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Jenkins, Samuel (1871-1886)

Jenkins, Samuel

1 & 2 Portland Place, Commercial Road, London; looking glass manufacturer, cabinet maker, upholsterer (fl.1871-1886)

Jenkins was listed in Post Office Directory (1871); The Furniture Gazette Directory (1876); and The Furniture Gazette: Classified List of the Furniture, Upholstery, and Allied Trades (1886). 

Probably the Mr Jenkins of Stepney who was awarded the contract to supply the furniture for the Limehouse Town Hall [The Furniture Gazette, 28 May 1881]; and S. Jenkins, of 571 Commercial Road, whose bankruptcy hearing took place on 21 March 1884, followed by a payment of dividend of 6d in the £ on 1 September 1884 [The Furniture Gazette, 15 June & 30 August 1884].