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George Spiller

1847/8–1918

Optician and scientific-instrument maker. In partnership with Samuel Charles Tisley at 172 Brompton Road, London, until 1877. Living in Eastbourne in 1911.

Sources

Census returns of England and Wales 1881 (The National Archives: Public Record Office RG11/140/118/30), 1911 ((RG14/4835/109)

Chemical News and Journal of Physical Science, 5 December 1873, p. iv

England & Wales, national probate calendar (index of wills and administrations), 1858–1966, 1973–95 (Ancestry.com, accessed 22 November 2017) Wife Mary. E. Spiller in 1901 census.

London Gazette, 31 August 1877, p. 5067.

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