Solomon Wilkes Senior
Born 1809 (Circa)
Active: 1841 - 1869
Country of birth and death: England
Stone mason, monumental mason
Born in Bedford, Warwickshire. He was a master stone mason and a member of a family stone masonry business operating in the Birmingham area over three generations. Solomon Senior seems to have retired by about 1861. The business was continued by his son Solomon Junior (born c.1832) and his grandson, Richard Pilgrim Gilbert Wilkes (born c.1858).
Wealth at death: £800 0s. 0d.
Probate date: 10 November 1869
Locations
Address 77 Upper Trinity Street Aston Birmingham | View on map
1851 (Circa)
Possibly a residential address rather than a business address
Institutional and Business Connections
Traded as Solomon Wilkes
1851 (Circa)
Appears to have retired from the business before 1861 but this is unconfirmed
Personal and Professional Connections
Grandmother/grandfather/grandparent to Richard Pilgrim Gilbert Wilkes
Mother/father/parent of Solomon Wilkes Junior
Descriptions of Practice
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1851
Solomon Wilkes Senior 'Master Stone Mason employing 3 Men' and Solomon Wilkes Junior 'Stone Mason'
Sources
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1851
2005
Class: HO107; Piece: 2060; Folio: 582; Page: 32; GSU roll: 87315-87316
England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966
2010
Name: Solomon Wilkes
Probate Date: 10 Nov 1869
Death Date: 25 Aug 1869
Death Place: Warwick, Warwickshire, England
Registry: Birmingham
Citing this record
'Solomon Wilkes Senior', Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951, University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database 2011 [http://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/person.php?id=ann_1290774285, accessed 04 Jun 2023]
