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Thomas William Greenwell               1867-1948
  Thomas was born about 1867, the son of Thomas George Greenwell and Ann Herring, at Sunderland, County Durham.
  In 1901 Thomas founded the firm of T. W. Greenwell & Co. Ltd, the largest firm of ship repairers in Sunderland.   At first the firm made use of two public dry docks, but soon the business demanded the construction of a new larger dry dock.   During the war years they proved their worth by carrying out a wide range of conversions, and undertaking repairs to destroyers, corvettes, naval escort vessels, tank landing ships and craft, beach protection craft, boom defence vessels, salvage and dredging craft, floating cranes, merchant ships, and the fixing and overhauling of guns and other defence equipment on board merchant ships.

Hannah Botterill                                1863-1946
Hannah was born about 1863, the daughter of Thomas Botterill and Hannah Jackson, at Malton, Yorkshire.
I have identified the following children. 		Thomas William Greenwell
Thomas George Born abt 1894   Sunderland Married Mabel Winifred Catcheside
Annie "Nancie" Herring Born abt 1897   Sunderland Married Capt. Wilfrid Henry Bowmer
Birth of Parents
Thomas William Greenwell b: abt 1867               County Durham       1867 3Q Sunderland 10a 465
son of Thomas George Greenwell and Ann Herring

Hannah Botterill b: abt 1863         Yorkshire       1863 4Q Malton 9d 330
daughter of Thomas Botterill and Hannah Jackson

Marriage
abt 1894
Thomas William Greenwell
Hannah Botterill 		      1894 2Q Sunderland 10a 856

Children
Thomas George Greenwell b: abt 1894               County Durham       1895 1Q Sunderland 10a 725
son of Thomas William Greenwell and Hannah Botterill
Annie Herring Greenwell b: abt 1897               County Durham       1897 3Q Sunderland 10a 745
daughter of Thomas William Greenwell and Hannah Botterill

T. W. Greenwell and Sons, Ltd.
Dry Docks and Ship Repairing Yard of T. W. Greenwell and Sons, Ltd. at the South Dock.

1901 Census RG13-4722 1 April 1901 Monkwearmouth, Sunderland, County Durham
8 Park Avenue
Thomas W. Greenwell
Hannah (Wife)
Thomas G.
Annie H.
Plus 1 Servant 		Age 33
Age 36
Age 6
Age 3 		Shipyard Manager Sunderland
Malton
Sunderland
Sunderland 		Durham
Yorkshire
Durham
Durham 		abt 1867
abt 1863
abt 1894
abt 1897

Death
Hannah (Botterill) Greenwell Died 1946, Age 81,       1946 4Q Sunderland 1a 922

Death
Thomas William Greenwell Died 19 Jan 1948, Age 80,       1948 1Q Sunderland 1a 1035

The Times, Tuesday, Jan 20, 1948                         DEATHS
  GREENWELL - On Jan. 19, 1948, at Northwood, Roker, Sunderland, THOMAS WILLIAM GREENWELL, chairman and founder of T. W. Greenwell and Co., Ltd., South Dock, Sunderland, in his 81st year.   Service at St. Andrew's, Roker, Sunderland, to-morrow (Wednesday), noon.

SPECIAL THANKS  to Bill Greenwell, a descendant of Thomas George Greenwell (1842-1922), for many of the details provided above.

PICTURE CREDIT
The photos are from the book
"WHERE SHIPS ARE BORN, SUNDERLAND 1346-1946, A History of Shipbuilding on the River Wear" by J. W. SMITH and T. S. Holden. Published by Thomas Reed and Company Limited, Sunderland       1946