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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => England => London and Middlesex => Topic started by: ChrisWd on Sunday 17 March 13 09:38 GMT (UK)
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Hi,
I'm interested in finding out some more information about (Alfred) Stroud Haxton who was a violinist/society musician in the early 1900's.
He was born 1884 in the Strand district of London, son of Richard Haxton and Louisa Harriette Webb. At the time of the 1911 census he was living with his parents in Dollis Villas, Neasden. His father was an electrician, Stroud's occupation is shown as violinist/concert agent.
Just prior to WW1 he was performing with his band at a club called The 400 in Old Bond Street, London.
He married Leah Primrose Barnato, daughter of diamond millionaire Barney Barnato, in 1916 in Westchester, New York. Stroud and Leah had one child, a daughter called Olive Primrose born 1915 in Connecticut. A US WW1 draft registration card dated September 1918 shows his occupation to be President of the Trego Motors Corporation. They were living at the Hotel Knickerbocker, Times Square, New York at this time.
The couple divorced. Stroud married again to a woman called Marjorie May Maxine and he died in 1931 in Roehampton in Surrey. His first wife Leah Barnato married Carlyle Blackwell, star of many silent films, in 1926 at St George Hanover Square, London Leah died in 1933 in Westminster.
Any further information gratefully received.
Regards,
Chris
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Hi Chris
I thought the Barnato surname was familiar
http://www.whodoyouthinkyouaremagazine.com/episode/esther-rantzen
Dawn
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Do you have details of Marjorie, she seems to be between England and New York with Alfred in 1920-30, gives her date of birth and where she was born if you do not already have it?
Jennifer
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Hi Dawn,
Yes, it's a very interesting family and the Barney Barnato story, in particular, is fascinating. I'm trying to unravel some of the marriage connections but am having difficulty as the people seemed to move between England and the US so frequently. I believe the Esther Rantzen line connects through to one of Barney's sisters.
Regards,
Chris
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Hi Jennifer,
Thanks...I hadn't got round to checking the 1920 US census records. Where was she from originally?
Regards,
Chris
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Will- After all that he only left £451.4.0d
Jennifer
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I can not find the ship entry now that showed her birth, there are so many. From memory it was 1899 and a place that started with an H then NJ which I took to mean New Jersey. If I come across it I will post it.
Jennifer
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Hi Jennifer,
Yes, he didn't leave much of an estate. In contrast, Leah Blackwell (nee Barnato) left an estate worth £294,757.
I've just found a newspaper article published 1925 concerning Stroud and Leah's divorce. Stroud Haxton petitioned for divorce on the grounds of his wife's adultery with Carlyle Blackwell. They had married in the US in 1916 but moved back to England lived along Devonshire Street in London. Stroud's work took him across to the US for long periods of time. When he returned to London in 1923 he received 'certain information as to the respondent's (Leah Haxton's) mode of life'. A decree nisi was granted with costs against the co-respondent (Carlyle Blackwell). The article states that there was no issue from the Haxton/Barnato marriage but this conflicts with a subsequent announcement of Olive Primrose Haxton to Fitzroy Phillips in 1935 which indicated that she was the only child of the late Alfred Stroud haxton and the late Mrs Carlyle Blackwell.
Regards,
Chris
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The article states that there was no issue from the Haxton/Barnato marriage but this conflicts with a subsequent announcement of Olive Primrose Haxton to Fitzroy Phillips in 1935 which indicated that she was the only child of the late Alfred Stroud haxton and the late Mrs Carlyle Blackwell.
I saw that too (in The Times). She was born before the marriage so perhaps the point was that technically she was not issue of the marriage. On the other hand perhaps they were not (or not both) her natural parents, although as shown by the marriage announcement she was treated as theirs.
Is there a Connecticut birth registration for her? (added: hmmm... they seem not to be generally accessible for 100 years www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Connecticut_Vital_Records#Birth_Records).
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Hi avm,
Yes, you are correct, I'd forgotten the child was born prior to the marriage. Thanks.
I found a link to a photo of Olive Primrose Haxton Rogers' gravestone which shows her birth and death dates:
http://www.eggsa.org/library/main.php?g2_itemId=1464048
She had married William B Rogers in 1940 in Chester, England. She died in 1972 in Aliwal North, Eastern Cape.
Regards,
Chris
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Kept looking.
July 1930 left Southampton for New York on the 'Olympic' together.
Marjorie born 28/11/1899 Hoboken N.J.
Jennifer
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Thanks Jennifer.
Regards,
Chris
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Further to the above discussion, I think Leah barnato may have been Alfred Stroud Haxton's second wife. There's a marriage index for Alfred Haxton and Oscola Rebecca Hill for 1912, Pancras. Oscola was born around 1889 and it seems she married again to Arthur C S Jervis in 1917.
I'd be interested in finding out more information about either Oscola Hill or Arthur Jervis.
Regards,
Chris
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Here's one of his Zonophones from c.1923...
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MAX-DAREWSKI-STROUD-HAXTON-Shadow-Man-3-OClock-In-The-Morning-Cond-E-/362169363299
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Many thanks. It looks like Max Darewski was a very interesting character.
https://historyme.wordpress.com/2011/08/24/child-music-prodigy-max-darewski-1894-1929/
Chris