Hearder – Plymouth The Hearder family were umbrella and fishing tackle makers from the 18th century. George Hearder (b.1762) and his brother Jonathan (b.1775) began the business. Jonathan Hearder was registered as an umbrella maker at 28 Buckwell Street, Plymouth (Pigot and Co.s National Commercial Drectory, 1830). He is even listed as one of Plymouth's Constables in A Picture of Plymouth (1812). Jonathan left the business to his son, Jonathan Nash Hearder (1810-1876) [1] who was followed in turn by his son, William Sleep Hearder (1849-1910). By the 1870s Hearder and Son were operating from 195, Union Street, Plymouth, offering a range of different services from sports equipment (for cricket, archery, croquet etc) to magic lanterns for hire. They advertised themselves as General Fishing Tackle Makers to Her Majesty's Government, HMS Challenger and Arctic Expedition . They were still umbrella, parasol and walking-stick manufacturers with a new patent lock-rib umbr...