See also

Family of John Attfield and Ann Lines

Husband: John Attfield

  • Name:

  • John Attfield

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • Richard Attfield (1757-1825)

  • Mother:

  • Ann Lane (c. 1757-1827)

  • Note 1:

  • Auctioneer & surveyor, Whetstone, Friern Barnet, Middlesex

    Land proprietor, High Street, Friern Barnet (1871 census)

  • Note 2:

  • 8 July 1873. The Will of John Attfield late of Whetstone Friern Barnet in the County of Middlesex Gentleman who died 13 June 1873 at Whetstone was proved at the Principal Registry by Francis John Attfield of Brandram Road Lee in the County of Kent Land Agent and John Attfield of 18 Beacon Hill Camden Road in the County of Middlesex Professor of Chemistry the Sons the Executors. Effects under £5,000.

  • Birth:

  • 22 Mar 1796

  • Whetstone, Friern Barnet, Middlesex

  • Baptism:

  • 10 Apr 1796 (age 0)

  • St James the Great, Friern Barnet, Middlesex

  • Occupation (1):

  • 1824 (age 27-28)

  • Surveyor, Whetstone (at daughter Harriet's baptism)

  • Will:

  • 21 Nov 1825 (age 29)

  • Executor to father's will

  • Fact1:

  • 5 Jan 1837 (age 40)

  • Executor to will of Eleanor Baker

  • Census (1):

  • 1841 (age 44-45)

  • Surveyor, Black Horse Lane, Whetstone, Friern Barnet

  • Occupation (2):

  • 1848 (age 51-52)

  • Estate agent, Whetstone, Middx (on Harriet's marriage cert.)

  • Census (2):

  • 1851 (age 54-55)

  • Auctioneer & surveyor (Post Office Directory Middlesex - Whetstone)

  • Census (3):

  • 1851 (age 54-55)

  • Surveyor, Whetstone, Friern Barnet

  • Occupation (3):

  • 1862 (age 65-66)

  • Surveyor, Whetstone, Friern Barnet (on wife Ann's death cert.)

  • Census (4):

  • 1871 (age 74-75)

  • Land proprietor, High Street, Friern Barnet

  • Death fact (1):

  • 13 Jun 1873 (age 77)

  • Cause of death: bronchitis

  • Death fact (2):

  • 1873 (age 76-77)

  • 1873 Jun Qtr, Barnet, 3a/109

  • Death:

  • 13 Jun 1873 (age 77)

  • Whetstone, Friern Barnet, Middlesex

Wife: Ann Lines

  • Name:

  • Ann Lines

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • Francis Lines (c. 1757-1830)

  • Mother:

  • Winifred Green (c. 1765-1855)

  • Birth:

  • 1800

  • Friern Barnet, Middlesex

  • Baptism:

  • 17 Aug 1800 (age 0)

  • Saint Andrew, Holborn

  • Census:

  • 1841 (age 40-41)

  • Present at census

  • Death fact (1):

  • 1862 (age 61-62)

  • 1862 Sep Qtr, Barnet, 3a/76

  • Death fact (2):

  • 25 Aug 1862 (age 61-62)

  • Cause of death: Cancer

  • Death:

  • 25 Aug 1862 (age 61-62)

  • Whetstone, Friern Barnet, Middlesex

Child 1: Ann Winifred Attfield

  • Name:

  • Ann Winifred Attfield

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Birth:

  • 1822

  • Whetstone, Friern Barnet, Middlesex

  • Death:

  • 1822 (age 0)

  • Friern Barnet, Middlesex

  • Burial:

  • 22 Sep 1822

  • St James the Great, Friern Barnet, Middlesex (infant)

Child 2: Harriet Attfield

  • Name:

  • Harriet Attfield

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Spouse:

  • Thomas Fawkes (1819-1895)

  • Children:

  • Frank Attfield Fawkes (1849-1941)

  • Birth:

  • 5 Sep 1824

  • Whetstone, Friern Barnet, Middlesex

  • Baptism:

  • 3 Oct 1824 (age 0)

  • St James the Great, Friern Barnet, Middlesex

  • Census:

  • 1841 (age 16-17)

  • Living with parents

  • Residence:

  • 22 Apr 1848 (age 23)

  • Whetstone, Middx (address on marriage cert.)

