John Weiss
1805/6 to date
Surgical instrument makers. At 62 The Strand, London, from at least 1826. Founded 1805/6 by John Weiss (b. Johann Jacob Daniel Weiss in Rostock, Germany, 1773, d. in Brighton, Sussex, 1843) who came to England in 1794 and became a naturalised British citizen in 1826; continued by his son, Frederick Foveaux Weiss (1806–89). The company still exists today (2022) in Harlow, Essex, part of Haag-Streit UK.
Sources
BMD (Birth index, Death index)
Census returns of England and Wales 1841 (The National Archives: Public Record Office HO107/739/6/29/21)
England, select births and christenings, 1538–1975 (Ancestry.com, accessed 7 April 2017)
Post Office London directory 1858
Prerogative Court of Canterbury will registers (The National Archives: Public Record Office (PROB 11/1994/127)
Rostock, Germany, parish register transcripts, 1580-1945 (Ancestry.com, accessed 7 April 2017)
Home Office denization and naturalisation papers and correspondence (The National Archives HO1/9/22)
Bibliography
BMD: General Register Office, England and Wales civil registration indexes. England & Wales birth index, 1837–1983. England and Wales marriage index, 1837–1983. England and Wales death index, 1837–1983. Online database. Provo, Utah: The Generations Network. 2006. www.ancestry.com.
Post Office London directory: Post-Office annual directory. … A list of the principal merchants, traders of eminence, &c. in the cities of London and Westminster, the borough of Southwark, and parts adjacent … general and special information relating to the Post Office. Post Office London directory. London: His Majesty’s Postmaster-General [and others]. 1802–1967.
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