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Mr William Brendon was born at Lezant in Cornwall in 1816. He founded a printing business at Tavistock in 1838. In 1845 his wife Sarah gave birth to their son, William Turner Brendon. Shortly after this the Brendon's moved their printing business to Plymouth. In 1851 the family were living at Mulgrave Street, Plymouth, and William was employing three men. William's brother, Frederic, was living with them and it is interesting to note that he was only 28-years-old and yet was already an annuitant. He was joined in the business in 1865 by his son and the busniess became William Brendon & Son Ltd. Their premises were at 62 George Street, Plymouth. William T Brendon married Fanny M Adams, the eldest daughter of Mr Benjamin Adams, tailor, and his wife Susanna. She had been born at Honicknowle in around 1844. In the 1881 census, when the Company was employing 37 men, 28 boys and 13 girls, the household in Elm Road, Mannamead, consisted of: George F Brendon, 11; Bessie A Brendon, 10; William H Brendon, 8; Alice M Brendon, 6; Charles E Brendon, 4; Richard F Brendon, 2 and Fanny M Brendon, 9 months. In addition there were a governess, 23-year-old Charlotte E Stevens from St Budeaux, and two domestic servants, 24-year-old Elizabeth Smithson and 19-year-old Anne C Paul. ONE SON / TWO GIRLS MISSING William Brendon, 63, and his wife Sarah, 61, were in 1881 living at Castle Hayes Villa, Plympton St Maurice, with a 28-years-old female domestic servant by the name of Elizabeth Amelia Andrews. In 1890 William lived at Woodbine Villa, Seymour Road, Mannamead. William Turner Brendon died on July 25th 1928 atthe age of 83 and was succeeded in the busainess by two of his sons, C E Brendon and John Brendon.
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