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Family of Richard Benjamin Gyles and Selina Courtice

Husband: Richard Benjamin Gyles

  • Name:

  • Richard Benjamin Gyles

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • Richard Gyles (c. 1814-1860)

  • Mother:

  • Elizabeth Callen (1816-1895)

  • Birth:

  • 29 Dec 1837

  • St Pancras, Middlesex

  • Baptism:

  • 28 Jan 1838 (age 0)

  • St Pancras, Middlesex

  • Census (1):

  • 1841 (age 3-4)

  • Living with parents

  • Census (2):

  • 1851 (age 13-14)

  • Living with parents

  • Census (3):

  • 1861 (age 23-24)

  • Card maker, living with mother

  • Occupation (1):

  • 25 May 1863 (age 25)

  • Card maker, 9 Margaret Street, Clerkenwell

  • Occupation (2):

  • 10 Jul 1864 (age 26)

  • Card maker, 68 King Street, Camden Town (daughter Eleanor's baptism)

  • Census (4):

  • 1871 (age 33-34)

  • Foreman at card makers, 11 Dickenson Street, St Pancras

  • Occupation (3):

  • 15 Jan 1871 (age 33)

  • Card maker, 64 Islip Street, Kentish Town (son Charles's baptism)

  • Census (5):

  • 1881 (age 43-44)

  • Card maker, 27 Langton Street, Bedminster (boarder, married, wife absent)

  • Death fact:

  • 1891 (age 53-54)

  • 1891 Dec Q, Bedminster, 5c/521 (aged 53)

  • Death:

  • 1891 (age 53-54)

  • Bedminster, Somerset

Wife: Selina Courtice

  • Name:

  • Selina Courtice

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • Henry Courtice (1798-1864)

  • Mother:

  • Jemima Steer (1798- )

  • Note:

  • GYLES Selina of 26 Lower Mortlake Road Richmond Surrey widow died 1 December 1917. Probate London 27 December to Annie Matilda Osman (wife of Archibald Charles Osman) and the said Archibald Charles Osman cycle maker. Effects £122 3s. 8d.

  • Birth:

  • 8 Jul 1836

  • St Pancras, Middlesex

  • Baptism:

  • 16 Oct 1836 (age 0)

  • St James, Westminster, Middlesex

  • Census (1):

  • 1871 (age 34-35)

  • Wife in household

  • Census (2):

  • 1881 (age 44-45)

  • Card maker's wife, 11 Dickenson Street, St Pancras (husband absent)

  • Census (3):

  • 1911 (age 74-75)

  • Living with daughter Annie & Archibald Osman, Richmond

  • Death:

  • 1 Dec 1917 (age 81)

  • 26 Lower Mortlake Road, Richmond, Surrey

Child 1: Eleanor Elizabeth Gyles

  • Name:

  • Eleanor Elizabeth Gyles

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Spouse:

  • James Romans Samson (1862-1943)

  • Birth:

  • 5 May 1864

  • St Pancras, Middlesex

  • Baptism:

  • 10 Jul 1864 (age 0)

  • All Saints, Camden Town, Middlesex

  • Birth fact:

  • 1864 (age 0)

  • GRO Reference: 1864 J Quarter in PANCRAS Volume 01B Page 124

  • Census (1):

  • 1871 (age 6-7)

  • Living with grandmother, Elizabeth Gyles

  • Census (2):

  • 1881 (age 16-17)

  • Living with grandmother, Elizabeth Gyles

  • Census (3):

  • 1911 (age 46-47)

  • Wife in household (married 21 years, no children)

  • Death fact:

  • 1917 (age 52-53)

  • 1917 Mar Q, West Ham, 4a/562 (aged 52)

  • Death:

  • 1917 (age 52-53)

  • West Ham, Essex

  • Burial:

  • 19 Feb 1917

  • Newham

Child 2: Henry Augustus Gyles

  • Name:

  • Henry Augustus Gyles

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Spouse:

  • Rebecca Hancock (c. 1866-1935)

  • Children:

  • Ruth Eleanor Gyles (1896-1959)

  •  

  • Violet Lilian Gyles (1900- )

