GlassGraves
There are a number of glass manufacturer graves at Manchester General Cemetery, off Rochdale Road, north side of Manchester. Situated at a prominent ridge near the entrance of the cemetery, they form the most notable row of monuments in the grounds. Viewed together, the common thread between them is that they all came from Warrington. It is known that the families in the Manchester glass industry were often connected and cooperated to a certain extent. Here we can see that they also decided to be buried as a group.
Warrington Glass Families
Thomas Molineaux
Co-founder of Molineaux & Webb
Thomas Webb, and son Thomas George Webb
Co-founder of Molineaux & Webb, with his son who ran the firm after him until 1887
Memorial stone to Thomas Webb's father, also named Thomas Webb
Thomas Webb senior owned the brass snuff box as shown on his biography page elsewhere on this site
Thomas Percival (senior) and Maria Webb
This stone shows the family link between the Percivals and the Webbs.
Maria was the sister of Thomas Webb, and Thomas was the father of their more famous offspring, Thomas of Percival & Vickers
The Thomas Percival in this shot co-founded the Manchester Glass Bottle Works, which ran circa 1833-1848, the first Percival glass business in Manchester
Wife and children of John Woolfall
John Woolfall, born circa 1802 in Warrington, was the business partner of Thomas Percival at the Manchester Glass Bottle Works
He continued as a glass manufacturer after the death of Thomas Percival in 1850
His grave has not been found but his wife and some children are buried here
Thomas Percival
Co-founder of Percival & Vickers