Nat Gould

William Berisford 1850-1920

William Berisford was born in 1850 at Thorpe in Derbyshire, the son of Samuel Berisford 1827-1903 and his wife nee Thomasin Greensmith 1823-1853. His father was a wine merchant and grocer of 44-45 Mill Street in Macclesfield, Cheshire.

His mother Thomasin Berisford died on 21 March 1853, and was buried at Thorpe where there is a memorial gravestone.

In 1877 he married Martha Kelsall at Chorlton in Manchester. She was born in 1849 at Burslem in Staffordshire.

They had the following children:

Samuel R. Berisford. He was born in 1878 at Moss Side in Manchester.

Harold Berisford. He was born in 1880.

Frank Berisford. He was born in 1887 at Withington in Manchester.

When the 1891 Census was taken William Berisford was recorded as being a sugar merchant (1), living with his wife and family at 30 Manley Road in Withington, Manchester. By 1901 they had moved to Wilbraham Road in Withington, their house being appropriately named "Ballidon", after the Derbyshire birthplace of his father Samuel Berisford 1827-1903.

In 1911 William Berisford and his wife were living at "Norwood", Macclesfield Road in Alderley Edge, Cheshire. They had had four children, but only three were still living in 1911.

William Berisford died in 1920 aged 70 years.
His wife Martha Berisford died in 1929 aged 80 years.

(1) The business begum in Macclesfield by his father Samuel Berisford and uncle William Berisford under the name S&W Berisford was further developed by William Berisford and incorporated in 1910.
In 1968 it diversified into commodity trading. In 1982 S&W Berisford acquired British Sugar and further diversified into property and financial services. British Sugar and other businesses were later sold, but in the 1990s more acquisitions were made. In 2000 the company changed its name to Enodis, and concentrated on the food equipment business. In 2008 Enodis was acquired by The Manitowoc Company, an American conglomerate.