  • Death fact (1):

  • 1886 (age 61-62)

  • 1886 Mar Qtr, Croydon, 2a/174

  • Death fact (2):

  • 5 Feb 1886 (age 61)

  • Cause of death: heart disease

  • Death:

  • 5 Feb 1886 (age 61)

  • 17 Queen Adelaide Road, Penge, Surrey

Child 3: Francis John Attfield

  • Name:

  • Francis John Attfield

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Spouse:

  • Rebecca Carter (1829-1909)

  • Children:

  • Alice Rebecca Attfield (c. 1853-1913)

  •  

  • Frank Edwin Attfield (1854-1938)

  •  

  • Annie Winifred Attfield (1856-1856)

  •  

  • Laura Elizabeth Attfield (1857-1944)

  •  

  • John Fawkes Attfield (1858-1941)

  •  

  • Alfred Carter Attfield (1860-1922)

  •  

  • William Harvey Attfield (1864-1933)

  • Note 1:

  • Court for Relief of Insolvent Debtors, 16.5.1854.

    Francis John Attfield. sued as F. J. Attfield, and as Frederick John Attfield, formerly of No. 6, Foxley-terrace, Earls-court, Kensington, Builder, then of No. 40, Kensington-place, Notting-hill, and late of No. 2, Waterloo-place, Shepherds-bush, all in Middlesex, and whilst at two last places carrying on business at Starch-green, Hammersmith, Middlesex, in partnership with Barnabus Jennings, and John Rayson, as Dealers in Gravel, and Brickmakers, under the style of Francis John Attfield.

    London Gazette, 2.5.1854, p.1395

  • Note 2:

  • Further activity in Raphael Street [Kensington] took place in 1852/3 with the erection of a row of five shops (which became Nos 33/37) on the shallow plots opposite the Pakenham Tavern. They were the work of a Kensington builder, Francis J. Attfield. Another builder, George Day of New Kent Road, was responsible for the remainder of the south side of the street, built up in 1854/5, and Nos 10 and 11 on the north side, built in 1854. Both Attfield and Day were presumably working under contract not as speculators, for in August 1853 all their houses ... were leased directly by Raphael's heirs to a West End solicitor, Frederick William Dolman ....

    Day's houses ... were built close to the pavement edge, with gratings to light the basements or cellars. They had stuccoed window surrounds and roundarched entrances. The Pakenham Tavern was large and showy; its curved and fully stuccoed façade was echoed across the road by Attfield's shops.

    Source: 'Knightsbridge Green Area: Raphael Street', Survey of London: volume 45: Knightsbridge (2000), pp. 91-2. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=45911

    The source also includes a photograph of one of Attfield's buildings.

  • Note 3:

  • 6 February 1878. The Will of Francis John Attfield late of 15 Brandram Road Lee in the County of Kent who died 17 August 1877 at 15 Brandram Road was proved at the Principal Registry by Rebecca Attfield of 15 Brandram Road Widow the Relict the sole Executrix. Personal Estate under £600.

  • Birth:

  • 14 Jan 1828

  • Whetstone, Friern Barnet, Middlesex

  • Baptism:

  • 10 Feb 1828 (age 0)

  • St James the Great, Friern Barnet, Middlesex

  • Census (1):

  • 1841 (age 12-13)

  • Living with parents

  • Census (2):

  • 1851 (age 22-23)

  • Census Enumerator for Whetstone, Friern Barnet

  • Census (3):

  • 1851 (age 22-23)

  • Living with parents at census, unmarried

  • Occupation (1):

  • 15 Apr 1854 (age 26)

  • Builder & brickmaker, 2 Waterloo Place, Shepherds Bush (in debtors prison, L.Gazette, 18.4.1854)

  • Occupation (2):

  • 1855 (age 26-27)

  • Brickmaker & builder, 2 Portland St, Wandsworth Road, Surrey (on marriage cert.)

  • Occupation (3):

  • 18 Aug 1857 (age 29)

  • Gas fitter, 1 Murray Terrace, Londonderry Road, Camberwell (on daughter Laura's birth cert.)

  • Census (4):

  • 1861 (age 32-33)

  • Plumber & painter, Church Lane, Lee

  • Residence:

  • 1861 (age 32-33)

  • Dacre Place, Lee, Kent

  • Occupation (4):

  • 1861 (age 32-33)

  • Plumber (A.C.Attfield's birth certificate)

  • Census (5):

  • 1871 (age 42-43)

  • General contractor, 15 Brandram Road, Lee

  • Death fact:

  • 1877 (age 48-49)

  • 1877 Sept Qtr, Lewisham, 1d/500 (listed as Francis Joseph)

  • Occupation (5):

  • 17 Aug 1877 (age 49)

  • Builder and decorator (on death cert.)

