See also
Husband:
John Attfield (1796-1873)
Wife:
Ann Lines (1800-1862)
Children:
Marriage:
16 Aug 1820
St James the Great, Friern Barnet, Middlesex
Witnesses:
16 Aug 1820
Francis Lines, Sarah Lines, W.P.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
Name:
Ann Lines
Sex:
Female
Father:
Mother:
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
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)
Name:
Harriet Attfield
Sex:
Female
Spouse:
Children:
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
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
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.)
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
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
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)
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)
Auctioneer & surveyor, Whetstone, Friern Barnet, Middlesex
Land proprietor, High Street, Friern Barnet (1871 census)
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.
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
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.
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.
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)
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)
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
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
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
See http://cannestouristinformation.co.uk/cemeterysearching.aspx for grave reference.