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Family of John Attfield and Martha Harvey

Husband: John Attfield

  • Name:

  • John Attfield

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • John Attfield (1796-1873)

  • Mother:

  • Ann Lines (1800-1862)

  • 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

Wife: Martha Harvey

  • Name:

  • Martha Harvey

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • Samuel Harvey (c. 1804-1882)

  • Mother:

  • Susannah Smith (c. 1813-1895)

  • Note:

  • ATTFIELD Martha of Ashlands Watford Hertfordshire widow died 1 March 1917; Probate London 11 April to Gertrude Brooks (wife of Charles Brooks) and may Maud Attfield spinster. Effects £10402 9s 11d. Resworn £8306 1s 8d.

  • Birth:

  • 3 Dec 1841

  • Manningtree, Essex

  • Birth fact:

  • 1842 (age 0-1)

  • 1842 Mar Qtr, Tendring, 12/265

  • Census (1):

  • 1851 (age 9-10)

  • Living with parents

  • Residence:

  • 1865 (age 23-24)

  • Mistley, Essex (on marriage cert.)

  • Census (2):

  • 1911 (age 69-70)

  • Private means, Ashlands, Watford, Herts (widow)

  • Census (3):

  • 1917 (age 75-76)

  • Death: 1917 Mar Qtr, Watford, 3a/1211

  • Death fact:

  • 1 Mar 1917 (age 75)

  • Cause of death: cerebral haemorrhage (attended by C.N.Brooks, son-in-law)

  • Death:

  • 1 Mar 1917 (age 75)

  • Ashlands, Langley Road, Watford, Herts

  • Probate:

  • 11 Apr 1917

  • Probate, London Fol.767, to Gertrude Brooks & May Maud Attfield (£8306-1-8d)

Child 1: Donald Harvey Attfield

  • Name:

  • Donald Harvey Attfield

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Spouse:

  • Elsa Anna Iole Herkomer (1876-1938)

  • Note 1:

  • Peterhouse College, Cambridge (B.A. Cantab, 1887)

    Physician. Medical Officer of Health, Watford

    Later Chief Medical Officer of Health for the Egyptian Government, Suez

    Served as Director & Principal Medical Officer of the Suez Quarantine Office (award of Imperial Ottoman Order of the Osmanieh, Fourth Class) - London Gazette 7.6.1904, page 3

    Author: A Private Journal in Egypt ... 1894 ... 1895, etc., Spottiswoode & Co.: London, 1895 (printed for private circulation)

  • Note 2:

  • ATTFIELD Donald Harvey of Ashlands Watford Hertfordshire died 23 March 1908; Probate London 1 May to Elsa Anna Iole Attfield widow. Effects £1749 15s.

  • Birth:

  • 9 Jun 1866

  • Islington, Middlesex

  • Birth fact:

  • 1866 (age 0)

  • Birth: 1866 Sept Qtr, Islington, 1b/200

  • Education (1):

  • 1884 (age 17-18)

  • Peterhouse Coll, Cambridge

  • Education (2):

  • 1887 (age 20-21)

  • B.A. Cantab

  • Occupation (1):

  •  

  • Medical Officer of Health, Watford

  • Occupation (2):

  •  

  • Chief Medical Officer of Health for the Egyptian Government, Suez

  • Emigration:

  • 12 Feb 1891 (age 24)

  • from Arr. New York from Liverpool on board "City of New York"; occupation = doctor

  • Occupation (3):

  • 14 Jun 1899 (age 33)

  • Physician, "Ashland", Watford, Herts (on marriage cert.)

