This is what IGC have on the Edward Palmer of Strood:
Name Edward Palmer
Address1 46 High Street, Strood
Address2 35 High Street, Strood
City/Town Rochester
County Kent
Country United Kingdom
Trade Gunmaker
Other Address
Dates 1880?-1925?
Notes
Edward Palmer was born in 1850 in Rochester, Kent. He was the son of Edward Alexander Palmer and Alice, and brother of William (b.1848). Edward A died in the late 1870s and William and Edward, aged about 30 and 29 respectively at the time, took over the business. The 1881 census records William & Edward living with their mother at 53 High Street. The partnership appears to have ended in about 1882, probably because Edward married, because William was recorded at 53 High Street from that time onwards. Edward was recorded in the 1891 census living at 46 High Street with his wife, Ann (b.1841 in Frindsbury, Kent) and their son, Edward Charles H (b.1883 in the Strood district of Rochester). Edward described himself as a gunsmith and cutler.
In about 1895 William made his nephew, Harry, a partner in the business at 53 High Street which moved to 85 High Street in about 1896. The 1901 census records Edward living at 35 High Street with Ann and Edward Charles H. Edward reportedly ceased trading in 1925 but this has not been confirmed.
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