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Thomas William Greenwell               1867-1948   Thomas was born about 1867, the son of Thomas George Greenwell and Ann Herring, at Sunderland, County Durham.   In 1901 Thomas founded the firm of T. W. Greenwell & Co. Ltd, the largest firm of ship repairers in Sunderland.   At first the firm made use of two public dry docks, but soon the business demanded the construction of a new larger dry dock.   During the war years they proved their worth by carrying out a wide range of conversions, and undertaking repairs to destroyers, corvettes, naval escort vessels, tank landing ships and craft, beach protection craft, boom defence vessels, salvage and dredging craft, floating cranes, merchant ships, and the fixing and overhauling of guns and other defence equipment on board merchant ships. Hannah Botterill                                1863-1946 Hannah was born about 1863, the daughter of Thomas Botterill and Hannah Jackson, at Malton, Yorkshire. I have identified the following children.

	Thomas George	Born abt 1894		Sunderland	Married Mabel Winifred Catcheside
	Annie "Nancie" Herring	Born abt 1897		Sunderland	Married Capt. Wilfrid Henry Bowmer

Birth of Parents

Thomas William Greenwell

b: abt 1867               County Durham       1867 3Q Sunderland 10a 465 son of Thomas George Greenwell and Ann Herring

Hannah Botterill

b: abt 1863         Yorkshire       1863 4Q Malton 9d 330 daughter of Thomas Botterill and Hannah Jackson

Marriage

abt 1894 Thomas William Greenwell Hannah Botterill

1894 2Q Sunderland 10a 856

Children

Thomas George Greenwell

b: abt 1894               County Durham       1895 1Q Sunderland 10a 725 son of Thomas William Greenwell and Hannah Botterill

Annie Herring Greenwell

b: abt 1897               County Durham       1897 3Q Sunderland 10a 745 daughter of Thomas William Greenwell and Hannah Botterill

Dry Docks and Ship Repairing Yard of T. W. Greenwell & Co., Ltd. at the South Dock.

1901 Census	RG13-4722	1 April 1901	Monkwearmouth, Sunderland, County Durham
8 Park Avenue
Thomas W. Greenwell Hannah (Wife) Thomas G. Annie H. Plus 1 Servant	Age 33 Age 36 Age 6 Age 3	Shipyard Manager	Sunderland Malton Sunderland Sunderland	Durham Yorkshire Durham Durham	abt 1867 abt 1863 abt 1894 abt 1897

1911 Census	RG14-192	3 April 1911	Sunderland, County Durham
44 Roker Park Road   (9 Rooms)
Thomas William Greenwell Hannah (Wife) Annie Herring Plus 2 Servants	Age 43 Age 43 Age 13	Ship Engine Repairer School	Sunderland Malton Sunderland	Durham Yorkshire Durham	abt 1867 abt 1863 abt 1897
She had Two Children, both still living.

Death

Hannah (Botterill) Greenwell

Died 3 Nov 1946, Age 81,       1946 4Q Sunderland 1a 922

DURHAM   28 Feb 1947                         Probate

GREENWELL, Hannah, otherwise Annie, of Northwood, Roker, Sunderland, (Wife of Thomas William Greenwell) died 3 November 1946, Probate Durham 28 February, to Thomas George Greenwell and Wilfred Henry Bowmer, ship repairers.   Effects £2,923 2s. 4d.

Death

Thomas William Greenwell

Died 19 Jan 1948, Age 80,       1948 1Q Sunderland 1a 1035

The Times, Tuesday, Jan 20, 1948                         DEATHS   GREENWELL - On Jan. 19, 1948, at Northwood, Roker, Sunderland, THOMAS WILLIAM GREENWELL, chairman and founder of T. W. Greenwell and Co., Ltd., South Dock, Sunderland, in his 81st year.   Service at St. Andrew's, Roker, Sunderland, to-morrow (Wednesday), noon.

DURHAM   16 Apr 1948                         Probate GREENWELL, Thomas WIlliam, of Northwood, Cliffe Park, Roker and of South Dock, both in Sunderland, died 19 January 1948 at Northwood, Probate Durham 16 April, to Thomas George Greenwell and Wilfred Henry Bowmer, ship repairers, and William Henry Wilson, solicitor.   Effects £79,325 13s. 6d.

SPECIAL THANKS  to Bill Greenwell, a descendant of Thomas George Greenwell (1842-1922), for many of the details provided above.

PHOTO CREDIT
The photos are from the book
"WHERE SHIPS ARE BORN, SUNDERLAND 1346-1946, A History of Shipbuilding on the River Wear" by J. W. SMITH and T. S. Holden. Published by Thomas Reed and Company Limited, Sunderland       1946