Alfred Amersham Owen. Finding a Ghost

[LizzieL]

I doubt if he owned Dane's Villa, it appears a few times in local papers
March 1862  Advertised for rent at £20 pa
February 1865 it was advertised for rent at £25 pa from Lady day - present tenant: Captain Goodridge
26 Sept 1865 "Wanted by lady, board and lodging in a quiet family. One room required £10 pa given, Apply JT, Dane's Villa Dalwood
24 October 1865 Sale by auction of household effects, 2 mares and a Guernsey cow, dog cart, harness etc. The furniture is described as superior and bought new within the last six months
27 October 1865 advertised for rent with immediate possession £25 pa
May 1875, sale by auction of the villa and cottages as separate lots ( mentioned earlier). One sale notice says that an annuity of £3 per year is payable out of the sale of the villa to a lady aged 64
 

[Quido]

Don’t know for certain. Information passed from family. Probably another assumption based on POB listed for Florence.
Her mother 25 when she died .. .so 19/20 when Florence was born listed as London

[Quido]

Thanks Lizzie for the info on Danes Villa.
My feeling is that the 1875 Auction indicates the date that Florence was enrolled in Collingwood and the house no longer needed. Florence 10/11.

[MarysInMyTree]

Is this Florence in 1887 - naming her son after her father Alfred Amhurst Owen?

https://www.familyhistory.bdm.qld.gov.au/details/50fc19aca318c12c0053cf3a2bfe16695f78f0deddb1cf54b3dbac3705432819

[ValJJJ]

The Reviewer Essayist Landowner occupations in 1871 was intriguing. But hasn’t got me anywhere.

Is that what it says though? The thick ink makes it hard to read although I can see landowner and maybe essayist if I squint a bit. Have you posted it on the handwriting section for a few opinions? Although if he was a wealthy landowner he might have just added a few hobbies rather than paid occupations?

[LizzieL]

Thanks Lizzie for the info on Danes Villa.
My feeling is that the 1875 Auction indicates the date that Florence was enrolled in Collingwood and the house no longer needed. Florence 10/11.

Did Alfred actually own the house? Before 1875 there were only adverts for its rental. I am wondering whether the owner died in 1875 and the executors put it up for sale, that may tie in in with the clause about an annuity for an elderly lady.
Florence went to Australia on her own, but could she have been joining Alfred who had emigrated earlier?

[Quido]

Florence named her son after the names she’d been given. She was raised as an Owen. Knew her father to be Alfred (Amherst. Various spellings) Owen.
The school would have reinforced the little knowledge she had from her enrolment. But who was he? Nothing before or after the 1871.

[jonwarrn]

If he was a wealthy landowner he would be in Return of Owners of Land, 1873.

Is that what it says though? The thick ink makes it hard to read although I can see landowner and maybe essayist if I squint a bit.

I can get Reviewer, I guess, but not sure about Essayist

[ShaunJ]

Did Alfred actually own the house?

No he didn't. Per the ad, it was "late in the occupation of Alfred Amherst Owen". So he was a tenant or leaseholder. Most likely subleasing the stone cottage and receiving rent from that.

https://www.findmypast.co.uk/image-share/793cd64f-d7a7-4d1e-b103-a1a4e503ac97