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thesaurus/cni00056326 Mennons, John, type and lithographic printing office and newspaper printer, Greenock

Mennons, John, type and lithographic printing office and newspaper printer, Greenock

Record IDcni00056326
URIhttp://data.cerl.org/thesaurus/cni00056326
Last Edit2014-03-14

General Note

Second son of John Mennons founder in 1783 of “The Glasgow Advertiser”, and his second wife Jean Steadman. Printer of “The Greenock Advertiser Fowler” 1820, and publisher 1834-36. He married Catherine Mills. He died at Greenock 6 August 1843. His obituary appeared in “The Greenock Advertiser” 11 August 1843. A small format miscellany called “The Chaplet”, which John Mennons was working on at the time of his death, was published in Greenock in 1848, it reprints the obituary from “The Greenock Advertiser”.

More Information

Dates of Activity1820-1843
Activitytype and lithographic printing office and newspaper printer
Online Resourcehttp://www.nls.uk/
Scottish Book Trade Index online (list)

Place of Activity

Place of ActivityGreenock
Greenock; Cathcart-street (1820)
Greenock; William Street (1825 - 1830)
Greenock; 3 William Street (1836 - 1843)

Related Entries

See alsoJohn Mennons & Co, and lithographers, Greenock Advertiser (1831 - 1835)
8 William Street, **Greenock

Names

HeadingMennons, John, type and lithographic printing office and newspaper printer, Greenock
used in: National Library of Scotland, Scottish Book Trade Index
Variant NameGreenock Advertiser Office (1820)
Greenock Advertiser Office (1825 - 1830)

Sources

Found inPigot 1820; 1825; 1837. — Fowler 1831; 1834; 1836. — Schenck

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