1824
Father John Dafforn * Ellis , a Non- Conformist., baptised 6/8/1772 Berkswell Warwick
John was made a Burgess of Bristol on 22/6/1812 (They were ‘the body of townsmen who, from the Middle Ages, chose the mayor by acclamation and from their ranks until 1835 were chosen the mayor, sheriff, aldermen and all the councillors of the town’.)
?? John a slave owner of John and Rhoda (DOB 1810) and Marie, Creoles from the Berry Islands part of the Bahamas July 1834.
John name appears on a Quaker register in Liverpool on 26/11/35 and then shows up on an Outwards Certificate on a Quaker register on 30/11/37, meaning that he and his family were leaving one meeting of Quakers to join another.
In 1832 John is a Tea Dealer in Union Street, in the Parish of St James, Gloucestershire
Born 1772. Died ?14/11/1884 in Clifton age 72
Buried in the Quakers Friars Burial Ground where the graves were removed in 1956
1st marriage to Rebecca Clarke on 14/04/1803, she died in 1812 and is buried at St Augustine at the Well, Bristol.
2nd marriage to Elizabeth Fry (widow) 16/07/1817 in Plymouth.
They have 3 children
Rebecca
Henry DOB 31/08/1818 Redcliffe Parade
Alfred who is born at 18 PPB on 20/02/1824
*Martha Dafforne , I’m not sure if there is a link between the names but Martha show’s up on a list of prisoners in Newgate Prison on 1/1/1663, when 214 Anabaptists and Quakers were committed by Sir Richard Browne, Knight and Baronette for attending an unlawful assembly contrary to a late Act of Parliament on 23/11/1662, refusing to take the oath of allegiance.
1830
Joseph Jarman
Thomas Bishop
Thomas Andrews
1841
Frederick Mountford aged 25, Linen Draper
Frederick DOB 4/12/1814, Gloucester Street, Finsbury, London
Married to Caroline Ann Fleming on 8/3/1838 at St Pancras Parish Chapel, Caroline now aged 20.
They moved to Widcombe in 1841and then to Kent in 1847.
In 1851 they are living in St Giles, Camberwell, Frederick is an Importer of Foreign and Fancy Goods. By 1861 they are living at Stirling Terrace in Lambeth and Frederick is now a Commercial Traveller. Frederick dies in 1861 at the age of 47, in Holborn.
In 1865 Caroline is living in Islington.
Agnes 5 month born in 1841 , dies in 1924
The Mountfords have 5 more daughters and 3 sons.
2 servants : Mary Peakes, Harriet Cavil
Owner Mr Gale
Eagles
A H Dowling
Joseph Goldstone
1850
Rev W Hazlewood
1851 (Census)
Mary Todd age 50 is the head of the household , also referred to as the ‘Fund Holder’
Born in Middlesex , by 1861 Mary has moved to Kensington and then 10 Oxford Road Willesden.
In 1872 at the age of 75 she has been working as a char lady and is admitted to St Marylebone, Northumberland St, Workhouse
Died in either 1882 buried in Lansdown or 1884 buried in Walcot
Frederick Todd age 19 Architect
Maria Todd age 16 Scholar , goes on to become a governess.
Both born in Bath
Reverend William Hazlewood age 41, born in Ireland. Unmarried, Curate of Old Widcombe Church, rents from Mary Todd
Ann Morton age 40 Servant born in Hanham Gloucestershire
1856
George Harvey Wood moved in from No 19
1858
Mr George Harvey Wood
Miss Ellen Pickering
1861(census)
George Harvey Wood age 46 born in Bath
Retired by 1881 at the age of 56
Died in 1899, in Bath, aged 84
Editor of The Bath & Cheltenham Gazette, printer and stationer. Employs 19 men, 10 boys, 1 girl
Married to
Sarah Georgiana age 40, born 1821at Hawkesbury Upton Gloucestershire
Died 1908 , aged 88
Cyril age 19 Stationers Assistant
Isabel age 18
Martin age 13 becomes Editor of the newspaper by 1871 at age of 23
Maud age 8
Elinor age 6
Caroline age 1
Irene or Jane Rose age 17, cook. Born Chalfield Wiltshire
Elizabeth Housemaid age 24, born Hinton Wiltshire
1871
George Harvey Wood aged 56, newspaper proprietor and stationer, employs 17 men, 1 woman, 11 boys
Cyril has moved out
Caroline is not mentioned
There is now only 1 servant , Mary J Saunders age 17, born in Bath
1881
Only George aged 66 and Sarah aged 60 are living in the house with 1 servant
George has retired
Emma Louise Bryant, general domestic, born in Stoke Lane (?) Somerset.
