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Family of John Attfield and Martha Harvey

Husband: John Attfield (1835-1911)
Wife: Martha Harvey (1841-1917)
Children: Donald Harvey Attfield (1866-1908)
Gertrude Attfield (1867-1937)
May Maud Attfield (1870-1956)
Marriage 3 Aug 1865 Wesleyan Chapel, Manningtree, Essex

Husband: John Attfield

Name: John Attfield
Sex: Male
Father: John Attfield (1796-1873)
Mother: Ann Lines (1800-1862)
Birth 28 Aug 1835 Whetstone, Friern Barnet, Middlesex
Baptism 22 Nov 1835 (age 0) St James the Great, Friern Barnet, Middlesex
Title Professor
Census 1841 (age 5-6) Living with parents
Occupation 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 1865 (age 29-30) Chemist, of Whetstone, Middlesex (on marriage cert.)
Census 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 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)
Birth 3 Dec 1841 Manningtree, Essex
Birth fact 1842 (age 0-1) 1842 Mar Qtr, Tendring, 12/265
Census 1851 (age 9-10) Living with parents
Residence 1865 (age 23-24) Mistley, Essex (on marriage cert.)
Census 1911 (age 69-70) Private means, Ashlands, Watford, Herts (widow)
Census 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)
Birth 9 Jun 1866 Islington, Middlesex
Birth fact 1866 (age 0) Birth: 1866 Sept Qtr, Islington, 1b/200
Education 1884 (age 17-18) Peterhouse Coll, Cambridge
Education 1887 (age 20-21) B.A. Cantab
Occupation Medical Officer of Health, Watford
Occupation 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 14 Jun 1899 (age 33) Physician, "Ashland", Watford, Herts (on marriage cert.)
Occupation 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)
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)
Birth 6 Oct 1870 18 Beacon Hill, Islington
Birth fact 1870 (age 0) Birth: Islington, Dec Qtr 1870, 1b/227
Census 1901 (age 30-31) Unmarried, living with parents
Census 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.