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16 Nile Street in Liverpool, England
This is a photo made from a 1958 Kodak Color Slide of 16 Nile Street in Liverpool, England. The building no longer exists. An ancestor, named William Heap, lived there around 1879 to 1884. The man by the car is a taxi driver.
William Heap was the son of Jonathan Heap (a brewer's agent from Kendal) and Hannah Robinson (from Bold). He was born in Hulme in 1852. WIlliam attended Sandicroft College for two years and also took a two year course in law. At age 22 he was a printer, bookbinder, and stationer. A couple of years later, William was the editor of a periodical called "Trade Unionist" which he started with Lloyd Jones (a socialist, union activist, and journalist). Then briefly, while living at 16 Nile, he was a brewer's agent at 4 Wood Street with his father.
In 1884 William, his wife, and children immigrated to Owen Sound, Ontario and opened a profitable dry earth closet company at 57 Adelaide Street in Toronto called Heap's Patent Dry Earth or Ashes Closet Company Limited. His brother (Robert Robinson Heap) started the business at 13 Park Street in Greenheys. William's uncle, Joseph Frederick Heap (1832-1881), was the inventor of their dry earth closet. In 1886, the company moved to Muskegon, Michigan. Around 1920 William retired in France and died in Vichy in 1929. Two of his children, William Lionel (1880-1953) and Cecil Robinson (1882-1933), continued the business. By 1931 the company was located in Grand Haven, Michigan and failing. The American Sanitary Manufacturing Company bought the factory.
Note: An 1885 contract for the Heap's Patent Dry Earth Closet and Sanitary Works Company can be found at the UK Archive. The identification number is BT 31/3564/21819.
(Updated on 5/16/2013)
16 Nile Street in Liverpool, England
This is a photo made from a 1958 Kodak Color Slide of 16 Nile Street in Liverpool, England. The building no longer exists. An ancestor, named William Heap, lived there around 1879 to 1884. The man by the car is a taxi driver.
William Heap was the son of Jonathan Heap (a brewer's agent from Kendal) and Hannah Robinson (from Bold). He was born in Hulme in 1852. WIlliam attended Sandicroft College for two years and also took a two year course in law. At age 22 he was a printer, bookbinder, and stationer. A couple of years later, William was the editor of a periodical called "Trade Unionist" which he started with Lloyd Jones (a socialist, union activist, and journalist). Then briefly, while living at 16 Nile, he was a brewer's agent at 4 Wood Street with his father.
In 1884 William, his wife, and children immigrated to Owen Sound, Ontario and opened a profitable dry earth closet company at 57 Adelaide Street in Toronto called Heap's Patent Dry Earth or Ashes Closet Company Limited. His brother (Robert Robinson Heap) started the business at 13 Park Street in Greenheys. William's uncle, Joseph Frederick Heap (1832-1881), was the inventor of their dry earth closet. In 1886, the company moved to Muskegon, Michigan. Around 1920 William retired in France and died in Vichy in 1929. Two of his children, William Lionel (1880-1953) and Cecil Robinson (1882-1933), continued the business. By 1931 the company was located in Grand Haven, Michigan and failing. The American Sanitary Manufacturing Company bought the factory.
Note: An 1885 contract for the Heap's Patent Dry Earth Closet and Sanitary Works Company can be found at the UK Archive. The identification number is BT 31/3564/21819.
(Updated on 5/16/2013)