  • Birth:

  • 11 Jul 1866

  • St Pancras, Middlesex

  • Baptism:

  • 23 Sep 1866 (age 0)

  • All Saints, Camden Town, Middlesex

  • Birth fact:

  • 1866 (age 0)

  • GRO Reference: 1866 S Quarter in ST PANCRAS Volume 01B Page 151

  • Census (1):

  • 1871 (age 4-5)

  • Living with parents

  • Census (2):

  • 1881 (age 14-15)

  • Chair maker, living with mother

  • Census (3):

  • 1891 (age 24-25)

  • Chair maker, 17 Euston Street, St Pancras (boarder, unmarried)

  • Census (4):

  • 1901 (age 34-35)

  • Chair maker, 88 Burns Road, Willesden, Middlesex

  • Census (5):

  • 1911 (age 44-45)

  • Chair maker, 79 Drayton Road, Harlesden, Middlesex

  • Death fact:

  • 1913 (age 46-47)

  • 1913 Sep Q, Willesden, 3a/195

  • Death:

  • 1913 (age 46-47)

  • Willesden, Middlesex

Child 3: Frederick William Gyles

  • Name:

  • Frederick William Gyles

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Spouse:

  • Henrietta Kezia Harris (1868-1918)

  • Children:

  • Leonard Richard William Gyles (1892-1965)

  •  

  • Reginald Charles Courtice Gyles (1895-1987)

  •  

  • Gladys Victoria Gyles (1897-1943)

  • Note 1:

  • GYLES Frederick William of 188 Whiteladies Road Clifton Bristol died 2 December 1918 at 585 Gloucester Road Bristol. Probate Bristol 19 May 1919 to Leonard Richard William Gyles secretary of Gyles Bros. Ltd. Effects £1317 13s. 1d.

  • Note 2:

  • Gyles Brothers Limited is a family owned sports retail shop based in Clifton, Bristol. The business was originally started in 1894 in Bridge street near the City centre. The Whiteladies road shop was started in 1906 and the two shops ran together until the Second World War when the Bridge street area was completely destroyed by aerial bombing. The Whiteladies road shop has continued since then. Four generations of the Gyles family have run the business in that time.

    https://gylesbros.co.uk/about/

  • Birth:

  • 18 Jun 1868

  • St Pancras, Middlesex

  • Baptism:

  • 23 Aug 1868 (age 0)

  • All Saints, Camden Town, Middlesex

  • Birth fact:

  • 1868 (age 0)

  • GRO Reference: 1868 S Quarter in ST PANCRAS Volume 01B Page 151

  • Census (1):

  • 1871 (age 2-3)

  • Living with parents

  • Census (2):

  • 1881 (age 12-13)

  • Errand boy, living with mother

  • Census (3):

  • 1901 (age 32-33)

  • Athletic outfitter & shopkeeper, Bellevue, Vicarage Road, Bristol

  • Census (4):

  • 1911 (age 42-43)

  • Athletic outfitter & dealer, 188 Whiteladies Road, Bristol

  • Death fact:

  • 1918 (age 49-50)

  • GRO Reference: 1918 D Quarter in BRISTOL Volume 06A Page 482 (aged 50)

  • Death:

  • 2 Dec 1918 (age 50)

  • 585 Gloucester Road, Bristol

Child 4: Charles Edward Gyles

  • Name:

  • Charles Edward Gyles

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Note:

  • GYLES Charles Edward of 112a Kew Road Richmond Surrey died 8 October 1932. Administration London 11 November to Annie Matilda Osman widow. Effects £165 8s. 2d.

  • Birth:

  • 6 May 1870

  • Kentish Town, Middlesex

  • Birth fact:

  • 1870 (age 0)

  • GRO Reference: 1870 J Quarter in SAINT PANCRAS Volume 01B Page 178

  • Baptism:

  • 15 Jan 1871 (age 0)

  • St Luke, Oseney Crescent. Camden, Middlesex

  • Census (1):

  • 1871 (age 0-1)

  • Living with parents (aged 10 months)

  • Census (2):

  • 1881 (age 10-11)

  • Living with mother

  • Occupation:

  • 29 Dec 1894 (age 24)

  • Military Attestation, Royal Artillery

  • Death:

  • 8 Oct 1932 (age 62)

  • 112a Kew Road, Richmond, Surrey

Child 5: Florence Henrietta Gyles

  • Name:

  • Florence Henrietta Gyles

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Note:

  • GYLES Florence Henrietta of 5 Jubilee Road Upper Knowle Bristol spinster died 17 October 1910 at Hallam House Clevedon. Administration Bristol 5 November to Selina Gyles widow. Effects £178 17s. 6d.

