Draft:Anne Gadd

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Anne Hill (Pendleton, 19 February 1811 – Barton upon Irwell, 5 February 1878),[1] also known as Anne Gadd, was an English entrepreneur. She is most well known for her involvement in the machine construction company "Gadd & Hill", which she eventually also ended up running,[2] and for her correspondence with the Belgian poet Guido Gezelle.[3]

Presumed photo of Anne Hill Gadd. Source: Cecilia Gadd Conway album.

Life and family[edit]

Anne Hill was born on 19 February 1811 in Pendleton. At the age of 24 she married Thomas Gadd, an engineer, with whom she had nine children; they also adopted a son named Michael. Her third son, George William Gadd, spent a couple of years at the Klein Seminarie in the Belgian town of Roeselare, where he was taught by the priest-poet Guido Gezelle. Between the years 1857 and 1862 Hill maintained a regular correspondence with Gezelle. The letters were mainly about her son, her family life, and Gezelle's own family.[4] These letters are now kept in the Gezelle-archives (Dt. Het Gezellearchief). She even made an effort to find work for Gezelle's sister, Louise, in England.[5] Hill passed away in 1879 in Barton upon Irwell, two weeks before her 68th birthday, in the home of her son Michael.[6]

Entrepreneurship[edit]

The "Gadd & Hill" company was founded by her brother Charles Hill and her husband Thomas Gadd. The firm specialised in building heavy machinery. After her brother died in 1857, Anne became a fellow shareholder in the company.[7] However, only two years later, in 1859, she also lost her husband, leading to her becoming head of the company. Until 1865 she shared the firm's management with her brother's brother-in-law, but after that she continued under the company name "Thomas Gadd". She involved her sons George William and Edward Thomas in the firm's management, eventually handing it over to them.[4][8]

Literature[edit]

  • B. De Leeuw, P. De Wilde, K. Verbeke, onder leiding van A. Deprez (ed.), De briefwisseling van Guido Gezelle met de Engelsen 1854-1899, Gent, Koninklijke Academie voor Nederlandsche Taal- en Letterkunde, 1991, 3 delen.
  • Johan Van Iseghem, Kroniek van de jonge Gezelle. 1854-1858. Tielt: Lannoo, 1993, p.157, 122, 183, 187, 195, 198-200, 203, 205, 206, 209, 210, 215, 217, 218, 221, 226, 228, 248, 269, 280.
  • Philip A. Sykas, Pathways in the Nineteenth-Century British Textile Industry. Routledge, Abingdon, 2022.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Anne Hill Gadd". Find a Grave. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
  2. ^ "Ann Gadd". The London Gazette. 4 July 1865.
  3. ^ "Brieven Anne Hill". GezelleBrOn. Retrieved 28 August 2023.
  4. ^ a b "Anne Hill (Gadd)". Biografisch Plein. Archived from the original on 12 January 2023. Retrieved 28 September 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  5. ^ "03/12/1857, Hulme (Manchester), [Anne Hill =] Anne Gadd aan [Guido Gezelle]". GezelleBrOn. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
  6. ^ "Anne Hill Gadd". Biografisch Plein. Archived from the original on 12 January 2023. Retrieved 28 September 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  7. ^ "28/09/1857, Hulme (Manchester), [Anne Hill =] Anne Gadd aan [Guido Gezelle]". GezelleBrOn. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
  8. ^ "11/06/1861, Hulme (Manchester), [Anne Hill =] Anne Gadd aan [Guido Gezelle]". GezelleBrOn. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
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