Photo: Hans Petticrew of Bow Street, Lisburn

 

Hans Petticrew photo

Hans Petticrew’s store, 57 Bow Street, Lisburn, early 1900s (ILC&LM Collection). Could Hans Petticrew be the man standing in the doorway?

Petticrew Bros. was not the only Petticrew business on Lisburn’s Bow Street. Born around 1854 near Boardmills between Lisburn and Saintfield, Hans Petticrew had opened a grocery, provision, hardware, and house furnishings store at 57 Bow Street by 1880. In 1905, he married Maggie Burns who was a draper on the same street. Hans retired around this time and settled with Maggie at Park Parade, Lisburn, before moving to his native Boardmills. He was not a sibling of the Petticrew brothers, Robert and Francis, who grew up not far from Boardmills, though they may have been related in some way.

Hans Petticrew died at Lane End, Boardmills, on 10 February 1945.

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