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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => England => London and Middlesex => Topic started by: Benody1921 on Friday 09 August 19 02:52 BST (UK)
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I'm trying to find more information on Annie Stuart Prickett. I believe she was born about 1861 in London. She married American captain Charles Edward Lewis in or around 1876 and had a son Percy Wyndham Lewis in 1882.
I have found her on the 1881, 1901, and 1911 Censuses as well as her death but I can't find anything about her before she was married.
According to the censuses her mother was Annie Prickett possible maiden name is Gooderson. I think her father might have been Giles Prickett.
I'm curious to find out more about the Stuart in her name.
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Annie Stuart Prickett m Charles Edward Lewis 1876 Camberwell. 1d 829
Anne Gooderson m Giles Prickett 19 Nov 1853 Clapham
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This is the source of your information?
National Probate Calendar 1902
PRICKETT Annie of 34 Culmington Road Ealing Middlesex, widow, died 29 Dec 1901, probate London 7 March to Annie Stuart LEWIS (wife of Charles Edward LEWIS) 40 pounds.
LEWIS Annie Stuart of 99 Oaklands Road Hanwell Middlesex, widow, died 7 Feb 1920 Probate London 2 June Percy Wyndham LEWIS artist.
Census 1901 at 23 Albert Sreett St Pancras
LEWIS Percy Wyndham 27y writer journalist b. Ryde Isle of Wight
LEWIS Olive 20y b. Bayswater London
married 2 years no children
I am not seeing evidence of Charles Edward LEWIS. He is named as father on marriage certificate for son Percy?
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1901 census St Pancras, Middlesex
Annie S Lewis Head 40 Brompton, London
Percy W Lewis Son 18 Nova Scotia Amherst
Annie Prickett Mother 79 Beeston, Norfolk
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Maybe Percy's death
Percy Wyndham Lewis
b 18 Nov 1882
d 7 Mar 1957 burial Golders Green Crematorium
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9612438
Lewis was a writer and artist. He was one of the founders of the "Vorticist" school of modern art, which sought to fuse movement and energy in painting. Wyndham Lewis also wrote several novels.
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Just for interest, you've probably seen this Benody, but for others looking. Interesting research about Percy notes that "his true birthplace will probably never be located for certain"
http://www.rootschat.com/links/01o5y/
Also says that Annie had Irish and Scottish ancestors.
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Census 1901 at 23 Albert Sreett St Pancras
LEWIS Percy Wyndham 27y writer journalist b. Ryde Isle of Wight
LEWIS Olive 20y b. Bayswater London
married 2 years no children
I am not seeing evidence of Charles Edward LEWIS. He is named as father on marriage certificate for son Percy?
I think you mean 1911 ;)
In 1901 he is at St Pancras as reply #3
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In 1891 at Camberwell:
Annie Prickett 68 Norfolk (boarding house keeper)
Frances M Prickett Sister In Law 49 London
Annie L Lewis Daughter 30 London
Percy W Lewis Grandson 8 England
RG12/461/ 59 pg 51
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In 1851 Giles Prickett was a 25yo draper’s assistant living in employee accommodation at Messrs Harveys’ warehouse, Chelsea. Birthplace: Leicester.
On marriage to Anne in 1853 he was a draper resident in St Pancras. Father: Giles Prickett, clerk in orders.
Anne Gooderson was a spinster, full age, of Chelsea, dau of James Gooderson, solicitor.
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1841 in Ravenstone, (Leics/Derbyshire border, but on the Derbyshire side)
Giles Prickett 70 Rector
Elizabeth do 30
Sarah do 15
Giles do 13 <<<
Loder do 12
Thos do 8
Arther do 5
all born in county.
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Possible death for Giles Prickett is Jun qtr 1867 Epsom, aged 38.
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Possible death for Giles Prickett is Jun qtr 1867 Epsom, aged 38.
Yes, I wondered about that death
"On the 30th ult., at the Retreat, Epsom, Giles Prickett, eldest son of the Rev Giles Prickett, late rector of Ravenstone, Leicestershire, aged 38."