  • Birth:

  • 1872

  • St Pancras, Middlesex

  • Birth fact:

  • 1872 (age 0)

  • GRO Reference: 1872 M Quarter in ST PANCRAS Volume 01B Page 197

  • Census:

  • 1881 (age 8-9)

  • Living with mother

  • Death:

  • 17 Oct 1910 (age 37-38)

  • Hallam House, Clevedon, Somerset

Child 6: Annie Matilda Gyles

  • Name:

  • Annie Matilda Gyles

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Spouse:

  • Archibald Charles Osman (1868-1931)

  • Note:

  • OSMAN Annie Matilda of 42 Greville Road Southville Bristol widow died 6 April 1955. Probate Bristol 27 May to Leonard Richard William Gyles licensed victualler. Effects £992 8s. 4d.

  • Birth:

  • 9 Nov 1873

  • St Pancras, Middlesex

  • Birth fact:

  • 1873 (age 0)

  • GRO Reference: 1873 D Quarter in ST PANCRAS Volume 01B Page 198

  • Baptism:

  • 22 Mar 1874 (age 0)

  • Holy Trinity, Haverstock Hill, Middlesex

  • Census (1):

  • 1881 (age 7-8)

  • Living with mother

  • Census (2):

  • 1911 (age 37-38)

  • Wife in household (married 10 years, no children)

  • Occupation:

  • 1939 (age 65-66)

  • Housekeeper, 45 Abbey Road, Bristol

  • Death:

  • 6 Apr 1955 (age 81)

  • 42 Greville Road, Southville, Bristol

Additional Information

  • Occupation:

  • Living with Leonard Richard William Gyles, born 5.7.1892, sports outfitter.

Note on Wife: Selina Courtice

GYLES Selina of 26 Lower Mortlake Road Richmond Surrey widow died 1 December 1917. Probate London 27 December to Annie Matilda Osman (wife of Archibald Charles Osman) and the said Archibald Charles Osman cycle maker. Effects £122 3s. 8d.

Note on Child 3: Frederick William Gyles (1)

GYLES Frederick William of 188 Whiteladies Road Clifton Bristol died 2 December 1918 at 585 Gloucester Road Bristol. Probate Bristol 19 May 1919 to Leonard Richard William Gyles secretary of Gyles Bros. Ltd. Effects £1317 13s. 1d.

Note on Child 3: Frederick William Gyles (2)

Gyles Brothers Limited is a family owned sports retail shop based in Clifton, Bristol. The business was originally started in 1894 in Bridge street near the City centre. The Whiteladies road shop was started in 1906 and the two shops ran together until the Second World War when the Bridge street area was completely destroyed by aerial bombing. The Whiteladies road shop has continued since then. Four generations of the Gyles family have run the business in that time.

https://gylesbros.co.uk/about/

Note on Child 4: Charles Edward Gyles

GYLES Charles Edward of 112a Kew Road Richmond Surrey died 8 October 1932. Administration London 11 November to Annie Matilda Osman widow. Effects £165 8s. 2d.

Note on Child 5: Florence Henrietta Gyles

GYLES Florence Henrietta of 5 Jubilee Road Upper Knowle Bristol spinster died 17 October 1910 at Hallam House Clevedon. Administration Bristol 5 November to Selina Gyles widow. Effects £178 17s. 6d.

Note on Child 6: Annie Matilda Gyles

OSMAN Annie Matilda of 42 Greville Road Southville Bristol widow died 6 April 1955. Probate Bristol 27 May to Leonard Richard William Gyles licensed victualler. Effects £992 8s. 4d.