  • Death:

  • 17 Aug 1877 (age 49)

  • 15 Brandram Road, Lee, Kent

  • Cause of death (Facts Pg):

  • 17 Aug 1877 (age 49)

  • Inflammation of brain, congestion of lungs

Child 4: Mary Ann Attfield

  • Name:

  • Mary Ann Attfield

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Birth:

  • 13 Oct 1829

  • Whetstone, Friern Barnet, Middlesex

  • Baptism:

  • 8 Nov 1829 (age 0)

  • St James the Great, Friern Barnet, Middlesex

  • Death:

  • 8 Sep 1834 (age 4)

  • Whetstone, Friern Barnet, Middlesex

  • Burial:

  • 8 Sep 1834

  • St James the Great, Friern Barnet, Middlesex (aged 4 years, 10 mo.)

Child 5: Richard Attfield

  • Name:

  • Richard Attfield

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Note 1:

  • Richard Attfield, born at Whetstone, Middlesex, 9 January 1832. First went to sea as Landsman in the year 1850. Height 5 feet 4/4 ins; Hair brown; Eyes blue; Complexion fresh; Marks none. No. of Register Ticket 478,689. Age when ticketed: 18. Can write: Yes. When unemployed resides at Whetstone. Issued at London 29 July 1850.

    Register of Merchant Navy Seamen (FindMyPast)

  • Note 2:

  • He, with other offiers of the U.S. Navy, volunteered to take a relief ship to New Orleans where cholera and famine were raging. He died, of cholera, at the noblest post on earth - the post of duty.

    (Note included in the original family tree)

  • Birth:

  • 9 Jan 1832

  • Whetstone, Friern Barnet, Middlesex

  • Baptism:

  • 4 Mar 1832 (age 0)

  • St James the Great, Friern Barnet, Middlesex

  • Census (1):

  • 1841 (age 8-9)

  • Living with parents

  • Census (2):

  • 1854 (age 21-22)

  • Died of cholera in New Orleans

  • Death:

  • 5 Aug 1854 (age 22)

  • Virginia, USA

Child 6: John Attfield

  • Name:

  • John Attfield

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Spouse:

  • Martha Harvey (1841-1917)

  • Children:

  • Donald Harvey Attfield (1866-1908)

  •  

  • Gertrude Attfield (1867-1937)

  •  

  • May Maud Attfield (1870-1956)

  • Note (shared):

  • 1862: Ph.D, Tübingen University

    1862-1896: Professor of Practical Chemistry, School of Pharmacy, London

    1877: Fellow of the Institute of Chemistry

    1880: Fellow of the Royal Society

    Address (1871): 18 Beacon Hill, Islington

    Address (1881): Ashlands, Langley Road, Watford

     

    Obituary:

    The death occurred at his residence, Ashlands, Catford, on Saturday, of Mr John Attfield, FRS, for over 30 years Professor of Practical Chemistry to the Pharmaceutical Society. He was 75 years of age. The funeral will take place at Golders Green on Wednesday at 12:30.

    The Times, 20.3.1911

     

    The death of Mr John Attfield took place at Ashlands, Watford, and not at Catford as stated. A correspondent writes that it was largely through Mr Attfield's efforts as editor of the Addendum to the Pharmacopaeia (publ. 1890) that the collaboration of medical men and pharmacists in the production of the Pharmacopaeia was first openly effected. Mr Attfield was also the author of a Manual of Chemistry, which reached 19 editions, and in addition to his work as a teacher had a large practice as a consulting and analytical chemist.

    The Times, 22.3.1911

  • Birth:

  • 28 Aug 1835

  • Whetstone, Friern Barnet, Middlesex

  • Baptism:

  • 22 Nov 1835 (age 0)

  • St James the Great, Friern Barnet, Middlesex

  • Title:

  •  

  • Professor

  • Census (1):

  • 1841 (age 5-6)

  • Living with parents

  • Occupation (1):

  • btw 1862 and 1896 (age 26-61)

  • Professor of Practical Chemistry, School of Pharmacy, London

  • Education:

  • 1862 (age 26-27)

  • Ph.D, Tübingen University

  • Occupation (2):

  • 1865 (age 29-30)

  • Chemist, of Whetstone, Middlesex (on marriage cert.)