Leicester Chronicle. (June 15, 1867)
Modified to add:
This Giles also fits with Frances M PRICKETT (possibly DANGERFIELD?) (sister in law to Ann PRICKETT and aunt to Annie LEWIS) who possibly married Thomas PRICKETT, son of Giles PRICKETT bap 8 April 1833 (of Giles and Elizabeth) at Breedon on the Hill, Leicershire.
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Also :
"Probate, Divorce and Admiralty Court ...
Adjourned costs, Prickett v Lewis. Adjourned Set Aside Judgement: Prickett v Lewis."
The Standard. (Apr. 1, 1884)
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I am not finding Prickett mmn Gooderson births. I wonder whether Annie was adopted?
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I am not finding Prickett mmn Gooderson births. I wonder whether Annie was adopted?
Me neither, perhaps that's where the Stuart comes in. maddys52, Reply #5 said "Also says that Annie had Irish and Scottish ancestors."
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1881 Camberwell, London
Annie Prickett 55 Widow Owner Of Boarding House.
RG11 669/50 40
I can't see the whole household on FamilySearch.
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1881 Camberwell, London
Annie Prickett 55 Widow Owner Of Boarding House.
RG11 669/50 40
I can't see the whole household on FamilySearch.
She heads a large boarding house - Ravenstone House (perhaps named after her husband’s birthplace?). No daughter or other relatives with her.
Her birthplace looks like Beston, Norfolk - perhaps meant to be Beeston?
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1871: 20 Victoria Rd, Gipsy Hill, Lambeth
Annie Prickett Head Wid 48 Norfolk Beeson
Annie do Daur 11 London
Loder do sis in law Mar 41 Essex Rayleigh (presumably this is in fact the wife of her brother in law Loder?)
Plus several boarders and servants.
RG10/694/34/20.
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Wow! Thanks so much for all of the help.
I haven't been able to find a birth record for Annie either. I wonder if Stuart is a hint to that or not.
What piqued my interest in her is I was doing a Google search of my 2nd great-grandfather and found the following on Wyndham Lewis. I have to transcribe it because I don't know how to successfully add a photo here:
Some Sort of Genius: A Life of Wyndham Lewis by Paul O'Keeffe, Page 403
(In reference to his book America, I Presume)
"The narrator is a caricatured Englishman, complete with monocle, Lewis adopted the Indian Army background of one of his maternal forebears, although not Lieutenant Henry Benson Stuart's rank, for the blimpish Major Archibald Corcoran."
Henry Benson Stuart is my 2nd great-grandfather. Born 1835 in India and died 1897 in Portsea. He had at least 4 children outside of his marriages. I'm wondering now if Annie Stuart Prickett might be one of his. It's probably unlikely but it's a theory of mine.
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Possible death for Giles Prickett is Jun qtr 1867 Epsom, aged 38.
Yes, I wondered about that death
"On the 30th ult., at the Retreat, Epsom, Giles Prickett, eldest son of the Rev Giles Prickett, late rector of Ravenstone, Leicestershire, aged 38."
Leicester Chronicle. (June 15, 1867)
Modified to add:
This Giles also fits with Frances M PRICKETT (possibly DANGERFIELD?) (sister in law to Ann PRICKETT and aunt to Annie LEWIS) who possibly married Thomas PRICKETT, son of Giles PRICKETT bap 8 April 1833 (of Giles and Elizabeth) at Breedon on the Hill, Leicershire.
A possibility (which needs double checking please) :
From Freebmd :
Marriage:
Frances Mary Dangerfield - Thomas Prickett 1d 146 Dec Qtr 1860 - St George Southwark
Birth (the year before) from Freebmd/GRO
Annie Stuart Dangerfield - mmn Dangerfield - Chelsea 1a 175 - Dec 1859 Qtr
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Ooh that's good! That makes sense too because I believe in 1911 Annie and Frances are still living together. I'll look into that a bit more. Thanks!
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That’s a great find.
Frances would have been a very young mother in 1859 so perhaps she gave up her baby to the childless Annie?
In 1871 Thomas Prickett 39 and Frances 29 are in Battersea. No children.
RG10/703/77/37.
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Annie's birth is registered in the last quarter of 1859. Frances and Thomas don't marry until November 1860. Can I presume that Thomas is not Annie's father?
