About Thomas Bilbe
Lived 1811 – 1896 (aged 84–85). Thomas Bilbe was a businessperson.
Thomas Bilbe (1803 – 28 November 1884) was an English shipbuilder and shipowner based in Rotherhithe. He built tea clippers and was involved in the opium trade with China.
Thomas was born in Sheerness, Kent and married Eliza Ann Chappell 30 January 1826, St. John's, Horsleydown.
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English shipbuilder and shipowner
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Thomas Bilbe was born in 1811.
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Thomas Bilbe died on 5 October 1896.
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Thomas Bilbe was a businessperson.
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