George P. Preston & Sons
George Palmerston Preston (1865-1946) was born at Sheffield, the son of Levi Preston (a schoolmaster) and his wife, Phillis. In the Census (1881), Levi was unemployed; George was a fifteen-year-old writer. By 1888, George was a tool merchant. In that year, he married at Leeds a schoolmistress, Lucy Noble, who was the only daughter of an ironmonger. In 1891, George and Lucy were living at Ellesmere Road, Brightside; George’s father (who had retired) and mother lived next door. By 1901, George P. Presto....
