Wilson trademark. Image courtesy of Geoff Tweedale
Thomas Holy Wilson (1866-1925) was the son of a silversmith – Thomas Holy Wilson (1840-1883) – and his wife, Jane. In 1903, T. H. Wilson & Co Ltd was registered (capital £1,500) at Eclipse Works, Boston Street. In 1906, however, Wilson left for Canada and died in Edmonton, Alberta, on 9 April 1925, aged 59. He was interred at Edmonton Cemetery – a funeral attended by over 400 Masonic brethren. T. H. Wilson & Co Ltd advertised in The Ironmonger in 1908 and 1909, using the trade mark of F. E. Timm and a telephone (‘WE RING’). But Wilson’s was liquidated in 1909. However, Whitham & Vickers (1919) still listed these marks – and ‘EMU’ (later used by Ford & Medley – under T. H. Wilson.