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Annie's birth is registered in the last quarter of 1859. Frances and Thomas don't marry until November 1860. Can I presume that Thomas is not Annie's father?
I don’t think the dates are conclusive either way, but my instinct would be that if Thomas was the father the baby would be more likely to have been brought up by him and Frances together.
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I'm thinking if Thomas was the father then they might have married a bit sooner and probably would have raised her.
On the 1911 census Frances and Annie live in the same house. Frances is down as her aunt and has down 1 child born and 1 child living.
I think Stuart might be a clue as to who the father of Annie was.
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If I were you I would be looking at Henry Benson Stuart, mentioned in the Wyndham Lewis extract.
He married in London in November 1859 to Isabella Louisa Carter, perhaps disappointing Frances.
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He recognized some of his other illegitimate children but that doesn't mean he has some unknown. He had 3 children with Isabella, two children with a Julia Johnson. Then he married Anna Mary Bourke after his first wife died. They had no children but he had two children with Sarah Elizabeth Whiting while he was married to Anna. Quite the scoundrel.
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Oh sorry - should have spotted that you already know all about HBS!
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No need to apologize! I wonder if ordering her birth certificate would tell me anything. Even the address might be helpful. I'm interested in Frances's connection to Annie Prickett and why she would give her daughter to her future sister-in-law.
I'm also wondering what that quote by Paul O'Keeffe in regards to Henry Benson Stuart really meant. Somewhere Wyndham Lewis must have mentioned HBS, probably satirizing him but I'd love to figure out the context.
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Wondering if Henry was stationed at Chelsea Barracks around 1859.
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He could have been. I'm not sure how to find out or if it's even possible. When he married in 1859 the address he gives is St. James Square.
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Quite often illegitimate children were given the fathers surname as a second name.
Ian C
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That's what I thought so I'm thinking her father was a Stuart. I can't say for sure he was my Henry Benson Stuart but I'd love to know more about this Wyndham Lewis and if he used HBS as a caricature for his novels.
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You could try asking here..
http://www.wyndhamlewis.org/
https://www.unirioja.es/wyndhamlewis/htm/welcome.htm
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Birth (the year before) from Freebmd/GRO
Annie Stuart Dangerfield - mmn Dangerfield - Chelsea 1a 175 - Dec 1859 Qtr
Yes, good find! Can't believe I didn't look for this yesterday, wasn't expecting Frances to be Annie's mother. :)
Certainly does sound like Henry Benson STUART could be the father, but hard to know for certain.
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Does anyone else think Wyndham Lewis looks a bit like Gomez Addams? ;D
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Does anyone else think Wyndham Lewis looks a bit like Gomez Addams? ;D
Haha yes! I knew he reminded me of someone but couldn't place him.
Thanks solidrock. I'll definitely send off an email. That's great.
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I found this and I think it might be a good clue that Henry Benson Stuart was Annie Stuart Prickett's father. I don't know why else she would be seeking more information on him.
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Good find :)
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Now I need access to that document to see what she was looking for. I'm so intrigued now. I looked to see how far it is to drive to the university. A little too far for me with two small children.
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I was able to get a scan of the document. It's just a request at the War Office to speak with Henry Benson Stuart. This was in 1908. The form confirms he had died 31 Jan 1897 and was invalided from the military in October of 1864. So it doesn't really confirm anything.
I received Annie Stuart's birth certificate. It confirmed that Frances Mary Dangerfield was her mother. It did not name the father, which I didn't expect but I had hoped. The addess was 11 Elizabeth Street in Chelsea.
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Did you go any further with the research here.
I have an interest in Anne GOODERSON, wife of Giles PRICKETT.
She was the daughter of James GOODERSON and Rebecca LADSON in Beeston next Mileham in Norfolk. James was born in Beeston next Mileham, son of Thomas GOODERSON and Phoebe SWINGEL, and was a schoolmaster there, up to about 1823. He then turns up in the 1851 census as a solicitors clerk in South Weald in Essex.
Other children seem to have spread and are found anywhere but Beeston.
Rebecca LADSON is currently a mystery, as I have not found a baptisms, death/burial, or indeed a marriage.