Christened in Sheffield Cathedral in July 1822
Recorded in 1852 as spring knife etc manufacturer. Part of his father's business John Sellers and Sons.
In 1866 was listed as a manufacturer of cutlery employing 26 men, 16 boys, 3 women and a girl, living in Victoria Road, Ecclesall Beirlow.
Left a personal estate of under 4,000 pounds.
In 1856, William Bush Sellers and Abraham Sellers, of the firm of John Sellers & Sons, took out a patent on the invention of ‘an improvement in “ever pointed” pencil cases’ (London Gazette 3 October 1856).
"England and Wales Census, 1851," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/SPM1-JXP : 2 November 2017), William Bush Sellers, Sheffield, Yorkshire,Yorkshire (West Riding), England; citing Sheffield, Yorkshire,Yorkshire (West Riding), England, p. 34, from "1851 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO HO 107, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
"England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/J731-BXT : 11 February 2018, William Bush Sellars, 09 Jul 1822); citing CATHEDRAL SAINT PETER,SHEFFIELD,YORK,ENGLAND, index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 919,328, 919,329, 919,360, 919,361, 919,362.
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