing director of Messrs. J.J. Habershon & Sons,Ltd.
Ivy was Rotherham County Borough Organiser of the Women's Royal Voluntary Services from 1939 to 1958. She was involved in many voluntary organisations and committees. She was President of the Whiston Darby & Joan Club; President of the Distaff Club; President of the local branch of the NSPCC; Assistant Secretary of Filey Home and Chair of the Church of Englands Children's Society.She became Justice of the Peace in 1943.
In 1955, she was awarded the OBE.
A teak seat and a plaque were placed in Clifton Park in her memory in 1964.
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