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Wandsworth Common West Side cc-by-sa/2.0 - © Derek Harper - geograph.org.uk/p/4348207 |
Thursday, 28 April 2022
Cecil Arthur Day and Winifred Fanny Kingston
Monday, 25 April 2022
Archibald Carle Heckmann and Daisy Rhoda Day
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Brick Lane in the East End of London cc-by-sa/2.0 - © N Chadwick - geograph.org.uk/p/7049342 |
Archibald Carle Heckmann (b. 1883), son of Napoleon Joseph Heckmann and Susie Lane, married Daisy Rhoda Day (b. 10 Feb 1881), daughter of Arthur Stephen Day and Mary Ann Ray and sister of Arthur Wilton Day, at St Faith’s Church, Ebner Street, Wandsworth, in the first quarter of 1900.
The couple had two sons:
- Archibald Wilton Napoleon Heckmann b. 1901 M Quarter in WANDSWORTH Volume 01D Page 785
- Cecil Arthur Heckmann b. 1903 D Quarter in ONGAR Vol 04A Page 537
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Lauriston Road, South Hackney cc-by-sa/2.0 - © Bill Boaden - geograph.org.uk/p/4925674 St John of Jerusalem Church is behind. |
Napoleon Joseph Heckmann (b. 1846), son of Johan Heinrich Heckmann and Catharina Boss, married Susie Lane at St John of Jerusalem, South Hackney, in 1879. Susie subsequently claims to be from High Beach (or High Beech), Essex, but I've not found any record for her birth and cannot identify her parents.
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Dr Septimus Swyer |
In 1871, Napoleon Joseph Heckmann (25) 'wife's brother', had been living in the household of Septimus Swyer (35) at 32 Brick Lane, Spitalfields, Whitechapel. Dr Septimus Swyer, General Practitioner, had married Napoleon's sister, Agnes Christina Heckmann, in 1857. Much has already been written about this contentious character, from his apparent partnership with a medical fraudster Edward Morass who went under a number of aliases and his second wife's alleged bigamy, but most of all, in relation to Jack the Ripper, as a person of interest and a possible suspect. Circumstantially, at least. It's relevant, I feel, to mention that Septimus Swyer emigrated the United States and one of his sons emigrated to Australia and changed his name.
Saturday, 23 April 2022
Arthur Wilton Day and Louisa Jane James
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South Beach, Weston-super-Mare cc-by-sa/2.0 - © Ian Capper - geograph.org.uk/p/6392467 South Beach at Weston-super-Mare with Birnbeck Pier |
Arthur Wilton Day (b. 29 Dec 1879 in Chipping Ongar, Essex), son of Arthur Stephen Day and Mary Ann Ray, married Louisa Jane James (b. 31 Jan 1880 in Highbridge, Somerset), daughter of Joseph James and Emily Young, at St Stephen's church, Villa Street, Walworth, in the 4th quarter of 1900. The former St Stephen's Anglican church, was a large church (allegedly seating 2000), built c. 1866 (architect H Jarvis) and demolished c. 1956.
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Ebner Street, Wandsworth cc-by-sa/2.0 - © Derek Harper geograph.org.uk/p/3069437 |
In 1911, still at the same address at 23, Ebner Street, Wandsworth, we find Arthur W Day (31) Gas Fitter, Louisa J Day (31), Cecil A Day (24) Clerk Columbia Phono Corp - Arthur's brother - and his sister, Daisy R Heckman (30) described as "Married Deserted 7 Yrs".
If Arthur and Louisa had any children, it hasn't [yet] been possible to determine.
By 1921, it appears they were living in Bristol and Arthur Wilton Day died, aged 58, in 1938, in Bristol.
In 1939, Louisa Jane Day, widowed, was a Paid Companion, living in the household of Charles and Julia Burnett at 141 Richmond Road, Bristol.
Louisa Jane Day returned to her Somerset roots in her retirement, it seems, as she died, aged 79, in 1959, in Weston-super-Mare, North Somerset.
Tuesday, 5 April 2022
Charles Penfold and Mary Anna Tucker
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View of St. Luke's and Christ Church Chelsea from Flood Street cc-by-sa/2.0 - © Robert Lamb - geograph.org.uk/p/4810123 |
- Thomas Edwin Penfold b. 1887 D Quarter in CHELSEA Vol 01A Page 327
- Rosalie Mary Penfold b. 24 Aug 1889 in CHELSEA Volume 01A Page 317
- Mary Anna Penfold b. 1892 M Qtr in EAST GRINSTEAD Vol 02B Page 136
- Josephine Grace Penfold b. 15 Sep 1893 in CUCKFIELD Vol 02B Page 159
- Minnie Gunn Penfold b. 1895 J Quarter in CUCKFIELD Vol 02B Page 157, died in 1896 J Quarter in LAMBETH Volume 01D Page 272
- Charles Edward Powell Penfold b. 4 Sep 1897 in FULHAM Vol 01A 260
- William Robert Penfold b. 1899 D Quarter in FULHAM Vol 01A Page 322
Friday, 20 August 2021
Edwin Symons Bridle and Lucy Lindsey
Terraced houses, Hargwyne Street, SW9 cc-by-sa/2.0 - © Mike Quinn - geograph.org.uk/p/5669678 |
- Emma Sarah Bridle born 1881
- Evangeline Fanny Bridle born 21 Jan 1883
- Eunice Lucy Bridle born 18 Apr 1884
- Ernest Edwin Bridle born 15 May 1886
- Herbert Lindsey Bridle born 1888
- Winifred Helena Bridle born 1890
- Robert Thomas Bridle born 1892
- Maurice Henry Bridle born 1896 (Died 1896, aged 0.)
Robert Thomas Bridle and Mary J Strange
Dozinghem Military Cemetery, Belgium Wernervc, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons |
Frederick Joseph Archer and Emma Sarah Bridle
The Royal Standard, Wandsworth cc-by-sa/2.0 - © Derek Harper - geograph.org.uk/p/262334 A pub at the corner of Podmore Road and Ballantine Street (the houses on the right). Behind the camera is the embankment of the railway line east of Wandsworth Town station. |
Emma Sarah Bridle, eldest daughter of Edwin Symons Bridle and Lucy Lindsey, married Frederick Joseph Archer in Wandsworth in 1902.
Frederick and Emma had four children, all born in Wandsworth:
- Emma Phyllis May Archer born 1902
- Leslie Percy William born 3 Oct 1903
- Elsie Winifred Archer born 1911
- Reginald Charles Archer born 12 Mar 1913
In 1911, Frederick Joseph Archer (30) Coach trimmer, Emma Sarah Archer (30) and two of their children, Phyllis May (8) and Leslie Percy William (7) were living at 8 Calder's Row, Wandsworth. On 28 Nov 1914, Frederick Joseph Archer, enlisted in the Royal Navy for the hostilities. He served, as a mechanic, on HMS Ark Royal from 21 Jan 1915 until 13 Nov 1917, in the Mediterranean - at that time she was supporting the Gallipoli campaign - after which he appears to transfer to the R.A.F. Emma S Archer died in 1918, aged 38.
Frederick J Archer remarried to Edith E B Mullins, in Wandsworth, in 1919.
In 1939, Fred J and Edith E Archer were living at 107 Deer Park Gardens, Mitcham, with Leslie P W Archer and Reginald C Archer.
Frederick J Archer died, aged 76, in 1957, in Surrey North Eastern.
These pages are notes on work in progress, so expect changes as further research is done. Follow That Page can monitor changes.