Notes for: John Prout Vigars
John Prout was born in 1854 at Llanfihangel and was with his parents & family
at New Row Llanfihangel-y-Creuddyn Upper in 1861. When he married Mary Walton
in 1880 he was a Draper resident at 17 Berry Street Liverpool & his sister
Mary Jane was one of the witnesses. When Mary Jane marries early the next year
1881 both she & her husband, another Draper, are resident at 72 Wavertree Road
West Derby and John & Mary are witnesses. It is at 72 Wavertree Road that John
is living in 1881 as a Draper "employing 3 Milliners & 3 Apprentices"; when
his third daughter is born in 1885 and when his mother died in 1894. In 1901
John, a Draper, and his family are residing in West Derby, Liverpool
(RG13/3493/153 - Census Index). When John died in 1934 his home was 22
Barrington Road Liverpool. He left £902/19s/6d and probate was granted to
Robert Ferguson, Joiner.