1891
George 76 and Sarah 70 are now joined by their daughter Isabel Joanna Taylor age 48. She is widowed and seems to have been a mission worker.
There is 1 servant, Amy Howard age 21, born in Bath.
1901
Sarah 80, widowed in 1899, living on own means
Isabel Taylor 58 her daughter remains single and lives with her mother
1 servant, Olive A Tanner age 20, born in Bath
1911
Walter James Coward age 40, Engineer ‘own account’ is neither employing others or working for anyone.
DOB 23/10/1868 in Bath
Starts out as an errand / office boy in 1881 at the age of 12
By 1891 at the age of 22 he has become an engine fitter. His father was a cabinet maker living in Carlton Road
Edith M Coward aged 36 wife of above, DOB 1875, married Walter in ?1906
In 1901 he is single and still living with his parents, he is now a Gas Engine maker and an ‘employer’, living in Gordon Road.
In 1939 Walter is part owner of a General Engineering Company and has moved to Chaucer Road.
Walter and Edith have a daughter, Barbara born 11/09/14
Barbara becomes a shorthand typist and Secretary to the Mayor
Barbara marries William Frederick Holbrook (DOB 11/1/1890) a town clerk on 6/8/62. They lived at 4 Bloomfield Drive.
1930 – 1947
Frederick Morris age 33, Schoolmaster Assistant for Bath Education Committee, appointed December 1896, salary £50 per annum.
Married to Emily .
Frederick died in 1948 aged 70, he was baptised as an adult aged 17 in 1895
(The family lived at 115 Wellsway in 1911 – Maurice Frederick age 10, Vera Madeline age 9, Herbert Cyril age 3 became a dispenser at Boots the Chemist, Laura Frances age 18 months)
1950
Miss F Coward
Douglas Marshal
Miss Morris
1952 – 1958
Miss Edith Newstead
Miss Morris
1959 – 1963
Miss Edith Newstead
Jn C Hort
Mrs E Harris
1965
Miss Edith Newstead
Mrs E Harris
1968 – 1973
Miss Edith Newstead
1974-1975
Miss Edith Newstead
Dora Wedge (nee Dora E Morris) DOB 19/2/1914 born at 9 Manvers St, Hairdresser
John Wedge married in 1967, Dora was 53
Dora died in 2005 aged 91
1979 – 1980
John & Dora Wedge
1981
Nellie Andrews
Cynthia Barton
Dora Wedge
1982
Dora Wedge, Cynthia Barton
1983
Dora Wedge, Steven Morris
1984 – 1987
Dora Wedge, Steven Morris, Andrew Shepherd
1988 – 1989
Dora Wedge, Steven Morris, Haydn Shepherd
1991
Dora Wedge, Steven Morris, Nicola Halliwell
1992
Dora Wedge
1993-1994
Dora Wedge, Justin Marshall
1995
Dora Wedge
1997
Helen Keel, David Timms
1998
Helen Keel, Molly Keel
(David Timms living at No 19 with Kate Noble)
1999
Helen Keel, Molly Keel, David Timms
2001 – 2003
Guy Parr
2003
January – Jane Lushey (married to ) Mark Ames
Charles Lushey father of Jane
Harry Ames 5 , Samuel Ames 1
2017
Charles Lushey Died 14/11/2117 age 97