John Emary
John Emary (born 1810 or 1811) was a British tailor and businessman, and the founder of the fashion brand Aquascutum.
John Emary was born in Lullingstone, Kent in either 1810 or 1811.[1]
In 1851, Emary opened a menswear shop in London's Regent Street.[2][3] Later in the 1850s, he patented a method of producing a water-repellent textile, and founded Aquascutum, using the Latin aqua (water) and scutum (shield).[2][3]
In the 1871 census, he was aged 60, and a "merchant tailor", living in Islington, with his wife Elizabeth, three children (Mary, George M, and Susan Meears), two grandchildren, sister-in-law and one servant.[1]
In the late 1870s, Emary and his son George Moore Emary (1850-1937) handed over control of Aquascutum to Scantlebury & Commin.[2][4][5][6]
References
- ^ a b https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VB6J-VH2
- ^ a b c Kollewe, Julia (8 September 2009). "Aquascutum: History of a trendsetter". the Guardian. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
- ^ a b "Aquascutum - the fashion retailer that clothed Crimean officers". independent.co.uk. 17 April 2012. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
- ^ Barbara J Starmans (30 April 2017). Tracing Your Ancestors' Lives: A Guide to Social History for Family Historians. Pen and Sword. p. 71. ISBN 978-1-4738-7974-4. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
- ^ https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:26RF-36C
- ^ https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVHL-6Z6J