Cory, Lohden & Co., was formed in 1869 by Ebenezer Cory and Jacob Lohden. They went into partnership with George and Walter Jackson of London as ship agents and ship insurance brokers. In December 1881 Jacob Lohden left the partnership and started up as J. Lohden & Co. Ebenezer started up as E. Cory & Co. By 1885 the company had become Jackson Bros. & Cory. Ebenezer was also part of the firm of Cory, Wilcocks & Co., colliery agents of Fenchurch Street, London. Jackson Bros. & Cory was broken up in 1923 and became Jackson Bros.
Cory, Lohden & Co., had nine ships between 1869 and 1881. E. Cory & Co., had three ships between 1881 and 1886.
Family History:
Ebenezer Cory was born in April 1841 at Cardiff to parents Richard and Sarah. He married Jane Pyman, daughter of George Pyman, in 1865 and they had three children. Jane died in 1870 and Ebenezer remarried in 1871 to Janet Gow Irvine, daughter of Robert Irvine, shipbuilder. The couple had five children. The family lived at Stranton, West Hartlepool before moving to Surrey.
Ebenezer shot himself on 7 October 1886 at Claremont Villa, Trewsbury Road, Penge at the age of just 45. Those close to him stated that he had been unwell for a time. The subsequent inquest found that he had committed suicide whilst of unsound mind. Ebenezer left a personal estate of £7,235.
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Owners: 1873 Cory, Lohden & Co. West Hartlepool; 1882 Jackson Bros. & Cory (London) West Hartlepool; 1886 E. Cory & Co. West Hartlepool; 1887 J. Irvine junior, West Hartlepool; 1890 Jackson Bros. & Cory, West Hartlepool; 1895 Sambur S.S. Co. Ltd. (T.B. Stott mgrs) Liverpool; 1901 Ridley, Son & James E. Tully, Newcastle-on-Tyne; 1906 Screw Collier Co. Ltd. Liverpool.
Masters: 1880-81 H Webber; 1881-87 J Garrick; 1888-89 N Sharpe; 1892 R Bruce; 1893 WL Burn; 1894-96 Thomas Huntley Lumsden (b. 1844 London); 1899 RA Hamilton; 1907 Jones.
Lives lost 1907:
Anderson, fireman
Brown, J, donkeyman, Blyth
Brown, T, chief officer, South Shields
Brown, William, chief engineer, b. Arbroath, resided South Shields
Christiansen, steward
Davis, lamptrimmer
Elliott, 2nd officer, North Shields
Foreman, 2nd engineer, North Shields
Johnson, Evison P, able seaman
Johnson, J, able seaman
Jones, master, South Shileds
Svite, fireman
Yenson, Martin, fireman, South Shields