  • Census (2):

  • 1871 (age 35-36)

  • Professor of Chemistry, 18 Beacon Hill, Islington

  • Residence:

  • 1881 (age 45-46)

  • Ashlands, Langley Road, Watford

  • Death fact:

  • 1911 (age 75-76)

  • 1911 Mar Qtr, Watford, 3a/479

  • Occupation (3):

  •  

  • Editor of The British Pharmacopoeia

  • Death:

  • 18 Mar 1911 (age 75)

  • Ashlands, Langley Road, Watford, Herts

  • Cause of death (Facts Pg):

  • 18 Mar 1911 (age 75)

  • Acute bronchitis and heart failure (Gertrude Brooks, daughter, in attendance)

  • Burial:

  • 22 Mar 1911

  • Golders Green Cemetery, London

Child 7: Ann Winifred Attfield

  • Name:

  • Ann Winifred Attfield

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Spouse:

  • Charles Portway (1828-1909)

  • Children:

  • Reginald Portway (1867-1867)

  •  

  • Harold Charles Portway (1869-1918)

  • Note 1:

  • MARRIAGES: PORTWAY - ATTFIELD - 2nd inst. at St. Matthew's church, Denmark Hill, by the Rev. Stephen Bridge, Charles Portway, of Halsted, in this county, to Anne Winifred, youngest daughter of John Attfield Esq., of Whetstone, Middlesex. No cards.

    Chelmsford Chronicle - Friday 10 August 1866

  • Note 2:

  • DEATHS: PORTWAY - 11th inst. of phthisis, at Cannes, in her 33rd year, Annie Winifred Portway, wife of Charles Portway, of Halsted, essex, and youngest daughter of the late J. Attfield, of Whetstone, Middlesex.

    Essex Newsman - Saturday 23 May 1874

  • Note 3:

  • See http://cannestouristinformation.co.uk/cemeterysearching.aspx for grave reference.

  • Birth:

  • 2 Sep 1841

  • Whetstone, Friern Barnet, Middlesex

  • Baptism:

  • 26 Nov 1841 (age 0)

  • St James the Great, Friern Barnet, Middlesex

  • Birth fact:

  • 1841 (age 0)

  • 1841 Dec Qtr, Barnet, 6/437

  • Census (1):

  • 1851 (age 9-10)

  • Pupil at school in High St, Chipping Barnet

  • Census (2):

  • 1861 (age 19-20)

  • Living with parents at census

  • Residence:

  • 2 Aug 1866 (age 24)

  • Address at marriage, Camberwell Green

  • Fact2:

  • 1871 (age 29-30)

  • Mentioned in will of father, John Attfield

  • Death fact (1):

  • 1874 (age 32-33)

  • GRO Consular Death Notices, Cannes District, Vol.5, Page 640

  • Death:

  • 11 May 1874 (age 32)

  • Cannes, France

  • Death fact (2):

  • 12 May 1874 (age 32)

  • "Anna Wingfield Portway", aged 50

  • Burial:

  • May 1874

  • Le Grand Jas cemetery, Avenue de Grasse, Cannes (Ref 50/7)

Child 8: Henry Attfield

  • Name:

  • Henry Attfield

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Birth:

  • 2 Mar 1845

  • Whetstone, Friern Barnet, Middlesex

  • Death fact:

  • 1845 (age 0)

  • 1845 Mar Qtr, Barnet, 6/359

  • Death:

  • 28 Mar 1845 (age 0)

  • Friern Barnet, Middlesex

  • Cause of death (Facts Pg):

  • 28 Mar 1845 (age 0)

  • Convulsions (death attended by John Attfield, father)

  • Burial:

  • 2 Apr 1845

  • St James the Great, Friern Barnet, Middlesex (aged 3 weeks, 5 days)

Note on Husband: John Attfield (1)

Auctioneer & surveyor, Whetstone, Friern Barnet, Middlesex

Land proprietor, High Street, Friern Barnet (1871 census)

Note on Husband: John Attfield (2)

8 July 1873. The Will of John Attfield late of Whetstone Friern Barnet in the County of Middlesex Gentleman who died 13 June 1873 at Whetstone was proved at the Principal Registry by Francis John Attfield of Brandram Road Lee in the County of Kent Land Agent and John Attfield of 18 Beacon Hill Camden Road in the County of Middlesex Professor of Chemistry the Sons the Executors. Effects under £5,000.

Note on Child 3: Francis John Attfield (1)

Court for Relief of Insolvent Debtors, 16.5.1854.

Francis John Attfield. sued as F. J. Attfield, and as Frederick John Attfield, formerly of No. 6, Foxley-terrace, Earls-court, Kensington, Builder, then of No. 40, Kensington-place, Notting-hill, and late of No. 2, Waterloo-place, Shepherds-bush, all in Middlesex, and whilst at two last places carrying on business at Starch-green, Hammersmith, Middlesex, in partnership with Barnabus Jennings, and John Rayson, as Dealers in Gravel, and Brickmakers, under the style of Francis John Attfield.