  • Occupation (4):

  • 1904 (age 37-38)

  • Director & Principal Medical Officer of the Suez Quarantine Office

  • Residence:

  • 1908 (age 41-42)

  • Ashlands, Watford, Herts (on will)

  • Death:

  • 23 Mar 1908 (age 41)

  • San Remo, Italy

  • Will:

  • 1 May 1908 (age 41)

  • Probate, London Fol.689, to Elsa Anna Iole Attfield, widow (£1749-15s)

Child 2: Gertrude Attfield

  • Name:

  • Gertrude Attfield

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Spouse:

  • Charles Norman Brooks (1856-1925)

  • Children:

  • Charles Attfield Brooks (1905-1988)

  • Note:

  • BROOKS Gertrude of Long Furrows Mistley Essex widow died 30 September 1937 at the Nursing Home Fonnerau Road Ipswich; Probate London 17 January 1938 to Charles Attfield Brooks company director. Effects £63214 6s.

  • Birth:

  • 25 May 1867

  • 18 Beacon Hill, Camden Road, Islington

  • Census:

  • 1867 (age 0)

  • Birth: 1867 Sep Qtr, Islington, 1b/190

  • Residence:

  • 18 Mar 1911 (age 43)

  • Millbay, Dovercourt, Essex (present at death of father)

  • Death:

  • 30 Sep 1937 (age 70)

  • Nursing Home, Fonnerau Road, Ipswich, Suffolk

  • Burial:

  • 4 Oct 1937

  • Mistley Cemetery, Essex

Child 3: May Maud Attfield

  • Name:

  • May Maud Attfield

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Spouse:

  • Edward Willshin Arnold (1871-1948)

  • Note:

  • ARNOLD May Maud of Brook House Henley Road Ipswich widow died 11 June 1956. Probate London 23 August to Lloyds Bank Limited and Charles Attfield Brooks corn merchant. Effects £44251 6s. 2d.

  • Birth:

  • 6 Oct 1870

  • 18 Beacon Hill, Islington

  • Birth fact:

  • 1870 (age 0)

  • Birth: Islington, Dec Qtr 1870, 1b/227

  • Census (1):

  • 1901 (age 30-31)

  • Unmarried, living with parents

  • Census (2):

  • 1911 (age 40-41)

  • Living with mother

  • Residence:

  • 1917 (age 46-47)

  • Ashlands, Langley Road, Watford, Herts

  • Death:

  • 11 Jun 1956 (age 85)

  • Brook House, Henley Road, Ipswich

  • Cause of death (Facts Pg):

  • 11 Jun 1956 (age 85)

  • Accidental fall in bedroom; "misadventure"

Note on Husband: 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 Wife: Martha Harvey

ATTFIELD Martha of Ashlands Watford Hertfordshire widow died 1 March 1917; Probate London 11 April to Gertrude Brooks (wife of Charles Brooks) and may Maud Attfield spinster. Effects £10402 9s 11d. Resworn £8306 1s 8d.

Note on Child 1: Donald Harvey Attfield (1)

Peterhouse College, Cambridge (B.A. Cantab, 1887)

Physician. Medical Officer of Health, Watford

Later Chief Medical Officer of Health for the Egyptian Government, Suez

Served as Director & Principal Medical Officer of the Suez Quarantine Office (award of Imperial Ottoman Order of the Osmanieh, Fourth Class) - London Gazette 7.6.1904, page 3

Author: A Private Journal in Egypt ... 1894 ... 1895, etc., Spottiswoode & Co.: London, 1895 (printed for private circulation)

 

 

Note on Child 1: Donald Harvey Attfield (2)

ATTFIELD Donald Harvey of Ashlands Watford Hertfordshire died 23 March 1908; Probate London 1 May to Elsa Anna Iole Attfield widow. Effects £1749 15s.

Note on Child 2: Gertrude Attfield

BROOKS Gertrude of Long Furrows Mistley Essex widow died 30 September 1937 at the Nursing Home Fonnerau Road Ipswich; Probate London 17 January 1938 to Charles Attfield Brooks company director. Effects £63214 6s.

Note on Child 3: May Maud Attfield

ARNOLD May Maud of Brook House Henley Road Ipswich widow died 11 June 1956. Probate London 23 August to Lloyds Bank Limited and Charles Attfield Brooks corn merchant. Effects £44251 6s. 2d.