John GORDON and Elizabeth KIDLEY

[Old Bristolian]

Later Census records

Steve

[Old Bristolian]

The Rolls family (of which the founder of Rolls Royce was a member) owned properties in south London as well as Monmouthshire. I'm told John Gordon worked for them in both, and also for the Dupont family in Delaware, family friends of the Rolls. How true this is I'm not sure, but Elizabeth's father worked for them in the Hendre, their estate in Monmouthshire and that is where the couple returned to live in 1890/1.

Steve