London Gazette, 2.5.1854, p.1395

Note on Child 3: Francis John Attfield (2)

Further activity in Raphael Street [Kensington] took place in 1852/3 with the erection of a row of five shops (which became Nos 33/37) on the shallow plots opposite the Pakenham Tavern. They were the work of a Kensington builder, Francis J. Attfield. Another builder, George Day of New Kent Road, was responsible for the remainder of the south side of the street, built up in 1854/5, and Nos 10 and 11 on the north side, built in 1854. Both Attfield and Day were presumably working under contract not as speculators, for in August 1853 all their houses ... were leased directly by Raphael's heirs to a West End solicitor, Frederick William Dolman ....

Day's houses ... were built close to the pavement edge, with gratings to light the basements or cellars. They had stuccoed window surrounds and roundarched entrances. The Pakenham Tavern was large and showy; its curved and fully stuccoed façade was echoed across the road by Attfield's shops.

Source: 'Knightsbridge Green Area: Raphael Street', Survey of London: volume 45: Knightsbridge (2000), pp. 91-2. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=45911

The source also includes a photograph of one of Attfield's buildings.

Note on Child 3: Francis John Attfield (3)

6 February 1878. The Will of Francis John Attfield late of 15 Brandram Road Lee in the County of Kent who died 17 August 1877 at 15 Brandram Road was proved at the Principal Registry by Rebecca Attfield of 15 Brandram Road Widow the Relict the sole Executrix. Personal Estate under £600.

Note on Child 5: Richard Attfield (1)

Richard Attfield, born at Whetstone, Middlesex, 9 January 1832. First went to sea as Landsman in the year 1850. Height 5 feet 4/4 ins; Hair brown; Eyes blue; Complexion fresh; Marks none. No. of Register Ticket 478,689. Age when ticketed: 18. Can write: Yes. When unemployed resides at Whetstone. Issued at London 29 July 1850.

Register of Merchant Navy Seamen (FindMyPast)

Note on Child 5: Richard Attfield (2)

He, with other offiers of the U.S. Navy, volunteered to take a relief ship to New Orleans where cholera and famine were raging. He died, of cholera, at the noblest post on earth - the post of duty.

(Note included in the original family tree)

Note on Child 6: John Attfield - shared note

1862: Ph.D, Tübingen University

1862-1896: Professor of Practical Chemistry, School of Pharmacy, London

1877: Fellow of the Institute of Chemistry

1880: Fellow of the Royal Society

Address (1871): 18 Beacon Hill, Islington

Address (1881): Ashlands, Langley Road, Watford

 

Obituary:

The death occurred at his residence, Ashlands, Catford, on Saturday, of Mr John Attfield, FRS, for over 30 years Professor of Practical Chemistry to the Pharmaceutical Society. He was 75 years of age. The funeral will take place at Golders Green on Wednesday at 12:30.

The Times, 20.3.1911

 

The death of Mr John Attfield took place at Ashlands, Watford, and not at Catford as stated. A correspondent writes that it was largely through Mr Attfield's efforts as editor of the Addendum to the Pharmacopaeia (publ. 1890) that the collaboration of medical men and pharmacists in the production of the Pharmacopaeia was first openly effected. Mr Attfield was also the author of a Manual of Chemistry, which reached 19 editions, and in addition to his work as a teacher had a large practice as a consulting and analytical chemist.

The Times, 22.3.1911

Note on Child 7: Ann Winifred Attfield (1)

MARRIAGES: PORTWAY - ATTFIELD - 2nd inst. at St. Matthew's church, Denmark Hill, by the Rev. Stephen Bridge, Charles Portway, of Halsted, in this county, to Anne Winifred, youngest daughter of John Attfield Esq., of Whetstone, Middlesex. No cards.

Chelmsford Chronicle - Friday 10 August 1866

Note on Child 7: Ann Winifred Attfield (2)

DEATHS: PORTWAY - 11th inst. of phthisis, at Cannes, in her 33rd year, Annie Winifred Portway, wife of Charles Portway, of Halsted, essex, and youngest daughter of the late J. Attfield, of Whetstone, Middlesex.

Essex Newsman - Saturday 23 May 1874

Note on Child 7: Ann Winifred Attfield (3)

See http://cannestouristinformation.co.uk/cemeterysearching.aspx for grave reference.